HOMECALL FOR ENTRIESNational Competition for Photographs and Photo-Based ArtworkAt Umbrella Arts, New York City
Conceived and juried by Harvey Stein, Director of Photography, Umbrella Arts; photographer, 
educator, authorThe exhibit HOME continues curator Harvey Stein’s investigation of themes that explore the basic yet complex and necessary needs and desires of the human condition.  Former exhibits in this series, all using photography as the medium of choice include BED, BED 2, and DINNER, each conceived and juried by Mr. Stein and presented within the last three years at the Umbrella Arts Gallery in Manhattan’s East Village. 

These themes throw the spotlight on our daily experiences that are omnipresent, totally necessary, but are mostly overlooked or when acknowledged are usually taken for granted. Nothing is more basic, necessary and involuntary than sleep, food, and shelter. Through this ongoing exploration, surprising and creative images have made our needs more conscious and allow the artist and viewer to be more connected to the richness of every day life, experience and surroundings.  HOME is family, HOME is universal, Home is unique, HOME is comfort, HOME is sleep, HOME is personal, HOME is a place to go after work, HOME is sacred, HOME is where we can be sad, angry, sick, private, HOME is where we learn and grow, HOME is where we work—and play. HOME is safety,HOME is private, HOME is often where we want to be, HOME is what everyone needs but not what everyone has.

“The ache for home lives in all of us.  The safe place where we can go as we are and not to be questioned.”---Maya Angelou

“People usually are the happiest at home.”---William Shakespeare

DETAILS

ENTRY DEADLINE: March 19, 2012SHOW DATES:  May 2-May 26, 2012LOCATION: Umbrella Arts, 317 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10003
                             www.umbrellaarts.com 212.505.7196ELIGIBILITY:  The exhibition is open to all photographers, any format, any camera, black & white or color, any style acceptable.  All types of photography-based work may be entered, including digital, alternative processes, photo collage and montage.  Maximum finished print size is 16”x20”. Maximum frame size is 20”x24”. BOOK PUBLICATION:  A book based on the selected and exhibited images for HOME will be published by the gallery and will be for sale during the exhibition. All rights remain with the photographer.  

Home ©Harvey Stein 2011JUROR:  HARVEY STEINis a professional photographer, educator, lecturer, curator and author of five photography books: Coney Island 40 Years (2011), Movimento: Glimpses of Italian Street Life (2007), Coney Island (1998), Artists Observed (1986), and Parallels: A Look at Twins (1978). Stein’s photographs have been published in dozens of magazines such as The New Yorker, Time, Life, Esquire, and Smithsonian as well as all the major photo magazines. He has had 73 one-person exhibits in the U.S. and Europe, and his photographs are in more than 50 public and private collections around the world. The Bruce Silverstein Gallery, Throckmorton Fine Art and June Bateman Fine Art represent his work. He is a faculty member of the International Center of Photography and conducts his own workshops in Asia, South America and Europe as well as the U.S. He was appointed Director of Photography at Umbrella Arts in 2009. Some of his photography can be seen at www.harveysteinphoto.com and www.coneyisland40years.com PROCEDURE TO ENTER:∑ Visit www.umbrellaarts.com/entries/home-exhibition

∑ Click on the PROCEDURE link.

∑ Create a user name and password to submit your work to HOME

∑ Follow the online upload directions

Recommended image requirements:     

∑ High quality jpegs 72 resolution 

∑ RGB or sRGB color profile  (for both B&W and Color)

∑ Sized 1000 pixels on the longest dimension
Eliminate watermarks is a MUST 

FEE:   $40.00 submission fee for 5 images.  $5.00 per each additional image up to 10 images will be accepted, payable to Umbrella Arts once online registration is completed. Payment can be made by 
PayPal, check or money order. 

NOTIFICATION: Artists will be notified by March 31, 2012.  Approximately 40 images will be selected for exhibition.  Notification will be sent by e-mail.

ACCEPTED WORK:  A framed, ready to hang, (plexi-glass only) exhibition quality print must be delivered to Umbrella Arts, 317 East 9th Street, New York, New York 10003. 
Maximum finished print size is 16”x20”. Maximum frame size is 20”x24”.

No substitutes of accepted work will be allowed.  Exhibited work must be for sale. 

