Call for Work: DAG 61st Annual Juried Exhibition

The Durham Arts Guild is seeking artists to submit work for their 61st Annual Juried Exhibition. The deadline for submission is August 10th. This years show will be juried by Alice Grey Stites, Museum Director and Chief Curator of 21c Museum Hotels.

For anyone who does not know, the 21c Museum Hotel is combination museum and hotel dedicated to collecting and exhibiting 21st century art. The Durham hotel is located at the corner of Main and Corcoran and is open 24/7 365 days a year. If you've not visited yet, be sure to check it out! (The hotel is a very unique concept, and while the bar does not, at the time of this writing, serve Jack Daniels, it is still worth checking out.)

Angel Oak (c) Ray Pfeiffer
This image has not been exhibited at the SunTrust  Gallery, although your images could.
But only if you submit them! Don't delay, do it today!

The exhibit will hang in the SunTrust Gallery from Sept. 4th to Oct. 17th. and will feature not one, but TWO third Friday public receptions! That's like a two for one special. You'd be crazy to miss this opportunity. So don't be a crazy artist. Enter right away! For the all important details go here.

Forum Member Teresa Stephens to Exhibit at Chapel Hill Town Hall!

Two thumbs up and a tip of the cap to Forum Member Teresa Stephens for being selected to exhibit at  Town Hall in Chapel Hill! The exhibit will run from August 31 to November 13.

Lauras Tulips (c) Teresa Stephans

Lets all congratulate Teresa on her accomplishment and be sure to get out and see her exhibit!

Calls for Work!

Here are some calls for work with deadlines that are coming up soon! Don't delay!

artSpark 2015 - If you've never attended a SparkCon event you're missing out! This year marks the 10th anniversary. Submit some work to be included in this years exhibition. And then check it all out! SparkCon will run from Sept. 17th to the 20th. Deadline for submission is July 31st. Details can be found here.

Also at VAE:

Navigate the Natural: Deadline July 13th. Hurry up for this one! Go here for details

N.E.W. Show - Never Exhibited Work. Deadline is July 27th. You've got a little more time but don't procrastinate! Go here for details.

311 Gallery also has a call for work for a photography exhibit to be timed with this years Click! Festival. The deadline for submission is August 14th. For the all important details, go here. More on the Click! Festival coming soon.

And when you are accepted into a show, let us know and we can feature you here!

Keeping Up With Forum Member John Horwitz

Anyone who knows John, will know that keeping up with him isn't easy! Few of us can match his wide-ranging intellect and boundless spirit. In case anyone may not know, Johns life's work has been acquired by Perdue University for their permanent collection. It will soon be housed in a brand new 117,000 sq. ft. state-of-the art facility.

6 Days on the road and I'm going to see my baby tonight
(c) John Horwitz

This is a fantastic honor for an absolutely gifted photographer. Those of us who have had the pleasure of John's association and discussing his work know that it is truly deserved.

"So great to receive your latest lifework incarnation (or re-incarnation). I want to let you know that we of course have plans for the fabulous collection of your work... Yours is the only photo collection I have received so far; although I may receive others, there's no way they can match your sheer creativity and success in translating that creative force into such intimate works."

- Judy Jacobi, Chancellor, Perdue University

Congratulations to John for this fantastic accomplishment!

July 20 - 26, Holga Week 2015!

Don't miss out on all the fun! July 20 - 26 is Holga Week 2015, so start planning your analogue adventures now. For the uninitiated, this means that you'll need film. Yes, that's right. Film.

Oh, and there is no P mode...

Sorry!

To learn more about Holga Week, go here.

To learn more about the Holga, go here.

In the Triangle area stop in at Peace Camera, your local resource for all that is Holga.

Did I mention that all the cool kids have one?

Forum Member Ben Davidson Featured in Dark Beauty Magazine!

Photographer Forum member Ben Davidson has a feature in edition #44 of Dark Beauty Magazine! For anyone not familiar with Dark Beauty, it is a digital and online magazine for artists, fashion designers, photographers, musicians, and actors with an appreciation for dark glamour. To see Bens' work in Dark Beauty, go here.

Image (c) Ben Davidson

At our most recent meeting Ben brought images from a recent shoot, Crime Jazz. If you missed it, where were you!? But have no fear, you can see more of those images here.

And while you're visiting his site, stay long enough to look around and check out the rest of his work!