Call For Work

Light Art Space invites photographic artists to submit pinhole and zone plate photographs to Layered Light: Contemporary Pinhole and Zone Plate Photography.  Images made with analog and digital processes are welcome. Content and subject are up to the photographer – questions to consider are: Why are you using a pinhole camera? How does the pinhole/zone plate image support the content of the work?

Deadline to submit work: March 21st midnight Mountain time
Exhibition Dates:  April 23rd, 2021 – June 26th, 2021.

Jurors:  Nancy Spencer, Director of Pinhole Resource Inc., and Scott McMahon, Associate Professor of Art at Columbia College.

Nancy Spencer and Scott McMahon are currently writing a book on contemporary pinhole photography.

This exhibition celebrates images made in the spirit of experimentation and play and is dedicated to the late Eric Renner.

Submit here:
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=8409

Sponsored by Pinhole Resource Inc. and Freestyle Photographic Supplies

A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens and with a single small aperture — effectively a light-proof box with a small hole on one side. Light from a scene passes through this single point and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box.  Many variations of the basic pinhole camera, including ones with multiple apertures and/or zone plates, are used by artists. 

Details:

Submission Requirements:
Submissions must be pinhole/zone plate images created in the last 5 years.

Important Dates:
March 21st midnight Mountain time – deadline for submitted work
March 26th – notification of acceptance via email
April 17th – work due at Light Art Space
April 24th – opening day, an all-day reception 11 am – 6 pm observing social distancing

Entry Fee:
Entry fee: $35 for 1 – 5 images. Students $15 Use coupon code STUDENT
Maximum two entries (10 images) per artist

Jurying and Awards
First Place $250  Second Place $150
Third Place  $100 gift certificate to Freestyle Photographic Supplies

Juror Bios:
Nancy Dize Spencer, Director of Pinhole Resource Inc., a nonprofit archive and educational organization dedicated to sharing information about pinhole photography. Spencer was married to and collaborated with Eric Renner for 31 years. Renner started Pinhole Resource and passed away suddenly in April of 2020. They also co-edited Pinhole Journal, published three times a year from 1985-2006. They have given educational lectures and workshops internationally in China, Japan, Poland, France, Italy, Greece, Argentina, Germany, and Canada. Their photographs and assemblages are exhibited in major collections throughout the world. Spencer and Renner received the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2015.
Spencer and Renner donated the Pinhole Resource Collection of 6,000 pinhole photographs by 500 photographers in 36 countries to the Palace of the Governor, New Mexico Museum of History in Santa Fe in 2012. They curated the show “Poetics of Light”, which was exhibited at the museum from April 2014 to January 2016. Spencer lives in the Mimbres Valley in southern New Mexico, east of Silver City, NM.

Scott McMahon grew up in Connecticut and now resides in Columbia Missouri where he is an Associate Professor of Art at Columbia College. He received his MFA from Massachusetts College of Art & Design in Boston, MA, and his BFA from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. Selected exhibitions include Poetics of Light, Palace of the Governors New Mexico History Museum Santa Fe, NM & National Media Museum in Bradford UK; Amerykańskie Metafory, Galeria Pusta, Katowice, Poland & Old Gallery ZPAF, Warsaw, Poland; Forgotten Attributes, Three Columns Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; The Bioluminescent Firefly Experiment, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Second Nature, The Halide Project, Philadelphia, PA; Response Time, Sol Mednick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. McMahon’s work has been published in Pinhole Photography, Rediscovering a Historic Technique by Eric Renner, The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes by Christopher James, Anthotype by Malin Fabbri, Poetics of Light – Contemporary Pinhole Photography by Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer, Pinhole Journal, The Hand Magazine and Gum Printing – A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice by Christina Z. Anderson. He was a resident artist at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine; iPark Artists’ Enclave in East Haddam, CT; Border Art Residency in La Union, New Mexico, and Main Street Arts in Clifton Springs, NY.

