Call for Work: Deadline 1 May 2009

Women in Photojournalism Call for Entries
Juried Exhibit and Gallery Reception Information

There are no categories, only your interpretation of the theme, "Celebrating Our Past Looking, Towards the Future". Your photographs can represent your definition of the theme through people, place, action or event milestone. Submissions must be by women photojournalists. Single entries only. Photos must have been taken between July 1, 2008 and April 25, 2009.

Deadline for entry is Midnight, May 1, 2009.

Up to 50 winning images will be selected by judges, including up to 2 best of show. Winners will be contacted and asked to submit an exhibit quality 14x18 matted print for the opening reception June 11, 2009. Copyright holders retain rights to the photograph. NPPA will have the right to print winners in the magazine or on the official website for conference or promotional materials.

~SUBMITTING YOUR PHOTOS~
You can submit by clicking here or going to the Convergence09 page and clicking on the link to enter the Women in Photojournalism Contest. Once you click the contest link and login it will automatically take to you to the entry form. Enter info in each field, then hit the browse button and select image from your computer. When done hit "Submit." You must do this for each photograph you want to enter. Files need to be 200-300 ppi, JPEG files and Include the following information under the Photoshop FILE INFO or IPTC fields for each image: 1) Caption Field: image title followed by complete caption (DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME HERE). 2) Caption Writer: your initials. 3) Headline: image title. 4) Byline: photographer’s name. 5) Credit: your affiliation or school. 6) Source: copyright holder.

~ENTRY PAYMENT~
Payment must be made with a credit card at the time of print submission.

~CONFERENCE INFORMATION~
Women in Photojournalism Conference – June 10, 2009
Juried Exibit June 11, 2009
Flamingo Hotel – Las Vegas
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.WOMENINPHOTOJOURNALISM.ORG

Reality 101: Deadline 27 March 2009

Reality 101: Preparation for Life After College
Reality 101: Preparation for Life After College
PROGRAM DETAILS:

• Etiquette Dinner - Review the “do’s and don’ts” of dining and professional etiquette in a casual setting.
• Speed Networking - Perfect your mingling skills and learn how to be comfortable and confident when meeting new people.
• Alumni Panel - Webster Alumni will give you their perspective on how to transition from college to the workplace.
  

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009, 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

University Center, Sunnen Lounge
PROFESSIONAL DRESS EXPECTED

You must register at Career Services by Friday, March 27th.
For more information, contact Career Services at 314.968.6982.

A $10 deposit is required and will be refunded at the event.
LIMITED TO THE FIRST 40 STUDENTS TO REGISTER

Liz Condon-Oakberg
Student Employment Coordinator, Webster University Career Services
Garden Park Plaza Room 155
314-246-7641, 800-981-9805
econdon32@webster.edu

Blurb contest: Deadline 16 July 2009

Blurb contest: Photography.Book.Now 2009

Blurb, the maker of custom photo books, is the organizer of the Photography.Book.Now international juried competition with a $25,000 grand prize.

Three categories for book submissions:
Fine Art - your best photography in book form
Editorial - compelling visual narratives
Commercial - fashion, advertising and corporate communication

Submission deadline is July 16. Entry fee is $35 (US) per book.

Submissions must be “self-published books printed using a commercial quality printing and binding mechanism,” but they do not have to be made by Blurb.

Prizes:
One grand prize, $25K in cash
A winner, first and second runner-up in each category
a People’s Choice award
several honorable mention awards

Winners are announced in September.

Full details are online at http://pbn.blurb.com

Blurb will be offering a handsome discount for ASMP members on their services. If you're a student member, stay tuned to your ASMP email alerts.

Calls for work: Various deadlines

Be sure to read the rules before you enter anything, to be sure that you are comfortable with their expectations and rules.

Texas Tech University School of Art. "Solo Photography Exhibition at TTU School of Art." Deadline: March 27, 2009. Fee: none. Seeking strong portfolios of creative photography in all styles to fill seven or eight solo 2009 exhibition slots at Texas Tech's SRO-Gallery. Consistency as well as creative vision is important in the selection process. For more information contact SRO-Photo Gallery, Chisum Pierce, SRO Gallery Director, TTU School ofArt, Box 42081, Lubbock, TX 79409, 806/742-1947, photogallerysro@yahoo.com.

