The Julia Margaret Cameron Award
A competition for women photographers only, who will compete separately in a variety of categories.

Deadline: February 13

Gallery Seven
Theme: Black and White in the Digital Age

Deadline: February 15

Deadline: February 16

Center for Fine Art Photography
Theme: RED; Juror: Amber Terranova – Photo Editor for Photo District News.

Deadline: February 19

23rd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition
Juror: Peter Frank, $20 entry fee.

Deadline: February 25

POIESIS:A Journal of the Arts & Communcation 2010: Artwork submissions

Deadline: February 28

2010 Canteen Awards in Photography
Judges: Arnold Lehman, Matthew Porter, JJ Sulin, Betsey Bell.

Lumix Multimedia Award

Red Bull Illume Quest 2009

For more information, visit their website:  www.art.neu.edu

The Aberjona River Gallery @ The Griffin Museum
Glimpses of Memory: Photographs by Glenna Evans. Opening Reception: 6-7:30pm. 781-729-1158. Aberjona Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 184 Swanton St., Winchester, MA 01890.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Boston Camera Club
An Evening with Lewis Kemper: Hawaii and Alaska—Two Extremes (A Canon Explorer of Light Presentation). Get Together: 6pm. Program: 6:30-8:30pm. 617-232-4540. Brookline Public Library, Main Branch, 361 Washington Street, Brookline, MA 02445.

UMASS Lowell: University Gallery
Lost in Pittsburgh. Zsuzsi Matolcsy. Artist Talk and Reception: 3-5pm. 978-934-3491. McGauvran Student Union, First Floor, 71 Wilder Street, Lowell, MA 01854.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Jewitt Art Center at Wellesley College
Look at Me. Reception: 4:45-6pm. 781-283-2042. 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02482.

MIT List Visual Arts Center
Virtuoso Illusion: Cross-Dressing and the New Media Avant-Garde. Artist Talk: 5:30pm. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. 617-253-4680. MIT List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames St., Wiesner Building E15, Cambridge, MA 02139.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5

Bromfield Gallery
Daniel Feldman: Out of the Ground. Opening Reception: 5:30-7:30pm. 617-451-3605.  450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118.

Galeria Cubana
Lisette Padilla Picabea.  Opening Reception: 5-9pm.  617-292-2822.  460 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118.

Gallery Kayafas
Pelle Cass: Selected People and Sandi Haber-Fifield: Things Coming Together.  Opening Reception: 5:30-7:30.  450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118.

Iris Gallery
Grand Opening. Opening Reception: 5:30-7:30pm.  129 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116.

KHAKI Gallery
John Martino: Enjoy Your Visit! and Maya Dreilinger: American Expressions. Reception: 6-8pm. 460 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118.

Montserrat Gallery
America Now. Contemporary Cocktail: 7-9pm. 978-921-4242 x3.  23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915.

The Parker Room at The Footlight Club
JP to Me 2010… from Emeralds to Jewels. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. 617.524.3200. 7 Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.

PhotoStop Gallery
Memories & Wanderings: Cynthia Beth Rubin; Lia Rothstein: Auschwitz 2009. Opening Receptions: 6-9pm. 802.698.0320. Suite 150, Tip Top Media Arts Building, 85 N. Main Street, White River Junction, VT 05001.

Vermont Center for Photography
Four Days: North American Indian Days on the Blackfeet Reservation, Browning, Montana.  Photos by Evie Lovett and text by Suzanne Kingsbury. Opening Night Reception: 5:30-8:30pm.  802-251-6051. 49 Flat Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6

The Gallery at Hallmark
Art + Space: Collected Work from Local Artists Opening reception: 1-5pm. 413.863.0085. Colle Opera House, 85 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01376.

JP to me 2010
From Emeralds to Jewels. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. Footlight Club, 7 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain 02130.

The Little Gallery Under the Stairs
VOICES: Mothers Who Create.  Opening Reception: 2-5pm. 25 Exchange St., Lynn, MA 01901.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Griffin Museum
Glimpses of Memory: Photographs by Glenna Evans. Artist Talk: 3pm. 781-729-1158. Aberjona Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 184 Swanton St., Winchester, MA 01890.

