On March 11th – the eve of the 2015 SPE National Conference in New Orleans – Eiffel Society will host a Pay It Forward Happy Hour benefiting the New Orleans Photo Alliance.

NOPA and SPE members, and all who love photography or appreciate a good cocktail, are invited to attend. There is no cover charge.

Once a part of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, during the 1940’s, Eiffel Society is a contemporary arts & entertainment venue on St. Charles Avenue. Their weekly “Pay it Forward” Happy Hour Series donates 20% of proceeds to New Orleans’ great non-profits.

Pay it Forward Happy Hour
Wednesday, March 11th
7:00-9:00pm
Featuring DJ Swamp Boogie
RSVP HERE

Eiffel Society | 2040 St. Charles Avenue | New Orleans, LA 70130

The Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans is pleased to present the photographic exhibition

Mexico, World Heritage Cities
 January 22nd to February 15th,  2015

The Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico
901 Convention Center Blvd, Suite 118,  New Orleans

Opening reception on January 22nd, 2015 at 6:00pm

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art presents
Mark Steinmetz: South.
 January 17, 2015 through May 10, 2015

Opening Reception: Saturday January 17, 2015 – 6:00–8:00pm
Gallery Talk: Sunday January 18, 2015 1:00pm

Mark Steinmetz – Off Interstate 40, Knoxville 1993

Mark Steinmetz lives and works in Athens, Georgia. His work transcends the traditional boundaries of documentary, street, and fine art photography. Photographing almost exclusively in black and white, Steinmetz explores the fragile and sublime visual tapestry of everyday life, where the mundane and banal become elevated to the exquisite through the lens of his camera. Mark Steinmetz: South will include photographic selections from three of his books published by Nazraeli Press – South East, South Central and Greater Atlanta, along with a compilation of new and unseen work.

The artist will be present for the exhibition opening on January 17th (from 6 to 8pm)  and will lead a gallery talk on Sunday, January 18th at 1pm.

Admission for each event is $10/ free for Ogden members.

Pelican Bomb, BURNAWAY and Tulane University Present
A Lecture with Eva Díaz 

Thursday, January 15 at 6:30 pm 
Freeman Auditorium
 Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University

Díaz is a writer, art critic, and art historian at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Over the past decade, Díaz’s writings have appeared in magazines and journals such as Artforum, Art Journal, Art-Agenda, Art in America, Cabinet, Frieze, Grey Room, Modern Painters, and October, as well as in numerous exhibition catalogues and anthologies. In 2012, she was awarded a Creative Capital / Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for her book-in-progress, The Fuller Effect: The Critique of Design in Postwar Art. Her book, The Experimenters: Chance and Design at Black Mountain College, was published in December 2014 by the University of Chicago Press.

Eva Díaz is the second critic to visit New Orleans as part of Pelican Bomb's innovative dual-city residency program. Created in partnership with BURNAWAY in Atlanta, the program invites three critics from throughout the country to travel to New Orleans and Atlanta for weeklong stays. Designed for the critic who prioritizes connection, discussion, and community engagement, residents spend their time in each city connecting with local artists, writers, institutions, and their publics.

The Critic-in-Residence program in New Orleans is generously supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Lambent Foundation, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation.

For more information:   call: 504.865.5361 | email: bbox@tulane.edu

REVIEW SANTA FE

CENTER is seeking submissions for the juried portfolio review event, Review Santa Fe, happening JUNE 11-14, 2015.

Considered one of the most important events for photographers who seek career advancement, Review Santa Fe is designed to facilitate relationships between photographers and leading industry professionals looking for new work.

Nestled in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain, up to 100 photographers meet with up to 45 of today's most relevant and esteemed reviewers comprised of curators, editors, publishers, gallerists and others who can offer professional development advice and opportunities.

Review Santa Fe is the premier international juried portfolio event designed to maximize outcomes. Full Scholarships Available.

http://www.visitcenter.org

http://www.visitcenter.org/call-for-entries/

https://submit.visitcenter.org/

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PROJECT LAUNCH GRANT

CENTER has an open international photographic Call for Submissions for the Project Launch, a prestigious award that supports photographic projects.

The Project Launch is granted to an outstanding photographer working in fine art series or documentary project. The grant includes a cash award to help complete or disseminate the works, as well as providing a platform for exposure and professional development opportunities.

This grant is awarded to complete or nearly completed projects that would benefit from the grant award package.

Jurors:

Anne M. Lyden, International Photography Curator, National Galleries of Scotland

Bernadette Tuazon, Senior Photo Editor, CNN Digital

John Woody, Publisher, Twin Palms Publishers

 Award includes: 

$5,000

Two Exhibitions

Professional Development package  ...and more

http://www.visitcenter.org

http://www.visitcenter.org/call-for-entries/

https://submit.visitcenter.org/

There's a new PhotoNOLA App to help you navigate your festival experience.

Free downloads are available now.

iPhone

Android

Web App

The Web App version can be used on any device with a browser, 

i.e. Windows Phone, BlackBerry, laptops.

© Chris Bennett

Plates to Pixels announces an open call for Landscapes of many kinds. The juror is Christopher Bennett is a photographer, curator, and photo educator living in Portland Oregon.  His work experience includes the George Eastman House, the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops and Photo-eye Books & Gallery.   Chris founded and was the Executive Director of Newspace Center for Photography from 2002 to 2014.

Eligibility
All photographers are welcome to submit. Mr. Bennett is seeking work that falls into the sublime-mysterious landscape category.

Entry Guidelines
Submit up to 10 images. Please submit JPEG image only – minimum size 1000 pixels on the longest side, 72 ppi, RGB.
Submission Fee:
$1 per image.
Deadline: 
December 12th (midnight PST)
Show runs through the end of January 2015 at platestopixels.com.

Awards
Best of Show: $50, print catalog (and a surprise). Juror’s Awards, Founder’s Awards and Honorable Mentions all receive complimentary print catalogs (and a surprise).

For complete instructions and to enter follow this link: Plates to Pixels: LANDscape

Congratulations to NOPA member Tina Freeman on the launch of her new book, Artist Spaces. You can catch her to get a signed copy at one or more of the following events:

Garden District Books - November 11th (6-7:30pm)
New Orleans Book Festival - November 15th (2:30-4-30pm)
Maple Street Books - November 19th (6pm)
Faulkner House Words and Music Festival – November 20th (10:30am)
NOAC - November 20th (6pm)
PhotoNOLA at Old U.S. Mint - December 7th (5:30-6:30pm)
HNOC – December 20th (2-4pm)