Call for Work: Deadline 2 May 2008

Call to Artists - Art in the Park[ing Lot]
Entry Forms Available Now - Deadline May 2, 2008

Art in the Park[ing Lot] is a community art fair, presented by Chesterfield Arts, previously held in Faust Park every year on Father's Day weekend. The event features art booths featuring regional artists, hands-on art activities for children and adults, performances, workshops and more. Started in 2002 as a way to showcase the local artistic talent to audiences in West County and beyond, Art in the Park has grown from a small one-day event into a two-day festival, with more than 3500 in attendance last year. For 2008, Art in the Park will change locations from Faust Park to the area directly between Chesterfield Arts and the Chesterfield Mall, becoming Art in the Park[ing Lot]!

2008 Jurors:
Robin Hirsch, Associate Director at Art St. Louis
Sarah Colby, mixed media artist and Arts + Healthcare Coordinator for Barnes-Jewish Hospital
John Cross, regional painter and Art Studio Technician at St. Charles Community College

$500 cash prize awarded Friday evening, June 13 for Best in Show winner.

Download Guidelines and Entry Form at www.chesterfieldarts.org.

TIMELINE
May 2 - Artists' submissions due
May 19 - Artist notifications mailed
May 30 - Artist acceptance/booth fees due
June 2 - Last day to cancel for a refund
June 13 & 14 - Art in the Park[ing Lot]

Open to all visual artists residing within a 100-mile radius of St. Louis. See the guidelines for more info or for questions, contact April Gibbs Milne via email or 636-519-1955.

Chesterfield Arts
444 Chesterfield Center Dr., Suite 130
Chesterfield, MO 63017
P: 636-519-1955
F: 636-519-1773
www.chesterfieldarts.org

PIEA 2009 Contest announced

If you are (or were) a student in 2008, you are eligible to enter. Start thinking about it now, so you'll be ready to compete for what will likely be over $150,000 in prizes.

Contest Rules, Entry and Fees Forms and Procedures are all online at http://pieapma.org/contest/rules.htm.

Call for Work

Art Coop is producing the OLTA Art & Craft Fair at Olive and Taylor in the Central West End on June 7 and 8. This is the same weekend as the CWE Art Fair & Taste. Last year the CWE Art Fair & Taste drew 60,000 visitors. The OLTA Art & Craft Fair is just three blocks away! We expect to draw at least 6,000 visitors, and hope for 10,000. The OLTA Art & Craft Fair will also feature 14 musical groups, 6 "taste of" restaurant booths and numerous special attractions like clashing roller derby women and Shakespearean actors.

We have 23 indoor and 61 outdoor display spaces available. Exhibitors must provide their own tables, booths or tents. All-weekend rental for an indoor 10' facing space is $95. An outdoor 10’ facing space is $90. A second exhibitor may share your space and pay you half your cost if you want.

To be considered for weekend exhibition send an email to MyOLTA@live.com with photos of your work attached. Or provide a website address where we can see your work. In your submission please include your phone number(s).

Call for Work: Deadline 1 August 2008

The 2008 From Our Perspective National Women's Art Exhibition is now open for entries. This unique annual juried exhibition is sponsored by the Womencenter at Oakland Community College. Please see the attached link for information about the exhibition and information on how to enter the exhibition. All entries must be sent by the online form as indicated in the link. The Entry Form has a link to help with sizing photos for attaching to the entry form. The $25 entry fee must be sent by U.S. Postal Mail; no entry will be complete until the fee is received. You may also view a slide-show of the past two exhibition years. For any questions please email or call me at the contact information listed below.

http://www.oaklandcc.edu/womencenter/artshow.htm

Arlene J. Frank
Womencenter Program Coordinator
Oakland Community College
27055 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
(248) 522-3641
womenart@oaklandcc.edu

ASMP Contest: Deadline 14 May 2008

Image 08 is a nationwide photo contest run by the New York chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers and open to all professional and student photographers residing in the United States. Submit one or more of your favorite images that were created on or after January 1, 2007. The deadline for entry submissions is May 14, 2008.

Info and online entries at http://www.asmpny.org/image08.html.

