President Bush’s proposed FY2005 budget recommends an increase of $55 million for the nation's cultural agencies. Proposed increases include $18 million for the National Endowment for the Arts for the new “American Masterpieces” initiative, $27 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities, and $10 million for the Office of Museum Services.
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Nicole Bouknight is interested in learning about photography and is seeking an apprenticeship with a photographer in the Washington, DC area. She's interested in learning the basics in photography, including: lighting, composition and darkroom procedures, also interested in learning to use digital cameras. She is also interested in assisting a photographer with on-location and studio assignments for exchange in education. Contact Nicole Bouknight via email at oceansblu143@yahoo.com
Some International Photography Call for Artists:
Deadline: Friday 2 April 2004
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION.
The aims of this competition are to find the best wildlife pictures taken by photographers worldwide, and to inspire photographers to produce visionary and expressive interpretations of nature. The judges will be looking first and foremost for aesthetic appeal and originality, and will also be placing an emphasis on photographs taken in wild and free conditions. With digital images now being accepted, the competition judges will also be looking for images that are a true representation of life on Earth. Digital images submitted on CD are also accepted.
The competition is open to anyone, amateur or professional, of any age or nationality. Full details and entry forms are online here.
The 2003 exhibition is currently on display at The Natural History Museum, in London until 18th April, 2004.
Deadline: 25th March 2004
ANNUAL CALENDAR COMPETITION
An opportunity to have your work promoted to the creative industry by having it picked for a 2005 Calendar Competition featuring the photography, digital imaging and mixed media work being used in advertising, design and the publishing market sectors.
Categories: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Entry fees are 10% reduced if entries are received by 27 February 2004; however, if you reference "CN12Feb" the final deadline is 25th March 2004.
For entry forms e-mail info@refocus-now.co.uk and to read the guidelines visit this website.
Addison-Ripley in Georgetown has "Lost Images: Berlin Mitte," a photographic exhibition by Frank Hallam Day. The show goes on until March 27, 2004.
Guillermo Silveira presents "The Cosmic Egg." This myth relates to the recent total solar eclipse. Silveira introduces us to an insane man who hopes to convince the audience that globalization will be possible if we all worship the Cosmic Egg. He sings, recites poetry, dances with cosmic chix, and creates a song with the audience, in his effort to find world unity and peace among nations and generations.
Location: The National Theatre
When: Monday, March 1, 2004 at 6:00pm and at 7:30pm
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
There are infuriating "high art" double standards that continue to bother me, as one discovers more and more variations upon the same theme.
The Theme:
J. Seward Johnson's "art" has been brutalized by the press everywhere. The reason given is not that Seward is a bad guy or even a bad artist, but that his concept of taking someone else's two-dimensional art works - in Seward's latest case the Impressionists - and making them into a three dimensional "new" work is both kitschy and reprehensible.
The Hypocrisy:
1. As I whined about it before, the British artist brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman's early work was based on the famous Goya etchings Disasters of War. Initially they used plastic figures to re-create Goya in a miniature three-dimensional form, and like Johnson (later on), one of these 83 scenes became a life-sized version using mannequins. Yet the Chapmans are darlings of the art world and were favorites in the last Tate show.
2. Whitney Biennial selectee Eve Sussman's "art" is to take Velasquez's Las Meninas and turn it into "ten minutes of a costume-drama feature film.”
3. Jane Simpson is one of Artnet.com's Artists to Watch for 2004. Her stellar reputation in the artworld has been acquired partially by her creation of sculptures based on Giorgio Morandi paintings.
Am I the only one who sees that all of these people are essentially working the same generic concept as J. Seward Johnson - but unlike Johnson, they are being lauded and praised?
What am I missing here?
Photoworks at Glen Echo Hosts Portfolio Critique.
Photography enthusiasts are invited to bring their portfolios to Photoworks’ beautiful new studio space to be critiqued at no fee by professional photographers on the Photoworks faculty. Over coffee and bagels, photographers with all levels of experience will have the opportunity to share their work and receive feedback and comment and participate in fun and informal discussions with both amateur and professional photographers. Portfolios can consist of either digital or traditional work in either black and white or color.
When: Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Where: Photoworks, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland.
Founded in the early ‘70s, Photoworks is a self-funded photography program that offers classes, workshops, lectures, exhibit space and an open darkroom. The classes are designed to teach all levels of students camera, digital and darkroom skills and processes to make fine art photographs, and emphasizes a strong summer program for young people. All Photoworks teachers are professionals working in editorial, commercial and fine art fields, and Photoworks is proud to have launched the careers of many well-known area commercial and art photographers.
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