Arts Council Worksop

Expanding your market outside New Orleans

Arts Council of New Orleans

With Frank Relle and Heather Weathers. Moderated by Gene Meneray
In the post-Katrina recovery period, it’s more important than ever to get your work out to the region and the nation. Join artists Frank Relle, Heather Weathers, and the Arts Council’s Gene Meneray as they discuss national art shows, the ins and outs of the New York scene, garnering publicity outside New Orleans, and developing a national marketing strategy.

Wednesday, January 17th
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Palma Gallery,
818 Howard Ave

For more information, please call Gene @ 504-304-2925

Vision/Re-vision volunteer schedule

Hello everyone,
We have had some folks step forward to help us receive works on Saturday. Now for the other opportunites to help please email variscomichel@hotmail.com
Note the times listed are the full workday periods but you can sign up for a couple of hours as you are available. We appreciate any time you can give, but really appreciate early notice and commitment to follow through.

Sunday Dec.3 between 10 and 4: we need 6 strong people to assist in taking down a large piece in the front of the gallery at the CAC. The artist has 4 men helping him, but in order to expedite this so we can begin arranging for the new show on Monday, we have been asked to provide some raw labor. This artist is accomodating us by taking down his show early, so let's help where we can!

Monday Dec 4 from 9-5: We need 1 person to help begin preparing wall surfaces. The process is easy and can be fun if you have enough help. (Spackling and painting)
George and Leslie and myself will be there but we could use 2 shifts of 2 people for the day.

Tuesday from 9-5: same as above. 2 people in 2 shifts would work great.

Wednesday from 10-5: David Houston will be arranging the works...no simple task for 80 or so odd pieces in a variety of sizes. We'll need to have some help moving the works around while he decides on placement. Those of you that might be interested in this process, this is a wonderful opportunity to watch an extremely skilled curator.

Thursday Dec 7 from 10-5: Installation. George Yerger and Leslie Addison will be there to help for most of the day on Thursday as will Johnny from the CAC and another CAC employee as well. We will need a label mounter who will use a heat press and matt cutter, we also need more hangers- people preferably with experience and a drill. There will be 3 drills on site and I will bring mine as well, but if you have one and can help please email me for the time slot which fits best.

Friday Dec 8 from 10-5: same as above. Last installation day. Again, please let me know who is interested in helping so we can spread out the load equitably and keep our generous volunteers happy!

Thank you, I look forward to a successful show!
Michel

Exhibition Help

To Whom It May be of Interest:
Michel Varisco will be coordinating exhibition volunteers. Here is a link to her email: Michel Varisco . I might add that this is the area where the UNO students were to lend a hand but the reality seems to be that if there are not enough people that have contacted Johnny regarding this, he will hire out the jobs that need to be done and deduct the charges from the NOPA cash kitty. Saturday, Dec.2 there should be at least 2 people willing to cover the 11-4 stretch to help with forms and storage of the prints. Forms for photographers will be available starting today, Wednesday,11/29/06.
OM

Vision/Re-vision Postcard

Vision/Re-vision delivery

Just a reminder to everyone that the accepted work should be at the CAC this Saturday the 2nd. I have heard from the CAC that some early arrivals have dropped off work without any labeling of any kind. So please be sure that you deliver your work so we know who it belongs to. Thanks.

Volunteers Needed

CAC Show Preparation: - from Bryce

We need to get Johnny King a list of volunteers ASAP to help prepare the CAC space, and receive art on Dec. 2nd. And to help break the show down later (after Jan. 12). It will save us a fair amount of $$. Additionally, we must prepare some condition report/ loan forms to be ready as the art comes in on the 2nd. Information on each artist and their work, complete with thumbnail of the piece, should be on hand in duplicate on that day. Johnny has given us blank forms to prepare. We also should prepare a list of the art, with details, prices, etc to be handed out at the opening. Again, if the students can assist in this, great, otherwise, lets us get it done.

If available for any of these tasks, please email Michel Varisco at: variscomichel@hotmail.com

PhotoNola: Month of Photography Poster Distribution:

The posters *should* be here on Thursday. If anyone could help getting them taken to galleries, coffee shops, schools, community bulletin boards and anywhere else appropriate, it'd be greatly appreciated.

To help, please email Jennifer Shaw at: jen@jennifershaw.net

Thank you!!!