Ticul Schoolyard made with a 6 hole pinhole camera by Eric Renner

For the Red Dot Weekend at the Galleries, Light Art Space presents two new in-gallery exhibitions. Visit us Saturday October 10th 11am – 5pm. The gallery has been transformed… and the sculpture garden now features work by three local artists.  Hope you can stop in – all work will be on display through January 2rd, 2021.  Social distancing is observed and masks are required. Stay safe!

Facing Forward is a juried exhibition of handmade prints created by women of color.

During this time of unrest and uncertainty this exhibition seeks to present works by women of color that speak to the future in challenging and inspiring ways.

Presented by Light Art Space sponsored by the Southwest Print Fiesta, Silver City, New Mexico

Exhibition Dates:   October 10th, 2020 – January 2nd, 2021

Recent work by Karen Hymer, Mimi Calise Peterson, Claudia Porcelli and Carmen Ruiz

Exhibition Dates:   October 10th, 2020 – January 2nd, 2021

Sculpture garden with the work of Ed Ludwig, Juan Velasco and Kelly Hart.

Recent trip to Northern New Mexico… Flash

Facing Forward call for work:  Deadline  September 13th, in 4 days!  Seeking hand-made prints and photographs by all self-identified women of color (Latina, Asian, Indigenous, etc) Juror Satpreet Kahlon, more on Satpreet: www.satpreetkahlon.com
To submit:
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=8028

GALLERY ART WALK AND FUNDRAISER

Silver City Art Association RED DOT Weekend at the Galleries and Gila Monster fundraiser. The Silver City Art Association (SCAA) will host the annual RED DOT Weekend at the Galleries, October 9th &10th, 2020, in accordance with community safety measures.

The self-guided walking tour of Historic Downtown will invite local residents to browse and buy affordable art unique to Silver City, meet local artists, and enjoy music, food, and demonstrations while wearing masks and practicing social distancing.

A special feature of the event will be a silent auction of 22 one-of-a-kind, “Gila Monsters” created by artists to support the projects of the SCAA and promote the organization’s mission of advancing the arts in Silver City and Grant County.  The monsters were made with a 3D printer at our local makers space, The Future Forge, and then turned into works of art by local artists. The monsters are on display in 11 galleries were you can bid in person or remotely!

My monster is a cyanotype photogram made from
Unryu kozo/chiri Japanese paper with Ethiopian Welo yellow opal eyes.

See more monsters and information at:
https://www.silvercityart.com/gila-monster-fundraiser

Yoga and other Moving Arts comes to Light Art Space!

I am pleased to announce a new partnership between LAS and the Lotus Center in Silver City.
Beginning September 14th, the Lotus Center will offer in-person classes in the garden at LAS. I am so excited to share the garden with those seeking stress relief and inner-peace.
For more information visit: https://lotuscentersc.org/outside-classes/

New fall and winter hours:
Thursday – Saturday 11am – 5pm and by appointment. 

Flash encounters Lucy the Goose in Rodeo, NM.

Facing Forward is a juried exhibition of handmade prints created by women of color. During this time of unrest and uncertainty this exhibition seeks to present works by women of color that speak to the future in challenging and inspiring ways.

Presented by Light Art Space sponsored by the Southwest Print Fiesta, Silver City, New Mexico.

Exhibition Dates:
October 10th, 2020 – January 2nd, 2021

 Submission Requirements
Light Art Space invites Black, Latinx, Indigenous women and self-identifying women of color – historically under-represented artists working in the visual arts – to submit.

