Volume 2 Issue No. 4
April
Newsletter
Greetings!
 
We have a new service here, at Giclee of New England, Inc. We are offering websites for artists. We believe that without an online presence, it is difficult for an artist to reach his or her full market. For one low price GoNE, Inc. will build a site that is completely accessable to the owner. (price includes training on how to use the site, upload images and content). For an additional fee we will create a Fan Page for Facebook connected to your site. 

The Second Great New England Digital Shootout has been launched.  This is a "fun"draiser for Top Floor Learning, Palmer's Literacy Program. GNEDSO-2 will take place over the Summer Solstice Weekend in June. With over $1000.00 in cash and gifts for prizes, this promises to be a great event. For details and entry guidelines go to www.gnedso.wordpress.com. To register go to www.topfloorlearning.org. Fan us on Facebook, GNEDSO page on Facebook

Visit our artists' of the Month, Juliet Bacchas and Linda Spelko at 12Crane, in Southbridge for a reception on May 12.
 
The GoNE, Inc Gallery: new show Oil and Water, featuring Susan Pecora  and Ernest A. Goudreau (Roc). The Artists' reception will be May 21, 4pm-7pm. The Show will run through June.
 
 Look for us on  Facebook and Twitter. Follow us on facebook and become a fan.  Watch for new competitions frequently.
 
Please send news of shows and exhibitions to goneincnews@gmail.com
 
Nancy Bryant
Giclée of New England, Inc.
413-284-4344
 
Calls for Entries
30th Annual Spring Photography Contest
Photographer's Forum Magazine and Sigma
Awards: 1st place: $2000 + Sigma 24-70mm lens; 2nd place $1000 + Sigma 12-24mm lens; cash for 3rd-4th places.
Juried by a panel of three photography instructors (TBD)
Eligibility: All amateur photographers worldwide. Subject matter is open. All contest finalists will be published in the hardcover book Best of Photography 2010; winners published in Photographer's Forum magazine. Enter prints/slides by mail (obtain entry form online), or enter online.
Fees: $3.95 per photo by April 19; $4.95 per photo by May 17, 2010. 
Phone: 805-963-0439, ext. 240
Website: http://pfmagazine.com/AS/contest.aspx  
Prospectus: http://pfmagazine.com/AS/contest.aspx  
 
Great New England Digital Shootout (GNEDSO-2) 
 The Second Great New England Digital Shootout will take place during the Summer Solstice weekend in June, 2010. Over $1000 in prizes and cash and a gallery show for the top twenty images. Resgiater to participate at www.topfloorlearning.org.  for More information go to www.gnedso.wordpress.com
 
Friends of the Agawam Public Library 2nd Open Juried Art Show
 Friends of the Agawam Public Library
Submission Due Date: September 28, 2010
Submission Fees: $25. One Entry per artist. Original Art only. 
Agawam, MA
Website: www.agawamlibrary.org/about/friends.htm
Download prospectus/entry form from website. Media Categories include acrylics, oils, watercolors, pastels, and other media (pencil drawing, charcoals, pen and inks, block prints, collage, encaustics). Total of $2,650 in awards. 5% contribution from artist for art sold. Art may be marked NFS. Original Art Only. Maximum frame size 20"x24". Wired for hanging with frame. No saw-tooth/clip hangers. Jury selections will be based on the review of the original artworks, rather than on slides or jpegs.
Contact: Bob Kadis
r.kadis@comcast.net
413-789-4814
 
Bennington, Vermont Second Annual
Laumeister Fine Art Competition

Deadline: June 19, 2010 
 Exhibit Dates: August 14 - December 19, 2010
Venue: Bennington Center for the Arts
Awards: First Place $4,000; Second Place $2,000; Third Place $1,000
Juror: Sherrie McGraw
Fees: $35 for two entries, $5 for each additional entry.
Commission: 40%
Send SASE to: Bennington Center for the Arts, 44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington, Vermont 05201
Phone: 802-442-7158
Website: http://www.benningtoncenterforthearts.org  
Prospectus: http://www.benningtoncenterforthearts.org/art/LFACsub2010.pdf
 
 Maverick Mechanisms Show
 Paper City Studios
Submission Due Date: simply when all of the space is taken
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Holyoke, MA
Website: www.papercitystudios.wordpress.com
Announcing "Maverick Mechanisms", the Spring 2010 sculpture/installation/painting show at P.C.S 80 showing May 7, 8 and 9. This is an open call for sculpture, installation and 2D works that fit the theme of Machines Gone Rogue. We're looking for Rube Goldberg contraptions, weird mechanical art objects, multi-media and performance, paintings, drawings and prints that engage with this thought-provoking theme. Further information can be found at http://papercitystudios.wordpress.com  Entries will be reviewed until the space is filled, so submit your ideas soon!
Contact: Bruce Fowler
brucefowlerart@yahoo.com 
  
