4th Annual Potluck & Portfolio Night

NOPA Members and folks interested in becoming members are invited to join us for our 4th annual Potluck & Portfolio Night, graciously hosted by Homepace Gallery.

Bring some food, drink and photography to our annual summer social. This is a night for photographers to share work in a casual setting for fun & feedback. Portfolios or laptops are welcome.

We could also use a few additional tables - if you have one and can come at 6:30 to set up please email photoalliance@gmail.com. Thanks!

Homespace Gallery
1128 St. Roch (on the lake side of St. Claude)
Thursday, August 12, 2010
7-9pm

Record Company Seeks Photographs of Shemekia

Dear Photographer

We're preparing one of our Deluxe Edition CDs on Shemekia, and looking for photos from throughout her career, from youth til now. We need great performance shots and also candid shots, including with other musicians (and especially with her father Johnny). These CDs are very photo intensive; we need a lot of shots.

Please send lo-res versions of whatever you think is special to kevin@allig.com within the next two weeks. We'll let you know if we like something, honest.

Los Invisibles Photo Exhibition-Call for Entries

LOS INVISIBLES: LATINO IMMIGRANTS WHO REBUILT NEW ORLEANS

CALL TO PHOTOGRAPHERS in New Orleans and across the country who have documentary photos of the Latino immigrant workers who were vital to the reconstruction of post-Katrina New Orleans from the fall of 2005 to the present.

As we approach the 5^th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures that doomed the city, the dirtiest little secret of the rebuilding of New Orleans is that it owes a great debt to the thousands of immigrant workers who literally rebuilt the city with their noble labor. While the immigrant workers were visible throughout every part of the city on rooftops and construction sites, they have remained practically invisible on a social level to the general public of New Orleans who have benefited from their labor. The undocumented status of many have kept this huge work force in the shadows.

LOS INVISIBLES exhibition aims to honor them and their contribution to the city.

Photographers with documentary photos, portraiture, and conceptual images that explore the Latino immigrant presence in post-Katrina New Orleans are invited to submit four images per submission. A modest $20 entry fee is required.

Selected entries will be exhibited at Barrister’s Gallery in New Orleans from

August 14 through September 4, 2010.

Submissions deadline: August 2, 2010

Notification of acceptance: August 5, 2010

Deadline for receiving accepted works: August 10, 2010

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 6 - 9PM

Juror: José Torres-Tama

Submit: http://www.torrestama.com/photo_submit.php

About the Juror: José Torres-Tama explores the North American Dream mythology and the Latino immigrant experience through critical writings, visual and performance art. He has served as curator for an exhibit of New Orleans photographers at Vanderbilt University in 2007, and last year, he was the juror for the highly successful CALIENTE/HOT photo exhibition at the New Orleans Photo Alliance. He is a recipient of an NEA Award for his performance work and a Louisiana Theater Fellow. He recently received a 2009-10 Creation Fund Award from the National Performance Network to develop a new multimedia performance called ALIENS, IMMIGRANTS & OTHER EVILDOERS, which explores the criminalization of Latinos immigrants in the USA. In 2008, the Joan Mitchell Foundation of New York awarded him and the Ogden Museum publication funds for an exhibition catalog to document his portrait series on Creole culture called New Orleans Free People of Color & Their Legacy. Published by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, the art book accompanies the exhibit of Torres-Tama’s portraits that opened at the Ogden in October 2009. His post-Katrina commentaries have aired on NPR's Latino USA weekly news journal, for which he is a regular contributor. www.torrestama.com

Open Source Book Project - call for Gulf themed submissions

Hi - I figured the NO Photo Alliance would be the place to contact in regards to letting local photographers know about a project called the Open Source Book Project (http://www.opensourcebookproject.org). What we're doing is putting together a community-involved photo essay book that will focus on the Gulf oil disaster, the environment, the surrounding people, wildlife, and overall feelings of the people who live down there. The end result of this book being sold is twofold:

1. To keep this issue in front of people's eyes and therefore keep us all thinking about what has happened - we all forget so quickly.
2. 100% of what is made from the sales of this book online will be donated to a renewable energy project in a small, rural community that would normally not be able to afford it.

