Talks / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Wednesday, May 30 Barbara Hammer on Multiply, Identify, Her, 6:30 pm. ICP Museum, 250 Bowery, NY, NY Info Al Held | Paris to New York, panel, 6 pm. Cheim & Read, 547 West 25thStreet, NY, NY Info 5 Questions 5 Minutes with Queenie artists, 6 pm. Hunter East Harlem Gallery, 2180 3rdAvenue, NY, NY RSVP … Read the full Story >>
Need a comprehensive list of film festivals? The Film Festivals Timeline is a new database that allows you to search for festivals using a variety of criteria, from submission fees and countries to genre categories. The info is presented as a timeline so you can prioritize in a chronological fashion. It takes some getting used to, but there really isn’t anything like it. Read the full Story >>
Talks / Discussions / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, February 16 "elmuseo@SVA", 6 pm. SVA Chelsea Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, NY, NY. Info Wednesday, February 17 Tour of Pia Camil | A Pot for a Latch: The Gift, 3 pm. New Museum, 235 Bowery, NY, NY. Info Panel on Antarctica with Lucy + Jorge Orta, 6:30 pm. Jane Lombard Gallery, 518 West 19th Street, NY, NY. Info SVA MFA Digital photograpy presents: NY Photo Salon … Read the full Story >>
This late-August edition of the DART Board previews photography shows coming up this fall, Coast to Coast, in date order. Saturday, September 1 Gideon Mendel | Drowning. Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL Info Wednesday, September 5 NeoRealismo: The New Image in Italy, 1932-1960, 6-8 pm. Grey Art Gallery, NY, NY Info Neorealismo: Nuova Fotografia Italiana | Nino Migliori, Tranquillo Casiraghi, Giuseppe Vaggi, Stefano … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Special Events / and Beyond Wednesday, October 17- Sunday, October 21 2018 L.E.S. Art Week | 20+ galleries featuring female artists including Coady Brown, Joyce J. Scott, Grace Weaver, Jessee Edelman, Genesis Belanger and Despina Stokou and more. Map and Info here Wednesday, October 17- Kind of Blue: Meghann Riepenhoff, 6:30 pm. New York Public … Read the full Story >>
Typographics 2018 went live on Monday, with Workshops, Tours and Demos on myriad subjects. The fourth annual Festival and Conference takes place primarily at The Cooper Union, in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. The Cooper Union is the alma mater of many notable typographers and lettering artists including Herb Lubalin, Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, and Lou Dorfsman. The school is home … Read the full Story >>
You’ve been told over and over that your website should be sleek and fast, yes? Clients have always been impatient waiting for pictures and info online, and it seems they are getting more impatient every day. In fact, they can’t wait to get more impatient, according to the people at OnlineGraduatePrograms.com, who examined the impact of site speed on American browsing habits. One in four people bail from a web page that takes more than four seconds to load! Read the full Story >>
Talks / Screenings / Book Events / and Beyond Tuesday, September 19 Andrew Durgin’s MacArthur Park, book launch, 6-8pm. Petzel Gallery, 456 West 18th Street, NY, NY Info Conversations in Contemporary Poetics: Elaine Kahn and Fred Moten, 7 pm. Hauser & Wirth, 548 West 22nd Street, NY, NY Info Eugene Richards, Sam Stephenson in conversation of Art and Journalism | Past and Present, … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Tuesday, August 7 Diana Al-Hadad | Delirious Nights | Paper Plate Art-making Party, 6-8 pm. Madison Square Park, opposite 11 Madison Avenue, 23-25thStreets, NY, NY Info Learn the Legal Issues in Photography, 5 pm; register now. Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, 1 East 53rdStreet, Auditorium, NY, NY Info Spirit of the City, panel, 7 pm/doors, … Read the full Story >>
Knowing more about color theory can be a help to photographers and filmmakers in a number of ways. Now, notes DIY Photography, you can brush up on color while being entertained, thanks to a new tutorial video from motion-graphics artist Rhea Lelina Manglapus. It starts with the basics, which is a good place to start, then packs in a lot of valuable info with considerable style. Read the full Story >>
The POV for Filmmakers site, from PBS, features a very helpful, highly organized guide to funding sources for documentary and new-media films. The spreadsheet-style guide also lists links for finding film-festival info and engagement strategists to help on your film project’s outreach program. Read the full Story >>
Can we talk about your “About Me” website page? PPD agrees with Fstoppers that many leave much to be desired—which is ironic, since it is one of the most important elements of your professional site.Toronto-based photographer Peter House provides a tutorial on how to supercharge your bio: Start with basic but important info—name, where you are located, and the kind of work you specialize in—and then go deeper. And think about storytelling. Read the full Story >>
The transformation of the Fresh Kills landfill, on the south coast of Staten Island, to Freshkills Park, has seemed, for years, primarily a figment of my imagination—until recently, when it was announced that the 24-acre North Park will open in Spring 2021. The world’s largest landfill, at 2,200 acres, has already attracted several bird species never before seen in New York City. The island’s … Read the full Story >>
Special Events Thursday, September 15 – Sunday September 18 NY Art Book Fair 2016. MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens, NY Info September 13-25 Taryn Simon | An Occupation of Loss. Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, NY, NY Info Continuing through November 18 Asian Contemporary Art Week. Various locations in New York City. Info Books / Talks / … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Book Events / Screenings / Art Fairs / and Beyond Tuesday, October 24 Sale to benefit relief efforts in Mexico City and Puerto Rico, 6-8 pm. Baxter St / Camera Club of New York, 126 Baxter Street, NY, NY Info Optics: A New Way of Seeing Contemporary Culture | Protest, 6:30 pm. International Center of Photography, 250 Bowery, NY, NY Info NYU’s … Read the full Story >>
The Made In NY Media Center by IFP has announced two new programs that will launch this summer: Creative >> Founder Lab and a first-of-its-kind workshop series designed to teach location-based storytelling. The new programs will offer artists all over New York City the opportunity to create, network and collaborate. The programs run from July 6 to August 24. Deadline for applications: June 15. Go here for info. Read the full Story >>
If you're wondering what to wear for Halloween, that means it's time to scuff up your kicks for The Big Talk, The Party, and Illustration Week. Here's the lineup, perfectly scaled to your iPhone. Tuesday, November 3 Sketch Night at the Society 6:30 - 9:30 pm Society of illustrators, 128 East 63 Street Models will be nude with an occasional accessory. Live music featuring … Read the full Story >>
Whether you’re a photographer, illustrator or designer, having your work published on a respected and widely read blog can be the key to seeing it go viral. Creative Boom lists 45 such blogs and adds info on how to submit work to each. You can always reach out to Pro Photo Daily, of course! Just contact the editor (see at top). Read the full Story >>
PhotoShelter has partnered with the World Photography Organization to compile its 2017 Photographer’s Guide to Photo Contests. The resource includes info on 42 photo contests worldwide and has the scoop on which ones are worth entering, based on entry fees, promised exposure and prizes, submission rights, and direct feedback from past winners. Read the full Story >>
The great Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa once said, “Being an artist means never looking away.” These words resonate when considering the work of photographer Eugene Richards. In Eugene Richards: The Run-On of Time, the George Eastman Museum, in collaboration with the Nelson-Atkins Museum, has pulled together a collection of 146 photographs, 15 books, and a selection of short films that might be the … Read the full Story >>