Entrepreneurship Certificate Info Session: Tuesday, 22 April 2008

Photography Track Entrepreneurship Certificate Info Session
University Center Presentation Room
Tuesday- April 22, 2008, 3:15—4 :00 PM
www.webster.edu/entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship@webster.edu

Community Arts Fellowship: Deadline 15 May 2008

The John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin announces its Community Arts Fellowship program. In its inaugural year, the Community Arts Fellowship is designed to experiment with and define new ways of hands-on collaboration within an arts organization between artists and a broad community. Working in The ARTery space—a hands-on, drop-in, collaborative art-making gallery—the Fellow will have the opportunity to develop interactive projects specific to his/her area of interest that reach out to new communities, provide more in-depth engagement into the exhibitions in the galleries, and provide an accessible entry point to the Arts Center for active participation by people of all skill levels and ages. The fellowship is intended to offer an artist, teaching artist, or artist-administrator (graduate-level candidate or an exceptional undergraduate candidate) professional experience in a nationally acclaimed arts environment. The fellowship start date is August 1, 2008, and the deadline for applications is May 15, 2008. Please see http://www.jmkac.org/CommunityArtsFellowship for more information.

The John Michael Kohler Arts Center is a nationally acclaimed visual and performing arts complex in downtown Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The Arts Center is devoted to innovative explorations in contemporary art, new models for community arts, unique educational partnering with an emphasis on early childhood education, presenting internationally acclaimed performing artists, as well as supporting practicing artists through a variety of residencies. The 100,000-square-foot complex includes ten galleries, a theatre, an interdisciplinary performance space, studio-classrooms, meeting spaces, gift shop, and café. The Community Arts Department is one of the programming departments at the Arts Center—the others being Curatorial, Performing Arts, Education, and Arts/Industry—and is comprised of five programs: Connecting Communities, The ARTery, the Community Gallery, the Partnership Program, and Community Events.

NPPA free event: Sunday, 27 April 2008

NPPA REGION 7 PHOTO EVENT
DATE: SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008
TIME: 1-5 P.M.

LOCATION: Paul Miller Building on the campus of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK

Our next NPPA R7 Photo Event is co-hosted Karen E. Segrave, Region 7 Director and staff photographer with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Jack Hodgson, Associate Professor, School of Journalism & Broadcasting, OSU. Our featured guest speakers are Dan Hale, staff photographer with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Doug Magditch, Region 7 TV POY from KYTV/Springfield, MO. Dan will present a program on the "Highs and Lows of Multimedia" and focusing on things that can hurt and help a Multimedia project. Doug will show his TV POY winning cips from KYTV.

We'll have lots of door prizes to give away thanks to our friends at Think Tank Photo, Gerber, Nikon, Canon. The cost is FREE! Pizza, sandwiches, and drinks will be provided.

We are also planning another R7 Photo Slideshow to wrap up the afternoon. If you are planning to attend and want to participate in the slideshow, e-mail your photos to ksegrave@arkansasonline.com. Both TV and still photographers are encouraged to show their work.

RSVP to: ksegrave@arkansasonline.com

Questions? Call Karen at: 501-607-0090 or e-mail to: ksegrave@arkansasonline.com

Remembering Virginia Tech: 16 April 2008

Remembering Virginia Tech: What We Can Do to Address Troubled Student Behavior at Webster
Wednesday, April 16
12 noon
UC Sunnen Lounge

April 16 is the one-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings. We will have a remembrance of the Virginia Tech victims and then a panel discussion about what we at Webster can do to deal with troubled student behavior on our campus.

The panel will include: Ted Hoef, Associate VP and Dean of Students; Dan Pesold, Director of Public Safety; Patrick Stack, Director of Counseling; Colette Cummings, Associate Dean of Students; and John Buck, Associate Dean of Students.

Cookies and beverages will be made available.

Call for Work: Deadline 1 May 2008

Art Coop is looking for 40 artists to exhibit their work at "Mayo," our May art show opening May 9th.

Artists are invited to submit three works each in any medium or media to exhibit together in celebration of May, Mayo and May Day. This is not a theme show. Your work need have nothing to do with May, Mayo or May Day.

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 15’ ceiling space will be available as required by the work.

Art will be exhibited in the Central West End at 4515 Olive and 462 North Taylor (three doors down the street). Art exhibited on Olive Street will hang from May 9 to 11. Art exhibited on Taylor will hang from May 9 to June 6. Please request a location when submitting art to this CFA.

Art Coop charges no gallery commission on sales of your work, but there is a $25 entry fee per artist (not per work). Exhibition is limited to the first 40 artists accepted. Deadline for received submissions is May 1. But don’t delay submitting. Submissions will be reviewed as received and accepted or rejected only until we have 40 artists accepted. 9 artist slots are already filled.

To submit your work for review, send an email to artcoop@live.com with photos of your work attached. Or provide a website address where we can see your work. In your submission please include your phone number(s) and the approximate size of each submitted work.

