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Deadline Extended to May 15th: Scholarship for Advanced Studies in Book Arts
Scholarship for Advanced Studies in Book Arts
Deadline: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Artists are invited to submit applications postmarked by May 15, 2012.”
Deadline May 18th: Aaron Siskind Foundation – 2012 Individual Photographers Fellowship
Aaron Siskind Foundation
2012 Individual Photographers Fellowship
Deadline: Friday, May 18, 2012 at 11:59 pm MT
“The Aaron Siskind Foundation is offering a limited number of Individual Photographer’s Fellowship grants of up to $10,000 each, for artists working in photography and photo-based art. Recipients will be determined by a panel of distinguished guest judges on the basis of artistic excellence, accomplishment to date, and the promise of future achievement in the medium in its widest sense. The Foundation seeks to support artists/photographers who demonstrate a serious commitment to the field, who are professionally active or employed in the field.
Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens and Legal Permanent Residents of the United States, who reside in the U.S., and who are at least 21 years of age. Recipients must provide legal proof of eligibility and a verifiable social security number.
Who May Not Apply: Students enrolled in a college degree program (recent graduates are eligible to apply). Previous IPF recipients are not being considered for new awards at this time.
Eligible Work: There are no restrictions on subject matter, genres or processes of past or projected work. Works submitted may be traditional photography projects or experimental works; Photographic techniques must be pivotal to the works submitted. The submission should consist of a mature, coherent body of work. Non-Eligible Work includes: film, video, interactive multimedia
Fellowship recipients will be notified in the summer of 2012. Names of recipients and panelists will be announced shortly thereafter. The decisions of the Aaron Siskind Foundation and its designated judging panel as to who receives fellowship support will be final, private, and without appeal. As required by law, award funds must be used to further the artist’s creative endeavors. Recipients will be asked to provide a summary of the uses to which award funds are put. Award funds will be taxable to recipients in Tax Year 2012.
Entries must be submitted through the CaFÉ application system, details here.
Required Submission Materials
- Applicant Profile: Name and contact information
- Work Samples: A portfolio of eight (8) digital images showing representative, recent work. If your work is best communicated visually by showing its physical or installed nature, or aspects of detail, use one or more of the eight images for that purpose.
- Exactly eight (8) images must be submitted, no more and no less. They will be projected for the panelists via high-definition digital projectors and viewed at roughly 30”x40” per image.
- With regard to the order of your images, please consider that they will be projected in two groups of four images at a time (Images # 1-4 are shown first, followed by Images # 5-8). Images must be Standard baseline JPEG files with the .jpg extension.
- The recommended color profile is sRGB.
- Maximum file size is 1.8 MB. Image size can be no larger than 1920 x 1920 pixels (smaller images will be shown against a 1920 x 1920 black background). Images should be 72 DPI, any higher will unnecessarily increase your file size.
- Text descriptors for each image: Title, Year Completed, Medium, Dimensions
(Note: There are also fields for image “Value” and “Description” in the application. We don’t include this information in our review process. “Description” can be left blank. $0.00 can be entered for image “Value”. Whatever you enter in these fields — it will not be seen by jurors.) - Work Statement: (350 words/2000 characters, maximum) The purpose of the Statement is to give the panel a better understanding of your work while they are viewing it. It should be very clear and concise, and relate to the specific works you are submitting.
- Career summary, artist’s resume or short bio (500 words maximum).”
Pittsburgh: April 18th Gallery Talk & Reception for Silver Eye Benefit Auction on April 29th
Silver Eye Center for Photography
Gallery Talk and Reception
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 6:30 pm
“Get a behind the scenes look at the Auction and photographs up for bid by joining Ellen Fleurov, Silver Eye’s Executive Director, and Brian Lang, Curator, Corporate Art Collection, BNY Mellon, as they discuss the pleasures of collecting photography and highlight works in the Auction. Many of the local artists whose work is showcased will also be present. Free but RSVP requested; please contact 412.431.1810, ext. 12 or jzipay@silvereye.org.”