We're very serious about this project and are asking if you have any photos that could be contributed to this cause. Along with photos, we're asking that you spread the word. So far we've had a great reception with the people who have decided to become involved and contribute, but need more people contributing. We've been featured on Spillwire here and also have a facebook fan page (which could definitely use more fans ;)

I appreciate your time - feel free to contact me at any point if you have questions.

Thank you - 

Chad Ely

opensourcebookproject@gmail.com 

Contributor - Opensourcebookproject.org

Before During After Book Signing

You are invited to celebrate the release of  Before During After this Saturday, July 31 at Octavia Books.
6-8pm.
Photographers (and NOPA members!) Elizabeth Kleinveld, Thomas Neff, Samuel Portera, Jennifer Shaw, Mark Sindler, Zack Smith and Jonathan Traveisa will be present to sign copies of the book. Read more about it here.

Learn about additional Before During After events and book signings here.

Octavia Books
513 Octavia St
New Orleans, Louisiana 70115-2055

Call for Artists - Creative Capital Artists Workshop

Call to Artists - Creative Capital
“Internet for Artists” Professional Development Retreat

The Division of the Arts is pleased to partner with the Creative Capital Foundation, the Louisiana Partnership for the Arts, and the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge to present a Professional Development Weekend Retreat designed to help Louisiana artists further their professional skills. The retreat will take place at the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge Friday, September 24 – Sunday, September 26, 2010. Established and emerging artists in all disciplines are eligible to submit an application. (Please see requirements below.) Twenty-four artists will be selected to participate.

Creative Capital, a New York City-based nonprofit organization, founded by Ruby Lerner, supports artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content. www.creative-capital.org

The Professional Development Retreat “Internet for Artists” is designed to deliver skill-building opportunities to artists. The goal is to provide a cohesive structure that will help artists to organize, plan, and sustain their creative careers. This Workshop will address how internet resources can be used to build audience, expand community, amplify marketing and extend administrative resources. It will help participants expand their online presence and learn to harness the power of internet tools.

Artists who live outside of Baton Rouge that are selected to participate will be given a $100 stipend to help with costs of travel and lodging. Your participation fees for the workshop will be covered by the Division of the Arts and its partners. Meals for all participating artists (Friday evening reception, breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday) will be provided.

We are now accepting applications for participation. Submission requirements include an artist statement (that discusses your primary motivation for creating your work and your passion for your artistic discipline), a career impact statement (what do you see as the central challenges to your career now and how do you think this program will advance your work?), a resume, and a sample of work. (see http://www.crt.state.la.us/arts/ccinternet.aspx for the application form and instructions.) Digital images will be accepted. Please note: your artist statement and career impact statement should not exceed one page, resume not to exceed 3 pages.

Applicant Requirements
Artists should have demonstrated professional experience in their fields, with a career commitment and a degree of peer acceptance.
• Individuals must be legal residents of Louisiana, have lived in the state for at least the 24 consecutive months prior to the application deadline, and reside in the state during the workshop period.
• Individuals must be 18 years old by the application deadline.
• Individuals enrolled in a degree or certificate granting program related to the program area are not eligible.

The deadline for submitting an application is Wednesday, August 4, 2010 by 5:00 pm. Please send or email to: Ann Russo, Louisiana Division of the Arts, P.O. Box 44247, Baton Rouge, LA 70804 or email arusso@crt.state.la.us

If you have any further questions, please contact Ann Russo, Director of Artist Services, Office of Cultural Development/Louisiana Division of the Arts directly at 225.342.8174 or email arusso@crt.state.la.us

Call For Entry & Show Opening

CALL FOR ENTRY: Captivar La Luz: A Latino Experience
A Photographic Call for Entries juried by Kathy Vargas of University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio. $2000 in Cash prizes. Opening at Blue Star LAB, an annex of Blue Star Art Complex, October 13, 2010 as a part of PHOTOTexas.