Marblehead Art Association
Fran Gardino: Down by the Riverside. Artist’s Reception: 2-4pm. 781-631-2608. 8 Hooper St., Marblehead, MA 01945.

Photographic Historical Society of New England
Members’ Auction.  11-4pm.  Americal Center, 467 Main Street, Wakefield, MA.

Walker Contemporary is located at 450 Harrison Ave in the South End.

Henry Horenstein SHOW at Walker Contemporary

Aloft at NEFA
Boston Area Public Grants. Public Art Discussion Series: 12-1:30pm. 617-951-0010. 145 Tremont Street, 8th floor, Boston, MA 02111.

Caturano and Company
Group Show: a juried exhibition of MassArt Students.  Reception: 5:30-7:30pm.  617-241-1440.  80 City Square, Charlestown, MA.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28

Colby-Sawyer College
Interior Life: Meggan Gould, Joseph O. Holmes, Tarrah Krajnak, Cara Phillips, Beth Riemer, Peter Riesett, and Eugen Sakhnenko.  Opening Reception: 6pm.  603-526-3000.  Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College, 541 Main Street, New London, N.H. 03257.

DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
The DeCordova Biennial 2010. Opening Reception: 7-9pm. 781-259-8355. 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA.

Griffin Museum of Photography Atelier Gallery.
Lazlo Layton: Cabinet of Curiosities & Pictorial Zoology. Courtesy Peter Fetterman Gallery Santa Monica, CA. Opening Reception: 7pm. 781-729-1158. 67 Shore Road, Winchester MA 01890.

Griffin Museum of Photography at Digital Silver Imaging.
Jonathan Spath: Photographs of Stone and the Math Within. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. Digital Silver Imaging, 11 Brighton St., Belmont, MA.

Rubin-Frankel Gallery
5th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition: “The Realization of Dreams.” Opening Reception and Award Ceremony: 6-9pm. 213 Bay State Road, on the second floor of the Florence and Chafetz Hillel House at Boston University.

Tufts University Art Gallery
QUESTIONSwithoutANSWERS – a photographic prism of world events, 1985-2010. Photographs by VII. Public Opening Reception: Thursday, January 28, 2010; 5:30pm-8:00pm at Tufts University Art Gallery at The Aidekman Arts Center; Tufts University. 617-627-3518. 40 Talbot Avenue, Medford MA 02155.

University of New Haven
Kevin Van Aelst: Recent Works.  Opening Reception: 5-7pm.  1-800-342-5864.  Seton Art Gallery, Dodds Hall, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30

Photographic Resource Center
Looking at Photographs: The History of Photographic Processes with Gus Kayafas.  Seminar: 1-4pm.  617-975-0600.  832 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215.

DeCordova Sculpure Park and Museum
Artist talk with Oscar Palacio: 3pm. 781-259-8355.  51 Sandy Pond Rd,
Lincoln, MA 01773.

Lincoln Russell

Adventures in Burgundy (Hardcover, 168 pages). Pinot Press.

In his book Adventures in Burgundy, long time PRC member and BU alumni Lincoln Russell chronicles the culture and lifestyle characterized by the Burgundy region of eastern France. Known for its wine industry, Burgundy is portrayed as a place of beauty, hospitality and history. Adventures in Burgundy introduces the viewer to every aspect of this place and describes its overall cycles of existence.

Possessing an interest in wine since childhood, Russell has compiled a collection of photographs that both informs the viewer of the process of wine production, as well captures the essence of wine and the unconditional admiration that is characteristic of its makers. The photographs describe everything from the vineyards on which the grapes are grown, to the people who harvest them, to the cellars in which the wine is aged, to the people who enjoy the finished product. The attention to detail evident in the photographs provides deeper insight to the true nature of Burgundy. Adventures in Burgundy is an invitation to experience and enjoy the Burgundian way of life.

As reviewed by PRC intern Tara Sellios

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21

Cambridge Art Association
Protection, Presentation and Preservation of your Artwork.  Food and Social: 7pm.  Presentation by Bob Warshawer, MCPF: 7:30pm.  617-876-0246. Kathryn Schultz Gallery, 25 Lowell Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.

Griffin Museum of Photography
Karen Glaser: Dark Sharks/Light Rays; Elliot Ross: Animal. Opening Receptions: 7pm. 781-729-1158. 67 Shore Road, Winchester MA 01890.

