Thursday is supposed to be the day that the Washington Post reviews our area galleries. Nothing shows the Post complete apathy towards that subject as when a Thursday comes by (like today) and there's no "Galleries" column.

It is especially galling now that the paper has two freelancers (Jessica Dawson and Glenn Dixon) covering the region's gallery circuit. Why then are there still Thursdays when the only regular gallery column by the world's second most influential newspaper is simply not there?

It is such a huge show of disrespect for the Post's readers, and for the region's artists, art collectors and art galleries, made even more galling by the fact that today's Style section still managed to include a theater review of The King and I and a music review of Jesse Henry, so print space was not the reason.

If this pisses you off as much as it always does me, then drop an email on the subject to the Style Editor (Gene Robinson) at robinsong@washpost.com, and info the Arts Editor (John Pancake) at pancakej@washpost.com and the Ombudsman (Michael Getler) at ombudsman@washpost.com.

I'll be in Baltimore later today selecting the award winners for the All Media Competition that is opening tonight at Gallery International. See you at the reception tonight!

For Photographers

The CDS/Honickman First Book Biennial Prize in Photography.

Deadline: September 10, 2004.

Open to American photographers, no age limit, who have not published a book-length work. All subject matter is acceptable. Submissions should be visually compelling and have an integrity of purpose. A cash award of $3,000, publication of a book of photography, and a traveling exhibition will be awarded to the winning entry. Entry fee: $25. For more information, contact: CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography, Center for Documentary Studies, 1317 W. Pettigrew St., Durham, NC 27705; email: alexad@duke.edu; or visit website

For Jewish Artists

The Ronnie Heyman Prize for an Emerging Jewish Visual Artist: National Foundation for Jewish Culture.

Deadline: November 2004

The Ronnie Heyman Prize was established by the National Foundation for Jewish Culture to recognize and support an emerging visual artist who has created and exhibited a body of work that reflects the Jewish experience or addresses issues in the Jewish community. The Fund will provide a grant/prize for $2,500. Visit this website to download the application or contact Kristen L. Runk, Associate Operations Director; (212) 629-0500 x. 215 or email her at krunk@jewishculture.org

The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards reception is being held next Friday, Sept. 10 from 6-9pm at Creative Partners Gallery located at 4600 East West Highway in Bethesda. The award winners which include the $10,000 Best in Show award (and a total of $14,000 in prizes) will be announced and honored during this event. Fifteen finalists have been selected for this year's competition and their work will be on exhibit at the gallery from Sept. 7 - Oct. 2.

This year's finalists include:

Marci Branagan, Baltimore, MD
Graham Caldwell, Washington, D.C.
Annet Couwenberg, Baltimore, MD
Susan Eder & Craig Dennis, Falls Church, VA
Suzanna Fields, Richmond, VA
Bernhard Hildebrandt, Baltimore, MD
Brandon Morse, Takoma Park, MD
David Page, Baltimore, MD
Randi Reiss-McCormack, Lutherville, MD
Marie Ringwald, Washington, D.C.
Jo Smail, Baltimore, MD
Jeff Spaulding, Bethesda, MD
Daniel Sullivan, Baltimore, MD
J. L. Stewart Watson, Baltimore, MD
John Watson, Washington, D.C.

Opportunity for photographers

Deadline: Sept 29, 2004.

The League of Reston Artists (LRA)/Reston Photographic Society (RPS) announces its 2004 Call for Entry for its Annual Judged Photography Exhibition.

The juror is Joshua Taylor, who is an award-winning photographer with over thirty years experience in newspaper and magazine photography, teaching, and workshops. Currently a faculty member of the Smithsonian Studio Arts program and member of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society (NVPS), he has also taught at the Corcoran School of Art and Design and provided photographic expertise in retail sales at Penn Camera. He recently gave workshops at the U.S. National Arboretum, U.S. Botanic Garden and Green Spring Gardens Park, and lectured at the National Horticultural Society Garden School.

This call for entry is limited to a maximum of two framed photographs. The entry fee for LRA/RPS members is $15. This exhibition is restricted to members of the LRA/RPS. Membership in the LRA/RPS is $20 per year.

The entry form can be downloaded from the LRA’s web site here. Send completed entry form to the LRA, POB 2513, Reston, VA 20195. Entry forms must be postmarked no later than September 29.

Long day yesterday at the DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities with the Advisory Panel for the Individual Artists' grants. The awards will be announced by the DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities later this year, pending availability of funds.