The Texas Photographic Society is now inviting amateur and professional photographers to submit digital files of their color and black and white works to TPS by August 14 for the Captivar La Luz: A Latino Experience call for entries. This exhibit is open to all backgrounds, as long as the subject of the work is related to Latin American life, culture, conflict and/or any social or economic issues. To learn more and to enter your project or images.

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INTERPLAY | AUG 7 @ the CAC

This exhibition presents recent work by four photographers based in the U.S. all of whom deal, to some degree, with conventions of portraiture. One, Phyllis Galembo, is a New York-based artist who has numerous museum exhibitions and publications to her credit. The other three -- Kevin Kline, Herman Mhire, and Sonja Rieger -- are based in New Orleans, Lafayette, and Birmingham, respectively, and their works are known primarily to a regional audience. Beyond this immediate geographic distinction, other connections beckon: Mhire and Galembo were both born in the places they currently live, while Rieger is originally from Germany, and Kline from Colorado. All except Kline have supported themselves in part through academic pursuits, and while Mhire and Rieger use digital processes to create their work, Galembo and Kline both work with celluloid film. Nearly all of Galembo's and Rieger's subjects are African, Haitian or African-American, a distinction that is not as meaningful in either Kline's or Mhire's work. Click for more info.

NY Photo Festival : Capture Brooklyn Call For Entries

The Mission:

New York City is indisputably the cultural capital of the world. In the 20th century, the nexus of relevant art was the island of Manhattan. But the 21st century has seen a definitive shift, making Brooklyn the new epicenter of literature, music, art, and photography.

Capture Brooklyn, a new initiative by the New York Photo Festival, is a juried exhibition of contemporary photography that seeks to capture the spirit and essence of Brooklyn, and to showcase the vitality of photography happening in the hottest part of New York right now!

Drawn from submissions received online through August 29, 2010, 80 photographs will be selected and exhibited at The powerHouse Arena in Dumbo, Brooklyn. The show's official opening will take place during this year's Dumbo Arts Festival (September 24-26), an event that draws over 150,000 visitors over 3 days - and will remain open until October 15, 2010.

It is our hope that Capture Brooklyn will not only serve to acknowledge and celebrate the fantastic photography happening in this borough, but also encourage and nurture the growth of Brooklyn's artistic renaissance.

To enter the contest, please visit http://capturebrooklyn.nyphotofestival.com

The Rules:

• All work submitted for consideration must have been produced (or published) after January 1, 2009.
• Winners will be notified by September 6 and will need to drop-off their work at The powerHouse Arena no later than September 20, 2010.
• All work must be dropped-off suitably mounted or framed and ready for hanging, or they will not be included in the show.
• All work must be clearly labelled with the artist's name and contact info.
• All selected photographs must remain for the duration of the exhibition. Substitutions will not be accepted.
• Artists are responsible for all shipping costs to and from The powerHouse Arena.
• Artists are responsible for insuring their work. All work will be handled by experienced personnel and the utmost care will be taken to guarantee the safety of the work. However, the New York Photo Festival and The PowerHouse Arena will not be responsible for any loss or damage to the work while on show or in transit.

Entry Fees:

• Each participating artist may submit 1-3 single images for a fee of $25 or 4-6 single images for a fee of $50.

William Greiner print charity auction!!!!

I am auctioning three small exhibition prints of a Louisiana Marsh scene, to benefit the children of Gordon Jones. Gordon was one of the 11 oil rig workers killed in the explosion of Deep Water Horizon.

Link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330455182358#ht_500wt_911

Free Photo Workshop opportunity for Middle & High School aged students

"Schools and other institutions around New Orleans are being sought as we finalize our youth education program for August 20, 2010. If you are interested in attending the workshop, know a promising young photographer or can help by volunteering in any way, please email us at education@tellingtheirstories.com. Visit our education page for more information."

NOPA Communications Committee Looking for Volunteers!

