Student meetings with Dean Debra Carpenter

School of Communications
Dean’s Student Advisory Council

Next Meeting: Thursday, September 6
12 Noon – Pizza will be served!
UC Presentation Room

All Communications Students Welcome

Stop by the Dean’s office, Sverdrup 126c, and let Susan or Kelly know that you are planning to attend or email susannapoleon19@webster.edu

Future meetings:
1st Thursday of the month at Noon, UC Presentation Room

September 6
October 4
November 1

February 7
March 6
April 3

Pizza always served!

(For food head count)
RSVP – Susan Napoleon
susannapoleon19@webster.edu
314.968.7154

Call for Work: Deadline 3 September 2007

"Noh Way"

Artists are invited to submit three works each in any medium or mixed media for exhibition at the Noh Way art show, opening September 14th at Art Coop.

For works submitted to be hung on the wall, each artist is generally limited to approximately 6' feet of horizontal wall space for the three works. Exceptions will be made for large works where necessary. For large sculpture, freestanding installations or performance art, floor to 14' ceiling space will be available as required by the work.

Art Coop charges no gallery commission on sales of your work, but there is a $25 entry fee per artist (not per work), payable on installation of your work. Exhibition is limited to the first 33 artists accepted.

Deadline for received submissions is September 3rd. But don't delay submitting. Submissions will be reviewed as received and accepted or rejected only until we have 33 artists accepted. 27 artist slots are already filled.

Preferred submission is by emailing JPGs of your work or providing a website address where we can see your work. To submit your work for review, send an email to artcoopstl@hotmail.com with your JPGs attached or provide a website address where we can see your work. Alternatively, slides may be snail mailed to: Art Coop, 4515 Olive, St. Louis, MO 63108. They cannot be returned unless a postage paid self-addressed envelope is included. For installations or performance work, a written description by email is acceptable. Diagrams, drawings or photos of the proposed work or previous work by you would be helpful.

Call for Work: Deadline 1 September 2007

DARKEST DREAMS A LIGHTED WAY

DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

THEME
This exhibit will feature artists that have suffered from some type of abuse (physical, emotional, mental, sexual, emotional), neglect, and mental anguish or their artwork someway teaches awareness, helps express what others who have been abused can't. This exhibit will not be for the faint of heart, because it's about truth, reality and awareness.

QUALIFICATION
1-2 Artworks Per Artist will be chosen
18+ years
All Mediums
Produced after January 1, 2006
Maximum width and height to 72"
Artwork must fit the theme

REQUIREMENTS
Artwork needs to be hung/installed by artist (unless arrangements are made otherwise)
Artists must be present at the opening (unless living in another state)
Artist must provide a 8"x10" framed statement about their (SPECIFIC) art for the show, and it must be hung next to the work.
20$ Min Entry to help me pay for the space and promotion (IF ACCEPTED)

OPTIONAL
Snack, goodies of any kind for the opening
Open for suggestions

SUMBIT
Email aunia@afterchain.com with "Darkest Dreams, a Lighted Way" in the title, include why you would like to take part of this project and images of work(s) for consideration.

LOCATION
St. Louis, MO (Details to come on specifics)

CURRENT ARTIST INVOLVED
2008 Artists:
Aunia Kahn
Charly Felling
Chrisanne Tilton
Cynthia Lancaster
Daniel Mather
Jane Linders
Jennifer Weigel
John Smothers
Justin Jenkins
Marina Reiter
Rochelle Steffen
Star27
Susan Van Sant
Theresa Coachman

DDLW CONTACT INFORMATION
Our Website: DDALW
Our MySpace Page: DDALW MYSPACE

The 2007 Art Wolfe Creative Sessions Tour
St. Louis 9/15-9/16 at St. Louis University High, with guest speaker Rick Holt

Student and Society of Photo Educators discounted rate: $140. NANPA and ASMP Members and Seniors will receive a 17.5% discount on 2-day event tickets. (Regularly $200-- $165 for NANPA/ASMP/SENIORS) Select the 2-day Creative Session and the discounted rate when registering and paying.

