Lightroom Workshop Saturday, July 11

A couple of spots have opened up for the Lightroom Workshop for Saturday, July 11 from 12 - 6.

Seth Boonchai, who teaches at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, will conduct the workshop. This will be an intensive introduction to the core functions of LightRoom and how it can benefit the modern Photographer.

Topics will include each of the Five "Modules" in LightRoom (Library, Develop, Slideshow, Print and Web), common shortcut keys, basic customization as well as Digital Asset Management and best practices for archiving/backing up work.

Participants are required to bring a LAPTOP COMPUTER with the most current version of LightRoom installed* (the computer may be MAC or Windows based). Along with LightRoom, participants should also bring a group of 25-50 digital files (these files should be in any of these formats: JPEG, TIFF, PSD or RAW (from whatever camera you may have). A current version of PhotoShop is optional.

*you may download a 30 day trial of LightRoom from http://tinyurl.com/d4nn85

The cost is $50 for members, $85 for non-members and includes a year's membership. Please email Thom Bennett at 51Deardorff@gmail.com if you want to sign up.

Call For PhotoNOLA Exhibition Listings - Deadline Aug 1

PHOTONOLA 2009 - CALL FOR DECEMBER PHOTO EXHIBITION LISTINGS

Are you showing photography in December 2009?

Let us know the details so we can include your information on the PhotoNOLA website (www.photonola.org) and in our printed brochure.

Deadline for inclusion is August 1.
No charge; limited to venues within the greater New Orleans region.

Submission form: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cnpjNlZrTFJZVTlPaG4zVFc4TUJFOUE6MA

About PhotoNOLA:
PhotoNOLA is an annual celebration of photography in New Orleans, coordinated by the New Orleans Photo Alliance in partnership with galleries, museums and photographers citywide. PhotoNOLA draws hundreds of photography professionals to the city to partake in a variety of educational programs, and reaches broadly into the local community with a series of exhibitions and events that are largely free and open to the public. The fourth annual PhotoNOLA festival will take place in December 2009.

Questions? Email Jennifer Shaw at info@photonola.org

Call to Artists: Co-Op Gallery on the Northshore

CALL TO ARTISTS ~ EXHIBIT YOUR WORK ON THE NORTHSHORE

We are excited to announce our plans to launch Gallery 421... Northshore New Orleans' newest Gallery which will be opening this summer at 421 North Columbia St. in Historic Downtown Covington. This area has a great Art Community and hosts the Three Rivers Art Festival and many other Art Events.

Our newest venture will take place in a 6700 SF building located amongst numerous other galleries on the street and will feature a combination of Hand Selected Original Art and Upscale Antiques/Home Furnishings for sale under one roof.

All artwork will be juried and other merchants and/or designers hand selected as well.

Walls will lease for $61.00 - $171.00 per month with only a 10% commission which will INCLUDE credit card fees. That means that 90% of the sale price of the artwork will go directly to the artist ! Short term leases - only 90 days.

Want to know a little more...click on the link below to view a postlet for more details and photos: http://www.postlets.com/rts/1657370

If you are interested in joining us please email me and request an Application and a "Frequently Asked Questions" Brochure about the Gallery. Hope to hear from you soon !

Best of luck,
Steve & Debby Wilson

Gallery 421
421 N. Columbia St.
Covington, LA 70433

CONTACT INFO:
Steve - 985-285-4875 Cell
Debby - 985-285-4876 Cell
Email: NewOrleans@i-55.com

Call for Entries: 3rd Annual Juried Alternative & Historical Process Show

Photography Re-Imagined: 3rd Annual Juried Alternative & Historical Process Show

Tilt Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

Juror: Jill Enfield

October 2nd – October 29th, 2009

Opening Reception: Friday, October 2nd, 6-9pm

Eligibility: All prints made using an alternative, historical process are eligible and the exhibition is open to all subject matter. Examples of acceptable include bromoil, albumen, collotype, kallitype, lazertran, anthotype, ziatype, carbon, argyrotype, cyanotype, daguerreotype, gum bichromate, salted paper, photogravure, solarplate, tintype, platinum and palladium, van dyke, hand applied emulsions, wet-plate collodion, and combinations of all of the above. No digital, c-prints, Polaroid or solvent transfers, or gelatin silver prints will be accepted unless combined with an alternative process. For further questions regarding eligible processes e-mail info@tiltgallery.com. Work should have been completed in the last three years.

Entry Fee: $30 for three images. Additional images for $5.00 per image.

Deadline for Submissions: All entries must be received by Tuesday August 25th, 2009.

Award: First place will receive $250 and the artist will be included in a Tilt Gallery group artists retrospective exhibition, (dates not selected yet). second place will receive $150, and third place will receive $100.