Do you scour photo websites for the latest news & competitions, devour all there is about photography new and old, and wish to share all that you find with your fellow photographers? NOPA is looking for a few good souls to step up and assist with blogging and newsletters.

Please e-mail Jill Ensley at communications@neworleansphotoalliance.org if interested in joining the Communications Committee!

Silver Eye Center for Photography Fellowship 2010

The Silver Eye Center for Photography is pleased to announce Fellowship 2010, our international photography competition. Our distinguished juror is Deborah Klochko, Executive Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, California. As we enter our 11th Fellowship year, the competition is now open to all international photographers, not just Silver Eye members, and we are now awarding two Fellowships.

• A $3,500 award and is open to all eligible photographers.
• A $1,500 is open only to Pennsylvania residents (who may apply in both catagories).

Both winning artists’ work will be exhibited at Silver Eye in shows opening in late November 2010.
Entries must be postmarked or delivered on or before Friday, August 27, 2010 at 6 p.m. EST and be complete upon submission.

Please mail or deliver to:
Fellowship 2010 Competition
Silver Eye Center for Photography
1015 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203 USA

for more information and an official entry form, please visit:
http://www.silvereye.org/exhibitions_opportunities.htm

LUCKY DOG vendor image

I am in search of a Lucky Dog Vendor image in the French Quarter, for a friend. If you have made one , or know of one, please contact me with details. I can then tell you about this very good cause. Thanks. William Greiner . Please email me: fotoart1@cox.net

Dave Anderson Talk and Book Signing Tuesday @ THNOC

Dave Anderson
Talk and Book Signing

Tuesday, July 20, 2010
6:30 pm

The Historic New Orleans Collection
533 Royal Street
New Orleans, Louisiana
(504) 523-4662

Tune in to WWL-TV at 8:40 tomorrow morning to here him talk about the project.

One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds follows the reconstruction of a single New Orleans block from 2006 to 2010 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, delivering a powerful portrait of the storm's ongoing physical and psychological impact on the city and its residents. Using portraiture, still lifes, and abstract images, Dave Anderson documents the evolution of both the street and its houses as residents rebuild, exploring the very nature of community while testing its resilience. Join photographer Dave Anderson for a talk and book signing on the occasion of the release of the new Aperture monograph One Block.

Call for Entries: WoRK

WoRK
'It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.'--William Faulkner

There are a relatively few topics we can all relate to, the big ones being birth and death. But what happens in-between, for most of us, is the process of living, of getting by, of succeeding, of toil, and of searching. Work could be your job, your 9-5, it could be someone else's, or it could be the absence of employment, an affliction all too common in this day and age. Work is what we do to feed us physically, emotionally, mentally. Chasing dreams or dollars, show us your WoRK.

The New Orleans Photo Alliance is seeking images that depict the daily drudgery, struggle, joy, and determinism in the life of the human being.

**'WoRK' will have a sister-show in Lawrence, KS at the Lawrence Percolator. Both shows will focus on the same subject, but utilize different mediums. Receptions will be linked up via web-cam.**
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Juror:
Andy Adams is the Editor / Publisher of FlakPhoto.com, a contemporary photography website that celebrates the culture of image-making by promoting the discovery of artists from around the world. An online art space + photography publication, the site provides opportunities for a global community of artists and photo organizations to share new series work, book projects, and gallery exhibitions with a web-based photography audience.

Recent features include 3030 Press' New Photography in China, Humble Arts Foundation's 31 Under 31: Young Women in Art Photography, Hamburger Eyes Photo Magazine's Inside Burgerworld, the Photographic Resource Center's EXPOSURE: The Annual PRC Juried Exhibition, Big City Press' Hijacked, Volume One: Australia & America, Center's Review Santa Fe 2009, David Wright + Ethan Jones' Pause to Begin, the Center for Fine Art Photography's 2009 International Exhibition, Blurb's Photography.Book.Now, and the Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward: Emerging Photographers 2009.
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Exhibition Timeline
August 30 - Submissions deadline
September 8 - Notification of acceptance
September 25 - Accepted works due
October 2 - Soft Opening
October 24 - Opening in conjunction with Lawrence, KS show of same theme.
November 21 - Exhibition closes

