[Coweta Arts Tidbits] Slow Exposures Issues Call For Entries for 2009 Exhibition

Coweta Arts Tidbits   The Successor To Newnan-Coweta Arts Council News Releases Composed By: Forrest W. Schultz 770-583-3258 March 31, 2009     SlowExposures Issues Call For Entries for 2009 Exhibition        The annual SlowExposures Photographic Exhibition of the Rural South held in Pike County has been attracting ever more attention and ever more entries each year.  And each year Coweta photographers have had entries accepted and have won awards, which gets ever  harder each year as the competition mounts.  One Coweta photographer, Paul Conlan from Newnan, has also been honored by being placed on the Board and being made the Webmaster of this prestigious exhibition.  Below is the information concerning the 2009 Exhibition which he recently released on the website, which you can visit for addition information: www.slowexposures.org.      Exhibit Location   The Photography Exhibition will be hung at The Candler Field Museum in Williamson, GA For directions, visit: www.SlowExposures.org.   Eligibility   This is a juried photography exhibition with two categories.. • Southeast • West Central Georgia   Photographers are invited to submit up to four (4) entries in each category. A panel of jurors will choose work from submitted entries on the basis of creative excellence and interpretation of the show's theme. Pike Historic Preservation (PHP), Inc. reserves the right to refuse to hang any work that differs markedly from the slides/CDs or does not meet the jurors standards of excellence.   Awards   Over $2,000 in awards will be available. First, Second, and Third place cash awards awarded by the jurors in addition to Honorable Mention Ribbons. A People's Choice Award will be presented the last day of the show.     SlowExposures is the nationally recognized juried photography exhibition that underscores the diversity, contradictions and complexity of the rural South. Now in our seventh year, we invite photographers to apply.   This year, the show opens Friday, September 18 for two weekends at Candler Field Museum in Williamson, GA. A one-hour drive from downtown Atlanta, Pike County offers a unique experience close to the busy metropolitan scene, yet a world away. Visitors will be able to enjoy our beautiful landscape, take a self-guided historic tour through the countryside and take part in one of the most unique photography events in the region. Please see our website www.slowexposures. org for a listing of events during the two week celebration of the rural South.   How to Enter   Please complete entry form. A nonrefundable fee of $30.00 (up to 4 images) per category must accompany all entries. Fee is payable to Pike Historic Preservation.   Photographers may submit up to four (4) images in each of the two categories, Southeast and West Central Georgia. All work must be original and have been produced within the last 4 years. Images entered in the West Central Georgia category must have been taken within eligible county boundaries of: Pike, Bibb, Coweta, Crawford, Harris, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Muscogee, Spalding, Talbot, Taylor, Troup and Upson. Photographs may be color or black and white using traditional or digital or elements of both processes. All entries must be on 35 mm slides or CD. All CD images must be JPEG files no larger that 2.0 MB in file size. The longest dimension may not exceed 800 pixels. All entries must be marked as follows: Category- Photographer Name-Title. (Example: WCG-John Doe-The South) In addition, slides must be marked as to front and top for proper slide tray viewing.   ALL ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JUNE 15, 2009 Please retain a copy of the information you provide on the entry form. Include a stamped, self-addressed postcard if you wish to receive confirmation that your images have been received. Mail entries to: SlowExposures, Pike Historic Preservation, Inc., P.O. Box 489, Zebulon, Georgia 30295. Notification and Return of Entries -Notification of acceptance will be mailed by August 1, 2009 along with instructions for shipment and retrieval of artwork. Accepted work may be mailed to us or you may use our Atlanta or Zebulon drop-off and pickup sites. Applicants not chosen will also be notified. If you wish the return of your entry slides/CD, you must enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your entry. The exhibit will hang from September 18 to 27, 2008.   2009 Jurors   Annette Cone-Skelton is the co-founder and director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) as well as an accomplished artist in her own right, best known for her work in abstraction. She has pieces in the permanent collections of more than 10 national museums including the High Museum of Art. She is a graduate of the Atlanta College of Art (BFA) and is a Ford Foundation Scholar. As native of LaGrange, GA Ms. Cone-Skelton brings her own southern roots and her distinguished career in collecting, documenting and supporting fine art to SlowExposures 2009.   Tim Barnwell is a photographer based in Asheville, North Carolina. His career has spanned 25 years as both photographer and instructor, including eight years as Executive Director of the Appalachian Photographic Workshops (1980-1988). His work is in the permanent collections of national museums, including The Metropolitan Museum, The New Orleans Museum of Art, and The High Museum. He has published two books of his evocative images of the Appalachians including "The Face of Appalachia" and "On Earth's Furrowed Brow". Tim will be leading this year's Photography Workshop on Landscape Photography at Towerhouse Farm.