Central Pennsyvlania Festival of the Arts

Central Pennsyvlania
Festival of the Arts 

   

 
Call to Artists

  

What:  46^th Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition

Where: Downtown State College, PA and the adjacent campus of Penn State University

When: Thursday through Sunday, July 12-15

          Thursday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

          Sunday, noon to 5:00 p.m.

NOTEWORTHY:

*Our 46^th year!

*A top ten Fine Art and Design Show according to Sunshine Artist magazine

*Jury Fee: $30

*Booth Fee: $450 for 10 x 10; $900 for 10 by 20

*Cash Awards of over $17,000.   Top prize is $2,500. Second prize is $1,800

*Excellent marketing, the festival is considered a "must-do" event for Penn State alumni

*Coincides with the Penn State Alumni Association's Arts Festival Alumni Weekend

*The Festival includes performers of international, national, and regional stature appearing on seven outdoor and indoor stages

*Other events during the Festival Include:

-Indoor juried gallery exhibition

-Downtown State College Italian Street Painting Festival

-Sue Crowe Memorial Arts Festival 5K and 10K Races

As the centerpiece of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition brings artists and craftspeople from across the nation to State College to the streets of downtown State College and the adjacent campus of The Pennsylvania State University. More than three hundred exhibitors will offer a wide variety of objects for sale including baskets, ceramics, jewelry, fiber, painting, photography, and wearable art. There will be something to suit everyone's taste and pocketbook.

The Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition is a juried outdoor show of high quality fine art and fine craft. Our audience gains a better appreciation of the artistic process through interaction with the exhibiting artists. It is essential that the participating artist be the one who conceived the design and executed the finished product. We are not interested in mass produced products or sales agents hired to operate booths.

We use the Zapplication jury process: www.zapplication.org

Application deadline:

January 27, 2012

Notification:

March 21, 2012

Cancellation Date (without penalty)

April 30, 2012

For more information please see www.arts-festival.com        

Photographers Wanted for Exposure

Artists Wanted | EXPOSURE 2011

You're invited to participate in Artists Wanted's 3rd annual photography competition: EXPOSURE, an international call for photographers of all backgrounds who speak in the language of lenses and aperture. Submit your images for the opportunity to earn over $50,000 in awards, including grants of up to $10,000, your own solo exhibition at the celebrated Aperture Foundation in New York City and a VIP Adventure in Paris and NYC.
Your Images Hold Power.

Click Here to Participate
Join today to get a head start at the People's Choice Award!



The Opportunity

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Photographers of all levels and styles are invited to participate. Our esteemed panel of judges including Natasha Egan, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography; Stephen Walker, Photo Director of NYLON Magazine; Michael Shulman, Director of Publishing, Broadcast & Film at Magnum Photos; Conor Risch, Senior Editor of PDN Magazine; and award-winning photo editor Susanne Miklas, will select one photographer to receive the Grand Prize Award.

The Grand Prize Package As selected by the jury panel

• A $10,000 cash grant
• An exhibition at Aperture Foundation in New York City's Chelsea arts district
• A projection series of your images throughout New York City
• A feature on Artists Wanted's website
• Worldwide Exposure for You and Your Work

The People's Choice Award Granted to the photographer whose portfolio garners the highest number of public votes

• A $2,500 cash grant
• A trip to NYC during the New York Photo Festival in May 2012. Experience high style with a one week stay in a New York City loft in Dumbo, the heart of the photo festival
• One week in Paris, the birthplace of photography, where you will stay in a beautiful art apartment with passes to over 60 museums and attractions
• Airfare to New York and Paris
• A feature on Artists Wanted's website

The Category Awards
A $500 cash grant and online feature will be awarded to photographers selected by the jury panel in the following fields:

• People & Portrait
• Documentary / Photojournalism
• Cloudscape, Landscape, Aerial and/or City Scape
• Travel / Vacation
• Action & Adventure
• Events (Parties, Weddings, Celebrations)
• Art / Conceptual
• Nature (Plants and Animals)
• Commercial (Fashion, Product & Food)
• Analog / Film

The Exhibition

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Exposure 2011 is your chance to show your work in the gallery of one of the most respected organizations in photography. Aperture — a nonprofit foundation dedicated to promoting photography — was founded in 1952 by photographers Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Barbara Morgan, and Minor White; historian Beaumont Newhall; and writer/curator Nancy Newhall; as well as Melton Ferris, Ernest Louie, and Dody Warren. Aperture's list of artists includes: Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Robert Capa, Chuck Close, Bruce Davidson, Joan Fontcuberta, Nan Goldin, Josef Koudelka, Sally Mann, Mary Ellen Mark, Richard Misrach, Sebastião Salgado, Stephen Shore, Paul Strand, and Edward Weston, to name a few.


The Projection Series

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Have your work shown all over New York City. If selected, your images will be splashed across the streets of New York City with a vivid high-powered projection system. Your work will be seen by tens of thousands in the most compelling way possible, larger than life and unforgettable.