Steve Maklansky Leaving NOMA

In case you didn't catch this in the Lagnaippe's Broad Strokes column two weeks ago:

NOMA's loss is LSM's gain

New Orleans Museum of Art assistant director for art Steven Maklansky has accepted a position as director of curatorial services at the Louisiana State Museum. New York born Maklansky, 43, began at NOMA 13 years ago as associate curator of photography. His innovative post-modern exhibits, including 2006's popular "Katrina Exposed" have made him the Crescent City's perennial curator-to-watch.

Maklansky expects to have a role in the creation of a permanent Katrina exhibit at the Presbytere to be completed in 2008. He feels the move to Louisiana's statewide system of history museums will be a natural.

"If you come to an art museum lecture," he said, "people stand in front of a work of art and talk about history."

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I don't know what this will mean for the annual "Underexposed" event, where everyone who could fit got to hawk their photos for one night at the museum. If the new curator of photography doesn't choose to continue it, perhaps the Photo Alliance could fill in with something similar.

PhotoNola 2006: Calendar of Events

Saturday Dec 2 - Gallery Openings 6-8pm
Arthur Roger Gallery
Barrister’s Gallery (6-10pm)*
Bergeron Studio & Gallery*
The Big Top
Carol Robinson Gallery
Cole Pratt Gallery*
The Darkroom*
George Long Photography*
Guthrie Contemporary*
Jenkins Connelly Gallery*
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Heriard-Cimino Gallery*
LeMieux Galleries
New Orleans Photo Alliance*
Perrin Benham Gallery
Poet's Gallery*
Stella Jones Gallery*

*galleries showing mainly photography or featuring new work by photographers.

Sunday Dec 3
David Halliday Open Studio 11am - 5pm
George Long Open Studio 11am - 3pm

Thursday Dec 7 - French Quarter Gallery Openings 6-8pm
A Gallery for Fine Photography
Taylor & Bercier Fine Art
537 Bienville
Joe Dunn Arts


Friday Dec 8 - Bywater Gallery Openings 6-9pm
Farrington Smith Gallery
Gallerie Porche West
Eugenia Uhl Photography


Saturday Dec 9
Gretna Art Walk 9am -3pm
Polaroid Transfer Workshop
at The Darkroom (part 1) 9am - noon
Openings 6-9pm
Contemporary Arts Center - Vision/Re-vision
Southern Lights Studio

Sunday Dec 10
Jurors Panel Discussion 2pm CAC
David Halliday Open Studio 11am - 5pm

Monday Dec 11
Basic B&W Printing Workshop
at The Darkroom 6-9pm

Wednesday Dec 13
New Orleans Photo Alliance Happy Hour
5-7pm at The Darkroom - cash bar

Friday Dec 15
David Halliday, Renee Allie, Richard McCabe & Friends present:
Photographs and Katrina Remains 6-9pm

Saturday Dec 16
Bywater Art Market 9am-4pm
Polaroid Transfer Workshop
at The Darkroom (part2) 9am - noon
Andrea Garland & Jeffrey Holmes Open Studio 12-5pm
Alexis Wolf &Travis Linde Open Studio 12-5pm
Ze daLuz Open Studio 12-5pm
Eugenia Uhl & Michael Terranove Open Studio 12-5pm

Sunday Dec 17
David Halliday Open Studio 11am - 5pm
Andrea Garland & Jeffrey Holmes Open Studio 12-5pm
Alexis Wolf &Travis Linde Open Studio 12-5pm
Eugenia Uhl & Michael Terranova Open Studio 12-5pm

Saturday Dec 23- Mid City Art Market 10am - 4pm

Saturday Jan 6- Opening: Barrister’s Gallery 6-10pm

Thursday Jan 11 - Photo Speak at CAC - 7pm

Friday Jan 12 - Vision/Re-vision Closes at CAC

Call for Entries: Fantasy and Fantasies

"Fantasy and Fantasies" - at The Center for Fine Art Photography

Submissions due online by November 28, 2006

Open worldwide to amateur and professionals, working with traditional or digital photography, or combinations of both.

Theme: Fantasy – Feeling extraordinarily creative? This exhibition is open to all sorts of creative possibilities. Key words from various dictionary definitions of the fantasy are: extravagant, unrestrained imagination, magic, wizardry. Transcending the rules of the known world. Be it fantasy or personal fantasies, opportunities for creativity are limitless.