Silver Eye Center for Photography
1015 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15203-1109 [map]
Tel: 412.431.1810
2012 Benefit Auction and Brunch
Sunday, April 29, 2012, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Event Tickets and Bidding
“Tickets are $75 per person and includes a day of great art, a silent auction, delectable food from Chef Bob Sendall of All in Good Taste Productions, outstanding wines from Engine House No. 25, and signature cocktails from Boyd & Blair Vodka.
This event is always a sell-out, so purchase your tickets online today at the Auction website, www.biddingforgood.com/SilverEye. You can also order tickets by contacting Juliana Zipay at 412.431.1810, ext. 12 or at jzipay [at] silvereye.org.
Auction bidding online is now open through April 26th. The Auction website also features the Auction catalog, absentee bid instructions and forms, directions, and other information about the event.
Auction Preview (Online and In-Person)
This year’s Auction features a dazzling array of vintage and contemporary photographs, ranging from images by esteemed masters of photography to new work by the stars of tomorrow. You can view the work and bid online (check back often for new items added every week) or see the photographs in person at the Preview Exhibition now open through April 25, 2012.
Aaronel deRoy Gruber (1918-2011), whom we honor this year, is but one of the more than 40 artists in the Auction. You’ll also find great vintage and modern prints by Walker Evans, Charles “Teenie” Harris, Carrie Schneider, Scott Conarroe, Duane Michals, Ed Panar, Fran Forman, Henry J. Simonds, Akihiko Miyoshi, Rebecca Sittler, Daniel Kramer, Aaron Siskind, and Abelardo Morell, to name just a few.
Sara Friedlander, a specialist in Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s, New York, is the auctioneer for the afternoon.
New to the Auction this year are exclusive travel packages, tickets to theater, cultural and top-tier sporting event, and many more unique items and experience guaranteed to delight and surprise.
Buy Great Art and Invest in Silver Eye’s Future
Place your bid online now at www.biddingforgood.com/SilverEye or at the live event, knowing that you are helping support Pittsburgh’s nationally-acclaimed center for contemporary photography. See you at the Auction!
The fundraiser will be held at the Clear Story Studio on Pittsburgh’s historic Southside.”
Clear Story Studio
1931 Sidney Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [map]
April 9th, NYC: PROOF Benefit Auction
PROOF Media for Social Justice
PROOF Benefit Auction
Monday, April 9, 2012, 6:00-9:00 pm EDT
“Please join us on the evening of April 9th to support PROOF: Media for Social Justice, an organization that uses the power of visual media to further education, research, and advocacy surrounding human rights violations around the world.
Auctioneer Nicholas D. Lowry, President of Swann Auction Galleries and world renowned photographer Ed Kashi welcome you to the 2nd annual PROOF Benefit Auction, a live and silent auction featuring today’s leading photographers.”
To make a donation or to purchase tickets for $35 each, click here.
Click here to see some of the photographs that will be available at the auction.
Splashlight Studios
75 Varick Street
New York, NY 10013 [map]
Deadline March 31st: Light Work Grants in Photography
Light Work
Call for Submissions: Grants in Photography 2012
Deadline: Saturday, March 31, 2012
“Light Work Grants were established in 1975 to encourage new work and scholarship in Central New York. Each year Light Work awards three grants of $2,000 to photographers, critics, or photo historians. The work of the grant recipients is exhibited at Light Work and reproduced in our publication Contact Sheet.
Applicants are required to submit 10 examples of their work along with a short application form. Three judges from outside the grant area select the recipients based on the merits of their work. Light Work interprets the medium of photography in broad terms and encourages the submission of work produced with new and traditional technologies.
Applicants must reside in one of the following Central New York counties: Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Tioga, or Tompkins.
Applications must be delivered by hand or mail by March 31st.”
Click here to download the application form.
Deadline March 30th: Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography
New Orleans Photo Alliance
Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography
Deadline: Friday, March 30, 2012, midnight CDT
Application fee $25 + NOPA membership $35 = $60
“The Michael P. Smith Fund For Documentary Photography (MPS Fund) was created by the New Orleans Photo Alliance to honor the life and work of Michael P. Smith, one of New Orleans’ most legendary and beloved documentary photographers. The MPS Fund awards one $5000 grant annually to a Gulf Coast photographer whose work combines artistic excellence and a sustained commitment to a long-term cultural documentary project. Both emerging and established photographers residing in the Gulf Coast states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are eligible to apply. The subject matter for the proposed project is not limited to the Gulf Coast region.