Griffin Museum at Aberjona River Gallery
Glenna Evans: Glimpses of Memory. Opening Reception: 7pm. 781-729-1158. Aberjona Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 184 Swanton St., Winchester, MA.

La Galeria at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts
LINDA HIRSCH: CUBA: Hilos de Esperanza y Renovación/ Threads of Hope & Renewal. Opening: 6-9pm. 617-927-1737. 85 West Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118.

Natalia McKittrick | Pedal Power Photography
Cyclocross – The Red Zone: photographic exploration of pushing it to the limit. Exhibition and Auction. Artist Reception: 6-10pm. 480 Trapelo Road, Belmont, MA 02478.

Panopticon Gallery
Our Lives Begin to End the Day We Become Silent About Things That Matter: An Exhibition about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History. Reception: 5-7pm. 617-267-8929. 502c Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22

Harvard Museum of Natural History
Amy Stein: Domesticated– Modern Dioramas of Our New Natural History. Opening and artist talk: 4pm.  617-496-0049. Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23

PRC @ Coolidge Corner Theatre
SHOW: a film, burlesque/drag show and book signing with Henry Horenstein. Doors open 11:59pm.  Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446.

Brookline Arts Center
Deanna Christo: Color Photography…Mostly Flowers.  Opening Reception: 2-4pm.  617-566-5715. 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline, MA 02446.

Washington Street Art Center
Hey I Know That Guy. Opening: 6-10pm.  617-623-5315.  321 Washington Street, Somerville, MA 02143.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 24

Boston Photography Center
Silent Auction for Earthquake Relief in Haiti.  Event: 4-7pm.  33 Restaurant and Lounge, 33 Stanhope Street, Boston MA.

Nature Themed Work

Include your brief resume, artist statement, cover letter, and artwork detail list.

Deadline: Monday, January 18, 2010

“The Realization of Dreams” 5th Annual Juried Student Exhibition at BU Hillel

Deadline: Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Women’s Work 2010 23rd Annual Fine Arts Show

Deadline: Friday, January 22, 2010

I Got 5 On It

American Photography 26 Call for Entries

Deadline: Sunday, January 24, 2010

Jacob Riis Award

Deadline: Monday, January 25, 2010

Wide Open Juried Art Show

Photo District News’ PDN Annual - Extended Entry Deadline

WCVB-TV:  “Day in the Life” Project
On the 25th, grab your cameras and chronicle the day.  Upload the photos to the u Local page of TheBostonChannel.com.  Your images could be seen on Chronicle’s “Day in the Life” program.  All photos must be taken on January 25, between midnight and 11:59 pm.

Deadline: Tuesday, January 26, 2010

JPG Entries: Landscapes-Real or Imaginary

Deadline: Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Center (formerly Santa Fe Center for Photography)***:
Project Competition
Project Launch Award
Center’s Choice Awards
***PRC Members receive $10 off Center competition entry fees through the Connections program!

Deadline: January 29

NPPA’s 2010 Best of Photojournalism Contest

Deadline: January 30

Nature, Undisturbed
This is a juried photography exhibition with two categories; ‘Nature, Undisturbed’ and ‘Southern Conservation Trust Properties’. ‘Nature, Undisturbed’ is an open category to include all nature photography.  The Trust properties category includes photos taken at the Trust properties including Line Creek Nature Area, Flat Creek Nature Area in Peachtree City and Sam’s Lake Bird Sanctuary in Fayette County, GA.

Deadline: February 1

PhotoPlace Gallery
Theme: “Uncommon Portraits” with Juror Cig Harvey

Exhibit A International Competition for Emerging Photographers
(February 1 is early deadline, June 1 is final deadline)

SHOTS Magazine
Theme: Smoke and Mirrors

Projekt30: March 2010 Exhibition

Nave Gallery
Theme: The Beast In Me—Johnny Cash: Art Influenced by the Struggle of a Man

Deadline: February 2

The Sex Issue: Volume 5

Exploring in various ways the roles of gender and sex in contemporary culture.

Deadline: February 7

The Julia Margaret Cameron Award
A competition for women photographers only, who will compete separately in a variety of categories.

Deadline: February 13

Gallery Seven
Theme: Black and White in the Digital Age

Deadline: February 16

Center for Fine Art Photography
Theme: RED; Juror: Amber Terranova – Photo Editor for Photo District News.

