The Curator , call for submissions

The Curator 2015 is open for submissions. Six fine-art photographers will have their work exhibited in a group show with an opening reception in New York City this summer, and their work will be published in the July issue of PDN , in addition to an extended online gallery.

One grand-prize winner will receive $3,500 , and all six photographers will receive a $200 gift card from B&H , a $250 gift card to Moab Paper , a VIP Expo Pass to PhotoPlus Expo in New York City, and a PHOTO+ logoPremium Portfolio Membership.

Visit www.pdncuratorawards.com for all information on how to enter. Visit www.pdncuratorawards.com/gallery/2014/ to see last year's winning artists.

Monica Merva at Pinnacle Gallery Opening - January 22nd 6PM

Monika Merva is an award-winning, New York-based photographer who is most inspired by the people and landscapes that surround her. A SCAD alumna (M.F.A., photography, 1998), Merva has enjoyed an illustrious career that has included group and solo exhibitions around the world. Her work is featured in such major public collections as the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the George Eastman House, Rochester, New York; and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.

In the "Origins of Emotions" series, Merva depicts people, nature and still lifes that offer viewers quiet and intimate moments of contemplation. Seeking to preserve memories of loved ones and moments, she searches, in her own words, for "beauty in the ordinary — surprises in the commonplace." Through February 6th.
Reception:  Thursday, Jan. 22, 6-7:30 p.m.
Pinnacle Gallery
Savannah, GA
320 E. Liberty St.

Silver and Ink Call For Entry 2015

The call for entry instructions for this year's Silver and Ink Exhibition can be found at the pages tab at the top of this page or at the link below.

http://scadphoto.blogspot.com/p/silver-and-ink-call-for-entry-2015.html

Please follow the directions closely. Entries that do not follow the directions will not be considered. 

call for entries: ART IN THE PARK: NEW FORMS FROM THE SOUTHEAST

ART IN THE PARK: NEW FORMS FROM THE SOUTHEAST
A temporary exhibition of Public Art that seeks to show artists who are working in the Southeast region of The United States.
Sponsored by the Mercer University Art Department and the Knight Foundation

Dates of exhibition: March 20 - August14th, 2015
Opening reception March 20.
Location: Tattnall Square Park in Macon, Georgia.

$1000 stipend plus 1st, 2nd, 3rd place awards!
Open to artists who reside in the Southeast United States.

Application deadline: 11 p.m., Sat., February 14, 2015.

Download full prospectus at: http://tinyurl.com/pyxjozf
Information about the park: http://tinyurl.com/Art-N-Park-2
Send materials or questions to: artinthepark@mercer.edu
Website: https://www.facebook.com/artinparkMU

Call for Entry

American Photography 31

American Photography 31 Call For Entries OPEN.

Deadline January 23, 2015.

THE JURY A panel of esteemed photo editors will meet in NYC to select the year's best images.

ABOUT AI-AP Call For Entries
The AI-AP juried annuals, offering high visibility and well-derserved recognition where is matters most, are still published in all their large-format, luxurious, hardcover glory, staying true to their founding principles of lavishly showcasing commissioned and personal work that's ahead of its time, while honoring the publications, creatives and agencies that insist on assigning original, thought-provoking work. Students and schools are also celebrated right along side established and emerging artists. The celebrated AI-AP juried annuals are the first and foremost go-to resourse for art directors, designers, photo editors and art buyers who insist on asigning only the best original, thoughtful and compelling pictures.
For over 30 years American Illustration and American Photography have done two things very well: Honor great work; and connect the winning Illustrators and photographers to assigning creatives. Our simple mission has been successful by inviting an impassioned, exclusive jury of top art directors, photo editors, designers and art buyers to select the wining images and designing one-of-kind hardcover books that generously present the best work one image per page. See list of current JURIES. The result are two well-curated, beautifully designed, large-format annuals, regarded as the books of record and exclusive resources for art, photo and design professionals who insist on assigning only the finest photographers and illustrators working today. See list of PAST JURORS, DESIGNERS and BOOKS.

The winning collections are presented in both PRINT and DIGITAL media, for expanded exposure and utmost catchet.

Submit your best work to be presented in the hardcover BOOKS, one image per page.

View the current volumes here AP30 and AI33

The winning collections are also presented ONLINE with contact info and credtis in the AP ARCHIVE, AI ARCHIVE and in our enhanced AP eBOOK and AI eBOOK available to sample or buy on iTunes.

AI-AP has since expanded its mission through a series of popular, daily newsletters: Pro Photo Daily, DART: Design Arts Daily, Motion Arts Pro, Dispatches From Latin America and coming soon, Profiles. The newsletters cover industry news and events while featuring winners from the AI-AP competitions.

AI-AP also proudly produces two annual events, the highly-anticipated book launch PARTY and BIG TALK symposium, that bring the creative community together over two days of talks, networking and celebrating in November. See pictures and video of past events on our EVENTS pages.

Jagrut Raval

From Burning Time

Recent M.F.A. alumnus Jagrut Raval has been making some interesting art work. Last fall he was in a public exhibit and event Swarming Time, A site specific public art installation on building facade of Hilton Garden Inn, Downtown Indianapolis as part of the festival- Art in Odd Places-Indianapolis, USA. See the images and video below.

