Spraygraphic / Black and White Photoshow / submissions

Swap Meet, San Diego, 2009

I took a break from the preparation of the show!
I sent some photos to Spraygraphic for their upcoming "Black and White Photoshow". I created a series from some of the latest photos I took. I do not take pictures in black and white (I took the last ones with my Minolta-Leica almost 20 years ago!). But I find very interesting to transform an image into a black and white one with Photoshop. I dramatized the light a lot and I like the result.

First I worked a series of cacti close-ups (photos I took in Arizona two years ago). Then I thought, wait a second, these photos are going to...Arizona, I guess they are kind of overwhelmed by the cacti scenery! So I decided to change the subject of my series.

I submitted 5 [11x17"] photos through email. Spraygraphic handles the printing - I hope it will be good! The prints will be donated to High schools and art School at the end of the show in February.

Spraygraphic's energy is great. The website is super full of information and sometimes not very easy to navigate, but I like to be part of that community. A few months ago I participated in a show where they asked for 4x4" pieces. A lot of artist participated, I saw some photos of the wall, it looked nice!


San Diego-Vancouver, 2009


Backyard, San Diego, 2009


Torrey Pines Beach, San Diego, 2009


Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France, 2009

Submission details: Spraygraphic / Black and White Photoshow

Artists' call announcement / "Capitalism in Question (because it is)" / Pitzed Art Galleries, Pitzer College

Deadline: July 20, 2009

Pitzer Art Galleries
1050 North Mills Ave., Claremont, CA 91711
Director, Ciara Ennis
Email, CapinQuestArt@Pitzer.Edu
Website, http://www.pitzer.edu/artgalleries
Tues.-Fri., 12-5pm

The Center for Social Inquiry at Pitzer College and the Pitzer Art Galleries are pleased to announce an open call for art works addressing the broad theme of "CAPITALISM IN QUESTION (because it is)."

The rampant capitalism of the last decade, and its recent catastrophic crisis, has left us in a peculiar and unfamiliar space. Capitalist economic ideology and practices are suddenly under renewed scrutiny. "CAPITALISM IN QUESTION (because it is)" invites artists to explore our current economic predicament and to consider a range of alternatives to it. Visual artwork in all media-painting, installation, sculpture and photography-is encouraged.
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about the juror, Daniel Joseph Martinez

Call for Participation

Women Artists on Immigration: Crossing Borders, Confronting Barriers, Bridging Identities.Organized and presented by Women's Caucus for Art with the Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles.

Exhibition Dates: February 20 - March 6, 2009
Opening Reception: February 27, 2009
Deadline for Receipt of Entries: November 14, 2008
Juror: Alma Ruiz, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA),
Los Angeles.
Download the prospectus at http://www.scwca.org
Questions: Contact Ann Isolde
E-mail,annisolde@scwca.org

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Juror Alma Ruiz

In this election year, we're seizing the moment to engage all women artists in California on the important topic of immigration. Each subtopic - Crossing Borders, Confronting Barriers, Bridging Identities - offers useful starting points for selecting or creating work for this show. Like the many current and prior related exhibitions on this subject, this show seeks to inspire an ongoing conversation and examination of the formation of our cultural, personal and political identities.

We encourage California-based women artists at all career levels whose work addresses the topic of immigration to submit work. Submissions will be selected by Alma Ruiz, curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, and exhibited in the contemporary art gallery of the Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles from February 20 - March 6, 2009. The work of accepted artists will be featured in a color catalog to support the inclusion of this show in the cultural record.

The opening reception on February 27, 2009 will take place during the annual conferences of the Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) and the College Art Association (February 25 - March 1, 2009).