Deadline: February 19

23rd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition
Juror: Peter Frank, $20 entry fee.

Deadline: February 25

POIESIS:A Journal of the Arts & Communcation 2010: Artwork submissions

Deadline: February 28

2010 Canteen Awards in Photography
Judges: Arnold Lehman, Matthew Porter, JJ Sulin, Betsey Bell.

Lumix Multimedia Award

Red Bull Illume Quest 2009

Rolling Deadline

Pusteblume Journal of Translation.
Theme: World Literature and International Travel. Run entirely by Boston University Students.

“I Am An Entrepreneur” Photo Competition

Works in progress
Photography after Facebook at the PRC, ‘Boston Does Boston III’ at Proof, and Taro Shinoda at Gardner
By GREG COOK | January 12, 2010

Don’t miss out on the upcoming seminar The History of Photographic Processes with Gus Kayafas of Palm Press!  Seats are limited and selling out fast for this fun and informative seminar on January 30th.  Gus is an amazing storyteller with over 40 years experience in the world of photography.  Sign up today to spend the afternoon with Gus as he shows examples of various photographic processes, from daguerreotypes to cabinet cards, cdv’s to cyanotypes, woodburytypes to gelatin silver images.

Looking at Photographs:
The History of Photographic Processes with Gus Kayafas

Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010
Time: 1-4pm
Location: PRC Gallery, 832 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA
MBTA: (Green Line – BU West T-stop)
Members: $40.00
Non-Members: $50.00

***Class size is limited to: 20***

Gus has been around the photographic medium for over 40 years and has worked for the likes of Aaron Siskind, Minor White, Doc Edgerton and Harry Callahan. In the 1980’s he put together a limited edition portfolio titled 19 th Century Photographic Print Processes , which were acquired by many institutions and libraries for instructional purposes. Please come prepared to touch, smell and analyze prints that span the history of photography.

The Photographic Resource Center has prepared this seminar as an educational opportunity for collectors, photographers and students. This seminar is intended for anyone interested in learning more about the history of photography, photographic processes and collecting photography.

Alfred Buellesbach and Marcus Cowper

Battlescapes (Hardcover, 224 pages) Osprey Publishing

Battlescapes, a new publication by Osprey, is a collection of photographs and essays that survey concurrent landscapes that were once battlefields. Using a 6×17 format camera, Buellesbach photographed grounds with history that spans over two thousand years, from the battle of Alesia in 52 BC to Waterloo in 1815.  The thirty-four battlescapes surveyed are located in twelve European countries.

The basic, straightforward nature of these contemporary landscapes lend to the viewer’s impulse to imagine the horrors that once took place on these grounds. Time has caused the signs of previous battles to vanish; only man-made monuments or fortresses suggest the specifications. One is encouraged to conceptualize the location’s historical events. These beautiful, untouched landscapes were at one point blood stained and littered with bodies. The contrast of the present beauty with previous ugliness makes for an interesting allusion to the overall cycles of history.

Accompanying the panoramic photographs in Battlescapes are writings and other images of historical attractions and geological sites significant to each particular battle that informs the viewer of the details of the landscape’s preoccuring incidents. War is a significant component of a country’s history and identity, and Battlescapes brings further awareness to that. The photographs spark remembrance of the events and locations where these hostilities transpired.

As reviewed by PRC intern Tara Sellios

American Society of Media Photographers
Bringing It Home: N.E. Photographers – Personal Projects. Four New England photographers will share their current personal projects in a panel discussion forum: 6pm-9pm. 617-951-1499. E.P. Levine, 23 Dry Dock Avenue, South Boston, MA.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13

Garner Center at New England School of Photography
Nicole Hatanaka: Taxinomia. Opening Reception: 7-9pm (Snow date: Jan 20, 7-9pm). 617-437-1868. 537 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
Carol Squiers: Smart Women - Fashion in Photography from Steichen to Sherman.  Lecture: 7-9pm.  617-585-6770.  Boston University, Kenmore Classroom Building, 565 Commonwealth Ave, Room 101, Boston, MA.

Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
IRAN: Images From Beneath a Chador. Photographs by Randy H. Goodman. Gallery Reception: Thursday, January 14th, 6-8pm. 617-577-1400. 41 Second Street, East Cambridge, MA 02141.

Co|So – Copley Society of Art
New Members Show 2010. Members’ Reception: 5:30pm-7:30pm. 617.536.5049. 158 Newbury St, Boston MA 02116.

Griffin Museum Atelier Gallery at Stoneham Theatre
Ellen Rennard: The Downs at Albuquerque. Opening Reception: 6pm. 781-729-1158. 395 Main Street, Stoneham, MA.

Vermont Center for Photography
Heritage Homecoming, Heifer Project International in Poland: A Portrait– Photographs by Erik Hoffer.  Gallery Talk and Slide Show: 5:30-8:30pm.  802-251-6051.  49 Flat Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301.

Friday, January 15

The Art Institute of Boston
MFA in Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition.  Wine Reception: 8-9:30pm.  617-585-6656.  University Hall Gallery, 1815 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA.

The Chazan Gallery
Passengers:  May Yao; James Reynolds;  Steven Easton. Reception:  5-7pm.  401-421-9230.  228 Angell St, Providence, RI.

Saturday, January 16

The Art Institute of Boston
MFA in Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition.  Reception: 8-10pm.  617-262-1223.  Main Gallery, 700 Beacon Street, Boston, MA.

Gallery Seven
Magical Mist: Photographs by John Borchard.  Reception: 7-9pm.  978-897-9777. 7 Nason Street, Maynard, MA 01754.

For more information (click here)

Deadline: Friday, January 8, 2010

photospiva 2010
since 1977; the nation’s longest running photographic competition

Deadline: Sunday, January 10, 2010

Renaissance Photography Prize

Deadline: Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Alexia Foundation Grant

Julia Dean Photo Workshop’s New Documentariian Award

Deadline: Friday, January 15, 2010

Caladan Gallery: Transmorphing - The Act of Change

Earth Through a Lens: City of Palm Springs Photography Show

F-Stop Magazine
Theme: Away From Here (mental or physical escape, leaving, vacation, getting away, etc)

Hy Sheanin Memorial Scholarship
Scholarship for those new to professional photography (a start-up studio, an assistant or a recent graduate within the last 2 years)

“I Am An Entrepreneur” Photo Competition

Lens Culture Magazine
Theme: Celebration

Deadline: Saturday, January 16, 2010

The Little Gallery Under the Stairs
Voices: Mothers Who Create II

Deadline: Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Women’s Work 2010 23rd Annual Fine Arts Show

Deadline: Sunday, January 24, 2010

Jacob Riis Award

Deadline: Monday, January 25, 2010

Photo District News’ PDN Annual - Extended Entry Deadline

Deadline: Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Center (formerly Santa Fe Center for Photography)***:
Project Competition
Project Launch Award
Center’s Choice Awards
***PRC Members receive $10 off Center competition entry fees through the Connections program!

Rolling Deadline

Pusteblume Journal of Translation.
Theme: World Literature and International Travel. Run entirely by Boston University Students.

“I Am An Entrepreneur” Photo Competition

Boston Society of Architects
Peter Vanderwarker: The Independent Photography Project.  Sponsored by the Architectural Photography Network.  Lecture: 6:30pm.  52 Broad Street, Boston, MA 02109.  Reservations required: rsvp@architects.org

Fort Point Arts Community
Sylvia Stagg-Giuliano at 35 Channel Center.  Opening Reception: 5-7pm.  35 Channel Center Street, Fort Point, Boston, MA.

The Hallway Gallery
Group Show including Brent Refsland, John Steck Jr., Jennifer Uhrhane, Andrew M. K. Warren and more. Opening Reception: 6-10pm. 66a South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8

Bromfield Gallery
Larry Volk: A Story of Rose’s. Opening Reception: 5:30-7:30pm. 617-451-3605. 450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118.

Howard Yezerski Gallery
Gary Schneider: Drawn from Life. Reception: 6-8pm. 617-262-0550. 460 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118.

Khaki Gallery
Group Work. Second Reception: 6pm. 617-423-0105. 460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118.

Melle Finelli Studio
MonomerDimerTrimerPolymer: photo-based mixed-media by Jeffrey Heyne.  Opening Reception: 5-8pm.  65 Thayer Street/450 Harrison Ave, garden level, Boston, MA 02118.