DELIVERY:  Can be made in person or by mail. By Mail --no later than Saturday, April 28th. By Hand -- delivered work can be dropped off at Umbrella Arts on Thursday April 26, Friday April 27 and Saturday April 28, from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM.  Please include a current resume to be included in the gallery exhibition guide.

UMBRELLA ARTS: Mary Ann Fahey and Margaret Bodell have joined forces to create the Umbrella Arts gallery and project space, located in the heart of the East Village.  Mary Ann Fahey and Margaret Bodell have introduced many new artists to the New York art world, and worked to expand the traditional notion of an art exhibition by using it as a vehicle for creating community and promoting social change. 

RECEPTION:  A reception for photographers, friends and press, hosted by 
Umbrella Arts will be held on Wednesday May 9th. Time:  6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.  

COMMISSION:  Umbrella Arts will handle all sales for photographers. Photographers will retain 50% of sales price, and Umbrella Arts will retain 50% of total sale.  The price indicated on the entry form will be considered the retail price of each image. Once the final exhibition print has been dropped off at the gallery, Umbrella Arts will be happy to consult with artists on pricing considerations.  

LIABILITY: Liability of artwork is the responsibility of the participating artist/photographer.  Umbrella Arts, their employees or any agents thereof cannot be held responsible for any liability of the artist.

BOOK PUBLICATION: A book based on the selected and exhibited images for HOME will be published by the gallery and will be for sale during the exhibition. All rights remain with the photographer.  
Images selected need to be formatted for publication and made available to the gallery within one week of acceptance to HOME exhibit.  For reproduction purposes, selected image files must meet the required color profile and size:  RGB or sRGB, 300dpi, 2850 x 2225 pixels.

QUESTIONS:  Questions may be directed to us by emailing info@umbrellaarts.com, or by calling Umbrella Arts at:  212.505.7196 during gallery hours: Thurs – Sat, 1-6pm.

Harvey Stein
755 West End Avenue
New York, NY 10025
212-316-9157
hsteinfoto@aol.com
You are invited to view some of my photography at
www.coneyisland40years.com
www.harveysteinphoto.com

Lily McElroy...I throw myself at men and her 'square after roberto lopardo' piece

Lily McElroy is a humerous artist that uses photography and video in her artwork.

I throw myself at Men is being widely shown right now and is interesting as it is humerous:

I grew up in southern Arizona, surrounded by cliché representations of my own experiences. There were cowboys riding bulls and coyotes howling on moonlit nights. There were epic sunsets and there was implied violence. This has been translated into paper mache landscapes and playfully antagonistic videos. My relationship with the place that I am from has partially become a performance for the camera and the new relationships that I am trying to form are headed that direction. It is though these performances that I attempt to develop authentic ties, to give the cliché new and personal meaning. 

The gestures that I enact are simultaneously loving and cruel; they are an attempt to discuss the desire and difficulty involved in making a connection and that desire is the crux of my artwork. The end result is often literal and clumsy, a cross between physical comedy and earnest confessional. 

The photographs, videos, and installations that I produce, while trying to interact, acknowledge the possibility of failure -- that someone might not catch me, that a connection might not be made. It is that possibility that keeps things interesting. In the end, I want to make the viewer laugh, but I want them to understand that there is more at stake, that everyone is implicated – including me.

http://LILLYMCELROY.COM/artwork/347_The_Square_After_Roberto_Lopardo.html

Tony Ousler

I totally love the works of Tony Ousler. Check out his video installations.

and

A conversation with the artist:

Ed Ruscha & John Baldessari

I saw one of these in my thesis class last semester.  It had Ice Cube in it.  He talked about "Gangsta Traffic".  I figured it would be interesting to watch since we talked about both of these guys today.

The immaculate conception of Damien Hirst

Here is the link to the John Yau article over the weekend on Hyperallergenic....
http://hyperallergic.com/45737/the-immaculate-conception-of-damien-hirst/


Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper as a judge on the TV game show, "What's My Line." (via Facebook fan page)

Its worth a read! He had me in stiches! 

Annie

And now for something completely real....from your friend and mine, Hennessey Youngman....

Behind Photographs

This is a link to an article i found online about a project by Tim Mantoani where he takes famous pictures and then makes a portrait with the photographer holding the picture.
It's actually quite well done and I love the idea of seeing who took pictures that we have all seen so many times.
http://laughingsquid.com/behind-photographs-a-series-of-portraits-of-famous-photographers-posing-with-their-iconic-photos/

The Loving Family

Twenty images are on display at the International Center of Photography in New York City from January 20 through May 6, 2012.

