ANNOUNCING THE DAYLIGHT/CDS PHOTO AWARDS

DEADLINE EXTENDED: JUNE 1st, 2010, 8 P.M. (EST)

JURORS:
VINCE ALETTI, writer/critic, the New Yorker magazine;
DARIUS HIMES, editor/curator, Radius Books;
JULIE SAUL, gallery owner/director, Julie Saul Gallery;
ALEC SOTH, photographer;
HANK WILLIS THOMAS, photographer;
JAMIE WELLFORD, international photo editor, Newsweek magazine

TAJ FORER and MICHAEL ITKOFF, editors, Daylight Magazine
ALEXA DILWORTH, publishing director, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
COURTNEY REID-EATON, exhibitions director, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University

In recognition of our mutual interest in documentary and fine art photography, Daylight Magazine and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University have started an international competition, the Daylight/CDS Photo Awards, to honor and promote talented and committed photographers, both emerging and established.

Two awards, a PROJECT PRIZE and a WORK-IN-PROCESS PRIZE.

WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN UNE 2010

PROJECT PRIZE
For an extended documentary project or fine art series. Edit photographs with care as the project photographs will be judged on the coherence of the work as a whole. The full panel of jurors will choose one First Prize Winner. Each Guest Juror will also select one photographer to receive a Juror’s Pick Prize and write a short statement about why he or she choose the work.

ONE FIRST PRIZE WINNER
SIX JUROR’S PICK PRIZE WINNERS
TEN HONOREABLE MENTIONS

The First Prize Winner will receive a solo exhibition at the Center for Documentary Studies, a multimedia Daylight podcast, a feature in CDS’s newsmagazine Document, presentation in Daylight and CDS online galleries, and $1,000 for exhibition-related expenses.

Juror’s Pick Winners will be part of a group exhibition at the Center for Documentary Studies and featured in Daylight and CDS online galleries. Ten Honorable Mentions will be named on Daylight and CDS websites.

20 IMAGES, ONE-PAGE ARTIST’S STATEMENT, AND CV. $60

DEADLINE EXTENDED: JUNE 1st, 2010, 8 P.M. (EST)

WORK-IN-PROCESS PRIZE
For a documentary or fine art essay/work-in-progress from a single body of images The full panel of jurors will choose one First Prize Winner. Each Guest Juror will also select one photographer to receive a Juror’s Pick Prize and write a short statement about why he or she choose the work.

ONE FIRST PRIZE WINNER.
SIZ JUROR’S PICK PRIZE WINNERS.
TEN HONORABLE MENTIONS.

The First Prize Winner will be featured in print in Daylight Magazine and CDS’s newsmagazine Document, as well as in Daylight and CDS online galleries and be part of a group exhibition at the Center for Documentary Studies.

Juror’s Pick Winners will be part of a group exhibition at the Center for Documentary Studies and featured in Daylight and CDS online galleries. Ten Honorable Mentions will be named on Daylight and CDS websites.

5 IMAGES, ONE-PAGE ARTIST’S STATEMENT, AND CV. $30.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: JUNE 1st, 2010, 8 P.M. (EST)

APPLICANTS UPLOAD WORK AND SUBMIT PAYMENT ONLINE here

PROJECT PRIZE ENTRY FEE is $60. WORK-IN-PROCESS PRIZE ENTRY FEE is $30.

THE DISCOUNTED FEE FOR ENTERING WORK IN BOTH PRIZE COMPETITIONS IS $75.
Multiple entries must be for different bodies of work.

Download full guidelines here

BEGIN SUBMISSION here

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The Art Center is going to Maker Faire!

Stop by and contribute to a “Secret Drawing” that will be part of a future display this summer at the Art Center.
Roll the dice in a surrealist game of creative inspiration.
Put pen to paper, free your mind and your hands, and come back to the Art Center to see your work on view!

Saturday and Sunday, May 22 and 23

San Mateo County Event Center. There’s loads to see and enjoy at this family friendly event that is focusing on Young Makers this year.

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Presentation by Arts Loan Fund Representatives

Tues, May 18, 3-4pm

San Jose City Hall, Tower Room 955**
**If you are planning to attend, it would be helpful if you could RSVP to me by Friday, May 14th.  If we get a lot of response, I may need to change to a larger room so please RSVP early if you are thinking of attending.

