Once again, Fine Print is offering its popular giclée Marketing Minis for a limited time only. Marketing Minis are small versions of your larger prints which can be sent as samples to galleries, collectors and prospective collectors to give them a hands-on sample of the quality of printing as well as the beauty of the image.

During this special, which runs from now until October 31, 2008, you can order a Marketing Mini package for any images you have already proofed either on canvas or watercolor paper. The quantity of minis you will receive will vary depending on the proportion of your original and the size you wish to have them printed.

National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM) is a coast-to-coast collective celebration of culture in America. Held every October and coordinated by Americans for the Arts, it has become the largest annual celebration of the arts and humanities in the nation. From arts center open houses to mayoral proclamations to banners and media coverage, communities across the United States join together to recognize the importance of arts and culture to citizen's daily lives.

Negative Space: It is not always the subject, but the Negative Space around the subject that makes a photograph truly stunning. This exhibition will highlight the compositional element that makes up the space not commonly seen. Deadline October 14, 2008.

All of the Center's juried exhibitions are open to all domestic and international, professional and amateur, photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both. The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative, experimental and mixed techniques are welcome.

Fine Print Imaging and Art for Conservation are the proud sponsors of an exhibition and sale of photography from the International League of Conservation Photographers. The show runs through October 31, 2008 at the Collective Fibe Art Gallery in Fort Collins. A well-attended VIP reception was held on October 2, and attendees were treated to a talk by ILCP members Wendy Shattil, Bob Rozinski and Boyd Norton.

Over twenty photographers have images in the show - including National Geographic photographers Frans Lanting, Art Wolfe, Joel Sartore, Roy Toft and Cristina Mittermeier.

All the images in the show were printed by Fine Print Imaging on gallery-wrapped canvas and are available for purchase, with proceeds benefiting the International League of Conservation Photographers. All images in the show can be seen on the Art For Conservation website.

These photographers have dedicated their lives to raising awareness about conservation issues around the globe. Your support will help them continue their important work.

The mission of the ILCP is "to further environmental and cultural conservation through ethical photography. We believe that awe-inspiring photography is a powerful force for the environment, especially when paired with the collaboration of committed scientists, politicians, religious leaders and policy makers. We plan to replace environmental indifference with a new culture of stewardship and passion for our beautiful planet."

Chief Sitting Bull's great-great grandson artist William Sitting Bull is in stage three renal failure from long- term diabetes, and his eyesight has been affected too. Native Americans are insulin resistant, and Billy is not a good candidate for dialysis. He needs a kidney transplant and, to this end, The Link Gallery in Cheyenne, Wyoming is trying to raise funds to help with his medical treatment.

Billy has no health insurance and his prescriptions alone amount to more than $1000 a month. Additionally, there are already huge bills for his stay in intensive care while they stabilized his condition when he first suffered the major hypertensive episode that heralded this awful, sudden decline in his health.

Prints of the image shown, printed by Fine Print Imaging, will be available for purchase at the gallery, with proceeds going to help with Billy's medical expenses. Kate Dardine, Fine Print Image Marketing Director says, "through our Prints for Non-Profits Program, we were able to print up 11x14 Lumira prints for Billy at a greatly reduced price, enabling him to offer a low-cost item to sell and raise funds for his much needed transplant."

A bank account has been opened where you can send donations, both before and after the fund- raising event on October 11, 2008 at the Link Gallery. Any help will be very gratefully accepted. Please contact the gallery for further information at 307-778- 0330.

We all wish Billy well.

For more information on Fine Print's "Prints for Non- Profits" program, call Kate at 800-777-1141.