For those who associate Art Wolfe solely with nature photography, be prepared for a startling revelation. Drawing from 35 years of international travel, Art will delve into a vast range of subjects; from technology and industry to urban cultures and the human condition. Imagery of nature, wildlife, and the world's varied landscapes will round out the curriculum to provide the most comprehensive and imaginative class available. Utilizing his formal training as a teacher, Art dissects visual images, exploring what makes a compelling and emotionally engaging photograph. Attendees will come away with inspiration and tangible ideas for moving their photography forward.

Art will present this two day intensive program with these focus points: composition, color, balance, perspective, creative solutions, constructing the image. Hundreds of images and a selection of video pieces will teach, entertain, and inspire.

For more information and to sign up visit the Creative Sessions homepage.

Sponsored by Schiller's Camera and Video
& Missouri Nature and Environmental Photographers

AIGA St. Louis free event: Wednesday, 29 August 2007

Rock Paper Scissors 6

How'd you do that?
Wednesday, August 29th 2007, Noon - 7pm
Probstein Golf Pavilion in historic Forest Park
This is a free event, open to members and non-members!
(There will be a free raffle: We will be giving a copy of Adobe CS3 and one iPod!)

UPDATED SCHEDULE

12-1pm
Free Lunch in the Resource Center

1pm
Extensis Font and Digital Asset Management. Product Training Specialist, Kelly Guimont: Guimont has been involved in Mac OS and Windows technical support and training for more than a decade and will speak on improving proficiency on the Extensis family of products. Guimont is the Extensis in-house training expert for all things font and digital asset management related.

2pm
Running a successful practice: Deanna Kuhlmann-Leavitt began, Principal of Kuhlmann-Leavitt, Inc. (KLI) established the St. Louis based, multi-faceted firm known for its work in print, new media and design for the built environment in 2001. Deanna will show her work and talk about the ins and outs of running her firm.

3pm
AIGA Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services. Independent Design Consultant, Jim Faris: Faris has worked on a wide range of branding, product design, and design management projects with a diverse clientele including Apple, Toyota, New York Times Digital, and the Australian Taxation Office and will talk about the updated AIGA Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services. He is based in Santa Cruz, Calif.

4-7pm
Cocktail Reception with Hors d'oevres in the Resource Center with complimentary beverages.

Visit rps.aigastlouis.org for more info on this event

Call for Work: Deadline 30 September 2007

GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL DE PHOTOGRAPHIE

The 6th Grand Prix International de Photographie de Vevey is a competition endowed with a first prize of CHF 30,000. (approx € 18,000)

Do participate! The competition is open to professional artists and photographers, as well as to trainees photographer. Its first aim is to discover new talents, with no age criteria, and giving them the opportunity to realize a unique project. The selected project will have to be completed and exhibited at the IMAGES '08, which will take place in Vevey in 2008.

This prize was launched in the context of the Festival IMAGES '08. The aim of this international competition is to single out new personal original works which have strongly distinguished themselves from conventional ones. The choice of the theme and genre is left open.

The international jury, chaired this year by Balthasar Burkhard, is composed of key figures from the visual arts world. It will make its choice on the basis of proposed files and will designate the winners of the Grand Prix International de Photographie de Vevey as well as other awards and distinctions. The main criteria for selection will be the richness of ideas reflected in the content as well as in the form of the work.

Entry and Deadline: An entry form, to be downloaded from our website http://www.images.ch must be sent to our address, with a description of the project and the requested documents, no later than September 30th, 2007. The jury will designate the winners in October 2007.

Images '08
Rue du Clos 12
CP443
1800 Vevey
Switzerland
Tel. +41 (21) 922 48 54
info@images.ch

Cameras for sale

This just in; it's also posted outside the darkroom:

You may know me (Gary Chapman) from all the years I have been associated with the St. Louis Camera Shows. I currently have a number of SLR 35mm cameras that I would like to offer your students to help them in their photography classes. All these cameras come with a standard 50mm lens and internal exposure meters. Some models are Manual only while others have both Manual and Automatic modes of operation.

