*CALL FOR ARTISTS* SILVER EYE FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION 2008

Silver Eye Fellowship 2008 Competition
Deadline: October 18, 2008

The Exhibition Opportunities application for Silver Eye’s Fellowship 2008

Competition and New Works Galleries is now available online. Learn more at http://silvereye.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=FttHtwAUAAEAAAhCAAIX1Q . One photographer will be selected to receive $5,000 and have a one-person exhibition in the Main Gallery of Silver Eye. Ten Honorable Mention photographers will each receive $100 and will each exhibit one photograph. Also selected from these entries are the Silver Eye New Works Gallery and New Works Gallery Online exhibitors.

The juror for Fellowship 2008 is Ariel Shanberg, Executive Director of the Center for Photography at Woodstock in NY.
Fellowship 2008 exhibition at Silver Eye: December 10, 2008 - February 14, 2009.

Silver Eye Center for Photography
1015 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
412-431-1810
http://www.silvereye.org

*CALL FOR ARTISTS* DOWNTOWN AS NEIGHBORHOOD PHOTO COMPETITION

Downtown Living Exposed
Deadline: September 12, 2008

The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) is hosting a photography competition centered on the theme: “Downtown as a Neighborhood“.  They’re seeking photographs of Pittsburgh taken within the last two years that capture the look and feel of Downtown’s emerging residential neighborhood.

More info at http://silvereye.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=FttHtwAUAAEAAAMGAAIX1Q

Jurors will select 25 prints to be exhibited and those selected will receive:
Exposure to over 3,000 visitors at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Gallery Crawl in October, three artists will be selected to receive cash awards: First Place ($1,000) Second Place ($500) and Third Place ($250) and exposure on the PDP website and marketing materials. Silver Eye is a project partner for this
opportunity.

*CALL FOR ENTRIES* PGH INNOVATES

ENTRY & VOTING DEADLINE: OCTOBER 26 at http://www.pittsburghinnovates.com

Enter the Pittsburgh Innovates, http://www.pittsburghinnovates.com, challenge — a showcase of local, leading-edge technologies and innovations — and win cash prizes ( $10,000 and $20,000) while connecting with judges from Disney Imagineering, Electronic Arts, Seagate and regional technology
and gaming organizations.

Your submission must have a clear connection to Pittsburgh and innovation/technology. Individuals and teams can use any form of media. Think podcasts, video, Flash, blogs, simulations, robotics, videogames - the sky is the limit. Blow our minds. The only limit is that we must be able to display a screenshot of the innovation on http://www.pittsburghinnovates.com for public voting. And, be sure to vote for your favorite innovations while you’re there.

Pop City Media http://www.popcitymedia.com is proud to be the media sponsor for Pittsburgh Innovates.  Pittsburgh Innovates is sponsored by the Greater Oakland KIZ.

Kathryn Connor
Coordinator of the Greater Oakland Keystone Innovation Zone
http://www.gokiz.org
4516 Henry St. Suite 201
Pittsburgh PA, 15213
412-268-4884
412-683-2419

8/22 *OPENING RECEPTION* 707 PENN GALLERY

707 Penn Gallery invites you to an opening reception

*Friday, August 22nd*
from 5:30-9pm

707 PENN GALLERY
707 Penn Avenue - Downtown

Meditation Relates to Physics = Art
New works by Teresa M. Harris

Teresa incorporates visions of science, holistic living, meditation, and dreams to
inform her 2 dimensional works.
Teresa writes about her process: “My art process is an attempt to convey time,
space, mass, energy, and light: Our perception of length, width, height, time and
other planar dimensions after time.  Each piece is layered to represent meditation,
visions of memory, and the present moment.” She explores the creation of the human
body from stars that died billions of years ago.