Currently Jagrut is fulfilling a three month residency at Red Gate Residency Beijing, China. You can see what Jagrut has been up to in China by following his Instagram and at Red Gate Residency's Facebook page.

Images below are from Swarming Time

RhinoDays

          
Lectures: SCAD Museum of Art theater, Jan. 16-17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Reception: SCAD Museum of Art lobby, Saturday, Jan. 17, 5-7 p.m

Hone your 3-D modeling and design skills at RhinoDAYs

Discover the principles of designing interactivity and incorporate your newfound skills into your career. At the RhinoDAYs conference, you will learn about the evolving transitions of design environments in Rhino and Grasshopper.

Presenters will share stories from their professional fields — from marine design to product and furniture developing, set designs and artful architecture — and explain how to use 3-D modeling and design in real-life projects.

If you are a student or a professor, you will receive a Rhino 5 educational license for commercial use. The license will be distributed at the entrance of the event on Saturday, Jan. 17.

Learn more and register for RhinoDAYs for the sale price of $100. For more information, email Jay Song or Marianne Wolc.

PDN Annual Call for Entries

The PDN Photo Annual recognizes the best in advertising, editorial, photo books, photojournalism, sports, stock and more. Over $40,000 in awards and prizes! Submit by February 3.

Last year's gallery featured work shot for international ad agencies, including BBH, BBDO, Brunner, DDB, Publicis and Y&R; editorials for National Geographic, New York, People, Vanity Fair and WIRED; books from Aperture, Kehrer-Verlag and TASCHEN, and photojournalism entries from Agence France-Presse, The New York Times, Reportage by Getty Images and TIME.

All winning photographers and the creative team will be honored in the June issue of PDN and the highly-anticipated online gallery. Winners will also be invited to celebrate at the Photo Annual Party in New York City in June. We hope to see you there!

Please visit www.pdnphotoannual.com for all information on how to enter. You can see last year's gallery at www.pdnphotoannual.com/gallery/2014.

If you need any assistance in preparing entries, please contact info@pdncontests.com.

We are happy to announce that the School of Fashion and the United Student Forum are hosting the first ever Senior Collaboration Night!

USF acts a liaison between administration and students.

There is great potential for collaboration at SCAD especially within the Design, Fashion, and Fine Arts schools. Based on recent work, flourishing collaborations have emerged between the School of Communication, School of Fashion, and Digital Media departments. So we are excited to host this event in such a spirit.

At this event all fashion/accessories seniors will have the opportunity to display their senior work. They are seeking juniors and seniors from the invited majors to attend in the hopes of forming creative teams, as they look ahead to producing and showing their senior collections in spring. 

We would be thrilled if you would encourage your photography junior and senior students to attend. And forward this message to the appropriate faculty.

Senior Collaboration Night
Friday, January 16
Eckburg Hall, 7pm

Invitations have been sent to the following majors at SCAD:

Fashion Design
Fashion Marketing and Management
Accessories
Photography
Jewelry
Fibers
Motion Media
Graphic Design

We ask that all students come prepared with professional portfolios of their work. This will be an informal meet and greet that will hopefully spark new collaborations from students across the schools!

Thank you so much,

Meg Nagle
President
The United Student Forum
usf@scad.edu

Please send all detailed questions to School of Fashion Representative Alex Mesterton-Gibbons, ameste@student.scad.edu

Talk. Listen. Respond.
The United Student Forum
Office of Student Involvement
Student Center
SCAD - The University for Creative Careers
912.525.4400

Win a Nikon D810 or Canon 5D Mark III DSLR

Giveaway: Win a Nikon D810 or Canon 5D Mark III DSLR Worth $3,000

We’re back with another big giveaway as a thank you to the readers of this blog. This time the prize is quite big: one lucky winner will choose between a free Nikon D810 worth $3,000 and a Canon 5D Mark III worth $3,100.

These cameras are 36.3MP and 22.3MP (respectively) full frame cameras that are great for both casual shooting and serious photo work.

Entering is Super Easy

As always, entering this giveaway is a piece of cake. All you need to do is leave a comment below that answers the following question:
What is your favorite brand in the photography industry?
That’s it! A simple comment will give you one entry in this giveaway.

“Like” Us for Bonus Entries

We’re back with another big giveaway as a thank you to the readers of this blog. This time the prize is quite big: one lucky winner will choose between a free Nikon D810 worth $3,000 and a Canon 5D Mark III worth $3,100.

These cameras are 36.3MP and 22.3MP (respectively) full frame cameras that are great for both casual shooting and serious photo work.

Entering is Super Easy

As always, entering this giveaway is a piece of cake. All you need to do is leave a comment that answers the following question: (click the link below)
What is your favorite brand in the photography industry?
That’s it! A simple comment will give you one entry in this giveaway.

“Like” Us for Bonus Entries

Leaving multiple comments will disqualify you from this giveaway… unless you “like” us on Facebook:
If you like our page, feel free to leave up to 5 comments with 5 different brands. All of the comments will be counted as entries to this giveaway.

Additional Details

This giveaway will end in one week on Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 at 9pm PST. Soon afterward, one entry will be randomly selected and announced here in this post.
The camera can be shipped anywhere, so we welcome international entries as well! Thanks again for reading PetaPixel, and good luck in this giveaway!

http://petapixel.com/2015/01/06/giveaway-win-nikon-d810-canon-5d-mark-iii-dslr-worth-3000/