artists’ rights: copyright issue to know about

Recording available for artists’ rights phone call with John T. Unger

Wall Space-Prospectus for New Directions 2010

This call for entries privileges two points of view: looking down from a high vantage point, and looking out to a vanishing horizon. Art historian, Albert Boime, described the former as a “Magisterial Gaze” that gave early Americans, through painting and printmaking, a view at one with God, hence, Manifest Destiny. The latter may simply be the romance of the road, or curiosity about what lies just out of sight – an American impulse from early pioneers to Jack Kerouac.

Numerous painters and photographers have employed these vantage points, subsequently, they run the risk of cliché. When done well, however, each reveals the unexpected, as in Szarkowski’s photograph, Country Elevator (see wall space blog to view picture). The optimist in me delights at the disorienting perspective of looking down whereby familiar objects become abstract and dizzyingly beautiful, to looking out, with that forward motion promising adventure or escape.

The title Down & Out might conjure images of ne’er-do-wells (risky, if the public decides not to inquire further). What I hope the photographs provide, however, is pleasure in the variety of ways ‘down’ and ‘out’ can be imaged, and what emotional liberation such points-of-view can have on our often confined and overly responsible psyches.

Submit online via Wallspace ap, or mail in CD, fee $35USD–for details:

http://www.wallspaceseattle.com/newDirections/index.php

Meet painter Marie Kazalia

On Tuesday my artist feature appeared on the b-uncut gallery blog–w/pics.

http://b-uncut.com/blog

Since it was two days ago, now you have to scroll down the page a bit to find it.

Here is the direct link:

http://bit.ly/VDCgb

Please take a look and help me promote by RETWEETING (via button at top of article) or posting to your Facebook page…

thanks/LUV

Best wishes for a productive day

PooL Art Fair

Frere Independent is proud to present its annual independent art fair, PooL. This is the fifth edition of the PooL Art Fair in Miami, and it is slated for December 4, 5 & 6 2008 at the Cavalier Hotel, during the Art Week in Miami. Of the many fairs in town at this time, PooL is the only one to present exclusively great-unrepresented artists.

The simple, modest approach of the PooL Art Fair offers an exciting alternative to the “Art Fair” experience for dealers and collectors as well as the general public. PooL’s purpose is to create a meeting ground for outstanding artists, primarily those who do not yet have gallery representation. Contemporary art dealers, artist agents, emerging galleries, artists’ collectives, and non-profit organizations may also apply to participate as exhibitors. The fair serves as an invaluable resource for the artistic community and the general public. Exhibitors will be given a room at the hotel in which to display their work; creating a unique and intimate setting. They will share with the public their most recent works: unique, original, and challenging art.

PooL is produced by Frere Independent. This not-for-profit art organization provides new avenues of dissemination and widespread visibility to emerging artists who do not currently have gallery representation.

PooL Art Fair | Miami Beach| Dec. 4, 5 & 6 2009 | 3pm to 10pm daily

Reception for the Artists
Friday Dec. 4th 2009 6pm to 10pm

Cavalier Hotel
1320 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 531-3555
www.cavaliermiami.com
One block from the Versace Mansion/Ocean View
*Location subject to change in same area

PooL Art Fair by Frere Independent
149 west 24th street suite 3A
New York NY 10011
Tel. 212 604 0519
info@poolartfair.com
www.poolartfair.com

Zatista

Hello,

We are excited to announce that we will be reviewing the next group of artists looking to sell their work on Zatista. We would love to see you and your work on the site.

If you wish to submit your work for this week’s review, please complete your artist profile and submit 3 original works for review. Remember, there are no listing or membership fees associated with Zatista so we encourage you to submit your profile and work today.

For a review of Zatista by EmptyEasel.com staff writer Taylor Gillis,please read the review here.

If you have forgotten your password, need help building a profile, or listing items on the site, please contact your artist account manager at:support@zatista.com.

We are looking forward to seeing your work soon!

The Zatista Team

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The Julia Margaret Cameron Award – Call For Entries.

Organized by The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, sponsored by Zoom Magazine, and benefiting Save the children, The Julia Margaret Cameron Award is addressed to professional and non professional women worldwide, who will compete separately in the following categories: Portrait; Street photography; Nude; Self Portrait; Children; Documentary; Fashion and Advertising (only for Professional); Architecture and Interiors; Landscapes and Citiscapes; and Nature.

