February | March 2010 - Boston Photography Focus

call for entriesExhibit AEarly Deadline: February 1Final Deadline: June 1Exhibit A is an international competition thataims to showcase exceptional new talent. Juriedby leading editors, curators, gallery owners, creativedirectors, and art directors, Exhibit A seesthat emerging photographers are publicly recognizedin the presence of known and respectedart buyers, curators, galleries, magazines, andadvertising agencies from around the world.www.exhibitacomp.comGallery SevenTheme: Black and White Photographyin the Digital AgeDeadline: February 13, 2010The competition is open to all artist 18 years orolder living in MA. All work must be black andwhite and can be either ink jet prints or gelatinsilver prints from digital files. As this show isabout the beauty and rich tonality that can beachieved through digital black and white, juryingwill be from the actual prints. www.gallerysevenmaynard.com/prospectusCenter for Fine Art PhotographyDeadline: February 16, 2010Juror: Amber Terranova—Photo Editor forPhoto District NewsThe Center is looking for images that not onlydescribe how Red looks, but describe what Redmean, how it feels, and who it describes. Withselection for this exhibition, artists and theirwork will be seen by an international audienceof collectors, curators, art consultants and otherswho appreciate the fine art of photography.Cash prizes and an online exhibition of selectedwork. www.c4fap.org/cfe/2009Red/index.asp23rd Annual McNeese NationalWorks on Paper ExhibitionDeadline: February 19, 2010Juror: Peter Frank$20 entry fee. $3,000 will be available for thepurchase of works for the permanent collectionof McNeese State University.www.mcneeseartonline.org2010 Canteen Awards in PhotographyDeadline: February 28, 2010Judges: Arnold Lehman, Matthew Porter, JJ Sulin,Betsey BellPrizes: First place: $500 + your portfolio publishedin Canteen Six, posted on our website,and featured in our contest show at powerHouseArena. Three runners-up: $100 + your work postedon our website and featured in our contestshow at powerHouse Arena. Canteen’s goal is tobe as transparent as possible about our selectionprocess. See our Rules & Regulations for details.Questions? Write to contest@canteenmag.com.Lumix Multimedia AwardDeadline: February 28, 2010Young photographers up to the age of 35 cansubmit multimedia projects with a clearly journalisticapproach. A selection of the best entrieswill be shown during The 2nd Lumix Festival forYoung Photojournalism 2010 on large screens.The best multimedia production selectedreceives the Lumix Multimedia Award including5,000 euros, and the ceremony will be heldSaturday, June 19, 2010. To find out more, visit:www.fotofestival-hannover.de/bewerbung.htmlRed Bull Illume Quest 2009Deadline: February 28, 2010Action and adventure sports images and imagesthat capture the culture and lifestyle surroundingsports. A panel of about 40 esteemed photoeditors from international top publications willjudge the 250 semi-finalists. To find out more,visit: www.redbullillume.comGetty Images Grants for GoodDeadline: March 1, 2010Nonprofits need imagery to tell their storieseffectively, which is why our Grants for Goodprovide two grants of $15,000 annually, to coverphotographer, filmmaker and agency costs asthey create compelling new imagery for thenonprofit of their choice.Grants recipients may use the entire award tooffset shoot expenses, or choose to donate all orpart of it directly to their charity and contributetheir own time and resources. The photographerand the nonprofit as well as the communicationsagency involved will be showcased to themedia and to our customers. Jurors: ChristopherPhillips, ICP; Lesley Martin, Aperture Foundation;and Dennis Freedman, W Magazine. To find outmore, visit: imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_grants/overview.aspxGasp GalleryDeadline: March 1, 2010Gasp Gallery is currently accepting submissionsfrom emerging artists in the Boston area. Theartwork should be of 2D or 3d that would beappropriate for a storefront window space. Thework will be displayed in an installation typesetting in the store section of the gallery space.For more information contact the Gallery Engineat 617-418-4308. www.g-a-s-p.net2010 – 2011 Solo Photography ExhibitionsDeadline: March 17, 2010The SRO Photo Gallery, at the Texas Tech Schoolof Art, annually hosts a competition to fill sevento eight photographic art solo exhibition slots.With a history providing emerging artists soloexhibitions, SRO Photo Gallery seeks strongportfolios of creative photographic art in allstyles, techniques, and aesthetic approaches.Consistency in the work as well as creativevision is important in the selection process.Entries must be postmarked by March 17, 2010.There is no entry fee. More information may befound at www.srophotogallery.orgCommunication Arts 51st Annual JuriedPhotography CompetitionDeadline: March 26, 2010Enter the most prestigious photography competitionin the world. If selected, your awardwinningwork will be beautifully reproducedin the 2010 Photography Annual and on theCommunication Arts website, assuring a prominentplace on the industry’s premier stage. Enteronline: www.commarts.com/competitions.Griffin Museum of Photography16th Juried ExhibitionDeadline: March 31, 2010Juror: Dr. Jörg Colberg of Conscientious blogEntrants must become members of the GriffinMuseum of Photography at the time of submission.Membership applications can be found onlineor by mailing a SASE to the Griffin Museumof Photography. www.griffinmuseum.orgPhotoPlace Gallery Open 2010Deadline: April 12, 2010PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, VT, is honoredto announce that Keith Carter be the juror forour first annual PHOTOPLACE OPEN exhibition.Portraits, landscapes, still life, documentation:Send us your best photos on any theme and inany style. Forty photographs will be chosen forexhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery in May and inPhotoPlace's on-line gallery. An additional groupwill be selected for on-line exhibition only. Allaccepted work will be included in a full-colorsmall book publication that will be available forpurchase. To help defray artists' expenses, weprovide free matting and framing of acceptedphotographs for the duration of our exhibitions,providing they are sized to fit our pre-cut mats.For details, see www.vtphotoworkplace.com orcontact photos@vtphotoworkplace.com24 > www.prcboston.org