The ALF is an alternative to conventional higher-interest bank loans or lines of credit.  Many organizations utilize the ALF for short-term bridge loans for cash flow loans.  Loans are generally secured by awarded-but-not-yet-received grants or other guaranteed income.  Attached is a press release that I sent a few weeks ago that provides more information about the fund and its products.

Attending a presentation does not commit you to applying.  If you cannot attend the presentation, you can find out more information at their website:  http://www.artsloanfund.org or by contacting Lauren Maher at 415-777-4111 x 27 or lmaher@ncg.org.

Please spread the word to other arts organizations as this presentation is open to all arts organizations in the South Bay.

Thanks very much,
Karen Park, Arts Program Manager
Office of Cultural Affairs, City of San Jose
www.sanjoseculture.org  /  tel:  408.277.5144 x26

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May 14-May 31
Empire Seven Studios
525 N. 7th Street, San Jose, CA

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Upcoming Exhibitions in New York City, Stanford, Martha’s Vineyard, Sonoma, San Antonio, San Francisco, Berkeley…
also OPEN STUDIO this weekend, May 15th and 16th.

I hope you will be able to visit one of the shows. Please scroll down to find the details.

Julia Nelson-Gal
Contemplating Life, 2010
Etching and Chine collé
Included in New Prints-Selections by Philip Pearlstein
at the International Center for Prints, New York City

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Open Studio
. . . This Weekend . . .
Come visit me at my new Studio (U3) and see my new press. Twenty other Cubberley artists are also participating in Silicon Valley Open Studios, so there is much to see.

Saturday/Sunday, May 15-16, 2010   11am-5pm

Cubberley Center   Studio U3
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Please visit my updated website:  julianelsongal.com
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CURRENT  EXHIBITIONS

New Prints/2010 Spring–
Selected by Phillip Pearlstein
International Print Center New York
508 West 26th Street, 5th Floor
May 18–June 26, 2010
Opening Reception: May 27th 6-8 pm

PRIMO TEMPRE PICTORIS IN INSULA
PIK-NIK Gallery
Dukes County Avenue, Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard
July - September, 2010
Opening Reception:  July 10

Memories
The Center for Nursing Excellence
Stanford University, 1400 Page Mill Rd, Stanford, CA
July 6 - September 30, 2010
Opening Reception: TBD

Roll Call
San Francisco Camerawork
657 Mission Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco
May 6 — August 7, 2010

Printing From Perception:
Observing minute details and grand gestures
Adobe Art Center, Castro Valley, CA
May 20 -June 26, 2010
Opening Reception: May 20, 2010 7-9 pm

Past, Present, Future:
Artists Reflect on Sustainability
Sonoma State University, Library Gallery
April 16 - July 30, 2010

Hecho in Mazatlan:
Prints from the workshop of Glen Rogers
StoneMetal Press, San Antonio, TX
May 6 - June 19, 2010

50/50
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
July 29 - August 31, 2010
Opening Reception: July 30
This will be my second time participating in this project where each artist makes 50 pieces in 50 days.  Visit my blog to see the work from last year and watch this year’s progress.
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Residency
“Mining the Collection”
Badé Museum of Biblical Archaeology
Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA
Exhibition: Spring 2011

I have been selected as the second artist to be given full access to the collection at the Badé Archaeology Museum in Berkeley.  After a year of mining the collection and gathering inspiration from these ancient objects (1200BC) and their 1920s documentation, I will be creating an exhibition which will be shown in the Doug Adams Gallery, across from the objects that inspired the work.  This is a rare and exciting opportunity, one that brings back all my favorite memories of plumbing museum collections in graduate school.  I intend to blog about my progress at julianelsongal.blogspot.com.

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Photographers Wanted for: EXPOSURE
Deadline: May 31 at 11:59 pm, EST
Submission fee: $10 per image
Details are at: http://artistswanted.org/?altd1

Photography is power. In a world of images, a photographer has the potential to change perceptions, ask questions and to explore beauty. This opportunity is open to photographers of all backgrounds who speak exquisitely in the language of lenses and aperture.

Our goal is simple - to find amazing photographic talents and expose them to the world in the most potent way possible. Rewards and benefits will be given to all who participate. One Grand Prize winner will be awarded a Manhattan gallery reception, international publicity and their choice of $10,000 cash or 1 year living rent free in a $1.2 million dollar apartment provided by The Edge in New York City.

