EN FOCO INC
June e-News
June, 2009
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NEW Membership Benefit!
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Receive 15% off at Modernage Custom Digital Imaging Labs with valid
En Foco membership card
Located at:
1150 Avenue of the Americas
(at 44th Street)
New York, NY 10036
A few other Member benefits include FREE admission to the International Center for Photography, Photo Resource Center, George Eastman House, Griffin Museum of Photography, Museum of Photographic Arts
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Greetings!
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NYC is looking pretty green these days, so we felt it was a great time to update the look of our eNewsletter - hope you like it! All the info you love is still here, just streamlined.
June also brings many events - please join us in honoring the work of the New Works artists, consider attending our Portfolio Review Sessions to get your work seen, and then help us kick off our Anniversary Year later this month.
We hope to see you all there,
Miriam, Marisol, Daniel, Olga, Janine, Ashley
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| KICK-OFF EN FOCO's 35th Anniversary Year |
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Come celebrate our Anniversary year at Calumet Photographic on June 24 from 6:00-9:00pm. Enjoy a cocktail evening with artists, friends and artwork on display from En Foco's New Works #12 exhibition. Please join us and help En Foco continue its vibrant mission. Location: Calumet Photographic 22 West 22nd Street (between 5th & 6th Ave), NYC Tickets are $35.00 ($45 at the door), a portion of
which is tax deductible. Beverages are provided by Anheuser-Busch, and Antojitos provided by La Palapa Mexican Restaurant. Can't make it but still would like to contribute? DONATE securely via Network for Good
En Foco's Kick-off Benefit party is sponsored by:
  
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Portfolio Review Sessions
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 Spaces are still available for one-on-one reviews with several arts
professionals on the same day, in a supportive, nurturing and
affordable environment. Participants receive a minimum of
three 20-minutes reviews, an article by Mary Virginia Swanson to help
you prepare, a gift bag, and a chance to networking work with your peers.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Time: 10am-5:30pm
Location: Calumet Photographic, NYC
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
$140 = Members (must be current through July 09)
$190 = Non-Members (includes a one-year Membership; ALL are welcome to join)
Click HERE to view the member benefits
REGISTER NOW
Portfolio Review Session 2008. Photo by © Ray Llanos
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| People/Places/Things |
EARLY BIRD DEADLINE: JUNE 24En Foco, Inc and Canson Infinity invite fine art and documentary
photographers of any nationality or ethnicity to submit work to People/Places/Things, an International Photography Competition celebrating En Foco's 35th Anniversary. Our aim is to identify and
promote talented emerging and mid-career artists working today,
creating cross-cultural dialogue, and providing artists with exposure
and access. This competition is open to all photographers, and all photo-based works are eligible. EIGHT AMAZING JURORS:-
DARREN CHING, PDN and KlompChing Gallery
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HOSSEIN FARMANI, Farmani Gallery
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DANIELLE JACKSON, Magnum Photos
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CAT JIMENEZ, Lucie Foundation
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DEBRA KLOMP CHING, KlompChing Gallery
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EDWIN RAMORAN, Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art
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MARK SEALY, Autograph: ABP
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ELIZABETH SHANK, Bruce Silverstein Gallery
SUBMIT ONLINE NOW!OVER $10,000 in PRIZES: One winner and four honorable mentions will be chosen for each of the three categories, awarding a total of 15 photographers. SPONSORED BY:      
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Opportunities & Grants
Gordon Parks Photography Competition
Deadline: June 12, 2009
NALAC Fund for the Arts
Deadline: June 13, 2009
Harlem Community Arts Fund
Deadline: June 16, 2009
Open Society Institute: Documentary Photography Distribution Grant
Deadline: June 19, 2009, at 5:00 pm
European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation: "Visualising Democracy and Human Rights"
Deadline: June 30, 2009
2009 Excellence in Urban Journalism Award
Deadline: June 30, 2009
Bronx Museum Artist in the Marketplace
Deadline: June 30, 2009
Alexandra Boulat Grant
Deadline: July 1 of each year
Aperture Portfolio Prize
Deadline: July 16, 2009
The Berenice Abbott Prize for an Emerging Photographer
Deadline: July 17, 2009
En Foco's New Works #13
Deadline: July 31, 2009
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