Call for Work: Deadline 30 April 2008

Jacoby Arts Center’s 4th Annual Juried Exhibition is open to artists residing in Illinois and Missouri who are 18 years of age or older. Juror Belinda Lee is a professional visual artist and Director of Gallery & Visual Art at COCA and has served as faculty and administrator at Washington University’s Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art.

Entry deadline is April 30, 2008. For a prospectus please email info@jacobyartscenter.org.

Madison County Arts Council
Jacoby Arts Center
627 Broadway
Alton, IL 62025
618-4692-5222
info@jacobyartscenter.org

Call for Work: Deadline 31 May 2008

The Soulard Art Market and Contemporary Gallery is calling for submissions to "The Beauty Within", a juried exhibition of local artists from June 12, 2008 to July 6, 2008.

Each artist may submit up to 2 original works. We accept most media (Sorry, NO video or
ceiling-suspended artwork.)

Submission Guidelines:
- No more than 2 Pieces of work to be juried.
- Framed 2D artwork must be ready for hanging with wire (no saw tooth hangers).
- All artwork for consideration MUST be submitted via JPEG/JPG image.
- Accompanying e-mail must include title/ media/measurements, contact e-mail address, and phone number.
- File size for each work cannot exceed 500kb and must be attached in JPEG format.
- Website address submissions will NOT be accepted.
- File Name should be named as such: Artists Name_Name of Piece_Dimensions.jpg (John Smith_Artwork1_16x20.jpg)

Send e-mail and JPEG/JPG(s) to: jury@soulardartmarket.com

All submissions are to be received no later than May 31st, 2008 by Midnight (cst) for consideration. Submission is FREE! Accepted artists must submit an operational costs fee of $30. We will accept cash only, payable upon delivery of artwork. A portion of the acceptance fee will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. There will be no commission; artists will retain 100% of sales, there will be an option to donate the proceeds of your sale to the Susan G. Komen foundation. Gallery hours: Thur/Fri 6pm to 10pm, Sat/Sun noon to 6pm

Soulard Art Market
2028 South 12th Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63104
314-258-4299
http://www.soulardartmarket.com
info@soulardartmarket.com

VLAA Business Edge seminar series: Monday, 21 April 2008

St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (VLAA) Business Edge seminar series for individual artists of all disciplines

Copyright Clinic, Monday, April 21
Do you have pressing questions about copyright? Here's your chance to learn the basics. Then you'll have an opportunity to spend 15 minutes talking to a volunteer lawyer. Consultations will be scheduled in person that evening and may not be available if you do not register in advance.

Ask the Entertainment Lawyer, Monday, May 5
Here's your chance to hear from an expert panel of local entertainment attorneys - Daniel Friedman, Barbara Graham-Alexander, Emmett McAuliffe and Jeff Michelman. You'll also learn what services they provide in addition to drafting agreements with record labels.

The seminars will be held in the Regional Arts Commission's building, 6128 Delmar, which is located across the street from the Pageant and just west of the Delmar MetroLink station. They will begin at 7:00 p.m. and conclude by 9:00 p.m. The advance registration fee is $10.

To download a registration form, visit VLAA's Web site.

St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
6128 Delmar
St. Louis, MO 63112
Phone: 314/863-6930
Fax: 314/863-6932
www.vlaa.org

Call for Work: Deadline 3 May 2008

EXHIBIT ~ “Patterns and Pixels”

SHOW DATES ~ May 27-June 27, 2008

PRESENTED BY ~ Art Saint Louis at our NEW Gallery at 555 Washington Avenue, #105, St. Louis, MO 63101, 314/241-4810.

DOWNLOADABLE CALL FOR ENTRIES

REGISTRATION DEADLINE
~ Entry forms & fee are due postmarked by May 3, 2008. Mail to Art Saint Louis’ current location, 917 Locust St., #300, St. Louis, MO 63101. We do not move to 555 Washington until May 1.
~ Late pre-registration accepted (in-person only) May 5-10, 2008 with additional $5 late fee. No entries accepted after May 10.

DELIVERY OF ARTWORKS FOR JURYING ~ May 8-9, 2008, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. or May 10, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. No entries accepted after 4 p.m. May 10. Deliver all works to 555 Washington Ave., #105, Art Saint Louis’ new Gallery.

GRAND OPENING RECEPTION ~ Saturday, June 7, 2008, 6-9 p.m. Free & open to the public.

JURORS
~ Mark Douglas, artist, Associate Professor of Art, Fontbonne University, St. Louis
~ Ken Anderson, artist, Professor, Department of Art & Art History, University of Missouri-St. Louis

THEME ~ For “Patterns and Pixels,” Art Saint Louis seeks artworks that explore the complexity of form and shapes that can be created by pattern, repetition and rhythm—from Mother Nature to the Computer Age. Works that focus on repeating or cumulative elements of design within the artwork.