Mystic, Connecticut
Deadline: May 24, 2010 
Exhibit Dates: May 28-July 17, 2010
Title: 99th Annual Juried Exhibition-call for artists
Sponsor: Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
Venue: Mystic Arts Center
Awards: Monetary awards and Sales
Jurors: Douglas Gillette and Diane Marinero
Eligibility: All fine arts media: Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Graphics. Complete details in prospectus.
Fees: $25 first and $15 second
Commission: 40%
Send SASE to: Connecticut Academy P.O. Box. 1181, Avon CT, 06001 
Website: http://ctacademy.org  
Prospectus: http://ctacademy.org/Application 2010/CAFAprospectus.pdf

 Annual New England Painting Competition
at The Guild of Boston Artists
Aug 07, 2010 to Aug 29, 2010
162 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
617-536-7660
http://www.guildofbostonartists.org
Entry Deadline: Jul 01, 2010 

Image10
is a nationwide photo contest run by the New York chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers and open to all professional, serious amateur and student photographers residing in the United States. Contestants are asked to submit one or more images that were created after January 1, 2009.
Prize Details: (2) First Place prizes: a half-page publication of the winning Image in the Photo District News, a promotional mailer to be sent to 2000 art directors, art buyers and photo editors in New York and other major cities throughout the U.S. and an exhibition of the winning Image in a New York gallery
(2) Second Prizes : publication in the Promotional Mailer; an exhibition in a New York gallery.
(2) Third Prizes: publication of the winning Image in the Promotional Mailer; an exhibition in a New York gallery.
(10) Honorable Mention Prizes: an exhibition of the winning Image in a New York gallery.
Eligibility: US Resident http://www.asmp.org/image10/  for more details
 
Natural Wonders:  Nature photography, near and far
Deadline: May 3, 2010
Juror: David Middleton
 
Photos with Words:  Image and text in photography
Deadline: May 24, 2010
Juror: Liz Lee
 
Flight   Escaping gravity: from birds to ballerinas    
Deadline: June 21, 2010   Juror: David Bram
 
Self-Searching  The Art of Self-Portraiture  
Deadline: July 19, 2010  Juror: Aline Smithson
 
Abstraction in Photography:   Pattern and design in the visual world
Deadline: Aug. 16, 2010
Juror: Stephen Strom
 
Wide-Awake Dreaming:  Fantasy and Imagination in Photography
Deadline: Sept. 13, 2010
Juror: Russell Joslin, Editor Shots Magazine
 
 Toys and Other Direct Objects:  Still life as subject   
Deadline: Oct. 11, 2010  Juror: Wendy Grossman
 
 The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery
DEADLINE: Wed, May 12, 2010  2nd All Media Juried Exhibition
The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery is holding its 2nd All Media Juried Exhibition from May 27-June 30. $30 for three submissions or $10 per work. Juror: David B. Boyce, Curatorial Consultant for the New Bedford Art Museum. Cash Awards. Hand delivery of work May 11 and 12, 2-6 pm to the Gallery at Bristol Community College, 777 Elsbree Street, Fall River, Massachusetts. For complete prospectus visit www.bristolcc.edu/gallery.  Click the P10 button in the lower left. For more information please call: 508-678-2811 ext.2439.
Contact:Kathleen Hancock |  508-678-2811 x 2631 | www.bristolcc.edu/gallery kathleen.hancock@bristolcc.edu
Portrait, People and Figure.
Street photography
Nude
Self Portrait
Children
Documentary - Reportage, Current affairs and Editorial
Fashion and Advertising (only Professional section)
Architecture and Interiors
Landscapes and Citiscapes
Nature
Abstract and Still
Fine Art
There are no age restrictions, as well as no restrictions regarding the date the images were taken.
PDN Prizes/Awards/Recognition
An awards celebration for the winners will take place in May 2010 in New York, NY. The winners and their work will be featured in the May issue of PDN and on our Web site.
NEW THIS YEAR! The Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation and Maine Media Workshops Scholarship and Prize for New Directions in Creative Photographic Portraiture. Photographers are invited to enter portrait photography for consideration in this new category.
The winner will receive $15,000 and a solo exhibit at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine.   Prizes total over $20,000!

FotoFanatic Monthy Photo Contest
Enter the FotoFanatic monthly photo contest to be in with a chance to win a cash prize. Every month the members vote on 3 of the 4 categories. $2 per entry. For more information, visit http://www.fotofanatic.com/ .
Weekly Photo Comp
This photo competition is held weekly, with submissions from around the world. Entry fee is $1 per photo. Prize money depends on the amount of entries, since half of the entry fee is the dollar amount won. With 500 entries the winner will receive US$500.00, with 50,000 entries the winner will receive US $50,000. All participants are welcome. All work must be submitted online. Visit http://www.weeklyphotocomp.com/  for more information.
 
