Enter Self-Portrait Photo and Win $1000 from Lark Publishing

Lark Photography will award $1,000.00 to one photography student that submits the winning self-portrait.
2nd and 3rd place finishers each win all four books in the Digital Masters series.

Visit larkbooks.com/digital for a complete set of official rules or click here: http://www.larkbooks.com/file_download/367/LarkSelfPortraitPhotoContestFinal.pdf

Your photo must be received by April 30, 2010.

Chris Vaccari
Director, Library Marketing
646.688.2509
www.sterlingpublishing.com

College Night at the Getty: April 7

Enjoy free art exhibitions, special presentations, music, food, and other surprises exclusively for college students!

• Meet Getty curators Anne-Lise Desmas, Virginia Heckert, and Anne Lyden as they guide you through their exhibitions.

• Talk to Soo Kim, one of the photographers featured in Urban Panoramas: Opie, Liao, Kim.

• Chef Joseph Mahon of the restaurant Bastide will give his perspective on the aesthetics of food.

• Take part in special tours discussing masterpieces and exciting periods in the history of art.

• Enhance your gustatory experience with complimentary food, nonalcoholic beverages, and a cash bar.

• Enjoy performances by Marc b., DJ OldBoy, Kinetic Theory Circus, and harpist Ricky Rasura.


The following exhibitions will be open during College Night:

• Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture: Inspiration and Invention, showcasing studies for sculptures never realized in Leonardo's lifetime

• In Focus: Tasteful Pictures, highlighting photographs of food across the history of the medium

• Urban Panoramas: Opie, Liao, Kim, featuring work by three contemporary photographers

• A Record of Emotion: The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans, a survey of Evans's photographs of cathedrals, landscapes, portraiture, and photomicrography

• In addition, galleries with Impressionism and other works of art from the 19th century will be open late for this special event.


Museum store outlet shops will be open in the West Pavilion—Special 20% discount for College Night!

Grant-Writing Summer Internship at LACMA

Government and Foundation Relations Internship
Grantwriting Department

The Government and Foundation Relations Department is seeking an undergraduate or graduate intern who is actively enrolled in an art history, museum studies, English, liberal arts, or other applicable program for Summer 2010.

Description

The desired intern will be a proficient writer, have strong analytical skills, and be able to work up to 20 hours per week for college credit. The ideal candidate will be a strong writer, have strong analytical skills, and be proficient with Internet, Excel, and MS Word. He/she must be able to type 50 words per minute and have good organizational skills.

This is a non-paid internship, but school credits will be awarded. Intern duties primarily entail prospect research to identify new funding opportunities and preparing written documents, including letters of inquiry, status reports, grant proposals, and acknowledgment letters. Other responsibilities include filing and fulfilling donor stewardship, such as mailing VIP passes and exhibition catalogues. There may also be the opportunity to assist with special events for the Development Department, such as opening night receptions and private viewings of exhibitions.

To Apply

Interested candidates for this intern position should send a cover letter, resume, and a writing sample to alipsey@lacma.org

Amor Fati Magazine Based in Los Angeles Seeks Photos on Theme of "Disaster"

AMOR FATI is a quarterly digest featuring the works of Los Angeles writers, artists, and creatives. In a city of disparate parts, our aim is to create an active platform for organic and challenging exchange that is not only reflective of this generation but brings a collective voice to an anomalous city.

Submission deadline: April 11, 2010

Submissions should reflect the theme of disastrous occurrences. Topics can be fiction or non-fiction. Need ideas? God has tried to destroy Los Angeles with numerous devices; earthquakes, riots, fires, droughts, floods, mud slides, and most recently, tornadoes. If natural disasters and civil unrest will not suffice as themes, then your own personal disasters are also welcome.

Guidelines

Formats include ANYTHING PRINTABLE, such as short stories, poetry, prose, essays, philosophies, letters, one-acts, scripts, flash fiction, lyrics, recipes, photography, visual art, trickery, what-have-you, new or old.

