EN FOCO INC
August e-News
August, 2009
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New Works #13 Deadline
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Greetings!

We'll soon be heading out for our summer 'downtime': offices will be closed from August 10, through Labor Day (don't worry, we'll be announcing the winners of our competition before we go).

Then get ready for a ton of plans for October!

Happy Summer,
Miriam, Marisol, Daniel and Olga

July 31 DEADLINE:

New Works #13


opening reception of New Works #12

New Works Photography Awards program helps artists to complete an in-depth photographic series, and provides the infrastructure needed for national visibility and a professional exhibition in the New York area. It is open to U.S. based photographers of Latino, African, Asian, Native American or Pacific Islander heritage.

DEADLINE: July 31 (postmark)

JUROR: Anne Wilkes Tucker,
Curator, Museum of Fine Arts / Houston

Download guidelines & entry form HERE


BLOG: The Art of Hope
winning images from New Works winners

 Read our latest BLOG entry, The Art of Hope, by program director Marisol Díaz

PEOPLE / PLACES / THINGS 

STAY TUNED...
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the winners of People/Places/Things: an international competition to celebrate En Foco's 35th Anniversary, will be announced next week!

Sponsored by: Canson Infinity

SAVE THE DATE

OCTOBER 4:  Walk, Run or Bike! Meet fellow artists while helping raise funds to help support your favorite non-profit's programs: EN FOCO.  Details coming soon.

OCTOBER 18: Nueva Luz & Lucie Awards artist talk

OCTOBER 22-24: Come visit our booth @ PDN's PhotoPlus Expo!  See the award-winning work from our photo competition, People/Places/Things, get a mini-portfolio review, meet staff and other En Foco artists.

Opportunities & Grants


En Foco's New Works #13
Deadline: July 31, 2009
For photographers of Latino, African, Asian heritage and Peoples of the Americas & Pacific

The William H. Johnson Prize
Deadline: July 31
For African American Artists early in their careers ($25,000)

National Park Service's Artist in Residence Program
Deadline: July 31, 2009
For the Grand Canyon South Rim

LMCC's Paris Residency Program for NYC-Based Visual Artists
Deadline: August 13
What else is there to say? Go run & apply!

Call for Entries: Portraits - Center for Fine Art Photography
Deadline: August 18
Juror: Mary Ellen Mark