129 Church Street

PO Box 24

Elkin, NC 28621

336-835-2025

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Martha Neaves

IMAGES 2008

MAY 2 - MAY 29

Eleventh Annual Judged Photography Competition

 
 AWARDS:  
    Elk Pharmacy & Yadkin Valley General Store       Best of Show              $200
    Vulcan Materials                                                      1st Place Prize             $150
    Brushy Mountain Winery                                        2nd Place Prize             $100
    T.D. Drywall                                                             3rd Place Prize             $75
    Elkin Creek Winery                                            Best B&W Non-Digital     $100
    Diana’s Bookstore                         Reeves Theater Restoration Award*     $75
                                *This award is given to be best floral image submitted in any format.
 
 Funding for this program has been provided in part by the NCAC Grassroots Arts Program.
 
 ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to professional and amateur artists 18 years and older. Photographs must be original, completed within the last two years, and not previously shown in this competition. Work must be ready for hanging with identification labels securely attached. Your work will remain on display for one month and will be eligible for   sale if so indicated on the label. A nonrefundable fee of $10 per entry ($5 for students) is charged and a 20% commission will go to the Foothills Arts Council from each sale.
 
 DELIVERY: Saturday, April 26th, Tuesday, April 29th through Thursday, May 1st
    Deliver to 129 Church St., Elkin during normal FAC office hours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
 
 OPENING: Friday, May 2nd  7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at The Foothills Arts Council
 
 PICK UP : Tuesday, June 3rd and Wednesday, June 4th
   Pick up at the Foothills Arts Council. For more information call: (336) 835-2025
 
  JUDGEDennis Kiel

  Chief Curator of The Light Factory Contemporary Museum of Photography and Film (Charlotte, NC)

Dennis Kiel received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and a Master of Arts degree in Art History from the University of Cincinnati. For 24 years, he was the Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Cincinnati Art Museum. During that time, he curated many exhibitions, including The Hollywood Photographs of George Hurrell (later a traveling show for SITES), The Human Experience: Photographs by Nicholas Nixon, Altered States (co-curated with the Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati) and Borrowed Time: The Photograph as Music Album Cover. For five years, he taught a class in the history of photography at Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky.

           Since July 2007, he has been the Chief Curator of The Light Factory Contemporary Museum of Photography and Film. He is currently organizing two exhibitions for the 2008 season: a light generated show titled Into the Mystic and The Day of Small Things, a mid-career retrospective for photographer Michael Wilson, who is known primarily for his portraits of nationally known musicians.
 

 Artist Entry Forms: (Each pieces must be labeled with this format.)

Name______________________________

Address ____________________________

              ____________________________

Telephone contact _____________________

Email _______________________________

 

Title of work _________________________

Selling price or value if NFS ____________

If NFS, mark clearly

Artists statement may add and additional page.            

 

Name______________________________

Address ____________________________

              ____________________________

Telephone contact _____________________

Email _______________________________

 

Title of work _________________________

Selling price or value if NFS ____________

If NFS, mark clearly

Artists statement may add and additional page.            

 

Name______________________________

Address ____________________________

              ____________________________

Telephone contact _____________________

Email _______________________________

 

Title of work _________________________

Selling price or value if NFS ____________

If NFS, mark clearly

Artists statement may add and additional page.            

 

Name______________________________

Address ____________________________

              ____________________________

Telephone contact _____________________

Email _______________________________

 

Title of work _________________________

Selling price or value if NFS ____________

If NFS, mark clearly

Artists statement may add and additional page.            

 

   

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