ELIGIBILITY
~ Open to all visual artists 21 & older residing within a 200-mile radius of St. Louis, MO.
~ Artists representing all levels of experience—from emerging to established—are welcome.
~ Student work is eligible but must be produced independent of instruction.

MEDIA
~ Original artworks in all media* are considered. (*NO web-based works, i.e. works that rely on the use of the Internet for display. We are not yet equipped to exhibit work in these media). Please check with us after 24 regarding submitting ceiling installed work.
~ Artists working in VHS, DVD or CD-ROM must provide all equipment necessary to view work.

ARTWORK REQUIREMENTS
~ Juried from the actual artwork only.
~ Proposals for work are not accepted—this exhibit is juried from the actual work.
~ Limit 2 original artworks, created within the past two years (2006-2008).
~ Works may not have been shown in any juried exhibit in the St. Louis area in the past 6 months or in any juried exhibit at Art Saint Louis.
~ All works must be ready for installation. 2-d works must be framed (no clip frames & no saw tooth hangers), matted, equipped with hanging wire & ready to hang. If your 2-d work is unframed yet presented in an alternative fashion, call ASL to discuss.
~ Installation & larger 3-d works: Please call ASL to discuss particulars. Keep in mind that the ASL Gallery is carpeted. Installation & large 3-d works are encouraged, but we request that artist call prior to delivering work to discuss details. Artists should provide detailed installation directions with artwork upon delivery for jurying.
~ Pedestal-displayed works: Art Saint Louis has a limited number of standard-sized pedestals. If your work requires an over-sized or odd-sized pedestal, you may need to provide your own.
~ No wet paintings.
~ Works that do not follow the rules of entry will not be shown to the jurors.

ARTWORK SIZE LIMITS
~ Artworks must fit through standard double-sized doors.
~ Final installation size may not exceed 10' high and/or 16' wide.

SALES, COMMISSION, INSURANCE
~ Works may be for sale or not for sale. Whether for sale or not, for insurance purposes a dollar value must be determined by the artist. Insurance value is 50% of retail value. Please do not list works as POR (price on request).
~ Art Saint Louis encourages sales of artworks and retains a 30% donation on all works sold as a result of this exhibition.
~ Artworks are insured at 50% while on exhibition. Artist may purchase additional insurance at $2 per $100.

AGREEMENT
~ Accepted artists volunteer 4 hours time per each accepted artwork toward production of exhibit, or buy-out time at $20/artwork. Volunteer tasks include: exhibit installation, opening reception, Saturday gallery monitoring, de-installation.

AWARDS
~ After selecting works for exhibition, the jurors will select 4-5 artists/artworks to receive (non-cash) Awards of Excellence. In addition to receiving recognition for their outstanding work in the exhibit, Award recipients will be eligible for the curated “Honor Awards 2009” exhibit (March-April 2009).

TRAVELING EXHIBIT
~ Some of the works featured in “Patterns and Pixels” will be selected for exhibition in two traveling portions of the exhibit to be presented during July 2008 at The Heights, Richmond Heights, MO, and The Centre, Rolla, MO. The traveling exhibits are optional.

ENTRY FEES
~ Entry fees are non-refundable and are used toward the production of this exhibition.
~ $15 current members of Art Saint Louis
~ $25 non-members
~ or $5 with NEW $45 Artist Level Membership=$50 total. Downloadable membership form http://www.artstlouis.org/membership.html

ENTRY FORMS
~ Entry forms are REQUIRED & are available as a downloadable PDF (Adobe Acrobat required); or by mailing #10 SASE to: Patterns & Pixels, c/o Art Saint Louis, 917 Locust St., #300, St. Louis, MO 63101-1413.

NOTIFICATION
~ Notification of acceptance & declination is done by e-mail. If artist does not have e-mail, he/she must provide a SASP (self-addressed stamped postcard) with ¢17 postage for notification of acceptance/declination.
~ Notifications are sent to ALL entering artists after May 13 2008.
~ Declined works are to be picked up from Art Saint Louis May 14-16, 2008, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. & May 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

PICK-UP OF EXHIBITED WORKS ~ June 28, 2008, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and June 29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

ABOUT ART SAINT LOUIS ~ ART SAINT LOUIS is a non-profit community art organization & Gallery located in the heart of downtown St. Louis at 917 Locust Street. The Gallery will be permanently relocating to 555 Washington Avenue as of May 1, 2008. Art Saint Louis has served St. Louis regional artists & the community at-large for over 21 years.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ART SAINT LOUIS:
Robin Hirsch, Associate Director & Gallery Director
Art Saint Louis
917 Locust Street, #300
St. Louis, MO 63101-1413
314/241-4810, 2#
robin@artstlouis.org
www.artstlouis.org
http://artstlouis.blogspot.com
http://stlouisgalleryguide.blogspot.com

PPA of Greater St. Louis round table: 12 May 2008

PPA of Greater St. Louis
would like to invite you to join us for our round table session.

