ArtSpan Newsletter, December 2006

1. COMPETITION 2006: PHOTOGRAPHY & ART

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
www.PhotoContest2006.com

Presented by TCB CAFE Publishing & Media LLC

Deadline: December 15, 2006

Finalists will be announced on: February 1, 2007

PURPOSE
The Photography Competition / Art Competition 2006 is an international contest organized by TCB-Cafe Publishing of San Francisco. The contest aims to develop and raise the visibility of photographic and creative graphics talent, in the form of a competition and the resulting book publication. The culmination will be a beautiful cloth-bound photographic book, showcasing the competition winners, and gracing the libraries of museums, galleries, individuals and collectors.

PHOTO CONTEST / ART CONTEST THEME
The 2006 photo contest / art contest has two separate book themes. In this Call for Entries, submissions may interpret these themes broadly:

1) A Smile is Worth a Thousand Words (photography)
DESCRIPTION: Humans are some of the only living creatures that can smile, and for that reason smiles are unique. Some may even say they are a gift from beyond. But smiles can mean much more than just happiness and mirth. They can be mysterious, fashionable, sexy, deceptive, inviting, friendly, or even alarming. They can indicate good health or bad, and can make the recipient's day unfold in joy, or descend into misery. Smiles must be interpreted, and those interpretations can be worth hundreds, if not thousands, of words. (...and not all of them need come from close-up portraits)

Note: "A Smile is Worth a Thousand Words" is a photographs only contest. Images can be closeups, portraits, full bodies, or even group images

2) Super Heroes (photography & art)
DESCRIPTION: Super heroes have always existed, both real and imagined. Photography and art allows the artist to now capture and illustrate those fictional and non-fictional persons (and animals) as never before. Photographers and illustrators are invited to show us the Super Heroes in our world, or not of it.

Note: "Super Heroes" is for photography, painting, graphic arts, comics, manga, and photo-essay/journalism. The topic is also very open to your interpretation - entries based in reality/real life people, historic figures or fantasy (even "winged" characters can be considered super heroes). Use your imagination.

PRIZES
Selected images will be published in the books "Smile" or "Super Heroes" by TCB-Cafe Publishing. Selected images will also appear in a TCB-Cafe Publishing exhibit on the contest's theme. A total of 40 First and Second Place Finalists will be selected per theme.

First Place Finalists (20 will be awarded):
• First Place winners will be published in the Deluxe Editions of the books, "Smile" or "Super Heroes"
• First Place winners will also receive a numbered copy of the Deluxe Editions of "Smile" or "Super Heroes," as well as credited in all press materials sent to the media, agencies, and collectors.
Second Place Finalists (20 will be awarded):
• Second Place winners will be published in the Deluxe Editions of the books, "Smile" or "Super Heroes"
• Second Place winners will also receive a numbered copy of the Deluxe Editions of "Smile" or "Super Heroes."
• Second Place winners will also receive a 30% discount on copies of the Deluxe Editions of "Smile" or "Super Heroes"
Honorable Mentions (TBD)

DEADLINE
All entries to the photo contest / art contest must be postmarked by December 15, 2006. Entries cannot be accepted afterwards unless the deadline is officially extended. Finalists will be announced on February 1, 2007. Finalists will be posted on the Competition website. All entrants are required to check that website to determine status.

MORE INFORMATION
For more information or to enter, go to www.PhotoContest2006.com.

2. Wish You Were Here: A Call For Bay Area Souvenirs

In the world of ephemera every place has its souvenir.
A memory for the tourist that arrives and departs, a collection of images
and mementos to take home and revisit, the souvenir encompasses
expectation and recollection of places, people, and adventures.
Although often ignored, souvenirs are representations of the places we
inhabit, written in the familiar dialect of sno-globes and postcards. But
souvenirs also navigate more intimate geographies, of excitement,
melancholy, and fondness. Grafted onto personal memory, they pine for a
place left, a time gone. From the quirky world of mass-produced trinkets
and collectibles to the realm of one-of-a-kind precious mementos, from the
embarrassing to the delightful, souvenirs speak the language of
representation.

City|Space is calling artists, tourists, residents, visitors, place
experts, and place lovers
to submit their interpretations of and ideas for new souvenirs of places
in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Subject: San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
Souvenirs can recollect an array of subjects:
As obvious as San Francisco, as unexpected as Redwood City
As well-known as the Golden Gate Bridge, as surprising as a hotdog stand
in Emeryville.
As famous as Jack Kerouac, as anonymous as your local mechanic
As legendary as Dungeness crab, as ordinary as a burrito

What: A creative product reinterpreting the traditional souvenir.
From a coffee mug to a walking tour, from a postcard series to a personal
assemblage, from a video collage to a song, from a reproducible idea to a
unique sculptural object.
All media accepted.
One-of-a-kind pieces, a series and potentially reproducible objects: all
accepted.

Who: Anyone who has visited, dreamed of, read about, or is a resident of the
San Francisco Bay Area.
Artists of all backgrounds, residents, tourists, visitors, place experts,
and place lovers.

Submission Guidelines:
Proposals should be submitted in the form of a single postcard.
Please describe your idea on a postcard and mail it to:
CITY|SPACE
P.O.Box 77114
San Francisco, CA 94107-7114
For complete submission guidelines please visit our website
www.city-space.org

Timeline:
1. Postcard Proposals Submission:
Must be postmarked by February 16, 2007.
Postcards will be included in an on-line exhibition in Spring 2007. 2.
Souvenir Exhibition:
Selected participants will be asked to produce and submit their souvenirs
for participation in a gallery exhibition in the Bay Area, Summer 2007.
Postcard entries will also be exhibited.
Selected participants notified: April 1st, 2007
Deadline for final submission: June 1st, 2007
Things that might happen next:
Publication, traveling exhibition, and other special events.

One last request:
If you have a unique antique souvenir from the Bay Area please let us know.

sharon priest
board member, city|space

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