Volume 3 Issue No.11

December Newsletter

Greetings!  

 

Happy Holiday  Season from John, Lisa and Nancy at Giclée of New England,Inc. If you are still looking for a great holiday gift, we offer gift certificates, fine art gifts and specials on custom picture framing. For that hard to please person, a photo restoration might be the perfect gift. 

 

We are planning stages of a Photo Club to begin after the holidays.  Please contact me if you are interested in participating in the Quaboag Valley Photo Group. We will meet twice a month here at the GoNE, Inc Studio in Palmer. The group is open to anyone interested in participating.  Contact me at goneinc@goneinc.com if you would like to be added to the contact list. 

 

Nancy Bryant
Giclée of New England, Inc.
413-284-4344

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Art Events

 Photoshop World

The Must-Attend Conference for Photographers & Photoshop Users  

March 24-26, 2012 - Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Washington, DC
Sign up by February 17 and save $100.

Calls for Entries:

 

Friends of the Agawam Public Library 2nd Open Juried Photography Show

Sponsoring Group Name: Friends of the Agawam Public Library (FAPL)
 

Submission Due Date: January 14-28, 2012 
Submission Fees: $25 preregistration per entry by January 14; $30 after. 
City, ST: Agawam, MA 
Website: 

 

One Entry per Category Allowed. All images must be original and made by the photographer. Categories: Creative, Nature, Photojournalism, Pictorial. Download a prospectus/entry form here or the website. Show Dates: February 1-29, 2012.

Contact: Bob Kadis
r.kadis@comcast.net 

413-789-4814


Coming of Age: New England's Best Under 30

at Sharon Arts Center

Mar 02, 2012 to Apr 28, 2012

30 Grove Street 

Peterborough, NH 03458

603-924-2787 

Entry Deadline: Dec 31, 2011

AWARDS Best in Show $500 There will also be two Honorable Mentions awarded. JURORS Cathy Sununu - Director of the Portsmouth Museum of Art Craig Stockwell - Professor at Keene State College & Accomplished Artist Tim Donovan - Director of Launch Art Galleries & Accomplished Artist Fees & Commissions * There is a $15 entry fee which is payable by check or credit card. Please make checks payable to Sharon Arts Center, and please call (603) 924-2787 to pay with credit card, or fill out the entry form and mail it to Sharon Arts Center. * To be eligible for consideration, your birthdate cannot come before May 1, 1981, and you must be out of high school. * We are looking for all 2D, 3D and Digital (animation, film) Media.

 

Panorama: The Annual CCP Members' Exhibition

Entry deadline:  Sunday, March 18 

Opening reception: Sunday, April 1, 2-5 pm

Exhibition on view:  April 1 to May 27, 2012
Juror:  To be announced

http://www.contemprints.org/ccp-exhibitions/call-for-entries 
Prospectus available soon. Call 203-899-7999 for information.
 Widescreen TV, computers and movie screens are characterized by dynamic, panoramic formats. The 2012 exhibition theme, "Panorama", places no restrictions on content. Instead, Center for Contemporary Printmaking members in good standing are invited to submit prints that are at least five times as wide as they are high.

 

Digital Photo Pro 

Show us your best photos taken in 2011 for your chance to win a Sony SLT-A55 DSLR-and get published in Digital Photo Pro!

Photos can be of anything, as long as they were taken in 2011.

Enter now! Entry deadline is January 3, 2012.

 Limit: Five (5) entries per person. Each entry submitted by any person must be substantially different from any other entry submitted by that person, as determined by the Sponsors in their sole discretion.

Submission Subjects: Photographs should be in keeping with the general theme of Digital Photo Pro, including, but not limited to, portraits, landscapes and sports action.
http://www.digitalphotopro.com/photo-contests/2nd-annual-photo-of-the-year.html

Call for Collage Based Work

2012 marks the centennial of the appearance of collage in painting. In that time, collage has become ubiquitous within contemporary art and culture, and its myriad applications have arguably expanded its original definition to become the most inclusive of artistic processes. Collage at 100 is a three-part exhibition series that opens in September of 2012 and runs through June of 2013. All media considered. Deadline: December 31st, 2011. Please follow the call for art link at:  

http://www.csw.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=713784  
Prospectus: 

https://csw.org/ftpimages/424/download/Collage%20at%20100%E2%80%94Prospectus.pdf 

 