I have priced all the cameras with the student budget in mind. Prices vary from $65 to $145 depending on model. I do offer a 30 day warranty on each camera.

Cameras can be seen by appointment. Some of these cameras will also be listed on Craigslist if they would like to see photos of the cameras. All cameras come with standard 50mm lenses, Internal exposure meters and Manual Settings.

Pentax K-1000 $135 Classic Student Camera
Pentax KX $145 Upgrade from the K-1000
Ricoh KR-5 Super $ 85 K-mount –Black Body

Canon TL $ 65 Basic Student Camera
Canon TX outfit $ 95 (includes 2x teleconvertor)
Canon Rebel G (AF) $135 (includes 28-80 zoom lens)

Minolta X-370 outfit $135 (Includes 2x & strap)
Minolta XE-7 $ 145 Professional model - Black

Olympus OM-2 $ 95 Good student camera-Black
Vivitar 220/SL $ 80 Student camera - Black
Yashica FX-2 $ 65 Good student camera

Warranty: Each camera comes with 30-day guarantee. Payment: Cash preferred.

Check http://stlouis.craigslist.org/pho and search titles for “student” to see my Craigslist listing. Call Gary at 636-441-6919, leave message if not home.

Call for Work: Deadline 16 November 2007

SEEN 2007 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST AND SHOW

Studio Altius is inviting photographers to submit artwork for SEEN 2007, a photography show of best work of St. Louis-area photographers in 2007. The finalists are selected by a blind jury. The First Prize will be $200, and the top finalist in each category will receive other awards from our sponsors. The top 50 pieces will be displayed in the SEEN 2007 show at Studio Altius throughout the month of December.

The entry fee for this show is only $10, you may enter as many times in as many categories as you wish, however, you must submit a new entry fee for every piece you enter. Categories are: Landscape; Cityscape/Architecture; Portrait; Black & White; Photo Journalism; Still Life; Wedding; Advertising (includes design). The deadline for submissions is November 16, 2007.

Studio Altius upcoming events

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER SUPPLY STORE---PRE-ORDER SALE
Ever wanted top-end Dyna-lite lighting equipment, but felt you couldn’t afford it? This is your lucky day. This ONE-TIME-ONLY pre-order sale is intended to jumpstart our Supply Store and give you the best deal you can find ANYWHERE, even beating B&H by quite a bit. That's right, we are offering anything in our catalogs (Dyna-lite, Comet, and Superior Specialties) for unheard-of discounts. Since we cannot advertise these prices, please feel free to call or stop by the studio for a price on an item. This sale is only happening through September 16, so if you need lighting equipment, seamless papers, muslins, stands, etc., take advantage of this right away. Check out more details online.

“BEAT THE HEAT” STUDIO RENTAL PROMOTION
First-time rental clients receive a free hour of studio rental THROUGH THE END OF August!
Click here.

WEBSTER/WASH U/MERAMEC WEDNESDAYS
Are you a full time student at Webster University, Washington University, or St. Louis Community College - Meramec? If so, you can shoot in the studio for $10/hour on Wednesday mornings from 8am-noon. Regular student discount does not apply to this program. http://www.studioaltius.com/prophoto/specials/college.html

STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
September 15, 2007, 12pm-4pm
This workshop is an opportunity for photographers to hone their skills of shooting models in the studio. The emphasis is on experiential learning, dialogue/networking with colleagues, and coaching of studio skills. Multiple sets will be used with different lighting techniques. We will have one model for every two photographers registered and a MUA. If the weather is good, we can shoot outside too. Feel free to bring your own equipment and props to add to the mix. David Cerven, the owner of Studio Altius, will be on hand to give tips, suggestions, and advice... coaching as needed. A fee of $60 will cover the models and MUA as well as studio time. Please call or email to reserve your spot in the workshop.
http://www.studioaltius.com/prophoto/workshops/workshop20070915.html
or check out some shots from the last workshop.