WPGA will be inviting in this occasion only women photographers.Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works that include old and new processes, mixed techniques, and challenging personal, emotional or political statements will be welcome.

The awardees in Professional and non Professional will be published in ZOOM magazine, and will receive a cash prize of $3,000 each.

Entry fees: Before the early Bird deadline: $25 for the first 3 images (the minimum of images to submit is 3); $7 each additional image.After the Early Bird deadline and until the final deadline: $35 for the first 3 images; $10 each additional image.

Early Bird deadline: Dec 13th.

Juried by Mary Ellen Mark, Olivia Arthur, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Vanessa Winship, Kim Weston, Carol McCusker, and an editor from Zoom Magazine.

Zoom magazine, based in Italy, is distributed worldwide, and will give the awardees of The Julia Margaret Cameron Award Pro and non Pro an oustanding recognition and worldwide exposure.All awardees, including the honorable mentions of each category will be published in book and will be invited to exhibit in Europe in September 2010.

For more information, go to: http://www.thegalaawards.com

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The Julia Margaret Cameron Award – Call For Entries.

Organized by The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, sponsored by Zoom Magazine, and benefiting Save the children, The Julia Margaret Cameron Award is addressed to professional and non professional women worldwide, who will compete separately in the following categories: Portrait; Street photography; Nude; Self Portrait; Children; Documentary; Fashion and Advertising (only for Professional); Architecture and Interiors; Landscapes and Citiscapes; and Nature.

WPGA will be inviting in this occasion only women photographers.Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works that include old and new processes, mixed techniques, and challenging personal, emotional or political statements will be welcome.

The awardees in Professional and non Professional will be published in ZOOM magazine, and will receive a cash prize of $3,000 each.

Entry fees: Before the early Bird deadline: $25 for the first 3 images (the minimum of images to submit is 3); $7 each additional image.After the Early Bird deadline and until the final deadline: $35 for the first 3 images; $10 each additional image.

Early Bird deadline: Dec 13th.

Juried by Mary Ellen Mark, Olivia Arthur, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Vanessa Winship, Kim Weston, Carol McCusker, and an editor from Zoom Magazine.

Zoom magazine, based in Italy, is distributed worldwide, and will give the awardees of The Julia Margaret Cameron Award Pro and non Pro an oustanding recognition and worldwide exposure.All awardees, including the honorable mentions of each category will be published in book and will be invited to exhibit in Europe in September 2010.

For more information, go to: http://www.thegalaawards.com

Art Diaries exhibition series

CALL FOR ARTISTS – ART DIARIES EXHIBITION SERIES
1:40pm, Oct 27	Chicago, IL, USA International
4Art Inc Gallery is currently seeking talented and risk-taking artists to participate in its newest quarterly exhibition series, Art Diaries.Have you ever kept a secret from everyone except yourself? Have you ever kept a diary—as a child, as an adolescent, as an adult? Imagine if your diaries were published, their pages torn from the binding, tacked to the wall like an open wound, for all the world to see. Your darkest secrets, your deepest fears… your greatest joys, your most hopeful dreams, your most extraordinary revelations. And yet, for many visual artists, the canvas acts as the diary, the personal vessel that, when marked, suddenly releases something from within that could not otherwise be expressed out loud or written in a book. Art Diaries is a provocative series that asks artists to look within themselves and visually “write” what is usually unspoken, to communicate those suppressed thoughts without actually reading, hearing, or speaking. Art Diaries explores what happens when something that is usually kept private is shared, becoming a process of universal visual communication from artist to artist and from artist to viewer. Why do we keep diaries? If diary writing is a private act, how do diary writers relate to one another once their thoughts are exposed? What becomes of the relationship between the private and the public once this exposure takes place? Art Diaries is communication at its rawest and most profound; what we write in diaries often include words that we cannot, would not, or should not say out loud. It is in this territory that the artist reigns. Compensation: How to Apply: For more information, visit http://www.4artinc.com/ARTISTS%20SUBMISSION/4Art-Inc-Artists-Submission.html

publication looking for b&w artwork

Alien Sloth Sex is Looking for Submissions
5:55pm, Oct 30	Vancouver BC Canada
Alien Sloth Sex, a Vancouver-based lit/art zine, is currently looking for black and white artwork. Please send submissions as JPG’s or TIFF’s, with a minimum 200 dpi. Please do not send links to your portfolio. We are also having a poetry contest. Please visit www.alienslothsex.com for more details. Compensation: Contributor’s Copy How to Apply: Please visit www.alienslothsex.com for more information. Apply Via Email: alienslothsex@gmail.com