Competition for Students at a West Coast University-- win $1200

Attention all Associate, Bachelor, and Masters Degree candidates with an interest in the visual arts, currently enrolled at a West/Southwest Regional public or private college or university. No matter what major, if you paint, illustrate, sculpt, design, draw, photograph, or just create art, you are eligible to enter the 3rd Annual Fine Art Finals West/Southwest Regional Scholarship Competition.


Media accepted include:
Drawing - graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, marker, pastel, charcoal, etc.
Painting - oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc.
Printmaking - etching, lithography, screen-printing, etc.
Sculpture - clay, ceramic, plaster, marble, glass, wood, resin, porcelain, metal, etc.
Jewelry - gemstones, precious metals or other materials, etc.
Fibers - textiles, fabrics, yarn, natural & synthetic fibers, etc.
Photography - traditional & digital.
Digital Art - see our information page for details.
Graphic Design - traditional & digital, see our information page for details.

This scholarship competition is dedicated to the promotion of talented and gifted emerging artists at the collegiate level and awards their mastery of technique and excellence of artistic achievement. Finalists and Winners will be selected based on quality, originality, and the creativity of their work.


First Place: $1200
Second Place: $600
Third Place: $300

Two Honorable Mentions:
$50 each


Entry Deadline:
Postmarked by Friday, May 7, 2010

http://www.fineartfinals.com/Collegiate_Home_Page.html

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Internship

LACE Archives Internship

The LACE Archives Intern will work closely with the LACE Archives Fellow to make LACE's archival holdings useful and available for research and integrate materials from LACE's archives into exhibition and publication initiatives. Through his or her involvement with the archives, the intern will also participate in the development of a major exhibition and publication project at LACE titled Los Angeles Goes Live: Exploring a Social History of Performance Art, 1970-1983.

LACE's archives are an invaluable site of cultural history for Los Angeles, as LACE has been a crucial participant in the city's artistic production for over three decades, often housing artwork that is experimental in nature. This LACE Archives Internship is an opportunity to work with LACE's unique collections, which include documentation of art exhibitions and performances held at LACE since 1978, extensive holdings of photographic and video material and records pertaining to the institution's history.
The LACE Archives Internship will provide an interested individual with the opportunity to gain training and experience working with archival collections. In addition to providing training in widely held standards and protocol of collections management, it also offers a unique introduction to working with collections related to experimental and variable media art. The Archives Intern will:
- Learn first-hand about collections-management issues and make use of an extensive database specifically designed by Franklin Furnace Archive to meet the needs of collections of conceptual and other variable media art;
- Learn about ways that archival collections are made publicly accessible and work with the LACE Archives Fellow to integrate the catalogue of LACE's holdings into searchable online databases;
- Process a variety of material from LACE's recent exhibitions and events (e.g. photographs, video, press clippings, correspondence), attending to preservation concerns and updating the archives database as needed;
- Respond to research inquiries about LACE's archive and facilitate the use of collections by LACE staff members and visiting scholars and artists;
- Digitize selected items from LACE's collections, including videos, slides and printed matter;
- Work with the LACE Archives Fellow to develop online resources that will provide broad access to, and contextualization of LACE's digitized collections, including project-specific and thematic websites;
- Think creatively about how to generate broad interest in LACE's archival collections; and
- Serve as a liaison with LACE's webmaster to facilitate the integration of documents from the archive into LACE's website.

TO APPLY
Send a resume, references, and a cover letter explaining the reasons for your interest in this position to:
Jennifer Flores Sternad at jennifer@welcometolace.org

LACE internships require a commitment of approx. 16 hours per week for a minimum of three months.
For further information, please contact Jennifer via e-mail or at (323) 957-1777 x 11. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

ABOUT LACE
LACE is a contemporary visual art space that encourages people and projects working across diverse creative forms to interrogate the boundaries of culture and artistic practice. LACE exhibitions, performances, screenings, dialogs and other public forums strive to inspire the public imagination and to expand interactions between art and audience. Located in the heart of Hollywood, LACE contributes to the activation of Los Angeles' urban landscape and champions art's ability to engage with the timely issues that shape local and global life. Become part of LACE's illustrious history today, while ensuring its vibrant future. For more information, please visit www.welcometolace.org.

