Lisa Ohlweiler Exhibition @ USC Roski Gallery Opening February 10 6-8pm

Check out former lab technician Lisa Ohlweiler's latest work!

Lisa Ohlweiler

AN INVOCATION OF MAGICAL THINKING
February 9-11

Opening Reception Tuesday, February 10 6-8pm
Graduate Fine Arts Building (IFT)
3001 S. Flower St.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(Entrance on 30th St. between Flower St. and Figueroa St.)

Katy Grannan Lecture at USC February 25 12-2pm

February 25, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
University Park Campus
Graduate Fine Arts Building
Lecture Forum

Katy Grannan received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and her MFA from Yale University. The artist has exhibited at the 2004 Whitney Biennial; the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao; the Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Orange County Museum of Art, among others. Grannan's work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Orange County Museum of Art; the International Center of Photography; and the Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies and has been featured in Artforum, Frieze, Art on Paper, Art and Auction, Visionaire, the Village Voice, The New Yorker, the New York Times, and The New York Times Magazine, among others. Her monograph, Model American, was published by Aperture in 2005. Her exhibition catalog, The Westerns, was published in 2008. Katy Grannan lives in Berkeley, California.

For More Information: http://roski.usc.edu/calendar/event/868033/master-of-fine-arts-lecture-series-and-handtmann-photography-lecture-series-present-katy-grannan/

AIGA's EMERGE @ Thomas P Kelly Student Art Gallery Reception 2/7 6-10pm

Date: Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 Time: 6 P.M. - 10 P.M. Event: AIGA's "EMERGE" opening reception Location: Thomas P. Kelly, Jr. Gallery Loyola Marymount University Westchester campus 1 LMU Drive Los Angeles, CA 90045 Admission: Free and open to the public Contact: Thomas P. Kelly, Jr. Student Art Gallery 310.338.2880 More about the event: Beginning January 26 through February 15, the LMU Student Chapter of the AIGA (the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the professional association for design) in conjunction with ASLMU, and the Graphic Design Program of the College of Communication and Fine Arts will be hosting EMERGE, an exhibition showcasing student work from the top graphic design programs in the Los Angeles area. LMU is among 13 schools including Art Center, CalArts, Otis, CSUN and USC participating in the exhibition, conceived and designed by LMU graphic design and multimedia arts students. AIGA is awarding $13,000 in scholarships for selected student entries. The reception for EMERGE will be on Saturday February 7, 6 P.M.-10 P.M. in the new Kelly Student Gallery where an anticipated 500 guests are to attend. Free food, music will be served during the reception.
About Loyola Marymount University: Located between the Pacific Ocean and downtown Los Angeles, LMU is a Catholic university offering a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees. Founded in 1911, LMU is the largest Catholic university on the West Coast with nearly 5,500 undergraduate students and over 3,000 graduate and law students.

Call for Work: Long Exposure

Desotorow Gallery is seeking submissions of photographic works for a juried exhibit scheduled for February 13-18. The exhibit, “The Extended Moment,” will be juried and curated by a Guest Curator, Craig Stevens. Work submitted to this exhibit should explore the idea of the extended moment- a longer exposure, multiple exposure, or a sequential imagery theme.

Craig Stevens is currently a photography professor at Savannah College of Art and Design, and he has also taught at the Maine Photographic Workshop for 29 years. He has written numerous articles about photographic craft and vision and is a respected workshop leader and teacher. He is also the proprietor of L’ Atelier, a fine art digital printing service in Savannah, GA. Please visit Stevens’ website www.craigstevens.net to learn more.

Submissions (in digital form only) are due to Desotorow Gallery by January 23, 2009. Submissions may be made via mail:
Desotorow Gallery
2427 De Soto Avenue
Savannah, GA 31401

or by email: info@desotorow.org

Artists may submit up to 5 works for a $12 fee. Payment made be made via PayPal on Desotorow’s website: www.desotorow.org/opportunities/entry or by check or cash mailed to Desotorow Gallery.

Linhof Young Photographer Award Competition

LINHOF YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD 09
"Human Cityscapes"

Linhof is the oldest existing camera manufacturer in the world with a tradition of more than 120 years in developing and manufacturing view cameras and optical equipment for applied photography. Linhof is market leader for professional large format camera systems. The company has been actively engaged in supporting the projects of younger people for many decades and now Linhof again is inviting entries for their bi-annual competition for the best images of younger photographers preferably taken with large format cameras systems.

In view of the worldwide distribution of Linhof cameras we anticipate a high volume of entries for this prestigious award. The topic of the subject matter is the urban environment. The theme of the competition is "Human Cityscapes". The photographic realisation should comprise the urban environment "City" showing contrasts or unity of citizens and architecture. The role of the human being within the urban architecture is the idea. Linhof expects a conceptional work relating to the theme with probably new personal reflections.
The Linhof Award for Young Photography is based on the fine art aesthetic principles of large format photo graphy. The competition is issued worldwide by Linhof Präzisions-Systemtechnik GmbH / Munich.
The competition is open to all professional photographers and students of photo graphy. Maximum age is 35 years. Every participant may submit a minimum of 5 to a maximum of 8 entries all dealing with the theme of the contest. All works should have been taken since 2008.
Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2009 (date of the sending post office).