This is an exhibit about this couple, Mildred and Richard Loving, who in the 1960s helped to get rid of the law against interracial marriages in the U.S.  The link I provided gives a little more detail about their story and some images of them and their family.  I thought this was interesting and the images are quite lovely.  I never really gave thought to there being a ban on interracial marriages, and the fact that it was still in effect only 50 years ago is just mind blowing!

http://shine.yahoo.com/love-sex/tender-photos-unearthed-turbulent-time-235100316.html#crsl=

Strobist Photography

OK...so for those that want to know more about on and off camera flash.....here are a set of tutorials by Matt Granger....that I think are really informative.

Check out his first one. He's unpretentious, informative and if you stick with it, you might learn something....like I did!

Happy viewing:

The Stobist series of clips about using flash

This is the first one, and there are plenty....as there is plenty to know and learn about using flash.

Also, my previous blog post is about lighting and the Cowboy Studio website I mentioned today where you can buy reasonably priced gear.

http://photo3a.blogspot.com/2011/10/love-this-crowd-cowboy-studio-and-photo.html

Annie

This is really important: SOPA & PIPA will break the internet, and our ability to share. It is dangerous, and destructive to the American Public.

As artists we need to be aware of this, as it will also hinder us. It is a huge censorship of media, and will affect us if passed. I do not support SOPA or PIPA, & I hope neither do you. If you feel the same as I do, please contact our representatives;

Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
Phone: 202-224-3224
http://lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/index1.cfm

Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]
Phone: 202-224-4744
http://menendez.senate.gov/contact/

If their phone mail boxes are full, go to their websites' contact. It will take 5mins of your time. These people are elected to represent us, they should know our opinions so they can properly do so.

XVII: An Exhibition of Photography

This is a flyer for a photo show in Philadelphia, that I will be exhibiting a piece in.

It open's on Feburary 8th.

& here's a link to the Facebook event

Exhibition 'RAW'

There is an juried call for entries for an exhibition titled 'RAW'.  Here is the information. This is a great opportunity to be in a museum show if your work is chosen. Its all about New Jersey. You are not limited to subject matter...and Wendel White is the Juror! The application and prospectus is on Sakai under the folder called 'RAW'.

The Noyes Museum of Art’s satellite gallery in Hammonton is looking for applicants for its newest juried competition, Raw.  The theme is focused on New Jersey and the surrounding lands; photographs that capture the beauty and diversity of New Jersey’s (regional) lands, people, animals, water and nature are acceptable.  There are $$$ prizes and a group show at the Noyes Museum of Art’s Hammonton Gallery for selected work.  Juror for this competition is Wendel A. White, Professor of Photography at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.  Deadline is February 22, 2012.

I am sending information about this competition in hopes to generate excitement amongst our regional photographers.  One of our missions at the Noyes Museum Gallery in Hammonton is to facilitate emerging artists, so this would be an excellent opportunity for your students.  It would be great if you could pass this along to anyone you feel would be interested.  I have attached the prospectus and application as well. 

Thank you, I look forward to seeing some of your student’s photography or your own.

Brenda Kele

Assistant to the Director

The Noyes Museum of Art, Hammonton

5 S. Second Street

Hammonton, NJ 08037

609-561-8006

http://www.noyesmuseum.org/hammonton.html

Exhibitions around the town until the end of February

Hello engaged photo peeps! Welcome back to school and the beginning of a great Spring semester!

To start us off , here are the photography exhibitions that are on until the end of jan or feb and some in march. This is by no means a conclusive list of photography but its pretty close!

Happy Photography exhibition viewing! Annie

CHELSEA

1500 GALLERY 511 W 25th St, Ste 607, 10001. 212/255-2010 contact@1500gallery.com http://1500gallery.com Tues-Sat 12-6. September 21–January 28: Julio Bittencourt Ramos.

1500 GALLERY 511 W 25th St, Ste 607, 10001. 212/255-2010 contact@1500gallery.com http://1500gallery.com Tues-Sat 12-6. February 1–April 28: Hirosuke Kitamura Hidra.

APERTURE GALLERY & BOOKSTORE 547 W 27th St, 4th fl, 10001. 212/505-5555 info@aperture.org http://aperture.org Mon-Sat 10-6, Fri 10-2. December 8–January 19:  Alex Webb The Suffering of Light: Thirty Years of Photographs. David Favrod Aperture 2010 Portfolio Prize Winner .