Vermont Center for Photography
Heritage Homecoming, Heifer Project International in Poland: A Portrait– Photographs by Erik Hoffer.  Opening Reception: 5:30-8:30pm.  49 Flat Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 10

Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Daguerreotype Portraits.  Gallery Talk: 2pm.  485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138.

Maser Gallery at FCTV Community Television
The Past Twenty Years: Photographs by Anne T Converse.  Artist Reception: 3-5pm.  310 Dillingham Ave, Falmouth, MA.

Westport Arts Center
Keeping Time: The Life, Music and Photographs of Milt Hinton. 4 p.m. Screening of documentary about jazz bassist Milt Hinton, followed by discussion: 4pm. 203-222-7070. WAC Gallery, 51 Riverside Avenue, Westport, CT.

***Attention all PRC Members!***

Have you had a recent exhibition of your photography, won an award, scored a grant, or had your work published and want everyone to know?  Send us an email (prc@bu.edu) with the details of your news by Thursday, January 7th at 5pm to have your achievement included in the next In The Loupe newsletter.

Laura Norris
Stonehill College, BA Graphic Design & Communications
www.lauranorrisdesign.com

A quick statement from Laura:

Across the world, people have a multitude of different ways to greet people. From informal to formal greetings and mannerisms, there is the proper way to address each unique situation. But still, images can convey a greeting, a message. With different messages, themes, and ideas, the methods of visual communication vary to suit the viewer, situation, and purpose.

Parkmanway, Snow-covered trees and stream, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 1920.

Andrea Zampitella
www.andreazampitella.com

Here is some of what Andrea says about her work:

I am interested in the fine line between reality and the unknown and use new found technology to make the impossible, possible. Most of my work comes from a fear of an end, or from a need to make death okay. I will take a bunch of dead flowers, and create a vase to display them in. I find beauty in the decay and in the bittersweet. I use my art to keep things alive. Memory is malleable, I may remember a memory from the video or from audio, but, sometimes those mediums do not do it justice alone. The event’s are recorded, but the feelings and emotions are unclear, they, as of yet, cannot be contained. It is through multiple mediums that I am able to recreate or reinterpret the experience. At this point, the memory becomes something else. In an attempt to make sense of my past, I sometimes find myself in a bigger web then when I began, new memories emerge, contexts change, worlds collide. I feel that my art speaks to our inevitable end, and our collective need to piece together our lives.

Humble Arts Foundation’s Open Call: 31 Women in Art Photography
Jurors/Curators: Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein

Newspace Center for Photography: Annual Themed Exhibition
Theme: Carnival

Deadline: Monday, December 21

PDN Photo Annual 2010

Deadline: Thursday, December 31

Magenta Foundation 2010 Flash Forward Competition for Emerging Photographers

ARTWORKinternational, Inc. Artist Business Career Development Grant of $12,000

The Center for Railroad Photography and Art’s 2010 Awards Program
Juror: Kimberly Parker of the O. Winston Link Museum

Deadline: Monday, January 4, 2010

PhotoPlace Gallery
Theme: Floral, Juror: NY Photographer Sally Apfelbaum

VisArts and Canon: Points of Departure
Jurors: Steve Inglima, Director, Canon’s Explorers of Light; Clay Blackmore; Gregory Heisler; Eddie Tapp; Joyce Tenneson

Deadline: Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Exposure Project’s Graphic Intersections V 02

3rd Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show

Deadline: Sunday, January 10, 2010

Renaissance Photography Prize

Deadline: Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Alexia Foundation Grant

Julia Dean Photo Workshop’s New Documentariian Award

Deadline: Friday, January 15, 2010

Caladan Gallery: Transmorphing - The Act of Change

Earth Through a Lens: City of Palm Springs Photography Show

F-Stop Magazine
Theme: Away From Here (mental or physical escape, leaving, vacation, getting away, etc)

Lens Culture Magazine
Theme: Celebration

Deadline: Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Women’s Work 2010 23rd Annual Fine Arts Show

Deadline: Sunday, January 24, 2010

Jacob Riis Award

Deadline: Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Center (formerly Santa Fe Center for Photography)***:
Project Competition
Project Launch Award
Center’s Choice Awards
***PRC Members receive $10 off Center competition entry fees through the Connections program!