Aperture Lecture Series at the Hammer March 4: Zwelethu Mthethwa

March 4 at 7pm at the Hammer Museum; 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Westwood

Zwelethu Mthethwa, (Aperture, March 2010) is the artist’s long-awaited first comprehensive monograph, providing an overview of his work to-date and featuring the stunning portraits that have brought him international acclaim. Mthethwa’s work has been featured in over thirty-five international solo exhibitions and numerous group shows, including the 2005 Venice Biennial and Snap Judgments at the International Center of Photography, New York. Born in Durban, South Africa, he now resides in Cape Town. A book signing will follow the lecture.

ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets are required, and are available at the Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit one ticket per person on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.

Parking is available under the museum for $3 after 6:00p.m.

Internship Opportunities at Red Hen Press

We are looking for those interested in being interns/volunteers for
approximately 6 months.
We ask that interns work at least 10 hours/week and come into the office
at least 2 times/week. We offer a gas stipend but the internship itself
is unpaid.

Internships currently offered:

Production: responsibilities include preparing manuscripts for design,
entering corrections, reviewing galleys, archiving, and managing
inventory.

Development: responsibilities include researching appropriate funding
organizations, assisting in copywriting and proofreading LOIs, and
updating our development databases.

To apply for an internship at Red Hen Press, please submit your resume,
a cover letter (optional), and contact information to Amy Harper at
kate.asst@gmail.com .
Also, feel free to call me at 818-470-3467 for general questions.

For more information on Red Hen Press please go to www.RedHen.org

HANAE MORI PERFUMES PRESENTS THE SPRING 2010 ART STUDENT CONTEST

Win a cash award and have your work prominently displayed on Hanae Mori perfume packaging!

HANAE MORI PERFUMES PRESENTS THE SPRING 2010 ART STUDENT CONTEST
Be a winner this Spring! Not only will your name appear on possibly 3 Falls boxes for distribution at major retailers, but you will also receive $500 per winning design (possibly $1,500)! Submissions must be received by 3/12/10. Winners will be announced on or before 3/19/10. If you are interested in participating in this contest and for further contest details, please contact Charlotte O�Rourke (corourke@icperfumes.com).

-Contest is open to art class students as well as student members of the College Art Association.

-Additional information Hanae Mori logo image, pdf presentation of the Hanae Mori Fragrance line, past
winner example and further directions.

-All submissions must be in an Illustrator Graphic - 300 DPI (for manufacturer) AND in Jpeg format (for internal judging)

2009 Feitelson Arts Fellowship for Young LA Artists

Winners receive $5000 and a solo exhibition!

Deadline is February 16

for more information: http://lamag.org/

Photo LA January 14-17 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

Dozens of international galleries and publishing houses will be showcasing vintage and contemporary photography. This year marks the debut of the Lapis Press and Schaden's The La Brea Matrix, in which six German art photographers use Stephen Shore's 1975 picture of the corner of Beverly and La Brea as a point of reference. There will also be a sneak preview of the Museum of Latin American Art's exhibit, Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography (1990-2005)

http://www.photola.com/general-information.html

Photo Major Alum Maggie Fogarty in Rwanda

Photo Major Maggie Fogarty ('07) is currently on assignment with the Peace Corps in Rwanda where she is teaching English. Read about her amazing experiences on her blog: http://margeinrwanda.blogspot.com/




Maggie also recently generously donated lots of Polaroid film to the students in the Photo area!

Call for Entries: Carnival: Newspace in Portland, Oregon

Newspace Center for Photography invites photographers to submit images for our Annual Themed Exhibition. This year, with the theme “Carnival”, we are seeking work that has been shot at carnivals, fairs, celebrations or other such events with a festive atmosphere. Selected photographs will be shown in the Newspace gallery February 5th - 28th 2010.