Juried by Grace Norman, Exhibitions Director for The Center for Fine Art Photography
Grace is an award winning photographer with over seventy national and international exhibitions. She holds an MFA with an emphasis in photography from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She taught photography for twenty years to undergraduate and graduate students at Adams State College in Colorado and at Longwood University in Virginia. In addition to the Center's exhibitions, she has curated shows for the Hatfield Gallery and the Longwood Gallery.


Awards
All exhibitions award opportunities for artists to present their work to an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and others who appreciate the fine art of photography.

Juror's Selection: Special recognition in Artists' ShowCase, the feature section in CameraArts magazine+ $300
Director's Selection: Special recognition in Artists' ShowCase + $200
Two Artists’ ShowCase Online annual subscriptions – the Center’s new online image marketing website (preview at www.artists-showcase.org)
Five or more images will be included in Artists' ShowCase publication
All exhibitors are included in the Center's online gallery
Inclusion in the Center's 2007 Exhibition Collection CD which is distributed to selected galleries, collectors,
design houses and corporations world wide

Entry Fees

The entry fee for non members is $35.00 UD for the first three images.
The entry fee for members of The Center for Fine Art Photography is $20.00 USD for 3 images.
Applicants signing up for membership at the time they submit their work for jurying may become a member and meet the entry fee for a total of $65.00 USD. Membership includes annual subscription to CameraArts magazine, eligibility to sell work on the Artists’ ShowCase Online and other benefits listed on the Center’s website.
Additional images may be submitted for $10 each. There is no limit to the number of images that may be submitted.

Important Dates:

Entries due November 28, 2006
December 6, 2006 : Notification of acceptance
January 12, 2007: Exhibition opening
February 2, 2007: Public reception for artists
February 17, 2007: Exhibition closes

Moving Forward

At Thursday's meeting we chose four officers who will serve in an interem capacity for one year. In Dec. 2007 we will have elections to appoint officers to two year terms. Current positions are as follows:

President - Owen Murphy
Vice President of Development - Bryce Lankard
Vice President of Programs - Michel Varisco
Secretary/Treasurer - Jennifer Shaw

Don Marshall had suggested that there be a seperate Secretary and Treasurer, but no one volunteered for the Treasurer position at the meeting, and we needed a "Secretary/Treasurer" to register with the state. If there's anyone out there interested in serving as treasurer, please let us know!

On Friday Owen and I met with the Arts Council's volunteer lawyer for the arts to file the paperwork necessary to incorporate. George Long generously donated the $60 registation fee to get us started. The New Orleans Photo Alliance now has a tax ID #, and as soon as the papers come back from the secretary of the state we will be able to open a bank account, and more importantly start the process of establishing a 501c3.

Jeff Louviere has come up with a gorgeous " PhotoNola: A Month of Photography in New Orleans" poster. At this point we have almost 40 participating venues! Donations from David Halliday, Jackson Hill, The Darkroom and myself will fund the printing. We'll have 1000 copies to distribute to all the participating venues and hang in coffee shops, art supply stores and such. We should have the posters in hand next week, so if anyone can help with distribution it would certainly be appreciated. (Please email me at jen@jennifershaw.net to lend a hand.) Skip Bolen has graciously agreed to build a PhotoNola website. We aim to turn this into an annual event, but next year we'll plan it for November instead.

Bryce Lankard is currently designing on a postcard for the "Vision/Re-vision: Louisiana Photography 2006" exhibition. We'll make an announcement when those are ready to hit the streets.

We learned that the CAC is charging us $1000 to prepare the galleries for the Vision/Re-vision exhibition, so after paying for the jurors' fees, travel and accomodations we won't have much left over to put in the bank. Owen and Bryce will be meeting with Johnny King, the exhibitions manager at the CAC, this week to finalize opening details and discuss publicity for the show.

The initial round of press releases about PhotoNola/Month of Photography garnered interest from Where Magazine, The Big Easy and The Photo Review. We hope to get coverage from the Times Pic and the Gambit as events draw closer. If anyone has any press contacts to pass along, from local to national, please let me know.

Last but not least, Owen and Bryce will soon turn their attention to the next big Photo Alliance project, " Moments in Time: New Orleans at the Crossroads," to open at the New Orleans Acadamy of Fine Art on Jan. 6, 2007 (then hopefully travel to Spain). So, if you have any relevant images of pre - during - or post-Katrina New Orleans and New Orleans culture please send those jpegs along, ASAP, to Owen at: omphoto@cox.net.

