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.

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 

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.

Call for Entries: Clara M Eagle Gallery: Magic Silver 2010

Call for Entries for group exhibition at the Clara M Eagle Gallery, Deadline 10/30/2009

$1000 in prizes will be awarded and a catalog will be produced featuring all works from the exhibition.


For more details: http://www.murraystate.edu/chfa/art/gallery/prospectus.html

2009 James D Phelan Art Award in Photography for California Born Artists

California-born photographers invited to apply for the 2009 James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography.

The 2009 James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography is administered by SF Camerawork in conjunction with The San Francisco Foundation, and will honor two California-born artists. In addition to a $3,750 cash prize, each award winner is invited to participate in an exhibition at SF Camerawork.

The James D. Phelan Art Awards were established by the trust of James D. Phelan (1861-1930), former San Francisco Mayor, United State Senator, and arts supporter, to recognize the achievements of California-born artists in a variety of disciplines. The Phelan Art Award is also given in printmaking, film, and video and is part of the Arts Awards Program at The San Francisco Foundation.

Eligibility
Application for the 2009 Award in Photography is open to any California-born artist. Current California residency is not required. Proof of birthplace will be requested. Past winners of the James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography are ineligible.

Jurors
The 2009 Award will be juried by Allan deSouza, Professor of New Genres, San Francisco Art Institute Cathy Kimball, Executive Director, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 28, 2009
The 2009 winners will be announced April 3, 2009.
No calls or emails, please.

More information and application materials are available at www.sfcamerawork.org/phelan_award/phelan_award2009.html

Photography Contest Sponsored by LMU Study Abroad!

Photo Contest: “Pictures From Abroad” Sponsored by The Study Abroad Office

The Study Abroad Office is holding a photo contest open to all LMU students, faculty, and staff, to promote International Education Week. The contest will also raise funds for Operation Smile, a non-profit organization that helps repair childhood facial deformities around the world.

Guidelines:
1. Submit pictures from Tuesday, Oct. 28 - Friday, Nov. 14
2. Photos must be pictures from abroad in a hard copy form
3. Sizes 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10 are acceptable
4. Cost is $2 for the first two photo submissions; $1 per photo for additional photo submissions

All proceeds from this contest will be donated to “Operation Smile.” Photos should be submitted to the Study Abroad Office located in University Hall, Suite 1840 in person. (We are not accepting digital submissions or submissions by mail.) All pictures must be appropriate for public viewing at LMU.

When you submit your photos, you can pay by check or credit card. Alternatively, you can pay online at http://support.operationsmile.org/goto/lmustudyabroad . If you choose the online option, please print your receipt and bring it in to us with your photos. Your contribution is tax deductible.

All photos will be exhibited on Tuesday, Nov. 18, during convo hour, in Alumni Mall. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced and you also have the opportunity to vote for your favorite!

For more information, contact Julie Jimenez at x86068 or julie.jimenez@lmu.edu .

Onward '09 2nd Annual Juried Photography Competition

ONWARD ‘09: 2nd Annual Juried Photography Competition

Project Basho is pleased to announce ONWARD ‘09, annual juried photography competition, exclusively featuring new and emerging photographs’ work.

This year, we are inviting Peter Barberie, Curator of Photographs at Philadelphia Museum of Art as juror. The deadline is November 14. For more information, please download the entry form from our website.

Theme for the competition is open, and any photographic medium including but not limited to historical processes, traditional silver printing, chromogenic printing and digital processes can be submitted for consideration. Selected photographers’ work will be featured in a group exhibition at Project Basho Gallery. Further recognition will be awarded in the form of cash awards and opportunities for a two-person show at Project Basho Gallery.

Last year’s competition attracted close to 300 photographers nationally and internationally who submitted over 1200 images. Andrea Modica, the last year juror selected 59 photographs for the show at Project Basho Gallery, which was held in January and February 2008. You can see selected photographers’ work on ONWARD ‘08 Web Gallery.

Deadline: November 14

Project Basho, 1305 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19122, 215-238-0928, onward.projectbasho.org

Photo Related Job Close to Campus

Attention Photography and Graphic Design Majors (or anyone with Adobe skills):

would you like the opportunity to work with a successful, local photography studio specializing in faces and people (Hollywood and headshot photography) that has been thriving for over 30 years?
Play del Rey-based studio wants to PAY a local student who has excellent working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Lightroom. Studio seeks assistance and training to better automate workflow via use of (Adobe commands) actions, batching, droplets, and other time-saving features. Studio is only five minutes from campus.
If interested, please contact Bill at bcstudios@hotmail.com or call 310.849.8281.