HP Marketing Corp. "Linhof Young Photographer Award 08/09." Deadline: March 31,2009. Fee: none. Submit series of between five and eight images. Theme: Human Cityscapes. 1st Prize:
€IO,OOO, 2nd Prize €3,000, 3rd Prize €IOOO. For more information or an application form visit www.linhof.de/award_e.pdf.

Umbrella Arts. "Bed," June II - July 11,2009. Deadline: April 13,2009. Fee: $35 for up to five images, $5 each additional. Juror: Harvey Stein, educator, lecturer, curator and author offour photography books. Bed is where we procreate, communicate. masticate, investigate, commiserate, elucidate, migrate, hibernate, masturbate, educate, ruminate. Umbrella Arts wants to see your photos of your bed (and/or others) and what you do while you are there. Make them as personal, fun, interesting, beautiful, startling as you can; no subject is out of bounds. For an entry form or more information contact Umbrella Arts, 317 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10003, 212/505-7196, info@umbrellaarts.com, or visit www.umbrellaarts.com

Soho Photo Gallery. "2009 National Photography Competition." July 1-31,2009. Deadline: May 2, 2009. Fee: $40 for up to five images. Juror: Susan Kismaric, Department of Photography, The
Museum of Modern Art. Thirty to thirty-five photographers will participate in a group show in July. For more information and an entry form, send an SASE to Prospectus, 2009 National Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NY, NY 10013, or visit www.sohophoto.com.

Art of Photography Show. "Art of Photography Show 2009." Deadline: May 22, 2009. Fee: $25 per entry, $10 each additional. All forms of photography considered. Juror: Charlotte Cotton,
curator and head of the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. For more information contact Steven Churchill, Art of Photography Show, 3830 Valley Centre Dr., Suite 705; San Diego, CA 92130, l!s/793-0900. or visit www.artofphotographyshow.com.

Call for Work: Deadline 18 April 2009

Entry forms are currently available for our next juried exhibition at Art Saint Louis, "Out Of The Blue," open to Midwest regional artists over age 21 & residing within 200 miles of St. Louis. Open to all media* (*no ceiling installed work, no works that rely on use of Internet). Only works created in past 2 years (2007-2009). Juried from actual work, limit 2.

Works submitted for this show should investigate blue--the color, emotions, symbols, associations and/or sudden revelations. Blue paint, blue skies, Little Boy Blue, out of the blue, the blues, bluebird of happiness, blue planet.

Exhibition dates: May 18-June 25, 2009 in the Art Saint Louis Gallery, downtown St. Louis.

Juried by artists Michael Byron, Professor, Associate Dean of Faculty, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Art, Washington University in St. Louis, and Douglass Freed, former Director, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO.

Entry fee: $15/current ASL members; $25/non-members; or $5 with NEW $45 Artist Level Membership. Entry form required. Downloadable entry form here.

Registration deadline: April 18, 2009.

Deliver works for jurying: April 24-25, 2009, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

For more information write: "Out of the Blue," Art Saint Louis, 555 Washington Ave., #150, St. Louis, MO 63101; phone 314/241-4810, 2#. or e-mail Robin Hirsch, Associate Director & Gallery Director.

Call for Work: Deadline 22 March 2009

Soulard Art Market and Contemporary Gallery invites artists to submit works exploring our urban landscape as we awaken from winter's slumber and welcome spring in the latest exhibit Urban Awakening. The pieces for this show will be selected by guest curator Kate Poss of Art St. Louis and Washington University.

Calendar
-March 22, 2009 - Deadline for submissions
-March 27, 2009 - Accepted Artists Notification
-April 4 & 5, 2009 - drop-off date for accepted works 12 pm till 6 pm Acceptance fee of $30 payable in cash.
-April 10, 2009 – Urban Awakening Opening
Casual preview - 7pm to 10pm
-April 11, 2009 – Urban Awakening Opening
Formal Reception - 7pm to 10pm
-May 3rd, 2009 -- Art pick-up 12-6pm

For more info:
http://www.soulardartmarket.com
info@soulardartmarket.com
(314) 258-4299
Soulard Art Market & Contemporary Art Gallery
2028 S. 12th Street
Saint Louis, Missouri 63104

Submission Guidelines:
* Submission is FREE!
* We are looking for all forms of art, styles and points of view
* 2D work should be no larger than 4ft x 4ft in total. Must be framed and ready for hanging.
* Sculpture should be no taller than 6ft and must have a stand or be displayable on a 10" deep windowsill.
* All artwork for consideration must be submitted via JPEG/JPG image.
* An accompanying e-mail must include title/media/measurements, contact e-mail, address, and phone number. Please describe displays if applicable.
* File size for each work cannot exceed 500kb, JPEG Files 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 March 22, 2009 at 6pm CST for consideration.
Accepted artists will be contacted by email.
There will be no commission; artists will retain 100% of sales.
Accepted artists must submit an operational costs fee of $30.