The Mission

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Your photographs hold power. Each and every one of us carries a unique experience that manifests in the images we capture. Your photographs are distinguished and exquisite, solitary in the level of embodiment of your character and voice. This is your moment to celebrate the power of your images. Click Here to Participate >>>

Teresa Henriques - Problem

 

TERESA HENRIQUES: PROBLEM

AT ROOSTER GALLERY, 190 ORCHARD STREET, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC

 

OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 6-8PM

EXHIBITION RUNS FROM DECEMBER 8, 2011 – JANUARY 22, 2012
 

Teresa Henriques (born 1978, Portugal), has been living and working in New York since 2006 and is represented by Rooster Gallery. “Problem” will be comprised by her latest sculptures, as well as a project, which will develop throughout the duration of the show.

 

On the ground floor, Teresa Henriques will present 7 kinetic sculptures. The piece that lends this show its title – “Problem” – deals with the notion of one’s perception of what a problem might be and the different perspectives that arise while seeing it. The departing point was Bruno Munari’s “From things are born things,” a methodology book of problem solving. Despite their sculptural nature, the 6 remaining pieces on this floor are in fact three-dimensional interactive drawings, which are put into motion by the viewer with the use of a crank.

 

The work on view downstairs focuses on Fernando Pessoa’s “Ultimatum,” a text written and published in November 1917 on “Portugal Futurista nº1” magazine. The importance of this text lies, not only on the fact that it was the only text openly against the First World War while the war was still on course, but also due to its subversive and revolutionary tone. The poet’s daring request to “Open all the windows! Open more windows of all the windows in the world!” is Teresa Henriques’ starting point to a more complex and broader project. This project will take place in two separates moments of the duration of the exhibition.

 

“Problem” is an exhibition that deals with our own perceptions of the artistic object while raising pertinent questions on issues which are currently on debate, whether they are artistic or civilizational. Despite its poetic approach, “Problem” perspires a clear and yet almost inaudible subversive message. The viewer will therefore be a phisically active element of the show but more importantly he will provide his own insights by raising new questions or, if possible, providing solutions while following Ludwig Wittgenstein’s valuable advice: “Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one.”

 

Teresa Henriques was born in Lisbon in 1978. She holds a MFA in Fine Arts by the School of Visual Arts of New York (2010). She did the Location One residency in New York (2006/07). She was awarded two times grants from Calouste Gulbenkian Fundation and Luso-American Foundation (2008-10) (2006-07).

 

Henriques last solo exhibits were “Use the Resources”, Pedro Oliveira Gallery, Porto (2010) and “Aleatograph” Sala do Veado, Museum of Natural History, Lisbon (2008).  She has shown at Perry Rubenstein Gallery (“Plus One,” curated by Dan Cameron), and SVA Gallery (“Thanks… but it`s actually on purpose,” curated by Augusto Arbizo) in New York, Modern Art Center of the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Galeria Pedro Oliveira in Oporto and Galeria Sete (“13:7,” curated by Miguel Amado) in Coimbra.

 

 

 

 

For additional information please visit: www.roostergallery.com

Animazing Gallery Events

BRIAN FROUD: VISIONS FOR FILM & FAERIE

Animazing Gallery Thursday, December 1st, 6:00-9:00PM (by invitation only) Opening Night Benefit & Silent Auction to support The Jim Henson Foundation*  Champagne Reception and Press Conference Cheryl Henson  Brian, Wendy & Toby Froud will be Guests of Honor  Friday, December 2nd Official opening of Visions for Film + Faerie Free and open to the public through February 12th, 2012   Saturday, December 3rd, 3:00-6:00PM Book, Limited Edition Posters and Catalogue Signing*   Brian, Wendy & Toby Froud   Free and open to the Public (RSVP)

Complete List of Events    Sunday, November 20th, 6:50PM  Brooklyn Academy of Music  Screening of The Dark Crystal Brian & Wendy Froud to introduce the film  Thursday, December 1st, 6:00-9:00PM  Animazing Gallery in SoHo Benefit & Silent Auction to support The Jim Henson Foundation*  Champagne Reception and Press Conference Cheryl Henson   Brian, Wendy & Toby Froud will be Guests of Honor     Friday, December 2nd, 6:30-9:30PM New York Society of Illustrators    Brian, Wendy & Toby Froud to speak with Heidi Leigh as moderator Book Signing & Reception to follow  Saturday, December 3rd, 3:00-6:00PM Animazing Gallery in SoHo  Book, Limited Edition Posters and Catalogue Signing Brian, Wendy & Toby Froud   Free and open to the Public   Buy exhibition catalog now/Buy poster now Sunday, Dec 4th, 7PM  Museum of the Moving Image  Screening of Labyrinth Brian & Wendy Froud and Brian Henson to introduce the film

RSVP for book-signing, 12/3 Artist Bio Exhibition Mainpage *portion of proceeds to support The Jim Henson Foundation

A SoHo landmark since 1984, Animazing Gallery offers a unique collection of artwork that indulges the senses and emotions with color, playfulness and beauty. The collective works are characterized either by their iconic subject matter like Tom Everhart's Peanuts Paintings, or the edgy and dark realms of imagination that inspire Tim Burton and Nicoletta Ceccoli. The permanent collection includes established American artists who are masters of technical virtuosity; Maurice Sendak, Daniel Merriam, Charles Schulz and Dr Seuss. Outstanding events and exhibitions are free and open to the public. Log on to animazing.com for a calendar of events. Artwork copyright protected. All Rights Reserved.