Our panel of judges including Photographer Lauren Greenfield, New York Times Photo Editor Maura Foley, MoMA Curator Nora Lawrence and JPG Founders Derek Powazek & Heather Powazek Champ, will choose one photographer for the Grand Prize:

* $10,000 cash or 1-year FREE living at a $1.2 million apartment at The Edge in New York City
* A Manhattan gallery reception
* Airfare & shipping to and from New York City for the event
* International publicity

The public will also cast their vote and the highest rated portfolio will receive the People’s Choice Award:

* $2,000 in cash
* A Manhattan gallery reception
* Airfare & shipping to and from New York City for the event

All participants will receive:

An online portfolio searchable by gallerists, press and commercial buyers; A free digital subscription to JPG Magazine; $100 in discounts and credits from Zipcar.com; and discounts and freebies from our corporate sponsors.

This is your opportunity to capture the moment and share your talent with the world.

Send us your most powerful photographs: http://artistswanted.org/?altd1
Email: info@artistswanted.org
Website: http://artistswanted.org/?altd1

With support from The Edge, JPG Magazine, Etsy, Resource Magazine, Zipcar, 3rd Ward.

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The 1st Bio:Fiction Science, Art & Film Festival aims at attracting public awareness to synthetic biology and its ramifications for our daily life in the future.

The deadline for film entries is the 15th of July 2010
There is no entry fee for submitting films.

Synthetic biology is the design and construction of new biological systems not found in nature. Synthetic biology aims at creating new forms of life for practical purposes. By applying engineering principles to biology scientists will be able to design life forms much different from breeding or traditional genetic engineering.

We want to encourage filmmakers to share their cinematic visions of a present or future society shaped by synthetic biology. What is your view on a world living with synthetic life forms? Your approach is up to you - the filmmaker, scientists or artist - the entries can be on science, fiction, or science fiction. We welcome regular short film, animation or documentary film. The main criteria is that synthetic biology has to be reflected somehow in the work, but how you do it is up to you.

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

Bio:Fiction Award – Short Fiction
Bio:Fiction Award – Documentary Film
Bio:Fiction Award - Animation
Online-Audience Award
Special Award of the Jury
(the prize money in each category will be announced soon)

On http://www.bio- fiction.com you will find more useful and inspiring information on synthetic biology, the entry form and the regulations of the filmfestival. The nominated films will be presented in public at the festival event in Vienna, Austria, in May 2011. Finally, a Bio:Fiction Award ceremony will build the highlight of the festival.

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June 6, 5:30 - 8:30pm. We’ve lined up dozens of restaurants and wineries for the 7th annual Food & Wine Classic - see the list here! Support Montalvo’s arts education programs and Buy your tickets no
Members receive great benefits like discounted prices, members-only events and early ticket ordering for select shows.

Arts Splash Open House &
Student Arts Festival a Big Success!

Montalvo’s first annual free Open House & Student Arts Festival welcomed more than 1500 people to the grounds and villa on Saturday, April 17. The day included Open Studios in the Lucas Artists Residency campus, student performances and the Banana Slug String Band in the Garden Theatre, student artwork installed in various locations, and free hands-on workshops. Thank you to everyone who attended and supported this great event! Click here to see our photo album on our Facebook page. While you’re there, become a fan of Montalvo!

Upcoming Events
Boz Scaggs: June 9 & 10

Members Pre-Sale
May 7 - May 14
for Summer, Fall, and
Winter Concerts

Tickets on sale for the general public May 17
Lang Lang: January 23, 2011

Highlights of our Fall and Winter Carriage House Theatre Series include James Cotton, Average White Band, Suzanne Vega, Joshua Redman, Hiroshima, Elvin Bishop, Spencer Day, and many more. This year, we are presenting a new Piano Masters series, concluding with a special performance by Lang Lang in the California Theatre.

Tickets for these shows go on sale for members only on May 7 - May 14.

May 13, 7:30pm
Richie Havens

“This acoustic soul giant truly seems to be getting more inspiring and graceful with age.” - Billboard Magazine

Limited tickets available! Buy tickets now!