Call for Work: Deadline 1 April 2009

Interpret fashion through different forms of the arts. How would fashion be defined through the perspective of visual art, music, theater, and dance? Even through visual art, How many different ways can fashion be explained?

We are looking for unconventional works of art that would interpret fashion as the artist will translate it. All media is encouraged, especially those that expand beyond two-dimensional means (although 2Dmedia is an equally valid display for the subject). Artists and guests alike feel free to wear original/eccentric articles of clothing during the opening of the show.

DEADLINE APRIL 1st. Digital submission welcome

ALSO OPENING THE SAME NIGHT......

RUSTY SPRING at ArtDimensions' 3rd floor Gallery
An exhibit of art with a rough, edgy, outsider or non-traditional feel that relates the mechanical and the seasonal or comes from a disheveled physical or mental place. The artwork must incorporate found objects in part or in whole. Work must have been created within the past 2 years.

Email Bryan@artdimensions.org for details
DOWNLOAD SUBMIT FORMS AND MORE INFO

Call for Work: Deadline 24 April 2009

Call for Art --- "The Next Generation of Artists"

The Soulard Art Market (SAM) and Contemporary Gallery is calling for submissions to "The Next Generation of Artists", a juried exhibition of student artists from May 8, 2009 through June 6, 2009. Prizes will be awarded by select businesses such as Art Mart, Third Degree Glass, and more!

Exhibition runs from May 8 – June 6, 2009, with opening receptions Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, from 7pm to 10pm.

Soulard Art Market is looking to represent talented student artists in our Contemporary Art Gallery, Artists must be between the ages of 14-19. We will be asking for proof with a student I.D. at the time of drop-off. Each artist may submit up to two original works. We accept most media (Sorry, NO video or ceiling-suspended artwork). Artwork displayed last year may not be submitted.

Theme(s) of the Event – Students may select one (1) of the below themes for their submission pieces.
1/ My Best Work
2/ Inspirations from Spring
3/ Passions – What are you passionate about?
4/ Portraits – Self, another person, or animal
5/ A topic related to a poem

Submission Guidelines:
- No more than 2 Pieces of work to be juried.
- Sculpture should be no larger than: Height: 10 sq ft (Height: 6ft, Width: 2ft.)
-Sculpture must have a stand or be displayable on a 10" deep windowsill.
- Framed 2D artwork must be ready for hanging (no saw tooth hangers).
- Artwork must be presentable and must have wire already attached.
- 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 jpg (jpeg) format.
- Website address submissions will NOT be accepted.
- File Name should be named as such: Artists Name_Name of Piece_Dimensions.jpg
Example of File Name: (John Smith_title of piece1_16x20.jpg)
- Media submitted should NOT include Video or Ceiling-Suspended Work, and will NOT be accepted.
- Late entries after the closing date of submission will NOT be accepted, no exceptions.

Send e-mail and JPEG/JPG(s) to jury@soulardartmarket.com.
Dates: electronic submissions by Friday, April 24, 11:00 p.m.
If accepted, drop off: Saturday and Sunday, May 2 & 3, noon – 6:00
Receptions: Friday & Saturday, May 8 & 9, 7-10 p.m.
Pick up: Saturday, June 6, 3-6 p.m. & Sunday, June 7, noon – 6:00

Submission is FREE! Accepted artists must submit an operational costs' fee of $10. There will be no commission; artists will retain 100% of sales. We look forward to seeing your art in the upcoming exhibition.

For more info: http://www.soulardartmarket.com,
e-mail: info@soulardartmarket.com
Soulard Art Market and Contemporary Art Gallery (314-258-4299), 2028 S. 12th St., St. Louis, MO 63104