Submission guidelines and online application form here:
http://neworleansphotoalliance.org/CFE/ET.php?cID=171

Entry Fee:
NOPA Members: $25
Non-members: $35
Membership + Submission: $60

Questions? programming@neworleansphotoalliance.org

New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery - 1111 St. Mary St., New Orleans, LA 70130

New Orleans Photo Alliance Announces Creation of Annual $5000 Clarence John Laughlin Award

The New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) is pleased to announce its offering of an annual $5000 award to recognize and reward a fine art photographer who is creating or has completed a significant body of photographic work.

The Clarence John Laughlin Award was created by the New Orleans Photo Alliance to support the work of photographers who use the medium as a means of creative expression. It honors the life and work of Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985), a New Orleans photographer best known for his surrealist images of the American South. The Clarence John Laughlin Award grants one $5000 prize annually to a photographer whose work exhibits sustained artistic excellence and creative vision. John Wood, Editor of 21st Editions, will serve as the inaugural juror.

This new award is open to emerging and established photographers who reside in the U.S. The online application process requires a portfolio of 10-20 photographs, a written statement, a bio or CV, and a $25 application fee. The application deadline is September 15, 2010. Only one recipient will be selected to receive the $5,000 award.

The New Orleans Photo Alliance will announce the winner on November 1st and present the prize during this year’s PhotoNOLA festival in December 2010. Complete details, guidelines and an application form are available at: http://NewOrleansPhotoAlliance.org/grants/CJL_Award

Call for 2010 PhotoNOLA Exhibition Listings

Planning a great photo show in December?

Let us know the details so we can include your exhibition on the PhotoNOLA website (www.photonola.org) and printed brochure.

Deadline for inclusion is August 1.
No charge; limited to venues within the greater New Orleans region.

Submission form: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cnpjNlZrTFJZVTlPaG4zVFc4TUJFOUE6MA

About PhotoNOLA:
PhotoNOLA is an annual celebration of photography in New Orleans, coordinated by the New Orleans Photo Alliance in partnership with galleries, museums and photographers citywide. PhotoNOLA draws hundreds of photography professionals to the city to partake in a variety of educational programs, and reaches broadly into the local community with a series of exhibitions and events that are largely free and open to the public.

The fifth annual PhotoNOLA festival will take place December 2-12, 2010.

Questions? Email Jennifer Shaw at info@photonola.org

David Armentor: Opening Reception & Gallery Talk

The Tulane School of Architecture presents...
David Armentor : A Photography Show

August 16 - September 20, 2010
On view in the Favrot Lobby of Richardson Memorial Hall
6823 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA 70118

Opening Reception: Monday, August 30, 2010 from 5-7pm
Gallery Talk: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ Noon

Tracey Baran Award & Aperture Prize

Tracey Baran Award for Emerging Female Photographers
Deadline September 1, 2010

The Tracey Baran Award was established to honor the memory and achievement of Tracey Baran, a young photographer who died after a short illness in 2008. This annual award, with a fellowship grant of $5000, will be given to one emerging female photographer who is a citizen of the United States.

The grant recipient will be determined by a review panel based on artistic excellence, accomplishment to date, and the promise of future achievement in the medium.

For more information, please visit http://traceybaranaward.org/

Aperture Prize
Deadline July 15, 2010

The purpose of the Aperture Portfolio Prize is to identify trends in contemporary photography and specific artists whom we can help by bringing them to a wider audience. In choosing the first-prize winner and runners-up, we are looking for work that is fresh and that hasn’t been widely seen in major publications or exhibition venues.

First prize is $5,000. The first-prize winner and runners-up are featured in Aperture’s website for approximately one year.

For more information, please click here.

