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Gilroy Art & Wine Festival

admin — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:51:38 +0000

Don’t forget, it’s this weekend! Downtown Gilroy. (Although probably a little late to get prints in now.)

Blog Update

admin — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:57:30 +0000

A massive overhaul was needed on the blog. We’re getting a new look and lots of backend improvements. Expect things to settle over the next week.

Costco Photo Contest

admin — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:04:39 +0000

Costco has a photo contest running through September 30. Details are available here, although you need to enlarge the screen. Or, if you’re a Costco member, you can register directly.

Canon

admin — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:36:53 +0000

Canon has a photo contest through September 29 for nature and wildlife photos taken in America’s parks and National Monuments.

You can also find a whole list of other photo contests here.

International PSA Conference 2007

admin — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:28:39 +0000

This year’s International PSA Conference is coming up soon! September 2-8 in Tuscon, AZ. PSA membership is not required for attendence. For all the details, visit their site.

California Coastal Photography Contest

admin — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:10:38 +0000

The California Coastal Commission is now accepting entries for its 2007 Annual Amateur Coastal Photography Contest. Up to five photos may be submitted depicting scenery of the California coast, native coastal wildlife, or people using the coast. Postmark deadline is August 25, 2007. Entry is free and excellent donated prizes include tickets aboard a yacht cruise and free admission to Disneyland. For an entry form and full contest guidelines, see the photo contest link at www.coastforyou.org or call (800) COAST-4U.

Fotoclave 2007

admin — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:10:02 +0000

Fotoclave 2007 is 11/2-4.

If you’re interested in submitting photos for the Fotoclave competition, here’s the scoop. The categories are:

Prints

Monochrome
Nature
Creative
Color

Projected Images (slides or digital)

Pictorial
Creative
Nature
Travel
Photojournalism

You can submit any pictures as long as they have not been accepted into a previous Fotoclave.

All pictures will be viewed by the 6Cs group and 20 images from each category will be selected to go onto Fotoclave. Only 2 pictures from a particular individual in each category are allowed. The selection will be on 8/29 (prints) and 8/30 (slides/digital).

Hollister members who wish to submit images for selection will need to bring their work to the August club meeting on 8/28.

For further details and labeling, contact Bob. Remember — bring your competition entries to the August meeting!

Gilroy Garlic Festival 2007

admin — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:56:00 +0000

Don’t forget! The Gilroy Garlic Festival is this weekend.

The official Web site is up and running. Check it out for more information.

American Juried Art Salon

admin — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:56:35 +0000

From an email:

The American Juried Art Salon is holding its 5th biannual national juried show with a September 28, 2007 submission deadline.

All submissions receive jury evaluations so that artists will know why they were or were not juried into the exhibition.

For accepted artists we provide news release forms of proven effectiveness.

$2,100 cash awards will be distributed.

For those accepted into two consecutive shows, U.S. News Corp provides free online programming help and web space for portfolio presentation.

The jury consists of owners/directors of 20+ North American galleries as well as five well-known college art professors in the U.S. and Canada.

For more information please visit our site at www.artjury.com.

Thank you,
The American Juried Art Salon

Holland International Image Circuit

admin — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:51:45 +0000

From an e-mail announcement I received:

6th Holland International Image Circuit 2008
Now: Digital or Slides!
Closing date January 31st 2008
You can download the entry form at http://www.hollandcircuit.nl (you can choose English by clicking on the British flag in the upper right corner)

PR Officer Holland International Image Circuit 2008