CAMERA CLUB OF NEW YORK 336 W 37th St, Suite 206, 10018. 212/260-9927 info@cameraclubny.org http://cameraclubny.org Mon-Sat 12-6. January 19–March 3: Celestial.

CLAMPART 521-531 W 25th St, ground fl, 10001. 646/230-0020 info@clampart.com http://clampart.com Tues-Sat 11-6. January 5–February 11: Gregory Halpern A.

CLAMPART 521-531 W 25th St, ground fl, 10001. 646/230-0020 info@clampart.com http://clampart.com Tues-Sat 11-6. February 16–March 24: Frank Yamrus I Feel Lucky.

JAMES COHAN GALLERY 533 W 26th St, 10001. 212/714-9500 info@jamescohan.com http://jamescohan.com Tues-Sat 10-6. ARTISTS February 16–March 24: Yinka Shonibare Addio del Passato.

DANIEL COONEY FINE ART 511 W 25th St, Suite 506, 10001 . 212/255-8158 dan@danielcooneyfineart.com http://danielcooneyfineart.com Tues-Sat 11-6. January 12–February 25: Group Show.

KATHLEEN CULLEN FINE ARTS 526 W 26th St, Ste. 605, 10001. 212/463-8500 http://kathleencullenfinearts.com Tues-Sat 11-6. December 14–January 31: You Would incl Vikky Alexander, Gwen Smith.

DANZIGER GALLERY 527 W 23rd St, 10011. 212/629-6778 info@danzigerprojects.com http://danzigerprojects.com Tues-Sat 11-6. January 12–February 25: New Photographers.

FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY/ GLADYS MARCUS LIBRARY 7th Ave at 27th St, 10001. 212/217-4360 http://fitnyc.edu Mon-Thur 8am-10pm, Fri 9-6:30, Sat 10-5, Sun 12-9. November 4–January 20: Incomparable Women of Style: Selections from the Rose Hartman Photography Archives, 1977-2011.

FOLEY GALLERY 548 W 28th St, 2nd fl, 10001. 212/244-9081 info@foleygallery.com http://foleygallery.com Tues-Sat 11-6. January 12–February 11: Penetration.

GALERIE LELONG 528 W 26th St, 10001. 212/315-0470 art@galerielelong.com http://galerielelong.com Tues-Sat 10-6. February 2–March 17: Catherine Yass Lighthouse.

GLADSTONE GALLERY 515 W 24th St, 10011. 212/206-9300 info@gladstonegallery.com http://gladstonegallery.com Tues-Sat 10-6. January 12–February 11: Shirin Neshat.

HASTED KRAEUTLER 537 West 24th St, 10011. 212/627-0006 info@hastedkraeutler.com http://hastedkraeutler.com Tues-Sat 11-6. December 8–February 4: Pierre Gonnord.

HOSFELT GALLERY 531 W 36th St, 10018. 212/563-5454 info@hosfeltgallery.com http://hosfeltgallery.com Tues-Sat 10-6. November 10–January 21: Liliana Porter.

STEVEN KASHER GALLERY 521 W 23rd St, 10011. 212/966-3978 info@stevenkasher.com http://stevenkasher.com Tues-Sat 11-6. December 15–February 25: Vivian Maier.

ROBERT MANN GALLERY 210 Eleventh Ave, 10th fl, 10001. 212/989-7600 mail@robertmann.com http://robertmann.com Tues-Sat 11-6. ARTISTS December 15–January 21: Richard Steinheimer A Passion For Trains.

MIDTOWN & UPTOWN

NAILYA ALEXANDER GALLERY 41 E 57th St, 7th fl, 10022. 212/315-2211 info@nailyaalexandergallery.com http://nailyaalexandergallery.com Tues-Sat 11-6. October 18–January 11: Light of Modernity in Buenos Aires (1929-1954).

BONNI BENRUBI GALLERY 41 E 57th St, 13th fl, 10022. 212/888-6007 benrubi@bonnibenrubi.com http://bonnibenrubi.com Tues-Sat 10-6. ARTISTS December 8–February 4: Massimo Vitali Arcadian Remains.

KEITH DE LELLIS GALLERY 1045 Madison Ave, Suite 3, 10075. 212/327-1482 keith@keithdelellisgallery.com http://keithdelellisgallery.com Tues-Fri 11-5:30, Sat 11:30-5. December 1–January 26: Current Events: Historic Moments in 20th Century News Photography.