Opening Saturday @ Home Space

HOME SPACE GALLERY Presents

THE VANISHING ROADSIDE

Photographs by:
Drake Hokanson
Stuart Klipper
Rick Lang
Richard McCabe
Jerry Siegel
Richard Sexton
Stanley Staniski
Bethany Souza
Warren Thompson

Curated by:
Richard McCabe

MOTEL
Paintings by: Jack Niven

Curated by:
Richard McCabe

The Vanishing Roadside - Traveling roads less traveled - 8 photographers explore the theme of the disappearing American Roadside. Photographs by: Drake Hokanson, Stuart Klipper, Rick Lang, Richard McCabe, Jerry Siegel, Richard Sexton, Stanley Staniski, Bethany Souza, and Warren Thompson. Curated by Richard McCabe. Also, included at the Home Space Gallery - Motel - Paintings by Jack Niven. Curated by Richard McCabe. Exhibitions open: July 10, 6 - 9 pm and run through August.

HOME SPACE GALLERY
1128 ST. ROCH AVE.
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119
OPEN SAT. 12 - 5 PM AND BY APPT.
917.584.9867

Saturday Opening & Portfolio Review Registration

"Last Line of Defense"

Documentation of site-specific interventions by Rajko Radovanovic in the wetlands south of New Orleans, LA. &
"Is the Oil Here? A Snapshot" - Moving Pictures by Robert Hannant

Opening Reception : July 10th from 6-9pm

Good Children Gallery

4037 St. Claude Ave.

New Orleans, LA, 70117
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ATLANTA CELEBRATES PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO REVIEW

The ACP 12 Portfolio Review will be on Saturday, October 16th. Sponsored in part by Turner Broadcasting and their "Turner Voices" initiative, the ACP Portfolio Review brings together curators, gallerists, editors, photographers and artists for a full day of extremely productive engagement and networking. Registrations for the Portfolio Review will be juried by ACP and Danielle Avram (Curatorial Assistant, Photography & Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art) and applicants will need to submit 3-5 jpgs with a brief artist's statement for consideration. Registration will remain open until 11:59PM EST on July 19th, and successful registrants will be notified the week of July 26th. Once accepted, the registration fee is $250. There will be 16 reviewers. As of July 7th, our confirmed reviewers include: Julian Cox - Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art, GA Sylvie Fortin - Editor, Art Papers Magazine, GA Stuart Horodner - Artistic Director, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, GA Stella Kramer - Independent Photo Editor, Consultant, NY Yan Li and Li Shufeng - Curators, Beijing, China Laura Moya - Director, Photolucida, OR Christopher Rauschenberg - President and Founding Member, Blue Sky Gallery, OR Anna Walker Skillman - Owner, Jackson Fine Art, GA Susan Todd-Raque - Private dealer, independent curator, GA Paula Tongarelli - Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography, MA We will be accepting 52 artists for the ACP 12 Portfolio Review, and each artist will receive four 20 minute, face to face reviews. Review participants may select their choice of reviewers, and ACP will make every effort to meet requests through a computerized matching system. We're looking forward to hosting our panel of reviewers and artists from across the country once again at the Grady High School campus. The ACP 12 Portfolio Review is a great way to connect and make contacts with reviewers and fellow artists alike. We hope to see you in October! Register for the ACP 12 Portfolio Review today! Registration has been extended until July 19th. Many thanks, - ACP

Call for Entries

SHOTS MAGAZINE

Submissions due August 2, 2010

SHOTS Magazine announces an international CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS to be considered for the Autumn Issue (no. 109). The theme for this issue is CHILDREN. Please visit the SHOTS website for further information and submission guidelines.

An established independent photography journal in its 24th year of publication, SHOTS Magazine reaches an international audience of photographers, collectors, galleries, museums, educators and other fine art photography enthusiasts. Don't miss this chance to have your work seen!

Note: Online submissions are now being accepted.

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2010 CEMETERYSCAPE CALL FOR ENTRIES

Annual Cemeteryscape photography exhibit from October 2, through November 2, 2010.