Deadline to Submit:
September 13th, midnight mountain time
Sliding scale to enter: $5 – $25, pay what you can

All entries must be handmade prints using traditional printmaking and/or photography processes and created in the last 3 years by self-identified women of color. 3D and experimental work is encouraged. Any combination of processes may be employed including but not limited to: silkscreen letterpress, calligraphy, etching, woodcut, lithography, linocut, drypoint, mezzotint, mono print, polymer plates, silver gelatin prints, photopolymer gravure, copperplate gravure, cyanotype, vandyke, gumbichromate, palladium, platinum, carbon, salt, wet plate, chemigram, lumen, argrotype, oilprint, chlorophyll, instant transfers and lifts. Digital photographic images can be used in combination with of other processes, but straight digital prints will not be accepted.
To enter:
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=8028

Jurying and Awards
First Place                             $300
Second Place                       $200
Third Place                           $100

Juror:  Satpreet Kahlon

Satpreet Kahlon is a Punjabi-born artist, curator, and educator based in Seattle, WA. Through her work, which has been featured in Hyperallergic and Artforum, she is interested in creating visual language and immersive encounters that express and explore intersectional cultural experiences as well as the manufactured systems of inequity that dictate their boundaries.

In addition to her studio practice, which most recently includes a solo show at Brown University, a body of work shown at the Wing Luke Museum, and a large-scale public commission at the new Washington State Convention Center, Satpreet is a co-curator of yəhaw̓, as well as the managing editor of New Archives, a non-profit arts journal covering the Northwest Coast. She has also designed and taught youth programming all over the US, running the Design Your Neighborhood program with the Seattle Art Museum between 2015 and 2017. She currently teaches at Cornish College of the Arts.

In 2019, Satpreet graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she received a full-fellowship to pursue her MFA in Sculpture, and she was named one of 35 most influential people in Seattle by Seattle Magazine.   www.satpreetkahlon.com

What a summer!  Well, here goes…

Light Art Space will be reopening on August 13th.
Hours will be: Thursday- Saturday 10 am – 5 pm. In order to provide a safe viewing experience, we are strictly following all New Mexico state guidelines.
Specifically,  guests are asked to sign a log, wear a mask, and stay 6 feet apart. Out of state visitors are asked to self-quarantine for 14 days when entering the state.

The Gallery is full of great work!  The COVID -19 exhibition, featuring the work of 51 local artists, is visually diverse and exciting.  I am so impressed with all of the Silver City artists.  Plus, the 9 artists LAS represents have new on view. both exhibitions are on view through October 3rd.

I am pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition “Facing Forward”, a juried exhibition of handmade prints (including photographic processes) created by women of color.  During this time of unrest and uncertainty, this exhibition seeks to present works by women of color that speak to the future in challenging and inspiring ways.
Deadline to Submit is September 6th. Here is a link to the prospectus.
https://lightartspace.com/call-for-work-facing-forward/

Lorraine Gala Lewis

LAS was thrilled to participate in the “Clay Reimagined” 2020 Demo Walk as part of the Silver City Clay Festival last month.  We were honored to host Lorraine Gala Lewis from Laguna Pueblo. Lorraine demonstrated her hand building and painting techniques.  Also on view was the “Community Art Installation” by Joao Galera.

“Community Art Installation” by Joao Galera

Karen’s recent happening:

Wild and Scenic Art, Leyba Ingalls Arts, Silver City, New Mexico. July 18 – August 22.
Three of my recent Photopolymer Gravures from the Solitude Series are on display.

Punching Marshmallows, New Grounds Remarque, Albuquerque, New Mexico. July 10 – August 29.
Three of my recent Photopolymer Gravures from the Solitude Series are on display.
I will be giving a Zoom artist talk Friday, August 14th at 5 pm.
https://www.remarqueprintshop.com/

The Portfolios 2020, Lightbox, Astoria, Oregon.  August 8 – September 8.
Four of my recent Photopolymer Gravures from the Solitude Series are on display.
http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/

And I am pleased to be a juror, along with Diana H. Bloomfield and Jim Fitzgerald, for the Altered Reality exhibition at Lightbox Gallery in Astoria, Oregon.
The submission deadline is August 10th – submit now!
http://lightbox-photographic.com/call-for-entries/altered_reality

Solitude Series, Photopolymer Gravures

We now have shade and sculpture in the garden
and are ready to host private events!

Flash and I hope all of you are staying safe and sane…

Crescent Lake, August 2020
ok, it is true he would rather be on land…