SEEKING ART BARGAIN BASEMENT, Chicago, IL

CALL-FOR-ENTRY: SEEKING ART BARGAIN BASEMENT In Co-operation with Co-Prosperity Sphere and the Select Media Festival
Deadline: November 13th, 2009

Artists, need CASH?? Do you have surplus ART??  Clear out your studios and make way for new work while earning extra cash to continue your practice — the Seeking Art Bargain Basement is back!

Originally located in a booth at Version Festival’s NFO XPO in April 2009, this experimental art space is returning, this time in the storefront at Co-Prosperity Sphere.  The Bargain Basement will have a grand re-opening on November 20th to coincide with the Select Media Festival and will remain open throughout the month for the holiday season.

Bargain basements first appeared in 1909 as an effort by department stores to move unwanted merchandise.  Selling surplus goods at discounted prices cleared the way for new products, catered to the consumer’s desire to acquire hidden gems for less than their worth, and allowed lower-income shoppers to participate in the trendy new world of mass-produced goods.  To celebrate the 100th anniversary, the Seeking Art Bargain Basement is applying the same economic and psychological principals to the art market, uniting artists’ leftover work with shoppers seeking affordable art.  Unlike the products at Robb Pruitt’s “Flea Market” or Martha Rosler’s “Garage Sale,” the items at the Bargain Basement will be new, with the artists themselves determining the value of selling the work.  All works will be accepted, inviting the viewer to participate in the process of discovery and the purchaser to determine what is of value as an art piece to them.  All proceeds go directly to the artist.

In a world of simultaneous surplus and exclusion, the Bargain Basement seeks to raise issues inherent in today’s art market including the accessibility of art, the practice of limiting dispersal to drive up value, the economy of art objects (and art non-objects), the speculative nature of the art market, and whether there is a stigma for artists to exhibit or sell in certain venues.

The Seeking Art Bargain Basement is a project by Hui-min Tsen.

Past participants consisted of over 30 national and international artists including Alice Bradshaw, Sarah Bishop, Lisa Bulawsky, Helen Maurene Cooper, Alex Dean, Jonny Detiger, Rose DiSalvo, Alice Evans, Ellen Ferrin, Peter Hoffman, Amanda Innis, James Kao, Julia Klein, Jamie Kreher, Alex Lee, Lemeh, 42 (Michele  Santini & Lorenza Paolini), Johannah Silva, Wen-ti Tsen, Dan S. Wang, Philip von Zweck, and more.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Each work must be priced by the artist between $0 and $200 with all proceeds from the sale going directly to the artist.   There is no entry fee for submissions, but all mailed entries must include return postage.  Proceeds from sales will be sent back with any unsold work.  All mediums are accepted (framed or unframed) including sketches, multiples, prints, posters, books, partial editions, unfinished series, rough drafts,  remnants and documentation, artists proofs, paintings, sculptures, etc. Multiple submission accepted from each artist.  A TV and VCR will be on site for screening audio and visual submissions.

All submissions should include the name of the piece, series (if applicable), email or website of the artist, year, and price.  If you are willing to accept offers on a lower price, include a note with the lowest price you are willing to accept.  Please include protective sleeves and cardboard whenever possible, to help insure work does not get damaged during the show.

All work must be received before November 13th, 2009

Contact huimintsen@gmail.com with questions.

Mail entries with SASE to:
Seeking Art
c/o Hui-min Tsen
7314 N. Bell Ave
Chicago, IL USA

Chicago drop-off locations:
South: Co-Prosperity Sphere
(3219-21 South Morgan Street)
Friday, Nov. 13th, 2pm to 7pm
Sat., Nov. 14th, Noon to 5pm
Sunday, Nov. 15th, noon to 7

North: 7314 N. Bell Ave, Chicago
Wed., Nov. 11th, 10am to 10pm