The competition is open to photographers using any type of photographic process, color or black & white, traditional or computer generated/manipulated images. There are no restrictions on the date images were created. Portland photographer and Newspace Director Chris Bennett will be selecting images for the exhibition.

The entry fee is $5 per image and you may enter as many images as you like. Newspace members may enter three images at no charge.

Fill out the entry form which can be downloaded from our website and submit it with your images on a CD. Entry materials will not be returned.

The images need to be 300 dpi jpg files no larger than 7 inches in its longest dimension. Each jpg file must be titled with your last name, first initial, "underscore" and the correlating number to match the entry form. For instance Mike Smith would be SmithM_1.jpg. The CD itself must be labeled with the photographer's name. Materials will not be returned.
Sorry no slides or prints.
The entry deadline is Friday, December 18th 2009 (postmarked).

Selected images will be on display in the Newspace gallery February 5th through 28th 2010, with an opening reception Friday, February 5th 7-10pm.
Awards will be given to the top three place winners and to the "Gallery-Goers' Choice Award" winner.

Those accepted into the show will be notified by End of December 2009 and will be posted on our website.

Mandatory Portfolio Reviews for Juniors and Seniors December 7 & 11

Monday, December 7th from 1:30-2:50

Kathleen Laraia- McLaughlin, Diane Meyer and Amanda Keller-Konya

Visiting Artist Aline Smithson

Student Alum Cody Bonsignore ('08)



Monday, December 7th from 3:10-4:30


Kathleen Laraia- McLaughlin, Diane Meyer and Amanda Keller-Konya

Visiting Artist Emily Shur (Emily is a commercial/editorial photographer who does a lot of celebrity portraiture and would be a good match for those of you interested in commercial/fashion work. The other 3 visiting artists work more in fine arts)

Student Alum Brittany Jones ('06)



Friday, December 11 from 10-1120

Molly Corey, Diane Meyer and Brian Moss

Visiting Artist Carter Mull

Student Alum Laura August-Schmidt ('07)





Friday, December 11 from 1130-1250


Molly Corey, Diane Meyer and Brian Moss

Visiting Artist Jennifer Bornstein

Student Alum Kendal Coopman ('09)

PDN Student Photography Contest Winners Receive a Nikon DSLR & Publication

For More Details:

http://contest.pdnedu.com/

Enter the PDN Student Photography Contest! Deadline December 7th

Winners and selected honorable mentions will be featured in the Spring 2010 issue of PDNedu and on pdnedu.com. Additional Web winners will be featured on pdnedu.com in our Winners Gallery. Grand Prize winners, one per category, will receive a Nikon digital camera and a Crumpler bag. Student winners will also be displayed in an exhibit at The 2010 SPE National Conference is in Philadelphia, March 4-7, 2010. All winners and honorable mentions will get a one-year subscription to PDN. 

Grand Prize winners will receive an portfolio consultation with a PDN editor The Pre College winner will receive a review with Dennis Keeley: Chair of Photographyand Imaging at Art Center College of Design. 

FASHION / PORTRAITURE

Channel your inner Annie Leibovitz and give us some close-ups; self-portraits welcome.

DOCUMENTARY / PHOTOJOURNALISM

From the prayer rituals of Tibetan monks to the local demise of a farming community, show us the issues,
people and events in your periphery.

STILL LIFE

A glowing bowl of edamame or your mother's Tiffany lamp - if it's stationary, it counts.

TRAVEL / LANDSCAPE

Spring break in Mexico, studies abroad in Australia and camping trips-we want to see where you've been.

FINE ART / PERSONAL WORK

Your chance to get all avant-garde on us - the offbeat, unique and beautiful work that doesn't fit in the above categories.