Application Requirements
- A portfolio of 20 to 25 images. These images can originate in any format, but you must submit them digitally via the online application process (opens February 1, 2012).
- Each image file must be in jpeg format at 72 dpi and 720 pixels wide (10 in). Save your images at the highest setting available (usually 10 or 12). Name your files with your last name, then first name and a title. Use an underscore to separate the names and title. At the end of the file name, add a sequence number starting with 01. Example: Doe_Jane_The Farm_01.jpg, Doe_Jane_The Farm_02.jpg, Doe_Jane_The Farm_03.jpg. You must add caption information and the year that you created the image. Enter and upload each image file and its accompanying information one at a time. After you have uploaded all of the files, you will be able to review and rearrange the sequence of your portfolio.
- A concise description of your work (2-4 sentences), limited to 260 characters maximum, which the jurors will see alongside your portfolio. The short description will be asked for near the end of your entry process. It is not the project proposal.
- A written proposal of not more than 500 words, explaining your project’s scope and significance. Please include your plans on how you would use the grant. A Word document should be copied and pasted into the ‘Statement’ box at the beginning of the application form.
- A biography or resume/CV of not more than 500 words, describing awards, publications and other career highlights. A Word document file should be copied and pasted into the ‘Resume’ box at the beginning of the application form.
- A $25 application fee will be directed through PayPal immediately after you have uploaded your application.
To see the full submission guidelines, click here.
Submit online here.
Deadline March 31st: Joy of Giving Something Juried Photography Competition
Forward Thinking Museum
Joy of Giving Something Juried Photography Competition
Deadline: Saturday, March 31, 2012
Free for 3 images.
Joy of Giving Something, Inc. (JGS) established in 2009 an ongoing international quarterly contest that encourages artists to share their unique perspective.
- Quarterly winners will receive $1,000 and their work will be featured in a solo exhibition at the Forward Thinking Museum.
- Annual winners will receive the JGS Artist Award in the amount of $5,000 and their work will be featured in a solo exhibition at the FTM.
- All entries must exemplify a “Forward Thinking” frame of mind and be accompanied by a brief artist statement.
Hope. Passion. Resilience. Change. Words like these often fail to capture the ineffable bounty of the human spirit without devolving swiftly into banality or cliche. The artists supported by the Forward Thinking Museum transcend language itself; they capture in the click of a shutter, in the composition of a moment, the fullness of what it means to be a part of humanity.
We at the Forward Thinking Museum seek to support visual artists who use their talents not just to expose the harsh realities of the present, but rather to engage with the future. We espouse neither manifesto nor doctrine, instead welcoming diverse view points of artists –both professionals and amateurs – each holding strong to a vision, images far stronger than words: not of the world as it is, but of the world as it could be. -Forward Thinking Museum Frame of Mind
Jurors
Phillip S. Block, Director of Education & Deputy Director of Programs at the International Center of Photography
Karen Sinsheimer, curator of Photography at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Ed Kashi, Award winning Photojournalist, Filmmaker, and Educator
Deadline March 15th: PROOF Award for the Emerging Photojournalist
PROOF
Call for Entries: Award for the Emerging Photojournalist
Deadline: Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 5:00 pm EST
Application fee: $10
“PROOF knows that emerging photojournalists want to do meaningful projects related to human rights and social justice issues but oftentimes don’t have the funds or connections to do so. For this reason, we’re offering an award to help an emerging photojournalist jump-start their project by providing funding and support from the media community.
Judges
Leora Kahn, Executive Director of PROOF, Ed Kashi of VII, Amy Yenkin from the Open Society Foundations, and Ann Friedman the Executive Editor of GOOD.
Award
The selected photojournalist will receive USD $2500 to put toward their project. The final three candidates will have their work showcased through GOOD. Second and third place finalists will also have the opportunity for a portfolio review with Jamie Wellford of Newsweek. In addition to the financial award, the winner will also:
- Have the opportunity to directly submit their work to Ed Kashi for review, guidance and feedback, for a period of six months.