 Friends of the Agawam Public Library 2nd Open Juried Photography Show

  • Sponsoring Group Name: Friends of the Agawam Public Library (FAPL)
  • Submission Due Date: January 14-28, 2012
  • Submission Fees: $25 preregistration per entry by January 14; $30 after.
  • City, ST: Agawam, MA
  • Website: www.agawamlibrary.org/about/friends.htm 
One Entry per Category Allowed. All images must be original and made by the photographer. Categories: Creative, Nature, Photojournalism, Pictorial. Download a prospectus/entry form at the website. Show Dates:February 1-29, 2012.
  • Contact: Bob Kadis   
  • r.kadis@comcast.net
  • 413-789-4814
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is open to students in higher education aged 18 years and older from all over the world1. Pick just one of the ten categories, share up to eight of your best shots in a public Google+ album and complete the submission form by January 31, 2012. Please follow our Google+ content policies when sharing your photos.  Categories:  From far-away places to up-close faces, we've created 10 different categories to spark your imagination.

Top 10 Finalists: Finalists' work will be shown at Saatchi Gallery, London for two months which will coincide with the exhibition 'Out of Focus: Photography'. This will be an exciting opportunity to have your work exhibited alongside that of photographers such as Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, JH Engstrom and Katy Grannan.  You and your +1 will also win a trip toLondonto attend the exhibition opening.

Grand Prize: In addition to the exhibition at Saatchi Gallery,Londonthe winner will go on a once-in-a-lifetime photography trip to a destination of their choice with a professional photography coach.

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South Shore Art Center Arts Festival

TheSouth Shore Art Center announces a call to artists for its 57th annual juried arts festival, June 15-17, 2012. Open to craft artists who create all their own work. Festival features over 90 booths - rain or shine show held outdoors on beautiful Cohasset Common in Cohasset, MA. $15 application fee. Deadline: February 3, 2012.Download prospectus (PDF format), or send a SASE to: South Shore Art Center, 119 Ripley Road, Cohasset, MA 02025. Questions? Please contact Tim Waite, Festival Coordinator at festival@ssac.org or call 781-383-2787.

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Request for Proposals
Deadline:December 10, 2011

Eligibility and Awards 

Experimental Honors Design Award: This $2,000 competition is open to designers/artists/teams internationally.

Design-Build Awards: Open to designers/artists/teams from the northeast region of theUSA: CT, MA, NH, VT, ME, NY, NJ. Four $7,500 awards.

Project Summary 

Rethinking art, environment and community.  The objective of this competition is to uncover new public realm art, architectural and environmental approaches to riverscapes at two scales: regional and intimate. Each designer/artist/team will produce an overall strategy for connecting and relating the four defined sites (and those between) while paying attention to the unique and individual characteristics of each community through site specific work.

Presented by Five Colleges Inc. and the FiveCollegeArchitectural Studies Program. Funded by the Delegation of the European Union, Five Colleges Inc., HampshireCollege, Universityof MassachusettsAmherstLandscape Architecture, and Regional Planning. 

Consultant: Urban Arts Institute atMassachusettsCollege of Art and Design

Riverscaping Competition 

Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies
 Hampshire College

 893 West Street

 Amherst, MA

Contact:Thom Long, tlong@hampshire.edu or 413.559.5376  Angela Russo, angela@riverscaping.org

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Deadline:Friday, February 3, 2012
Eligibility:Open to artists 18 years of age or older with no geographic restriction.Budget: Finalists will receive a $1,000 proposal development fee. The project budget is $10,000.
Project Summary:

Boston is one of the few urban centers in theUnited States whose historic buildings share equal space and prominence with more modern constructions within the city. Photo Nights Boston seeks to draw attention to these landmark buildings with large-scale outdoor projections. As part of Photo Nights Boston's October 2012 public art event, an artist will be selected to design and produce a photography-based work of public art as a focal point.