Our speakers will be:
Richard Faulstich - Workman compensation matters
Dick Walkenbach - Insurance coverage
Mike Roman - Self employment investments and financial planning
Lee Harris - Health insurance and employee benefits.

May 12, 2008 - 9:30am - 11:30am
Christ Memorial Lutheran Church
(the old target on Lindbergh)
5252 South Lindbergh
St. Louis, MO 63126

There is a $10 fee to attend this round table to help cover room cost and snack expenses. Please contact us if you have any questions!

National Geographic travel photography scholarship: Deadline 30 June 2008

WORLD NOMADS TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOLARSHIP

Join a National Geographic on-assignment photographer in the Australian Outback!

World Nomads & National Geographic Channel will send one exceptional student on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join renowned wildlife and remote landscape photographer, Jason Edwards on assignment!

The brief is to photograph The Great Hughenden Endurance Camel Race in the stunningly beautiful area of Porcupine Gorge in Outback Australia. You will work alongside and receive mentorship from Jason Edwards, gaining valuable in the field experience.

You will also receive an Olympus E3 digital camera and Lenovo Ideapad to document your assignment.

For full scholarship and application details:
http://journals.worldnomads.com/scholarships/post/16743.aspx

Applications close: June 30, 2008

About World Nomads Scholarships

WorldNomads.com is passionate about travel. We offer global travel insurance and travel safety services for adventurous and independent travelers. Established in just 1999, our focus on innovation, customer service and partnerships has enabled us to grow to 4 offices across the globe and an ever-present active online community.

The WorldNomads.com Scholarships program is designed to create a dynamic, experiential learning opportunity, which offers mentoring, produces exciting content and facilitates partnerships to publish/broadcast/exhibit student's work. The scholarships aim to attract those students who have a passion for travel and a strong desire to learn and contribute to making a difference in the world. Currently, there are 4 scholarships open each year for tertiary level students: Travel Writing, Podcast Journalism, Photography and Film Documentary.

Inquiries: Amanda Byrne - Global Programs Manager

Advertising photo discussion: Tuesday, 8 April 2008

ART DIRECTORS ARE GREAT...OR NOT

Please join ReBUS on Tuesday, April 8th at Ferguson & Katzman photography for a candid discussion with a group of veteran advertising photographers. Find out what happens on both sides of the lens when these photographers open up about art directors, collaboration, and the secrets of nurturing the creative process rather than squelching it.

April 8th, 6PM
2745 Locust Street, Second Floor
Saint Louis, MO 63103

Need a map? Just click here.
Plenty of street parking available.
RSVP: dougherty.ann@gmail.com

free for Ad Club members
free for first time non-members
non-members $10 at the door
must be 21 years of age or older

Free roll C-41 processing: 9 April 2008 only

There's a Walgreens coupon to get a roll of film processed for free at http://www.walgreens.com/dmi/filmcoupon/default.html

(The closest Walgreens with a one-hour lab is at the intersection of Elm Ave. and Watson Rd.)

Call for Work

20:08 Gallery Saint Louis, the only St. Louis gallery dedicated to promoting local photograpic artists, is searching for fine art photographers who would like to display and sell their work. The gallery currently has openings available.

If you would like to be considered, please email Thomas De Clue at gallerystlouis@sbcglobal.net

Photo Review Competition: Deadline 15 May 2008

The 2008 Photo Review International Photography Competition will be juried by Julie Saul, Director, Julie Saul Gallery, New York City.

The Photo Review’s is “a competition with a difference” that enables thousands of people across the country to see the accepted work in our 2008 competition issue. Also, the prize-winning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at the photography gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia.

All entries must be received by mail between May 1 and May 15, 2008.

Free copies Digital Photo Pro

Four free copies of the March/April issue of Digital Photo Pro magazine go to the first four people who contact Bill to ask for them.

Free (and legal!) Photoshop

Photoshop Express is a new web-based application that will let you upload, edit, sort, store up to 2 GB, and share images online. It's now out in beta (not yet the final release), and you can get in for free.

Photoshop Express doesn't offer the full range of tools in the regular Photoshop application, but will still have its place. You need to use a Flash-enabled browser to get there, but check it out at www.photoshop.com/express.