It will be good to show the work, good to be in a crowd of photogs at the opening, good all around, now I can stop my bitchy no portraits in the Alberta Open blog entries.
These are the 2 photographs they selected, funny thing is I spent 5 weeks in Thailand in November/December 2010, worked my tail off, and the 2 they selected? They were shot about 30 minutes apart, the one of the deaf lady was shot with only 2 sheets of 4x5 film left.
Young Monk 2, Chiang Khong Thailand 2010
Deaf Lady, Chiang Khong Thailand 2010
This is a fun competition and a nice night out, I recommend all Alberta based photographers join in, come on lets promote photography in Alberta!. Here is the the acceptance letter with all the show information, come on down and see the work at the opening or later on.
Dear Gerry Yaum:
RE: 2011 PROVINCE-WIDE OPEN PHOTO JURIED EXHIBITION CALL – JURY RESULTS
CONGRATULATIONS! On behalf the Visual Arts Alberta Association I would like to thank you for submitting your work for consideration in the VAAA Gallery’s 2011 Alberta-wide Open Photography Call for Submissions. I am pleased to advise you that you have been selected by the jury for the Juried Photography Exhibition scheduled to run from August 25 to October 02, 2011 in the Kaasa Gallery at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium located at 11455 – 87 Avenue, Edmonton.
Visual Arts Alberta had over 66 Alberta photographers respond to this call with 327 images. 57 photographs were selected by 39 artists to be shown in the Kaasa Gallery in OPEN PHOTO 2011. I am pleased to advise you that the jury selected the following image(s) from your submission:
1: Young Monk (close up)
2: Deaf Woman Chiang Kong Thialand (both images attached as jpeg files)
Once all the work juried into the exhibition is hung for the show in the Kaasa Gallery at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, our special guest juror will come and select the overall winner from the work presented plus the other award winners and honourable mentions. There will be prizes offered to the overall winner and the top four photographs, these will be announced the night of the Opening Reception, Thursday, August 25, 2011. The honourable mentions from this show in Edmonton will be travelling to the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium following the show in Edmonton.
In addition to ensuring a professional and consistent presentation of their work, artists are responsible for transportation to and from the VAAA Gallery, 3rd floor, 10215 – 112 Street, Edmonton, AB T5K 1M7. The artwork should be dropped off at the VAAA Gallery in Edmonton, on or before Saturday August 20th at 4pm. The VAAA Gallery is open Wednesday to Saturday from 10am – 4pm and Saturday from noon – 4pm
