Call for Entries: Abstract Expressions - $500 in awards and exhibition opportunity

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Call for Entries

Abstract Expressions



Submission Deadline July 6, 2008

About the Theme – Abstract Expressions:

This exhibition will celebrate the beauty found in the abstract representation of the visible world. We invite submissions of artwork that is unconcerned with literal depiction – work that takes the natural world and reshapes it for expressive purposes.

Watson Studio Gallery invites and encourages all photographers and digital artists working in all media, to participate in this exhibition.

Eligibility:
The exhibition is open to all domestic and international, professional and amateur, photographers working with digital or traditional photography, digital/photo illustration or combinations of these media.

Exhibition and Awards:
As a benefit of being selected for this exhibition, artists and their work will be seen by an audience of artists and collectors who appreciate photographic and digital art forms.
• Winning images will be exhibited and available for sale at Watson Studio Gallery in Johnson City, Texas from July 26th to September 20, 2008.
• Winners will also be prominently featured on the Watson Studio Gallery website and be included in news releases to various local and web publications.
• A public reception for the artists will take place on Saturday, July 26th to coincide with Arts Encounters at the Beninis and exhibitions at the Kirchman Gallery in Johnson City.

Cash Awards:
• Juror's Selection award: $300
• Director's Choice award: $200

Jurors:

Zena Stetka Howe, sculptor, painter, printmaker and photographer, was born in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia and grew up under the artistic influence of her uncle, an accomplished painter and sculptor. She is faithful to his philosophy of expressing one's feelings under any circumstances, through any art form. Before coming to the United States in 1975, Zena worked as a film editor for Czechoslovak TV in Prague. Zena worked as a flight attendant for the next 15 years. With the strength gained from her life experiences and with the support of her husband, Zena returned to her dream of creative expression.

Carol Watson is the Director of the Watson Studio Gallery and an award-winning photographer in her own right. Carol's work has been displayed throughout the US and the world. Her work has appeared in various books and magazines including World's Greatest Black and White Photography and National Geographic Traveler. Carol was awarded the Lucie Award for New Discovery of the Year in 2005 by the International Photography Awards and has been selected to appear in two IPA Best of Show traveling exhibitions.


Entry Fees
• The entry fee for this exhibition is $10 USD per image or $25 USD for three images.
• There is no limit to the number of images that may be submitted.

Submitting Entries to the Juror:
All entries are submitted as digital uploads via the gallery's on-line system. This will be a 2-part process. First you will register and submit payment for your entry fees via a secure payment site (Acteva). Then you will be taken to the gallery's online image dropbox where you will upload your images. Go to the Call for Entries Page on the gallery's website to begin the process:
http://www.watsonstudiogallery.com/i...lls_for_entry/

View the detailed prospectus here:
http://www.watsonstudiogallery.com/i...g_abstract.pdf