Call for Work: Deadline 8 September 2007

ST. LOUIS REGIONAL ARTISTS SOUGHT FOR 23rd ANNUAL ALL MEDIA JURIED EXHIBIT

Art St. Louis XXIII, The Exhibition: Twenty-third annual all media juried exhibit open to artists 21 years of age or older residing in the St. Louis area and 200 mile radius* (*this 200 mile radius does not extend to artists in Chicago, IL/environs or Kansas City, MO/environs).

Exhibition dates November 12, 2007-January 3, 2008

Deadline for entries September 8, 2007

Art Saint Louis Gallery, 917 Locust Street, #300, St. Louis

Presented by Art Saint Louis with funding from Merle Lee Buzzotta, Edward Jones, Nancy & Ken Kranzberg, Missouri Arts Council, Regional Arts Commission. Support from HRI Properties, Lawrence Group & others TBA.

Media: Contemporary artwork in all media*, styles and themes (*NO web-based media, no ceiling installed work).

Entry/image Guidelines: Limit 5 original artworks created in the past two years, 2005-2007. Juried from JPEGS on CD (for 2-d & 3-d work) or DVD (for video, film, performance art only. DVD not accepted for 2-d/3-d documentation). Submissions not accepted by e-mail. NO slides. Entry form required. Entries that do not comply with the rules will be disqualified and returned to artist unprocessed.

JPEGS: Save JPEGS on 1 CD readable by BOTH Mac and PC. Save JPEG as RGB Color, sized at least 800x800 pixels & not to exceed 1600x1600 pixels, minimum 300 dpi, image quality 10 or higher, standard format JPEG only. JPEGS must be presented in proper viewing orientation. Required: Image reference sheet printed out by artist to include thumbnail prints showing all images on CD with corresponding .jpeg name & title. Name format for each JPEG should read: yourlastname.image#.jpg (example: jones.image1.jpg). We will not accept e-mailed entries.

DVD/Video artists: if selected for exhibition, artist must provide all equipment necessary to present work in the Gallery for the duration of the exhibit.

Juror: Bruce Guenther, Chief Curator, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Portland Art Museum, OR. Guenther has been with the Portland Art Museum since 2001 and has worked in the art museum field for over 30 years. Prior to Portland, he served as Chief Curator, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (1991-1999); Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (1987-1991); Co-Acting Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (1988-1989); Curator of Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum, WA (1979-1987); Curator (1974-1978) and Director (1978-1979), Museum of Art, Washington State University. Internationally recognized for his work in contemporary art, Mr. Guenther is sought after for his expertise as a public speaker, guest curator, juror, writer, art collection advisor, and public arts panelist for state, municipal and federal arts commissions.

Some of the previous jurors of our annual “Art St. Louis, The Exhibition” include:
1989 Sarah Faunce, curator, Brooklyn Museum
1990 Martin Prekop, former Dean, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
1991 Roger Shimomura, artist, Professor Emeritus, University of Kansas
1992 Eleanor Heartney, critic, Art in America
1993 James Yood, critic, New Art Examiner, professor, Northwestern University
1994 Richard Hunt, sculptor, Chicago
1995 Jean Van Harlingen, artist, Kansas City
1996 J. W. Mahoney, curator, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
1997 Jerry Saltz, art writer/critic, Art in America, Village Voice
1998 Dr. Regenia Perry, curator
1999 Tobi Kahn, artist, professor, School of Visual Arts, New York
2000 Douglas Dreishpoon, curator, Albright-Knox Gallery of Art, Buffalo, New York
2001 John Hallmark Neff, former Director Reynolda House Museum of American Art
2002 Garrison Roots, artist, professor, University of Colorado-Boulder
2003 David Pagel, art critic, Los Angeles Times
2004 Chakaia Booker, artist, New York
2005 Christian Rattemeyer, associate curator, MOMA, New York
2006 Elizabeth Thomas, Curator, Berkeley Art Museum, California

Opening Weekend Events:
~ Pre-Reception Juror’s Gallery Talk: Saturday, November 10, 2007, 6-7 p.m. at Art Saint Louis FREE
~ Opening Reception: Saturday, November 10, 2007, 7-9 p.m. at Art Saint Louis FREE
~ Juror’s Lecture: Sunday, November 11, 2007, 1 p.m. at Saint Louis Art Museum, Friends’ Room FREE

Entry fee (non-refundable):$20 current Art Saint Louis members; $30 non-members; $10 with NEW $45 Artist level membership. Membership is not a requirement for consideration or acceptance to any Art Saint Louis exhibition.