Contacts: Ricardo D. Barreto, Director 

Urban Arts Institute at Massachusetts College of Art and Design

 ricardo.barreto@massart.edu

 617.879.7970  For general inquiries regarding Photo Nights Boston, please email

Katie Noble, Executive Director, Photo Nights Boston

photonightsboston@gmail.com

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Residency applications for 2012

for artists, writers and the general public are being accepted for the Fowler and C-Scape Dune Shacks in the Cape Cod National Seashore. One to three weeks stays available, including a 3-week $500 fellowship for a visual artist, and two funded weeks for writers. Contact Provincetown Community Compact, www.thecompact.org

  DeadlineJanuary 15, 2012.

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WHO MAY ENTER: Anyone except employees of Nielsen and their families.

ENTERING THE CONTEST: Photographers may submit images for consideration. An entry consists of a single image. Individuals may pay to enter an unlimited amount of times.

ENTRY FEES: $45 per single entry/$55 per series/$25 for student. PhotoServe membership entry fees: $32 per image | $40 per series. Submissions received after1/25/12will be subject to an additional late fee of $10 (through extended deadline period of2/17/2012).

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: ONLINE SUBMISSIONS ONLY *: To enter your submissions electronically, please visitwww.pdnphotoannual.com   and register. Once the registration process has been completed, you will receive an e-mail confirmation. Simply log in to the PDN Annual Photo contest site, and follow the online instructions to upload images from your computer. Images formatted as a JPEG measuring at least 1,000 pixels on its long dimension are preferred. Images may be color profiled in sRGB, Adobe-1998 or not color-managed.

*Mailed Submission are accepted only for the PHOTO BOOKS and CORPORATE DESIGN categories. For mailed submissions, register on the website first and purchase your desired category. Include your e-mail address (your pdnphotoannual.com registered user) and contact information with the package. Submitted materials will not be returned. All entries must be post marked before the deadline!   Mailing Address:

  • PDN Photo Annual
  • c/o John Gimenez
  • 770 Broadway,NY,NY10003

SPECIFICATIONS: To qualify, photographs must be taken, published or produced betweenJanuary 1, 2011andJanuary 25, 2012. Ongoing or in progress projects that contain older images are also allowed.   JUDGING: Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, photographic quality and effectiveness in expressing the contest theme. Winners will be published in the June 2012 PDN issue exhibiting the PHOTO ANNUAL & PDNonline.com.

 

MoreCalls for Entry:

 

http://www.vermontphotospace.com/ex13 

 

FotoFanatic Monthy Photo Contest

 

Weekly Photo Com

Illuminations at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

 

Daily Photo competitions

 

 

 

ClassesSusan art

 Susan Tilton Pecora: Watercolor Workshops 

3rd Friday and Saturday of every month, 10am to 3pm. Each workshop includes step by step demos, exploring various techniques in Watercolor, ending with a group critique.Everyone works from pictures which Susan provides but if students want to paint outside in her gardens or paint the barns or draft horses on her property they are welcome to do so.

Students complete a 1/2 sheet watercolor in each class. $55 per day or $100 for both days. Located  one mile from exit off the Mass Pike, in Thordike, MA at the Mills.  email: susanpecora@comcast.net  or phone at 413-283-7441.

 

Please let us know of any upcoming or ongoing art classes.
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Artist of the Month

Cynthia L. Ablicki

 

     Cynthia (Cindy) L Ablicki has been interested in art in many forms since she was a child.  She always was in the top of her classes in art and kept up with her creative side even as she married and started her family.  She then went on to develop her creative talents in interior design and organizing.  That is her current occupation.  However, in the last four years she has decided to turn her love of art into a new profession.

     During these past four years Cindy has completed many new works, most of which are based on photographs she has taken herself.  
More....click here

 

Art Trends
How much Photoshopping is too much?  Read this New York Times article for more information on this interesting topic. 

Photoshop Tip

 

Photoshop How-to: Using the Type Tool

The Type Tool can do more than just type horizontally across a page. If you go to the tool panel and click and hold down the Type Tool, you will notice you have four options. We will cover the first two options and a few other fun things you can do with the type tool. 

Horizontal Type Tool

 

  1. Click on the icon in the tool panel. 
  2. You can click anywhere within the canvas and start typing once it is selected. This make
 See the rest of the tip by clicking here! 

New Service at GoNE, Inc.

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 accessible 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. Check out www.nancybryantart.com for a sample.