- Have their work featured on PROOF’s website.
- Receive a portfolio and project consultation from Human Rights Watch, a New York based non-profit.
Application Guidelines
- Statement of Purpose (maximum 500 words)
- Project proposal and budget summary (maximum 500 words)
- Portfolio of 10-12 photographs that demonstrate your commitment to human rights and social justice issues
- Resume or CV
- Application fee of USD $10.00 made payable to PROOF: Media for Social Justice
Deadline March 2nd: Palm Springs Photo Festival Emerging Photographer Scholarship
Palm Springs Photo Festival
Emerging Photographer Scholarship
Deadline: Friday, March 2, 2012
“This program is open to current full-time students and recent graduates (within 12 months) of an Undergraduate or Masters program at an accredited institution in the United States. Applicants selected to receive scholarship must register and participate in a Connect 2012 three-day Workshop in order to redeem scholarship check. Scholarship recipients will be recognized and presented with their scholarship check during one of the four Evening Presentations during the Festival.
Several Festival sponsors have graciously offered to “adopt” an emerging photographer by contributing a $500 rebate to help defray some of the costs for a select group of talented emerging photographers to attend the Palm Springs Photo Festival, April 1 – 6, 2012.
Submission Guidelines
- Letter of recommendation
- Digital portfolio of no more than 20 images. Your file must be in PDF format and must not exceed 3MB. Make sure your full name is in the file name along with the word ‘portfolio’ (ex: Bob_Smith_portfolio.pdf).
- Brief description of your work.
- 500 words or less statement explaining why you should be selected as one of the honored Emerging Photographer Scholarship recipients at Connect 2012. Your proposal must be uploaded in either .pdf or .doc format and not exceed 1MB. Make sure your full name is in the file name along with the word ‘proposal’ (ex: Bob_Smith_proposal.pdf.”
Deadline February 12th: ACP’s 2012 Public Art Project
Atlanta Celebrates Photography
Call for entries: ACP Photo Festival Public Art
Deadline: Sunday, February 12, 2012
Entry fee: Free
Eligibility
“Any artist as an individual or team may apply, provided that the person(s) or firm who will be responsible for the actual fabrication and/or construction of the piece(s) have had previous experience in the medium(s) proposed, which must be disclosed in detail in the application form.
No media restrictions have been established in order to ensure maximum creativity for participating artists. However, since ACP is an organization that promotes all things photographic, it is a requirement that your project involve lens-based or photographic media as an integral part of the piece (this includes images and/or video captured by a lens, or media in which light sensitivity is a primary element of the material, or reimagining the uses of photography, or possibilities of imagery made with light). We encourage you to think widely and to explore this concept without restraint. Please keep in mind the “Selection Criteria” listed below. Projects that rely heavily on complex or untested technologies or complex audience participation are discouraged – usually, the simpler the better.
Budget
$9,000 has been allocated. The budget is all-inclusive, covering design, construction and/or fabrication, transportation, delivery, site preparation, lighting (if applicable), insurance, consultant fees, installation and de-installation at the conclusion of the project. Artist’s travel (if applicable) and all other costs associated with the project (including Artist’s fee) are included in this amount. If the proposed budget exceeds $ 9,000, your application must detail how the overage will be funded.
Submission Requirements
- Contact information such as name, address, phone numbers, e-mail address, web site as required by CallForEntry.org
- A succinct concept statement for the project (not to exceed 400 words). Statement must also include technical details, material selection, and any additional pertinent information including your suggested project Schedule (site visits, design, fabrication, installation and de-installation timeline). Note: audience experience is the most important part of any public project. Realistically address audience experience in your statement.
- One page budget that lists the costs associated with the project and a list of the materials to be used. Make sure your budget is inclusive of all elements described in “Budget” section above.
- Current Resume (include individual resumes for all team members). Be sure to highlight your previous experience with the materials and technology that you are proposing for this project.
- Up to 6 (six) work samples should be included in your application (jpegs, audio and video files are allowed). Include images that show a sense of your imagery and working process. Include year of project in image title.”
Download a PDF of the full prospectus: ACP Public Art Project call for entries 2012.
Apply online at CallforEntries.org.