Yoga at the Villa

Tuesdays and Thursdays
at 9:30am and 11:15am
in the serenity of the Villa

Montalvo offers two yoga classes, Transformational Yoga and Yoga & Shamanic Journey, each Tuesday and Thursday as part of its Artful Living program. Classes are taught by Jan Hutchins, owner of The Yoga Center of Los Gatos. Drop-ins are welcome

May 14, 8pm
Brooke White and
Michael Johns

American Idol Season 7 finalists Brooke White and Michael Johns perform together at Montalvo in support of their individual album releases.

Whimsical Cocktail Hats with Corrine Takara - May 6, 6-9pm

Set your inner fashionista loose! Students will create a mini top hat or elegant flower cocktail hat that is unique using an array of repurposed materials such as sample wallpaper sheets, produce netting, Japanese Manga comics and silk tie remnants. Students will create an elegant hat - or even a bridal veil - that is certain to be a conversation starter! Wine and cheese will be provided.

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It’s live! The Museum of Quilts & Textiles has officially started the fusionwear sv project/experiment.

In this project/experiment, the community is invited to submit images that capture their Silicon Valley experience. Artist Corinne Okada Takara will use these images as inspiration to design our own Silicon Valley print — in the spirit of the Hawaiian print. The public is also invited to submit their own Silicon Valley textile designs to our design contest. The public will vote to select the winners -  and the winners will receive yardage of fabric digitally printed with their design, a Museum membership, and the winning designs will appear in the artwear installation to be on view in the Museum during the 2010 01 SJ Biennial beginning September 16. This artwear installation — which will fill a Museum gallery during the 2010 01 SJ Biennial — will be a collaboration between couture and artwear designer Colleen Quen and artist Corinne Okada Takara and will include several of the textile designs generated by this community project/experiment.

Check out our new ‘microsite’ with all the details — http://fusionwearsv.sjquiltmuseum.org/

Museum of Quilts & Textiles
520 South First Street
San Jose, California 95113
408.971.0323 x21

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The Montalvo Arts Center is currently looking for individuals interested in working in the areas of Art Programs and Arts Education::

-JOBS-
If you are around this summer and looking for paid work in the area of Arts Education, we will be hiring two full-time staff for the summer months to will help run our Summer Camps.

-INTERNSHIPS-
We are currently considering individuals for summer internships. Interns may work in any or all of the following areas: (1) Coordination and staffing for the Summer Camps; (2) Development and coordination of upcoming art exhibitions and installations; (3) Preparation for Montalvo’s 7th Annual Starry, Starry Night: Art & Astronomy Slumber Party held in August; (4) Research, coordination, and scheduling for educational programs, art programs, and gardening projects for our teaching garden; (5) Marketing of Montalvo’s arts programming – working to promote and advertise various events and opportunities, potentially serving as a liaison between the Arts Programs Department and the Marketing Department. (Please see attached)

-VOLUNTEER-
We are also looking for volunteers for our Summer Arts Camps which include the visual, culinary, and performing arts. Volunteers will work directly with students in the classroom and be involved at a very hands-on level with campers and the art projects.  And with eight weeks of camps, there are plenty of opportunities to become involved for as much or as little as you’d like!  Volunteers must be 13 years or older — please pass along to siblings, cousins, etc. you think might be interested.

For more information about any of these opportunities, or to apply, please contact Lauren Baines (information below) or,LBaines@montalvoarts.org

Lauren Baines
Education and Artistic Programs Coordinator
Montalvo Arts Center
15400 Montalvo Road, PO Box 158
Saratoga, CA 95071
408.961.5813 (direct)
408.961.5850 (fax)

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North First ARTSpace
presents

Triangle Gallery San Francisco
Gallery Artists - 50 Years of Artwork
April 5 - June 25, 2010

Artist Reception: Friday, June 4, 5 - 7:00 pm

Featured Artists:
Adela Akers, Andy Black, Lynn Bostick, Baoping Chen, Kevin Fletcher, Chung-Ray Fong, Stephen French, Robert Hartman, Koi Kawashima, Carleen Keating, Masando Kito, Hope Kroll, Bridget May, Tetsumi Minoh, Patrick O’Kiersey, Stephanie Peek, Richard Sargent, Louis Siegriest, Lynn Sondag, Patricia Lyons Stroud, Soichiro Tomioka, and Carla Turturici

Masando Kito, Hana No Alu Fukei No 15, Oil on canvas, 46 x 32″W, 2004

Orchard Commercial
North First ARTSpace
2665 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95134
www.orchardcommercial.com

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