Exhibition runs through September 27th
GALLERY HOURS

Tuesday-Thursday 11am-6pm
Friday-Saturday 11am-8pm

http://www.pgharts.org/venues/seven0sevenPenn.aspx

*CALL FOR ENTRIES* CLIMATE CHANGE ON CANVAS PROJECT

On behalf of Oxfam America and over 4,000 partners dedicated to international relief, development, and social justice, I am pleased to invite to participate in our Climate Change on Canvas project.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: OCT 1, 2008!!!
If selected, your work will be displayed at Oxfam International’s exhibition at the next UN Conference of Parties (COP) meeting, which takes place this December 1-12 in Poznan, Poland. The selected artist’s work will be displayed alongside internationally renowned, contemporary artists from around the globe. The exhibition will serve as a powerful reminder of the growing, global movement around climate change and poverty.

Oxfam America is seeking art students at US universities—motivated and inspired by Oxfam America’s mission—to create a work that will represent the severe impact that climate change has on vulnerable communities. The selected canvas should represent the pressure these communities face while they try to cope with and adapt to climate change. At the same time, the canvas should present a vision of opportunity and possibility for the future.

Project Details:
•Oxfam will select and present one student canvas from the US to exhibit among internationally renowned, contemporary artists from around the world at the UN COP in Poland in December 2008.
•Oxfam America will produce a story about the selected artist with his/her canvas to be featured on our website.
•The canvas used must be within the range of 36”x24” up to 72”x48”. The medium used is up to the artist’s discretion, but must be permanent and durable. Oxfam will reimburse the artist up to $50.00 for the cost of the canvas material and the shipping costs to our Boston office.

ALL SUBMISSIONS must be completed and delivered to Oxfam America’s Boston office by October 1, 2008, so that they can be photographed and so the selected canvas can be prepared for delivery to the Poznan COP.

• ALL CANDIDATES are encouraged to document the process and production of their piece through photos, journals and blogging, video, or a combination of the three.
• ALL SUBMISSIONS will be photographed and may be used as a campaigning tool in the US, not only in the run up to the Poznan COP, but throughout Oxfam’s future campaigning on climate change.

• ALL SUBMISSIONS will be displayed on our website.

How to apply for selection:
• Please contact Gabriel Barreras at Oxfam’s Boston Office at (617) 728-2564 or gbarreras@oxfamamerica.org to note your participation and clarify any questions you may have.
• Upon submission of your canvas, please provide a short written description (less than 1 page) about why you are interested in this project and how you believe you will be able to represent Oxfam America. Please emphasize the connection between climate change and poverty that is depicted through your work.

For more information please check out:
www.oxfamamerica.org/climate

*CALL ENTRIES* ANIWOW!2008

ANIWOW!2008, 3rd China (Beijing)
International Student Animation Festival

held October 22-25 2008.

Entry Deadline September 28, 2008

Awards will be held in 4 categories…
1. Animation
2. VFX
3. Interactive Design
4. Comic Art and Illustration

For more information go to:
www.aniwow.org

*CALL FOR PAPERS* 2008-9 CHICAGO ART JOURNAL

The Chicago Art Journal, the annual publication of the
University of Chicago Department of Art History, is seeking
submissions for its 2008-2009 edition
. The Editors welcome the
submission of original work by faculty and advanced graduate
students reflecting recent research or lectures. This year’s
issue will examine Africa’s Temporalities.

For more information go to:
http://arthistory.uchicago.edu/caj/callforpapers.shtml

Send submissions to…
Chicago Art Journal Department of Art History
The University of Chicago
5540 S. Greenwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60637

8/13 *THE POWER OF THE ATMOSPHERE!* PRESENTING CLAYTON MERRELL AND NEIL DONAHUE

CMU Professors Clayton Merrell (Art) and Neil Donahue (Center for
Atmospheric Particle Studies) will give back-to-back presentations about the
atmosphere at an upcoming Sierra Club Allegheny Group Member Meeting:

August 2008 - The Power of the Atmosphere*Wednesday, August 13, 2008
WHEN: 7:30-9PM*
WHERE: *Phipps Civic Garden Center, Fifth and Shady Avenues*

*Free and open to the public*
*The Power of the Atmosphere:
The Physics and the Art of It*

Dr. Neil Donahue, Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies at CMU, will talk
about the power of thunder storms.
And Clayton Merrell:
Associate Professor in the Art Department at CMU, will talk about the beauty of the sky – including storms – as expressed in his astonishing artwork.