Rolling Deadline

Pusteblume Journal of Translation.
Theme: World Literature and International Travel. Run entirely by Boston University Students.

Juanmei Chen, Master of Arts in Art, Mississippi College, MS.
Artwork Link: www.myspace.com/juanmeichen

Here is what Juanmei has to say about her work:

“I have to say painting is my main job during my art life, cause I have been holding brushes since I was three. Honestly, I also love photography. I would like to remember the moment when there is a scene somewhere in front of me I want to remember. Anything will never repeat one more time in the real world, so I am so glad that I have a camera and I have been enjoying the process when the reality scenery in photos is represented by painting.”

Anthony Goicolea
Fictions (Hardcover, 188 pages) Twin Palms Publishers

Fictional stories are those that are created with illusion. The images and sequences imagined and invented by Goicolea challenge the viewer to proceed with trepidation when entering another world of uncertainty and ambiguity.

Goicolea’s Fictions by Twin Palms Publishers combines photographs with drawings from multiple different series. Following the subjects through the pages, the viewer witnesses another world filled of rituals and unspoken codes. Iconic and allegorical figures with symbolic imagery create these narratives in which the line between reality and fantasy is constantly being toyed with. Young boys all dressed in casual “uniforms” engage in mischief and appear to be outcasts of society. The meaning and purpose is never completely exposed, yet there is a constant sense of foreboding interwoven with the timeless places and recurring characters. With the publication’s dedication to “liars and storytellers everywhere,” the images read as a narrative interweaving fantasy and bewilderment.

Anthony Goicolea, Still Waters, 2006 from the monograph FICTIONS.

The complexities are further depicted by the androgynous subjects portrayed in the figurative drawings. Using Mylar and Plexiglas, Goicolea layers elements of the composition in transitional states. The doubling of ghostlike figures and the use of garish colors further blur the line between reality and fiction. The hybridization of ritualistic customs with dreamlike myths creates another world in which the viewer must proceed precariously as a hidden observer to resist engulfment.

As reviewed by PRC intern Laura Norris

UMass Lowell Center for Arts & Ideas.
Fall 2009 BFA Exhibition. Reception: 5-7pm. 978-934-3491. University Gallery, McGauvran Student Center, 71 Wilder Street, Lowell, MA 01854.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11

Cade Tompkins.
Pink is the New Black. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. Pink Drinks and Pink Attire. RSVP 401-751-4888. 198 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906. Entrance on Fones Alley between Waterman and Angell.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12

Hallmark Institute of Photography.
MySight: Hallmark’s Class of 2010.  Reception: 1-5pm. 85 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01376.

Roslindale Arts Alliance.
Annual Art Auction.  Reception: 4-6pm. 617-327-8810. Bangkok Cafe, 25 Poplar Street, Roslindale, MA.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13

George Marshall Store Gallery.
Photography: Invited New England Photograpers. Panel Discussion: 2pm. 207-351-1083. 140 Lindsay Road, York, ME 03909.

New Art Center.
icons + altars: 16th Annual Benefit Exhibition. Closing Reception: 3-5pm. Ticket drawing: 4pm. 617-964-3424. New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newtonville, MA 02460.

Natalie Kennedy is a former International Affairs student at George Washington University.  She will be attending The Art Institute of Boston in the Spring of 2010 to pursue her interest in Photography. Inspired by the complex language of unnoticed, unaddressed, and unexpected relationships between discarded, lost and/or forgotten objects, she began documenting these occurrences with a simple point-and-shoot camera less than a year ago. Some of that work can be viewed here.

Projekt 30
Theme: Melancholy: At the Bottom of Everything

Deadline Extended: Monday, December 7

Crisis and Opportunity: Documenting the Global Recession
Judges: Lori Grinker, Ed Kashi, Lucian Perkins, Shahidul Alam, Craig Cohen, Whitney Johnson.  Grand Prize - $1500.

PhotoPlace Gallery
Theme: Animal Magnetism. Juror: John Willis.