Pre College - Open Category

Ok, you're getting up there, you've got what it takes, Show us your shots from any of the above categories
and prove it. Don't worry, you'll be judged against your peers. 

*Late? Pay $5 additional per entry for an extended deadline of 12/21/09. All entries uploaded after 12/7 will
be charged an extended deadline fee of $5 per entry. 

Students can submit a single image or a series, up to six images per entry. There is no limit of entries a student can submit; however, ALL submissions must be made by students currently enrolled in college or high school. Online entries only. If you're an educator looking to submit on behalf of your class, contact John Gimenez at jgimenez@pdnonline.com for special group rate deals. 

Dennis Keeley - Chair of Photography and Imaging - Art Center College of Design.

Bill Hunt - Hasted Hunt Gallery

Mickey Boardman - Editorial Director - Paper Magazine

Dan Westergren - Sr. Photo Editor - National Geographic Traveler 

Barbara Kruger Lecture @ LACMA Thursday October 29 7:30pm

Join LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director Michael Govan for a conversation with renowned contemporary artist Barbara Kruger. Barbara Kruger transformed LACMA's BCAM elevator from a functional object into a major work of art. She and Michael Govan will discuss how this work manifests her interest in creating art and commentary with "pictures and words." This popular series often sells out early so be sure to reserve your free tickets soon.
Bing Theater | Free, tickets required, available at the box office | For more information call 323 857-6010

Doug McCulloh Lecture in Burns 152 Monday, September 28 @ 4:30

Doug McCulloh is an artist based in Southern California. He is an honors graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara and holds an MFA in photography and digital media from Claremont Graduate University. McCulloh’s work has been shown in museums, academic institutions, and galleries in the US, Europe, China and Mexico, including more than two dozen large-scale solo exhibitions. Exhibitions include: California Museum of Photography; KIT/Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland; Asian Cultural Center, New York City; China San Jiangyuan Photography Festival and Los Angeles Center for Digital Art.

For more information: www.douglasmcculloh.com

"...after winning the right to name a street in a new tract housing development," writes Sheila Pinkel in AfterImage, the journal of the Visual Studies Workshop, "McCulloh spent seven years working on "Dream Street," shooting 12,891 photos and taping 47.5 hours of interviews, in order to accomplish a reflection of the tract house building trade as it exists in Southern California at the beginning of the 21st Century... What makes McCulloh's insightful work so unusual is that he is both photographer and writer and the intersection of these two voices are at times informative, moving and/or shocking."

Polaroid Workshop and Demo Hosted by Melissa Sweet in the Student Art Gallery Thursday, September 18, Convo Hour

Magnum Expression Award

Magnum Photos is pleased to announce the first annual Expression Photography Award in association with HP. The award, established with the goal of inspiring change through photography, aims to discover compelling documentary photography employed to affect social awareness.

Magnum photographers Alec Soth, Jonas Bendiksen, Paolo Pellegrin, and Susan Meiselas and HP representative Louis Kim will judge on the panel and select one chosen winner to receive a $10,000 grant to support the continuation of his/her work, HP's large format Designjet Z3200 Photo printer for fine art printing, archival pigment inks, fine art paper and additional prizes from contributing partners Blurb and PhotoShelter.

Two honorable mentions and 17 finalists will also receive awards to support and encourage their photographic work. Participation is at no cost and photographers worldwide are encouraged to submit. http://expression.magnumphotos.com/expression_award/

Photo Philanthropy Awards for Sociallly Concerned Photographers

PhotoPhilanthropy—a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting photography for philanthropic purposes and activism in charitable organizations – is sponsoring the first-annual PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Awards.

Contest entrants are invited to submit a Photo Essay consisting of 7 – 10 digital images that tell the story of a non-profit organization and its work. Winning photographers will receive prize money and recognition while featured non-profit organizations and their causes will benefit from valuable exposure.

All Photo Essays that are accepted into the competition will be posted immediately to the www.photophilanthropy.org site, and will be considered for further recognition when awards submissions close October 31, 2009.