Cemeteryscape is designed to develop a public awareness and appreciation of the artistic and historic value of cemeteries. The exhibit will be on display at Hotel Le Cirque, 936 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans. An opening reception will be held at this location on Saturday, October 2, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. SOC invites the public to submit photos through Monday, July 19, 2010. For guidelines and entry form, visit SaveOurCemeteries.org or e-mail Amanda Walker at membership@saveourcemeteries.org.

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3rd Ward Summer 2010 Open Call has just launched!

3rd Ward is a New York City based arts organization that was founded on the principles of creating unique opportunities for artists and present innovative artwork. Offering interdisciplinary art education programs, photo studios, wood and metal shops, media labs and office spaces, the facilities have been serving hundreds of creatives since 2006.

The 3rd Ward Summer 2010 Open Call is a juried international art competition for dynamic, inventive and provocative work of all mediums: sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, illustration, installation, graphic design, video and more! Submissions can include: completed work, works-in-progess and/or conceptual proposals.

The Winning Artist will receive:

* $5,000 cash grant
* Solo exhibition in 3rd Ward's gallery, complete with a massive opening reception
* Optional 3-month work residency at 3rd Ward including private work studio & full facility access (photo studios, wood & metal shop, media lab, art education classes)
* Airfare & shipping to and from 3rd Ward for non-NYC residents
* 2-page spread in 3rd Ward's Quarterly Magazine
* NYC exposure - postcards, fliers, press!

PLUS -- The top 25 artists will be featured in 3rd Ward's Quarterly Magazine and Online Gallery.

This opportunity is open to artists of all backgrounds and mediums.

Deadline: July 28, 2010 11:59pm EST

Submit your best work now at: www.3rdwardopencall.com

Submissions will be evaluated by our distinguished panel of judges:

Alexis Hubshman, Founder & Director of Scope Art Show

Yuko Shimizu, Celebrated Illustrator

Alexa Chung, TV Personality

Jason Goodman, 3rd Ward Founder

Every entrant will receive a professional online portfolio and artists benefits valued at over $75, including big discounts for printing your art at CanvasPop.com!

Camera Bags

So, it seems I'm not the only one who is constantly on the look out for the perfect camera bag.

Personally, I've found Naneu to be a good fit for me so far. Especially the Military Ops series. I'm also a fan of the Domke F3 Super Compact. Anyone else have some favorites?

Hope everyone has a happy 4th!

Delgado Job Opening

https://careers.dcc.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=138210

Summer Camp for Kids - Intro to Photo

Space is still available in The Big Top & NOPA's first educational collaboration.



If you know any budding photographers, ages 7-14, register them now! 504.569.2700



Summer Camp for Kids - Intro to Photography
July 5-8 at The Big Top
Ages 7-14

This 4 day camp, led by Jennifer Shaw, will offer students an introduction to the art of photography, through hands on projects exploring cyanotypes, pinhole cameras, and the basics of photographic composition. Students will be provided with Canon Rebel T2i digital camera kits to use during the camp. This program is offered in partnership with the 3 Ring Circus Arts Education Center, and is generously sponsored by Canon.

Enrollment is limited to 20 students.
Camp meets Monday through Thursday (4 days) from 9:00am until 3:00pm.
Doors will open at 8:30 am and close at 3:30 pm. Students should bring a sack lunch.
Location: The Big Top, 1638 Clio Street.

COST: $120 for 3 Ring Circus members; $150 for non-members.

To register your child please contact:
Kirah Haubrich: kirah_h@hotmail.com
or Tania Vidal: colochitavidal@yahoo.com
504.569.2700

Last Call for GULF Submissions

This is your final reminder ~ Submissions for GULF will close at 11:59pm TONIGHT.

Juror: Clint Willour
Curator, Galveston Arts Center

The New Orleans Photo Alliance seeks submissions for "GULF”, a visual exploration of the Gulf of Mexico, including but not limited to images depicting the seafood and maritime industries, the harvesters and their heritage, the beauty of the environment and all of the creatures that live in it.

This photographic exhibition will be about all aspects of our relationship with this magnificent body of water and the wetlands that surround it, how it nurtures and sustains us, how it has provided generations with a livelihood and how we have manipulated and abused its fragile ecosystem. This is not meant to be an exhibition focused only on disaster, but about the complex symbiosis between man and the natural world.

