The International Street Photography Award is looking for exceptional international photographers that display a unique style and depth of
work in the genre of street photography. The genre crosses over into portraiture, documentary and art photography (see the 2011 finalists
for inspiration and a guide to what defines street photography).
2011 winners:
http://www.londonstreetphotographyfestival.org/gallery/international-street-photography-award

What is street photography?:
http://www.londonstreetphotographyfestival.org/what-is-street-photography

The London Street Photography Festival defines Street Photography as:
“Candid photography which captures, explores or questions contemporary society and the relationships between individuals and their surroundings.”

PRIZES & CATEGORIES
The international winner will receive £2,000 cash PLUS a solo exhibition in London PLUS an all-expenses paid trip to the exhibition
launch and awards ceremony in London in June 2012 – total value £10,000. Selected finalists will be exhibited in the same gallery and
one image from each entrant will be showcased in a digital display.
The first 500 applicants will be automatically entered into a draw to win some fabulous prizes including: a signed print from one of the
2011 exhibitions, an Olympus PEN camera, £100 Blurb voucher, a Crumpler Muffin Top camera bag, photo-books by Magnum and Thames &
Hudson. Categories include an overall winner, a runner up, and 10 finalists.

ENTRY FEE
£30.00
• Participants from certain countries receive a 50% discount on the entrance fee.
• You can submit between 5 and 8 images within the fee.
• One image from ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS will be displayed on a large screen during the Awards exhibition and profiled (optional) on the
LSPF website.
• ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS who enter will receive a £28.95 voucher to print their own book with Blurb, which expires on 31 March 2012.
• FEEDBACK: For an additional £15, LSPF can provide written feedback by an Award judge on your submissions. Choose the “Written
Feedback” drop down when you submit your images to the Awards.

REGISTER ONLINE
http://www.londonstreetphotographyfestival.org/competitions/international-award-2012/international-award-2012-info

APPLICATION DEADLINE
05 January 2012

Workshops will begin on July 26th and continue on until Sept 2nd. The students will meet three times a week for lecture and lab at the Bresee Community Center. High school students only please. 

The application can easily be found on www.knockstudy.org. Applications can be submitted to applications@knockstudy.org. 

Can you beleive it, finally the NEA has recognized new and emerging media as a grant worthy art form. In 2007 I graduated with a degree in Digital Screen Arts from UCA back in the UK. People laughted a joked about digital video and web applications, now who’s laughing. New media artists are at the forefront of astistic inovation, we are pioneers in an ever expanding digitized universe.

Anyway, back to the news at hand. I’m excited to report that the NEA had declared that they will re-work the media arts grant guidelines to include video games, internet based art, and projects made for mobile phones and hand held devices.

Highlights of the new guidelines:

The Arts in Media builds on the success of The Arts on Radio and Television. All project types that were previously eligible remain eligible. In addition, the expanded category now includes:

All available media platforms such as the Internet, interactive and mobile technologies, digital games, arts content delivered via satellite, as well as on radio and television. Media projects that can be considered works of art.

Grants are available to support the development, production, and national distribution of innovative media projects about the arts (e.g., visual arts, music, dance, literature, design, theater, musical theater, opera, folk & traditional arts, and media arts including film, audio, animation, and digital art) and media projects that can be considered works of art.

Projects may include high profile multi-part or single television and radio programs (documentaries and dramatic narratives); media created for theatrical release; performance programs; artistic segments for use within an existing series; multi-part webisodes; installations; and interactive games.

Short films, five minutes and under, will be considered in packages of three or more.

http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/AIM-presentation.html

This is a huge step for digital arts in the US and I’m excited to see what the future holds for new and emerging media.

Sourced from LA-Artist.com (our other project)

ArtCard is a community-based art project that was initiated in October 2009 with the intent to showcase Los Angeles’s artistic diversity and talent. ArtCards are blank pre-addressed postcards that have been distributed across the city (in coffee shops, art galleries, community centers, schools, etc.) by our team of dedicated volunteers.

Angelinos are encouraged to use each ArtCard as a 4” x 6” canvas on which to create and mail in their own works of art – the resulting collection of sketches, doodles, collages, prints, and words help to document the city’s varied and ecelectic creative framework.

To honor freedom of expression and equality in the arts, there are no guidelines and every ArtCard received is published and exhibited. Submissions are digitally archived online by artist name, L.A. neighborhood and Zip.

To participate click here.

Every minute, 300 new learners are born into this world. How can TED play a role in enriching their education? TED needs your help to answer this question.

In a few weeks, TED will be launching an online forum called TED-ED Brain Trust. They are seeking the expertise of visionary educators, students, organizations, filmmakers and other creative professionals to guide, galvanize and ultimately lead this exciting new initiative.

To express your interest in joining the TED-ED Brain Trust, click here and fill out the form. Don’t forget to share it with colleagues.

Beginning today anyone with access to a video camera and a computer will have an opportunity to catch the eye of a Guggenheim curator and vie for a place in a video-art exhibition in October at all of the foundation’s museums: the Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York, the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

The project, called YouTube Play and conceived as a biennial event, is intended to discover innovative work from unexpected sources. It is open even to entrants who don’t consider themselves artists, and actively encourages the participation of people with little or no experience in video. “People who may not have access to the art world will have a chance to have their work recognized,” said Nancy Spector, deputy director and chief curator of the Guggenheim Foundation. “We’re looking for things we haven’t seen before.”

Read more at the New York Times