Artist/Teacher/Artist/Teacher
 Spaces Gallery, the Cultural Center at Eagle Hill
Submission Due Date: Friday, June 4, 2010
Submission Fees: none
City, ST: Hardwick, MA
Website: www.centerateaglehill.org
Spaces would like to shine a spotlight on the artwork of educators who are accomplished artists in their own right who work all day in our schools with our children and then find time to make art. This juried exhibit will run throughout the summer and early fall, July 1 - September 30, 2010, with an artists' reception in mid-August. Works in all media will be considered. Please call or email for submission requirements.
Contact: Pat Bock
pbock@ehs1.org
413-477-6000

Illuminations at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
A rotating exhibit, for patients, families, friends and staff, intended to offer encouragement and shed light on the human experience. Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Open to all artists, mediums, and styles. For prospectus contact the program manager at (617) 726-4808 orIlluminations@partners.org.

Creative Divergents Summer 2010 International Showcase
Creative Divergents promotes an appreciation for people willing to push boundaries in creative ways, the desire to bring more attention to works that may not fit neatly into easily defined categories and a belief in the significance of dialogue. Winners will be chosen with the standards of creative vision, innovation, potential to engage an audience, presentation (i.e. quality of the images submitted), and overall impression. $5 entry fee for up to 3 photos. $500 award. Images must be at least 500 pixels wide, submitted digitally, and must be in jpeg or jpg form. Visit http://creativedivergents.com/   for more information.
Deadline: June 15th, 2010

"Strange Figurations" call for entries  -- SlowArt Productions announces a call to artists for "Strange Figurations", an exhibition to be held September 1 - 25, 2010 at the Limner Gallery in Hudson, New York. $2200 in publication awards. Juror: Limner Gallery Director. This is a thematic exhibition open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Open to all figurative styles from the realist to the surreal and visionary. Artists must be 18 or older to apply. $35 entry fee. Deadline: June 30, 2010. Visit website for prospectus, or send a SASE to: SlowArt Productions, 123 Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534. Questions? Please contact Tim Slowinski at slowart@aol.com   or call 518-828-2343.

New England Watercolor Society's 12th Biennial North American Open Show - The New England Watercolor Society announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, September 24 - October 24, 2010. Hosted by the North Shore Arts Association in Gloucester, Massachusetts. $5,000 in awards. Juror: John T. Salminen NWS, AWS.DF. Non-members: $15 one entry; $25 two entries; $35 three entries. Deadline: July 16, 2010. Visit website to download prospectus, or send #10 SASE to: Carolyn Latanision, 28 Church St. No. 3, Winchester, MA 01890

"17th Annual National Watermedia Competition" call for entries The Rhode Island Watercolor Society announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, October 10 - November 5, 2010 at RIWS, Slater Memorial Park, Pawtucket, RI. $4000 in Total Awards; 1st Prize $1500. Juror: Paul George NWS. Open to all artists over the age of 18 residing in the USA. Work must be watermedia on paper, unvarnished and framed under glass or plexiglas. No collage, pastels, mixed media, pen & ink, color copies or computer generated work. No dyptychs or tryptychs. Work must have been completed within the last three years and not done under a teacher's supervision. No work exhibited in past RIWS juried shows. Artists may submit up to three entries. One work per artist is eligible for selection. $20 (1st digital image), $15 (2nd and 3rd images). Deadline: July 16, 2010. Visit website for prospectus, or send SASE to: RIWS, Slater Memorial Park, Pawtucket, RI 02861. Questions? Contact Marylou Moore at marylou.moore@cox.net or 401-726-1876


55th Annual Arts Festival Juried Exhibition
Cohasset MA
Deadline: May 10, 2010 9:00pm
 Exhibit Dates: June 18-20, 2010
Sponsor: South Shore Arts Center
Venue: The Cohasset Commons
Awards: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, in each catergory as well as Dorothy Palmer Painting Prize and Best in Show
Jurors: Micelle Lamuniere, Christine M. McCarthy, and Marc Mitchell
Eligibility: All work must be original, completed within the last three years, and not previously exhibited at the South Shore Arts Center or at the Arts Festival, and all work must be for sale.
Fees: $12.00
Commission: 40%
Send SASE to: 119 Ripley Rd. Cohasset, MA 02025 
Phone: 781-383-2787
Website: http://www.ssac.org  