More information & full prospectus at http://www.tiltgallery.com/

Call For Artists: 2009 No Dead Artists

DEADLINE APPROACHING: 13th Annual No Dead Artists Juried Exhibition

The Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS, now in its 13th year, is an open juried exhibition of Louisiana art today. The exhibition was created in 1995 to give a voice to underexposed artists. Jury winner's work will be on exhibit at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, 400a Julia Street, in the New Orleans Arts District and selected jury winners will appear in a feature article in the September 2nd issue of the Gambit. In the article, art critic D. Eric Bookhardt will review the exhibition. This annual event is designed to give a real pulse on the creative scene happening in New Orleans and Louisiana today.

NO DEAD ARTISTS is open to living artists working in the state of Louisiana. All mediums are accepted including, but not limited to, painting, sculpture, glass, metal work, photography, video, mixed media and installation art.

2009 JURORS:
Charles Whited, New Orleans, LA
Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, New Orleans Museum of Art
John Kemp, writer: ARTnews, Art & Antiques, American Artist, Louisiana Life and managing editor of La Cultural Vistas

Applications can be picked up at the Jonathan Ferrara gallery at 400a Julia Street in New Orleans.

THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS JULY 17, 2009.
The exhibition is on view from September 2 - 26, 2009 at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery.

For more information, please contact the gallery
email: info@jonathanferraragallery.com
phone: 504.522.5471
fax: 253.399.1649
web: http://www.jonathanferraragallery.com

Call for Entries: 2009 International Photography Show

Hello,

We currently have a call for entry that might be of interest to your readers.

Our 2009 International Photography Show which will feature artists from all over the world. This is an open juried show with over $700 in awards along with a main gallery show. The juror is Andy Adams who is the editor/publisher of Flak Photo, a contemporary photography website that celebrates the art of publishing photography online. Flak Photo provides unique opportunities for artists and photography organizations to share their work with a burgeoning online photographic community and highlights new series work, book projects and gallery exhibitions from established and emerging photographers.

Awards include

* Juror’s Selection: $300 and an online marketing consultation with
Andy Adams, Editor of Flak Photo. The Juror’s Selection will also
be included in Flak Photo’s Online Exhibition during the
month of October 2009.
* Director's Selection award: $200
* Gallery Visitor’s Choice Award: $100
* Flak Photo’s Online Exhibition: A selection of artists will be
chosen to exhibit their work in the Flak Photo Gallery
(www.flakphoto.com ) during the month of
October, 2009.
* Two /Artists’ ShowCase Online subscriptions for one year:
* All exhibitors are included in the Center's online gallery along
with a one month main gallery show on October 2 to October 31. A
first Friday reception will be held on October 2.

Deadline for submission is July 14, 2009 at Midnight PST on line at www.c4fap.org.

Thanks
--
Bill Guy
The Center for Fine Art Photography
(970) 224 1010 ext. 101
bguy@c4fap.org

Cemeteryscapes: Call for Entries

Deadline July 31. Contact membership@saveourcemeteries.org for entry forms and more information.

Caliente Deadline Today!

Submissions accepted up until midnight on Monday June 29.

Guidelines & online submission form here: http://neworleansphotoalliance.org/callEntry.php

CALIENTE: comunicando calor / temperatura alta * intenso / violento / vehemente * lujurioso * ardiente / apasionado /sensual * fresco / urgente /popular * robado / ilegal / peligroso * picante / con especies

¿Qué está o es CALIENTE o urgente en su comunidad?

HOT: communicating heat / high temperature * intense / violent / vehement * lustful * fiery / passionate / sultry * fresh / urgent / popular * stolen / illegal / dangerous * piquant / spicy

What's HOT in your community?

The New Orleans Photo Alliance is seeking documentary, fine art, and conceptual photographs that explore and interpret the many meanings of the word CALIENTE (Spanish) or HOT (English).

Selected entries will be exhibited in the New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery during the hottest months of the year, August and September 2009. The winning images will also be featured and archived in the Alliance’s online gallery and considered for publication in the New Orleans Photo Alliance Best of 2009 Photo Annual.

Juror: Jose Torres-Tama

LA ARTWORKS PRESENTS...

Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World

Upcoming exhibition at The Mint, July 25- Sept 25


In Cold War battles over ideology and culture with the Soviet Union, America’s most effective asset may well have been her great jazz musicians. Touring the world for the State Department from the mid 1950s to the early 1970s, they stirred millions of hearts and minds with jazz performances showcasing America’s unique national character and artistic achievements.

Now the Louisiana State Museum presents their story in photography in Jam Session: America’s Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World, opening July 25 at the Old U.S. Mint.

