FAMILY
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Exhibit: February 2-March 4, 2017
Entry Deadline: Monday
December 5, 2016
International Competition for Photographs and Photo-Based Artwork
at Umbrella Arts, New York City
Conceived and juried by Harvey Stein, Director of Photography,
Umbrella Arts; photographer, educator, author, curator
We are seeking photographs of FAMILY.
Photographs that are a bit unusual and out of the ordinary, not the
conventionally nice or cute images that are often seen. Your photographs
can be amusing, interesting, frank and biting.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines FAMILY as a group of people who are related to each other. This is
fine with us but we’d like to expand the definition beyond what we are born
into. Let’s include those who we choose to “adopt” as a family, like a close group
of friends; a group of people united by certain convictions and a common
affiliation, and a group of things related by common characteristics, as the
woodwind family of musical instruments, for instance. A group of circus
performers, a band of brothers, a theater group, or even the Mafia.
The tone can convey an appreciation of the joys and difficulties experienced by
FAMILY in the essentially absurd
predicament of getting along and living. FAMILIES pictured in environments from homes to city streets to the
ends of the earth are all being sought.
The exhibition is open to all photographers working in color,
black & white, film, digital, and beyond, etc. Any format, any
camera, any style is acceptable.
Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious.
We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be,
after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us.
-Gloria Steinem
DETAILS
ENTRY
DEADLINE: December 5, 2016
SHOW DATES: February
2-March 4, 2017
LOCATION:
Umbrella Arts, 317 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10003
ELIGIBILITY: The exhibition is open to all photographers,
any format, any camera, black & white or color, any style acceptable. All types of photography-based work may be
entered, including digital, iphone, alternative processes, photo collage and
montage. Maximum finished print size is
16”x20”. Maximum frame size is 20”x24”.
BOOK PUBLICATION : A book based on the selected and exhibited
images for FAMILY will be published
by the gallery and will be for sale during the exhibition. All rights remain
with the photographer.
FAMILY, Jodphur India ©Harvey Stein 2013
JUROR: HARVEY STEIN
is a professional photographer, educator, lecturer, curator and
author of seven photography books: Briefly
Seen New York Street Life (2015), Harlem Steet
Portraits (2013), Coney Island 40 Years (2011), Movimento: Glimpses of Italian Street Life (2007), Coney Island (1998), Artists Observed (1986), and Parallels: A Look at Twins (1978). Stein’s photographs
have been published in dozens of magazines such as The New Yorker, Time, Life, Esquire, and Smithsonian as well as all the major
photo magazines. He has had 81 one-person exhibits in the U.S. and Europe, and
his photographs are in more than 57 public and private collections around the
world. The Bruce Silverstein Gallery, Throckmorton Fine Art and June Bateman
Fine Art represent his work. He is a faculty member of the International Center
of Photography and conducts his own workshops in Asia, South America and Europe
as well as the U.S. He was appointed Director of Photography at Umbrella Arts
in 2009. Some of his photography can be seen at www.harveysteinphoto.com
PROCEDURE
TO ENTER:
· Click on
the PROCEDURE link.
· Create a
user name and password at our Entrythingy page to submit your work to FAMILY
· Follow
the online upload directions
Recommended image requirements:
· High
quality jpegs 72 resolution
· RGB or
sRGB color profile (for both B&W and
Color)
· Sized
1000 pixels on the longest dimension
Eliminate watermarks--a MUST
FEE: $40.00
submission fee for 5 images. $5.00 per each additional image up to 10 images
will be accepted, payable to Umbrella Arts once online registration is
completed. Payment can be made by PayPal, check or money order.
NOTIFICATION: Artists will be notified by
December 14, 2016. Approximately 40
images will be selected for exhibition.
Notification will be sent by e-mail.
ACCEPTED
WORK: A framed,
ready to hang, exhibition quality print must be delivered to Umbrella Arts, 317
East 9th Street, New York, New York 10003.
Maximum finished print size is 16”x20”. Maximum frame size is
20”x24”.
No substitutes of accepted work will be allowed. Exhibited work must be for sale.
DELIVERY: Can be
made in person or by mail. By Mail --no later than Saturday, January 28th,
2017. By Hand -- delivered work can be dropped off at Umbrella Arts on
Thursday, January 26, Friday January 27, and Saturday January 28th from 1:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
UMBRELLA
ARTS: Mary Ann
Fahey and Margaret Bodell joined forces to create the Umbrella Arts gallery and
project space, located in the heart of the East Village. Mary Ann Fahey and Margaret Bodell have
introduced many new artists to the New York art world, and worked to expand the
traditional notion of an art exhibition by using it as a vehicle for creating
community and promoting social change.
RECEPTION: A
reception for photographers, friends and press, hosted by Umbrella Arts will be
held on Thursday February 2nd. Time:
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
COMMISSION: Umbrella Arts will handle all sales for
photographers. Photographers will retain 50% of sales price, and Umbrella Arts
will retain 50% of total sale. The price
indicated on the entry form will be considered the retail price of each image.
Once the final exhibition print has been dropped off at the gallery, Umbrella
Arts will be happy to consult with artists on pricing considerations.
LIABILITY: Liability
of artwork is the responsibility of the participating artist/photographer. Umbrella Arts, their employees or any agents
thereof cannot be held responsible for any liability of the artist.
QUESTIONS: Questions may be
directed to us by emailing info@umbrellaarts.com, or by calling Umbrella Arts at: 212.505.7196 during gallery hours: Thurs –
Sat, 1-6pm.