Deadline: Monday, December 14

New Orleans Photo Alliance presents The American Dream
Juror: Deborah Willis, chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts

Deadline: Friday, December 18

Humble Arts Foundation’s Open Call: 31Women in Art Photography
Jurors/Curators: Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein

Deadline: Thursday, December 31

Magenta Foundation 2010 Flash Forward Competition for Emerging Photographers

ARTWORKinternational, Inc. Artist Business Career Development Grant of $12,000

Deadline: Saturday, January 5, 2010

Exposure Project’s Graphic Intersections V 02

Deadline: Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Center (formerly Santa Fe Center for Photography)***:
Project Competition
Project Launch Award
Center’s Choice Awards
***PRC Members receive $10 off Center competition entry fees through the Connections program!

Rolling Deadline

Pusteblume Journal of Translation.
Theme: World Literature and International Travel. Run entirely by Boston University Students.

The Griffin Museum.
This Family of La Antigua: Photographs by Steph Plourde-Simard. Opening Reception: 7:30pm. 781-729-1158. The Griffin Museum at the Aberjona River Gallery, 184 Swanton Street, Winchester, MA, 01890.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3

American Society of Picture Professionals.
ASPP Legal Symposium. Symposium hosted by Drew Epstein and Jim Grace: 6:30-8:30pm. Pearson Education, 501 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116.

The Hallway Gallery.
Andrew Warren, Chelsea Revelle, and Carolyn Hulbert.  “Holiday Special” 1st Thursday Reception: 6-9pm.  617-818-5996.  66a South Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4

Addison Woolley at Studio 203A.
And in December!-Artful Gifts: Small Works by Addison Woolley Associated Artists; studio artists of the Bakery building, and others. Reception: 5-8pm. 207-450-8499. 61 Pleasant St., Portland, ME 04101.

Bromfield Gallery.
12×12 Holiday Show. Opening Reception: 5:30-7:30pm. 617-452-3605. 450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118.

Carroll and Sons Gallery.
Boston Drawing Project 10th Anniversary Show. Reception: 5:30-8:00pm.  617-482-2477. 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118.

Gallery Kayafas.
August Sander’s People of the 20th Century; Jules Aarons’ V’natanu; and Rania Matar’s Ordinary Lives. Receptions and Rania Matar Book Signing:  5:30-8:00pm.  450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118.

Khaki Gallery.
Group Show.  Reception: 6-8pm.  617-423-0105. 460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118.

PHOTOSTOP Gallery.
Winter’s Depths: Two Perspectives, photographs by Sara Wight and James M. Patterson. Reception: 5-9pm. Gallery Talk with artists: 7:30pm. 802-698-0320. Suite 150, Tip Top Media Arts Bldg., 85 N. Main St., WRJ, VT, 05001.

Vermont Center for Photography.
Holiday Small Works Show and Sale. Reception: 5:30-8:30pm. 802-251-6051. 49 Flat Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301.

Westport Arts Center.
The Judge: Jass Photographs by Musician Milt Hinton. Opening Reception: 6:30-8:30pm. 203-222-7070. 51 Riverside Avenue, Westport, CT 06880.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5

Gallery NAGA.
Gerry Bergstein: Elements of Style. Lecture: 2pm. 617-267-9060. 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6

Griffin Museum.
Senior Sunday: Steph Plourde-Simard’s This Family of La Antiqua. Lecture: 3pm. 781-729-1158. 67 Shore Road, Winchester MA 01890.

I will let Natalia introduce herself and her work:

I photograph because it is something inherent, like rain coming from a rain cloud. I work in a variety of genres, ranging from action sports to travel to portraiture to still life to weddings. People I photograph are the most important component of my photography. It is their personality, their vibe, their individualism that brings my photographs alive and gives them meaning. I happened to race bicycles, so there is a lot of bicycle racing photography that I do these days. Like with everything else, I try to give it a unique approach and shoot away from the common standards in the industry. I believe that my photography speaks for itself. Please be my guest and enjoy my work at www.pedalpowerphotography.com.

The PRC will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday from Wednesday, November 25th through Sunday, November 29th.  We will resume our normal hours beginning Monday, November 30th.  Thanks and see you next week!

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Last Thursday was also the opening of the 2009 Leopold Godowsky Jr. Color Photography Awards exhibition.  Take a look at all the fun we had by checking out pictures from the opening in our Flickr photostream:

The exhibition runs through January 24, 2010, so make sure to plan your visit to this thought-provoking exhibition while it lasts!