"Moonstruck," a national juried exhibition
Cotuit, Massachusetts   Deadline: June 25, 2010 Exhibit Dates: September 21 - November 7, 2010
Sponsor/Venue: Cahoon Museum of American Art
Awards: First prize ($1,500), second prize ($1,000), third prize ($500), honorable mentions ($100), Visitors' Choice Award ($250)
Juror: noted pastel artist Anne Heywood
Eligibility: The competition is open to all artists 18 or older who reside in the United States. We're seeking original works celebrating the moon in all mediums and styles. Entries must have been completed after Jan. 1, 2008, and created without supervision. Submit CD with JPEG or TIFF images.
Fees: $25 for up to three pieces
Commission: 40 percent (but works don't have to be for sale)
Send SASE to: Cahoon Museum of American Art, P.O. Box 1853, Cotuit, MA 02635
Phone: (508) 428-7581
Website: http://www.cahoonmuseum.org   
Prospectus: http://www.cahoonmuseum.org/moonstruck.htm  

The 38th annual Mattoon Arts Festival will be Saturday and Sunday, September 11 and 12, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Downtown Springfield, Massachusetts. The outdoor arts and crafts show is held on a quaint street of restored brick Victorian rowhouses. Reputed to be one of the nicest street fairs in New England, it is organized by neighborhood volunteers to raise funds for maintaining and enhancing the area. The Festival also includes a few food vendors. Attendance averages 4,000 people. http://mattoonfestival.org/exhibitor_sign-up.html
Classes 
 
 Adobe Lightroom Basics
Adobe Lightroom is software for managing and editing digital photographs. Lightroom streamlines your photography workflow so you can easily import, manage and showcase large volumes of photographs. Prerequisite: Must have lightroom and some computer knowledge.
www.Topfloorlearning.org  
Instructor: Nancy Bryant
Dates: Wednesdays, May 12, 19, 26, June 2 and 9, 2010, 5 classes.
Time: 5:45pm-7:45pm
Fee: $120.00
Min: 3 Max: 8
 
 Art and Soul Studio
11 Crane Street  Southbridge, MA01550   www.artandsoulstudio.org    (508) 612-4570 Hours: Saturdays 11:00 am - 5:00 pm, or by chance.  Studio is usually open for browsing during most classes. Stop in and check us out!
Class space is limited so sign up early! Registration is confirmed upon payment Sign-up two or more students or classes and receive 10% off! Senior Citizens receive 10% off!
 
Please let us know of any upcoming or ongoing art classes. goneinc@goneinc.com

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Artists of the Month

Linda Spelko and Juliet Bacchas, Master Potters.
The Juliet Rose Gallery  Birdbath Linda
With the dreams and goals of two hearts, we created a fine art and craft gallery which aims at providing exposure for artists locally and from Jamaica. By doing this we highlight an awareness of local talents and provide a different perspective of both cultures
The gallery features a slice of New England and a spice of Jamaica; an ever-changing collection of fine arts from artists of Jamaica and New England.
Vase by Juliet
        

GoNE, Inc. Specials 

10% Website building for the Month of May

Photoshop Tip

Rather than a tip this month, we are doing a preview of the new PhotoshopCS5.  There are many new features. One of the most incredible is Content Aware Fill. Check out some of these new features in this video.   Another amazing new feature is the new Paint feature. Check it out.



Art Events

The GoNE, Inc Gallery new show Oil and Water, featuring Susan Pecora  and Ernest A. Goudreau (Roc). The Artists' reception will be May 21, 4pm-7pm. The Show will run through June.

Artists Reception for "May Belles":
Art by Linda Spelko and Juliet Bacchas - Friday May 7th, 6:30-8:30 PM   
Meet the artists, view their works. Enjoy complimentary hors d' oeuvres. Linda and Juliet create one-of-a-kind vases, birdbaths, garden ornaments and sculptures along with their favorite wall vases. Join them in May for their month long exhibition "May Belles" at 12 Crane at RiverRun.

Visual Arts Sea Grant, up to $3,000 funding for work of New England artists related to marine environment. Deadline: May 28, 2010. For prospectus, send self-addressed stamped envelope to: Visual Arts Sea Grant, c/o Art Dept., University of Rhode Island, 105 Upper College Rd., Kingston, RI 02881-0820.
 
Photo Cruise in Maine
An opportunity to photograph the many unspoiled island of Penobscot Bay, Maine. Two cruises are occurring, one starting June 12th, and another starting on August 28th. You'll sail on the 145' traditional Downeast schooner HERITAGE, along with the Maine windjammer fleet. Fred LeBlanc, maritime photographer, will be giving presentations throughout the trip. For more information, call Fred LeBlanc at 413-533-1914, email him at fredleblanc@comcast.net , or visit www.frederickleblanc.com .

Peace Pagoda Photowalk, Leverett, MA with Fred LeBlanc.  Saturday, May 15, 10am. Email Fred for more info Fredleblanc@concast.net