With over 90 photographs, posters and other materials, the exhibit traces the journeys of jazz icons like Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, and Sarah Vaughan to more than 35 countries on four continents.

Organized by the Meridian International Center in Washington DC, Jam Session brings many remarkable images to the public for the first time. There’s Louis Armstrong in a sea of children’s faces in Cairo in 1961. There’s the incomparably cool Dizzy Gillespie riding a motor scooter through the streets of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, in 1956. And there’s Benny Goodman playing a Burmese oboe in Rangoon in 1957.

The exhibit will run through September 25 at the Mint, located at the foot of Esplanade Avenue in the French Quarter, from 10 AM to 4:30 PM daily except Monday. Admission is free.

Calling All Food Photographers! Exhibition Opportunities at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum

Hey NOPA people,

This is Chris Smith, manager of the collection for the new Southern Food and Beverage Museum in Riverwalk Marketplace. I do exhibitions too.

We have a gallery that is very nice for photography. We’ve had several photo exhibits on display in our short one-year history. In fact, right now we have an exhibition titled The Birth of Coffee by Daniel Lorenzetti. It consists of 37 photographs though they are tightly exhibited. The show is sponsored by Folger’s.

We need more photography exhibits and as you might expect, they need to focus on food and beverage of the American South. The show can focus on photo-journalism, or food styling, or other. We are very flexible. Duration of shows generally is six weeks. We do the standard publicity and the opening party and other stuff.

A person came in the other day to ask if we would sell her photos in our gift shop. We could tell by the photos that she had some talent and turns out she has some experience too. After some negotiation, she left with an exhibition and an additional project.

We’d like to work with you. (I did a project with Don Marshall when NOPA was on St. Mary street so I know about NOPA.) We love photography and recognize that we can display the works of photographers.

Chris Smith
Southern Food and Beverage Museum
One Poydras Street, #169
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-884-4008 (my cell which is the best way to get me.)

Short Term Studio Space Rental in N.O.?

Dear Fellow Photographers,

If you, or someone you know, has a photography studio available for one-day rentals, please let me know. I am regularly in contact with photographers both local and out of town who are in need on occasion.

I would need to know the size, location, costs, and lighting equipment available.

Thanks very much.

George
George Long Photography, Inc.
4231 Annunciation Street
New Orleans LA 70115-1436
(504) 899-2975 home/office; 377-8668 mobile
http://GeorgeLong.com/

Another Nail in the Coffin.....

From Dave Rodrigue:

Kodak is dropping production of Kodachrome film. Read more here: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hNE3DMbUR1JFgMdyf_i5s4aDM9rQD98VNPP81

Bruce Keyes "Spirit of New Orleans" at McKenna Museum

MCKENNA MUSEUM & ARTVOICES PRESENTS ‘SPIRIT OF NEW ORLEANS’ BY BRUCE KEYES
June 27 through July 11, 2009


McKenna Museum is pleased to announce a new exhibition of images from the recently released book "Spirit of New Orleans" by Bruce Keyes at 2003 Carondelet Street, New Orleans from June 27 through July 11, 2009.

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27th 6 to 8pm

Bruce Keyes, a native New Orleanian was born in 1950. Travels related to his Viet Nam era United States Navy service were the inspiration for his interest in photography. After years of assignment photography, he attended the Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences for two years of intensive independent study. His first solo show entitled "Odyessy" was at the Noho Gallery in New York City and has been followed by numerous shows home and abroad.

In his own words: “My focus is on the people of New Orleans, performers, spectators, their gestures, postures, joyful expressions and the like. Their body language and playful spirit is what I capture. The subtractive quality of the b&w images and how it portrays the stature and importance of the subject is what attracts me.”

‘Spirit of New Orleans’ a 30 year retrospective has been included in the (research) library archives of the New Orleans Museum of Art .

For more information on Bruce Keyes please contact Shantrelle Lewis at shantrelleplewis@gmail.com or call 504 586 7432. The Museum will be open Thursday through Saturday 11am to 4pm.

www.themckennamuseum.com

Alfred Eisenstaedt Film at NOMA next Wednesday

Wednesday, June 24, 6 p.m.
New Orleans Museum of Art

Film: Alfred Eisenstaedt: Photographer

In this Emmy-award-winning documentary, famed documentary photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, featured in the current exhibition The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography, returns to his German homeland for the first time since 1935. While on assignment, he re-establishes his roots and photographs it with fresh eyes for his tenth and possibly most important book, Eisenstaedt: Germany. Filmed with Eisenstaedt's cooperation, the photographer at the height of his Life magazine career, the artist tells all about photography, Hitler, Hollywood, the 1950s and more.