GITTERMAN GALLERY 170 E 75th St, 10021. 212/734-0868 info@gittermangallery.com http://gittermangallery.com Wed-Sat 11-6. ARTISTS December 14–February 18: Machiel Botman One Tree.

MARIAN GOODMAN GALLERY 24 W 57th St, 4th fl, 10019. 212/977-7160 goodman@mariangoodman.com http://mariangoodman.com Mon-Sat 10-6. December 9–January 21: Jeff Wall.

HOWARD GREENBERG GALLERY 41 E 57th St, Suite 1406, 10022. 212/334-0010 info@howardgreenberg.com http://howardgreenberg.com Tues-Sat 10-6. ARTISTS December 15–January 28: Vivian Maier.

THE JEWISH MUSEUM 1109 Fifth Ave, 10128. 212/423-3200 http://thejewishmuseum.org Sat-Tues 11-5:45. Thur 11-8, Fri 11-4. November 4–March 25: The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936-1951.

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Fifth Ave at 82nd St, 10028. 212/535-7710 http://metmuseum.org Tues-Sun 9:30-5:30, Fri-Sat 9:30-9. October 13–February 26: Photographic Treasures from the Collection of Alfred Stieglitz.

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 11 W 53rd St, 10019. 212/708-9400 http://moma.org Wed-Mon 10:30-5:30, Fri 10:30-8. September 27–January 16: New Photography 2011: Zhang Dali, Moyra Davey, George Georgiou, Deana Lawson, Doug Rickard, Viviane Sassen.

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 1220 Fifth Ave, 10029. 212/534-1672 http://mcny.org Tues-Sun 10-5. October 25–February 20: Cecil Beaton The New York Years.

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 1220 Fifth Ave, 10029. 212/534-1672 http://mcny.org Tues-Sun 10-5. December 20–March 4: Police Work: Photographs by Leonard Freed.

NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 170 Central Park West, 10024. 212/873-3400 http://nyhistory.org Tues-Sat 10-6, Sun 11-5. September 7–April 1: Remembering 9/11.

NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 170 Central Park West, 10024. 212/873-3400 http://nyhistory.org Tues-Sat 10-6, Sun 11-5. November 11–April 15: Freedom Now: Photographs by Platon.

PACE/MACGILL GALLERY 32 E 57th St, 9th fl, 10022. 212/759-7999 info@pacemacgill.com http://pacemacgill.com Tues-Fri 9:30-5:30, Sat 10-6. ARTISTS December 8–January 28: Judith Joy Ross The Devil Today and Reading To Dogs.

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART 945 Madison Ave, 10021. 212/570-3676 http://whitney.org Wed-Sun 11-6, Fri 1-9. November 10–January 29: Sherrie Levine Mayhem.

BRONX
BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS 1040 Grand Concourse, 10456. 718/681-6000 http://bronxmuseum.org Thur-Sun 11-6, Fri 11-8. September 29–January 15: Antoni Muntadas Information Space Control.

BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART 200 Eastern Pkwy, 11238. 718/638-5000 http://brooklynmuseum.org Wed 11-6, Thur-Fri 11-10, Sat-Sun 11-6. November 18–February 12: Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture.

CAUSEY CONTEMPORARY 92 Wythe Ave, 11211. 718/218-8939 info@causeycontemporary.com http://causeycontemporary.com Wed-Sat 11-7, Sun 12-6, Mon 9-5. December 16–January 22: Gerald Mocarsky War Paint.

KLOMPCHING GALLERY 111 Front St, Suite 206, 11201. 212/796-2070 info@klompching.com http://klompching.com Wed-Sat 11-6. December 14–January 20: Winter Salon.

UMBRAGE GALLERY 111 Front St Suite 208, 11201. 212/796-2707 info@umbragebooks.com http://umbragegallery.com Mon-Fri 12-6. November 1–January 13: Lori Waselchuk Grace Before Dying.


QUEENS

MOMA P.S. 1 22-25 Jackson Ave, 11101. 718/784-2084 http://ps1.org Thur-Mon 12-6. November 13–March 12: Clifford Owens Anthology.

QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 11368. 718/592-9700 http://queensmuseum.org W

Mariano Brizzola

from Argentina

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marianomio/