NOPA Meeting

Greetings to All,
Sorry for this late announcement but we did not know where this meeting was going to take place till just a short while ago.
Tonights meeting is to decide on the 3 leadership positions that are required to make NOPA an official organization. Jenn Shaw and myself are returning to the Arts Council tommorrow at 10am to complete paper work with a volunteer lawyer to make the first step. This step will allow us to have a tax ID # which would let us have our own checking account. At the very least we need a president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer.
The meeting will be a Jenn's house which is at 601 Constantinople. Her phone # is 269-9740. The meeting will be brief and will begin at 7:30 sharp. If you plan on attending please be prompt as Jenn and her family go to bed and get up early and we don't want to inconvienience them any more than necessary.
Owen Murphy
504-610-4899

Vision/Re-Vision Notification

Yes, notification about the Vision/Re-vision exhibition at the CAC was supposed to go out today, November 10.

However, the process proved to be a little more complicated than expected. The response to the call for entries was amazing. More then 150 photographers submitted work! So, having three jurors culling over almost 1300 images was a bigger job than anyone anticipated. Please be patient with us.

We should know thier final picks sometime Monday, and will start sending out notice to everyone who appplied early next week.

Thank you!

Critical Mass: Call for Submissions

Registration for Photolucida's Critical Mass 2006 is now online!

Critical Mass is an annual juried competition sponsored by Photolucida. It is a valuable addition to Photolucida’s popular in-person Portfolio Reviews, and offers an online submission and selection process. Participants receive tremendous artistic exposure at a fraction of the cost of in-person reviews. The aim of Critical Mass is to provide participants with career building opportunities and to promote the best emerging and mid-career artists working today. 2006 is the third year of Critical Mass.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES - 2006

Registration will be open from November 6, 2006 to December 4, 2006.

You will register for Critical Mass in two steps. You will first pay a $50 registration fee and upload your images and text. We will then make your pages and distribute them to the prescreeners. Members of the 13-person pre-screening group are listed in the PRESCREENING section below. If you are one of the top 150 photographers chosen by the prescreeners, you will then pay an additional $250 fee and your work will be sent out to the full panel of 200 reviewers. Participants are asked to submit new work not previously submitted to Critical Mass (you may include one previously submitted image out of the ten as a reference to your previous work).

Everyone who pays the initial $50 fee will receive the monograph books by the 2006 winners and the CD-ROM.

The images will be viewed and judged on computer monitors. We cannot predict the specifications of any of the reviewer’s monitor settings. We do strive to ensure that the work of each participant is presented equally in terms of size and sequencing in the review process.

Images must be in jpeg format.

Each image must be less than 2MB. The images will be automatically resized (to ensure that all images are viewed as equally as possible) to fit a 955 x 600 pixel image-area on a monitor while maintaining the proportion of the image. You may wish to optimize your image to fit that size.

Photographers who already have a published monograph of their work are ineligible for the print book awards (though are encouraged to participate in Critical Mass for the tremendous exposure the work will get by participating in Critical Mass).

Exhibition Opportunity in Portland

Found this on Craigslist - thought some of us might have work to submit, so I'm posting it here.

New Orleans Environmental Arts Exhibit

Deadline: 12/22/06

Contact: justin@fromthebottomsup.org

From the Bottoms Up is an awareness project aimed at creating cross-sector connection and collaboration between New Orleans and Portland to push green building practices forward. "What is Sustainable?" Artwork will be featured at multiple events and venues in Portland, OR in an exhibit and ongoing speakers series running January thru February. The exhibited artwork will be placed on auction at a benefit fundraising event supporting the Alliance for Affordable Energy, a non-profit with 20 years of success in Energy Efficiency and Wetland Restoration advocacy in New Orleans. Art sale proceeds will be split 50/50 between the featured artist and the Alliance.

All mediums of artwork accepted (especially poetry, photography, and short films). Please submit no more than 10 pieces, along with an artist's name and contact info, and a statement around 100 words explaining how your work was shaped by an environmental concern, or life in the Gulf Coast. Your statement will be printed for display in addition to your submitted art. Provide an ID sheet listing the title, size, and price. Deadline for submissions is December 22nd.

Send digital submissions on CD, or slides to:
Justin Valls
2236 SE Salmon St.
Portland, OR 97214

www.fromthebottomsup.org