Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

Open Now is the Photo Factory’s annual open exhibition showcase.

There is no set theme and photographers are invited to submit personal work undertaken recently, of any subject, style or genre.

Exhibition:

• Open Now will be exhibited twice, once in Belfast (from 3rd – 24th May 2012) and once in Dublin.

Judges: Donovan Wylie (Magnum), Trish Lambe and Tanya Kiang (Gallery of Photography, Dublin).

Successful entrants will be notified by Friday 23rd  March 2012 and will be required to provide high quality, unmounted archival prints, 24 inches on the longest side (to include a two inch white border).

How to enter this photo contest

Great prizes, eminent judges, supporting charity. Win over £5,000 worth of prizes by entering the Renaissance Prize now!

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It’s been a while since I showed you another of our traffic signal boxes. Today’s artist is Pen Donovan who has been very busy around town – she’s painted 44 traffic signal boxes so far! See them here. This one is called “Footy” and as you might be able to see is controlling traffic outside the ‘Gabba football/cricket ground.

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CITY RECITAL HALL: Cabaret artists Mark Jones, Melissa Langton and Libby O’Donovan bring their unique charms to the songs of The Beatles.

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Andrew Donovan, Director Inter-arts at the Australia Council responds to Ben Eltham’s column in Crikey criticising the lack of support for media & digital arts.

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Last week, HUD and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released two Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs): $100 million in grants available through HUD’s Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program, and up to $75 million in grants available through a joint HUD and DOT Sustainable Communities Challenge Grant Program. Under both programs, arts organizations are eligible to partner with state and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), transit agencies, philanthropic and non-profit organizations and other eligible applicants to develop consortia grant proposals.

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Chairman Rocco Landesman joined Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan for a site visit to City Arts, an affordable residential development located in Baltimore’s Station North Arts and Entertainment District and designed with artists in mind that is scheduled to open in January 2011.

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