The prizes are as follows:
1st. Linhof Camera equipment to the value of 10000 Euro
2nd. Linhof Camera equipment to the value of 3000 Euro
3rd. Linhof Camera accessories to the value of 1000 Euro
The judging will take place in April 2009 by a select jury of experts in the photographic world to determine the 3 best entries.

Members of the jury are:
Thomas Weski, Dep. Director, Haus der Kunst Munich, Curator of Photography
Hans-Michael Koetzle, Author and Journalist, Munich
Prof. Peter Bialobrzeski, High School for Art and Design Bremen, Photographer
Brigitte Nusser, Collectioneer of Photographs, Munich
Anna Wondrak, Art Historian, Munich
Barbara Wolff, Photographer, Munich

The application form can be downloaded under www.linhof.de/award_e.pdf

More Information:
www.linhof.de
Linhof Präzisions-Systemtechnik GmbH
Mrs. Anna Wondrak
Rupert-Mayer-Str. 45, 81379 Munich, Germany
info@linhof.de

Photo+Book: A Juried Exhibition of Self-Published On-Demand Photography Books

Call for Entries on Exhibition of Self-Published Books
Deadline: January 24

Contests, Juried Art Shows , Poetry Art Gallery

Photographers have been witness to a dizzying array of groundbreaking innovations in recent years. One of those exciting innovations is the emergence of "self-published, on demand" book printing services. You know.... Blurb, Lulu, iPhoto, MyPublisher and all those other proliferating providers as well. These books allow photographers to present their photographs in a high-quality, low-cost and professional-looking book. Let's celebrate these books and the artists behind them. Photo+Book will be juried by Christopher Rauschenberg and four artists submitting books will be selected for Best of Show Awards.

23 Sandy Gallery, 623 NE 23rd Ave. Portland, OR 97232, 97232, Oregon, United States

Call for Submissions: Spring Arts Collective!

Call for Entries
IMAGINE

Juror: Susan Burnstine



Submission Deadline: February 7th, 2009

About the theme:
Reaching across boundaries, breaking rules, living on the edge,
dreaming the unknown,
envision all things possible. This exhibit will showcase diverse
perspectives portrayed by
photographer’s interpretation of the theme “Imagine”.

Eligibility:
This exhibition is open to all domestic and international,
professional and amateur,
photographers. Work derived from all photographic processes, both
traditional and digital,
are accepted, as well as mixed media work that is photo-based.

Exhibition and Awards:
Spring Arts Collective Gallery exhibits the work of contemporary
artists, both established and
emerging. Work will remain on exhibit for one month. Over 1200 people
attend SAC’s monthly
opening night event, held in conjunction with the LA Downtown Art
Walk on Gallery Row.
As a benefit of being selected for this exhibition, artists and their
work will be seen by an
audience of artists and collectors who appreciate photographic and
digital art forms.

• Selected images will be exhibited and available for sale at SAC
Gallery in Los Angeles, CA,
from March 12th - April 5th 2009.
• Selected images will also be prominently featured on the SAC
Gallery website and be
included in news releases to various local and web publications.
• A public reception for the artists will take place on Thursday,
March 12th 7-9pm to coincide
with the LA Downtown Art Walk on Gallery Row.
• First place winner will receive a one day workshop of Susan
Burnstine’s Visual Narratives
I or II or $100.00.
• Two honorable mentions will be awarded.

About the Juror:
Susan Burnstine is an award winning professional fine art and
commercial photographer based
in Los Angeles who builds homemade cameras and lenses primarily made
out of plastic,
vintage camera parts and random household objects. Susan is
represented in galleries across
the country, widely published throughout the world, and has written
for several photography
magazines, including Camera Arts and a monthly column for Black &
White Photography (UK).
www.susanburnstine.com

Submissions:
Submissions can be made online at: http://
www.springartscollective.com/docs/sac_submissions.html
JPEG SIZE: 900 pixels longest side @72dpi.
You may also download and print out an entry form (PDF located below)
and mail a CD with
your images and $35 processing fee (Made out to Studio 528) to:

Spring Arts Collective Gallery
Attention Artist Submissions
c/o Studio 528
453 S. Spring St. Suite 528
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Unless an SASE is provided, materials will not be returned.

Entry Fee:
Registration fee is $35US (six images).

If your work is accepted:
1. Send work framed and matted, ready for hanging. Max size of frame
is 28”
2. Include return postage or fed ex number for framed prints to be
shipped back to you
after the exhibition. Prints without postage cannot be returned.
Prints will be returned
in the container they were received.
3. When packing framed print, do NOT use Styrofoam peanuts.
4. The framed print MUST BE received by March 7th, 2009
5. Ship to:
Spring Arts Collective Gallery
Attention “Imagine Exhibition”
c/o Studio 528
453 S. Spring St. Suite 528
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Sales:
SAC Gallery encourages the sale of exhibited photographs. The
commission charged will be
50% of the sale price. Print your name, address, telephone numbers
(work and home), and
sales amount on a slip of paper and tape to back of frame. If your
print is Not-For-Sale (NFS)
please specify.

Calendar:
Deadline for entries: February 7th, 2009
Winners announced: February 16th, 2009
Selected entries must be recieved by March 7th, 2009
Exhibit Dates: March 12th – April 5th 2009

For more information go to http://www.springartscollective.com