This will be a stunningly beautiful and intellectually fascinating evening.
Don’t miss it!

GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS, APPLY NOW!!

Graduate Student Fellowship Applications Online
Deadline: 10/01/08

Applications for the 2008 Professional Development Fellowship Program are now available at http://www.collegeart.org/fellowships.

CAA awards fellowships in the amount of $15,000 to qualified graduate students in visual art and art history; grants may be used to help recipients with various aspects of their work, whether for their job-search expenses or purchasing materials for their studio. In addition, one or more fellowships are awarded to a PhD student specializing in American art; this award is made possible with support from the Wyeth Foundation for American Art. As in the past, honorable mentions may also be recognized.

The main purpose of the fellowship program is to support outstanding graduate students from diverse backgrounds who may have been underrepresented in their fields. By offering financial assistance to
promising MFA and PhD students, CAA can assist the rising generation during this important transitional period in their lives.

8/7 *OPENING RECEPTION* PARK PLACE ART CENTER, WILKINSBURG

A project spearheaded by Laura Miller (BFA ‘08) and Chris Mucci.
Recent press by POPCITY
http://www.popcitymedia.com/developmentnews/wlknsbg0716.aspx

AUGUST 4, 2008

PRESS RELEASE:
CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER OPENS IN WILKINSBURG INAGURAL OPENING PRESENTS COLLABORATIVE INSTALLATIONS BY YOUTHS

The Park Place Arts Center: East Edge Arts Revival opens with exhibition of works by youths preparing for their futures.

OPENING! THURSDAY, AUGUST 7

7-9PM

DOES NOT YOUR HOUSE DREAM?

Come experience a house of dreams and nightmares created by twenty talented young artists participating in Carnegie Mellon University’s Pre-College Program. Installations include: Over 100 dreams written on paper radiating from a file drawer, a sideways room where furniture sits on the walls, beams of light refracted through glass crystals, a vertigo inducing video walkthrough, a darkened maze, and a portal filled with light. This exhibition, organized by Jonathan Minard (BFA ‘07), pre-college instructor and member of the Park Place Arts Center, is one day only and free and open to the public.
The Park Place Arts Center is a neighborhood-based art center established in a three-story house in the Park Place neighborhood in June of 2008.  Our goal is to bring new cultural energy to Wilkinsburg, the greater Pittsburgh region, and the world by providing contemporary art events that push the boundaries of art on a monthly basis. We hold art classes for children and adults by appointment and grow a community garden. We are run in conjunction with the community coffeehouse, the Drawn In Café, located four houses away, which serves as a meeting area for community members.

Youthful involvement is essential to brightening the future of Wilkinsburg. As a center founded and run by artists age 25 and younger, our first opening presents installations by high-school artists dedicated to pursuing higher education and careers in the arts.
For further information visit http://www.parkplaceartcenter.org or contact Laura Linda Miller, Director. Phone 615.319.9776. Email: lauralindamiller@gmail.com  or Chris Mucci, Assistant Director,  Phone: 203. 648. 7819. Email: chrismucci@gmail.com

8/6, *RECEPTION* LOOK BOTH WAYS, PRE-COLLEGE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

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Please join the Pre-College Digital Photography class Wednesday, August 6, from 6-8 for a reception for Look Both Ways.

Look Both Ways
Aug. 4th-7th
Reception Aug 6th, 6-8

Ellis Gallery
College of Fine Arts
Carnegie Mellon University

Katy Arrington
Remington Brooks
Michelle Cepelak
Leah Cutshall
Zoe Munlyn
Luke Pajer
Christopher Duncan Saalbach-Walsh
Instructor: Jennifer Gooch