Current ASL members: Entry forms were mailed to all ASL members and should be in mailboxes by August 13.

For entry form:To request an e-mailed entry form (2 pdfs, print out on legal-sized paper) Adobe Acrobat required for viewing. Contact: robin@artstlouis.net. Not available through our website—only by e-mail. To receive a copy by mail, send #10 SASE to: ASL23, Art Saint Louis, 917 Locust Street, #300, St. Louis, MO 63101-1413

Questions:314/241-4810 or robin@artstlouis.net

Ms. Robin Hirsch, Associate Director
Art Saint Louis
917 Locust St., #300
St. Louis, MO 63101-1413
314/241-4810, 2# robin@artstlouis.net
http://www.artstlouis.org
http://www.artstlouis.net

1986-2006: ART SAINT LOUIS -- 20 YEARS STRONG

May Gallery opening: Friday 24 August 2007

Michael Putnam: Pilgrim India
Opening reception Friday, 5-7 pm

Pilgrimage is the temporal road to the heart of the eternal. Pilgrims, at great personal sacrifice, travel to festivals where they may enter the sacral moment by stepping into the Ganges.
The custom of pilgrimage to the Ganges was recorded first in the seventh century. Today eighty million Indians per year make pilgrimage. They go alone or in groups, sometimes whole villages, to immerse themselves in the holy mother and purify themselves of their sins.

This is travel in the spirit of seeking, of pure obligation alive with adventure, the known and the hoped for. Here is a festive people, the heart of culture, the life away from the repetitions and intersections of routine expectations. Here are Hindu pilgrims gathered in celebration. This is where yearning intercepts the present. The photographs in the exhibition were taken at various bathing festivals along the Ganges over a period of 40 years.

Michael Putnam is a native New Yorker with a visual interest in the anthropology of everyday life and in the way the image of what has gone before visually inhabits the present. He has photographed notably in the towns and cities of the continental U. S. and along the Ganges, and has been part of a multi-media project photographing daily life in Tokyo, Moscow, London and New York. He has published, among other photographic books, Silent Screens: The Decline and Transformation of the American Movie Theater, Johns Hopkins Press, 2000.

Michael Putnam speaking Friday, 24 August 2007

Michael Putnam, whose May Gallery show also opens on Friday, will speak at 2:00 in the University Center Presentation Room. His talk will be particularly about how his photographic project about old movie theaters turned into the book, Silent Screens: The Decline and Transformation of the American Movie Theater. The book has been put on reserve in the Emerson Library.

Michael Putnam is a native New Yorker with a visual interest in the anthropology of everyday life and in the way the image of what has gone before visually inhabits the present. He has photographed notably in the towns and cities of the continental U. S. and along the Ganges, and has been part of a multi-media project photographing daily life in Tokyo, Moscow, London and New York.

We're still here

Someone recently asked if I'd forgotten this blog. No, it's just that it's been quiet over the summer, and there hasn't been a lot to post. I try to keep on point, so there are quiet times here. But we are definitely still at it!

Call for Work: Mad Art Gallery

Mad Art Gallery is an exciting alternative gallery and performance space dedicated to creating exhibitions and cultural programs that cultivate artists as well as art audiences.

We are now accepting submissions for the 2008 exhibition season. We accept individual artist's submissions as well as group proposals. We also welcome proposals for one-time screenings, performances, concerts, and other events.

Mad Art Gallery strives to showcase uniquely talented artistic perspectives, and to that end, we place no limitations on our mission. Mad Art Gallery's 3800 square feet of exhibition space and state of the art lighting allows us to accept work and performances that might not otherwise have a place in St. Louis.

Go to http://www.madart.com/eventsexhibitions/artexhibitions and download the CFA link on the right.