Art Exhibition in San Diego 10/4-11/15: Urban Legends and Country Tales

I recently had the honor of being one of the jurors for an upcoming fine art juried show entitled “Urban Legends and Country Tales.” This show is an international print exhibit that will be on display from October 4 to November 15, 2008 at Bonita Museum in Bonita, CA. The opening and public reception will be 6-8:30pm on Saturday, October 4, 2008.

I found the work to be very diverse, and many of the pieces really moved me. There was a mix of unretouched photographs, digitally retouched images, images created entirely using a computer, and images that had a combination of photography and drawing/painting effects (produced using a computer).

This description of the show is from the Digital Art Guild website:

The Digital Art Guild brings an international print exhibit to the San Diego area. Fifty outstanding prints demonstrate the multiple directions art has taken in the contemporary art world – both in pluralism of styles and the hybridism of technique and media. In addition to the print exhibit, a companion exhibition book is available…Artists represented in Urban Legends and Country Tales are from San Diego, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Hawaii, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Florida, England and Canada.

Admission is free to the Bonita Museum, 4355 Bonita Road, Bonita CA 91902. Hours are 10:00am – 4:00pm – Wednesday through Saturday. For more information, including a list of exhibiting artists and a look at some of the entries, visit the show page on the Digital Art Guild’s website.

Call For Entry Deadline 7/25/2008: Online and Print Portfolio Show

The Center for Fine Art Photography’s “Online and Print Portfolio Show” Show call for entries deadline is today (7/25/2008).

Fifteen photographers will be chosen to display their twelve-image portfolio in The Center for Fine Art Photography’s special Online and Print Portfolio Show and be included the Center’s new book publication Artists ShowCase, volume 1, issue 1.

The Juror for this show is Darius Himes, founding member of Radius Books, a Santa Fe-based company created in 2007 that publishes books on the visual arts. He is also the founding editor of photo-eye Booklist, a quarterly magazine devoted to photography books, from 2002-2007. He is a lecturer, consultant, educator and writer, having contributed to Blind Spot, Bookforum, BOMB, PDN, and American Photo.

I am a member of The Center For Fine Art Photography’s Ambassador’s Circle, which is a group of volunteers who help to share information about events and calls for entry.

More information, including a full list of the awards, can be found on the show’s call for entries page.

“The Big Show” on Display at Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

When I visited FotoFest in Houston, Texas earlier this year, I stopped by the Lawndale Art Center. It is a beautiful gallery space with three floors. One of the gallery spaces is huge (almost like a racquetball court), with a large picture window that lets in a lot of natural light.

Currently on display at Lawndale Art Center is “The Big Show,” their annual open-call, juried exhibition. Guest Juror Aram Moyashedi, Curator for LA><ART in Los Angeles, selected 95 works by 60 artists for this year’s exhibition. The work contains a wide range of disciplines, from photography to painting and mixed media.

On July 30 & 31, 2008, Lawndale Art Center is hosting “The Big Slideshow,” featuring short, informal presentations by Big Show artists. Presentations start at 7:00 PM each night. The address of the gallery is 4912 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002. To read more about the show, which is on display until August 9, 2008, visit this page.