The exhibition will be held at the New Orleans Photo Alliance, 1111 St. Mary St., opening on August 14, 2010 and closing on September 18, 2010.

Submit up to 5 images here: http://neworleansphotoalliance.org/CFE/callEntry.php?CFE=12

One Block by Dave Anderson: Book Release & Nola Events

Aperture announces publication of
ONE BLOCK: A NEW ORLEANS NEIGHBORHOOD REBUILDS
Photographs by Dave Anderson, Essay by Chris Rose

One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds (Aperture, August 2010), photographs by Dave Anderson, essay by Chris Rose, is a powerful portrait of post-Katrina New Orleans as seen through the prism of a single city block whose residents are attempting to rebuild their homes. Using portraiture and still lifes, Anderson explores the very nature of community while testing its resilience.

Anderson’s compassionate treatment of the neighborhood’s difficult circumstances has drawn comparisons to the work of Dorothea Lange and other Farm Security Administration-funded photographers. Seventy years later, between the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina and the current housing crisis, the stability and permanence of the American home is once again in jeopardy.
One Block reflects Anderson’s affection for New Orleans and his fascination with the power of human resilience – both individually and collectively.

Talks, book signings, a party, and an exhibition will take place in New Orleans surrounding the publication of One Block, and marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The centerpiece event is a block party co-hosted by Aperture, The Oxford American and Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans on the block where Anderson made the photographs. The event, which is open to the public, will feature local cuisine and artist performances and celebrate the power of community.

The release will be celebrated with several upcoming events in New Orleans:

Book Signing with Dave Anderson and Chris Rose
Saturday, July 17, 6-7:30pm
Octavia Books
513 Octavia Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
504-899-7323
 
Talk and Book Signing with Dave Anderson
Tuesday, July 20, 6:30-8pm
The Historic New Orleans Collection
533 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-523-4662

One Block Exhibition Opening Reception with the Artist
Thursday, August 26, 6-8 p.m.
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
925 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-539-9600

Block Party at One Block location
Saturday, August 28, 5-7 p.m.
Open to the Public (First come, first serve)
Co-hosted by Aperture, The Oxford American and Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans
(Bounded by Caffin Avenue and Douglas, Flood and Chartres Streets)


About the Photographer and Author:
Dave Anderson has been recognized as “one of the shooting stars of the American photo scene” by Germany’s fotoMAGAZIN and named a “Rising Star” by Photo District News. A multi-talented image-maker, Dave worked in the Clinton White House and at MTV before discovering photography. His acclaimed first project, “Rough Beauty” was the winner of the 2005 National Project Competition awarded by Center, Santa Fe and was published with an essay by Anne Wilkes Tucker. Vince Aletti of the New Yorker has called his work “as clear-eyed and unsentimental as it is soulful and sympathetic.” Anderson’s work has been featured in magazines from Esquire to Stern and can be found in the collections of prominent museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans; the Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi; and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. As a filmmaker, Dave’s original video series, “SoLost,” shot for The Oxford American, was recently named a finalist at the 2010 National Magazine Awards. More information at http://www.dbanderson.com.

About Aperture Foundation
Aperture—located in New York’s Chelsea art district—is a world-renowned non-profit publisher and exhibition space dedicated to promoting photography in all its forms. Aperture was founded in 1952 by photographers Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Barbara Morgan, and Minor White; historian Beaumont Newhall; and writer/curator Nancy Newhall, among others. These visionaries created a new quarterly periodical, Aperture magazine, to foster both the development and the appreciation of the photographic medium and its practitioners. In the 1960s, Aperture expanded to include the publication of books (over five hundred to date) that comprise one of the most comprehensive and innovative libraries in the history of photography and art. Aperture’s programs now include artist lectures and panel discussions, limited-edition photographs, and traveling exhibitions that show at major museums and arts institutions in the U.S. and internationally. More information at http://www.aperture.org.