En Foco e-News
January 2008
In This Issue
Exhibition & Grant Opportunity
Mat Cutting Workshop
Artist Residency
Juried Exhibition

The Photographic Resource Center at Boston University

DEADLINE:
February 9

2008 Guest Juror
Lesley A. Martin
Publisher, Aperture Book Program

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NEED EXPERIENCE?
We are now accepting applications for
 Editorial, Program and
Curatorial Interns

Email info@enfoco.org
for information
 
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Current Opportunities:

Review Santa Fe, Project Competition and Singular Image

DEADLINE:
January 18
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Grant Opportunity
Ultimate Eye Foundation
The Ultimate Eye Foundation announces the following grants:

$5000 grant for creative photography

$5000 grant for photographic figurative work

DEADLINE:
January 26

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Greetings!

Thank you to all for your support and participation this past year. Your encouragement and contributions are greatly appreciated, and always help to enhance our programs.

We also want to thank all who attended our Marketing Seminar by M.V. Swanson last month - we had a packed house. Be sure to start your year off with a bang, by putting her good advice into practice!

We are welcoming in the New Year with a Mat Cutting Workshop on January 17th, and a lot of other exciting programs coming soon - including a Portfolio Review Sessions with leading curators and editors. Stay tuned!

The En Foco Team,
Miriam, Marisol, Janine
Learn to Cut Your Own Exhibition Mats
Marisol leads Mat Cutting Workshop

Guarantee your spot
Register online NOW!
or by calling
718-931-9311

Space is limited to 8 participants

Date:
Thursday, January 17th, from 6 - 8:30pm

Location: Bronx Council on the Arts
1738 Hone Avenue (at Morris Park), Bronx, NY 10461

Workshop Leader:
Marisol Díaz, Program Director

Not only do you learn HOW to cut professional-looking mats in this hands-on workshop, Members also gain future access to our equipment.
The PDN Photography Annual
 

DEADLINE EXTENED: January 15th

AWARDS YOU CAN WIN:

Marty Forscher Fellowship, ASMP Arnold Newman Prize,Nikon Storyteller Award, The Epson Creativity Award, The Canon Explorer of Light Scholarship Award

For more details about the contest, registration, login and uploading click here.
Visiting Artist Residency

at New Jersey City University during the month of April.

DEADLINE: January 31st
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TO APPLY: email the following to artresidency@njcu.edu

1) 15-20 images of recent works with complete captions (72 dpi jpeg, less than 8 x 8 in). For video use .mov or .wmv format

2) 2-page resume

3) A proposal of a four-week residency (Please include possible subjects of workshops with students)

4) Artist Statement (less than 150 words)

5) Contact information

Awarded artist will have access to their new state-of-the-art facilities, and is required to conduct a workshop in their area of expertise, a lecture, and a student critique session. The honoraria is $1,500

For further information, email bgustafson@njcu.edu

En Foco is a non-profit organization that supports contemporary photographers of African, Asian, Latino, Native American and Pacific Islander heritage. Founded in 1974, it achieves its mission by introducing artists to local communities and a national audience, creating a cultural synergy with the public, curators and arts professionals through exhibitions, publications, workshops and events.

Programs are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Bronx Council on the Arts, the NALAC Fund for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, the Association of Hispanic Arts, JP Morgan Chase, Daniele Agostino De Rossi Foundation, Lowepro, Bogen, Fuji Film, WNYC.org, members, subscribers and friends.