CALL FOR ENTRIES: Lakes Area Arts League Announces The Art of The Wheel Juried Photography Competition - Entry Deadline is September 5, 2008 - August 18, 2008

The Lakes Area Arts League announces an open call for entries for the upcoming “The Art of The Wheel” photography competition. Selected photographs will be displayed at an exhibition on Thursday, October 2 through Saturday, October 4 at the LAAL Art Center, 305 Nacogdoches Street, Center, TX.

The photography competition is open to professional and amateur photographers, age 18 and above.

Photographs can be monochrome (black and white, sepia, duo-tone, etc.) or color; in either 35mm or digital images; experimental artistic digital manipulations will be considered.

Entries must illustrate or explore the primary theme of the “wheel,” which must be the photographic point of interest and can be described as “any machine, apparatus, instrument-shaped like or having a circular frame.” Entries will be judged on photographic creativity, content and overall technical quality.

A nonrefundable entry fee of $35.00 enables photographers to submit three (3) images. Entries must be submitted as digital images on a CD with a Jpeg File format of 300 dpi (5x7 inches). Each image file must have a file name: photographer’s last name, first initial, entry #.jpeg (Example: smith_M_1.jpeg). The CD must be labeled with photographer’s name, titles of entries, and size of photo to be submitted upon acceptance. Entrants must complete and sign the entry form and mail it along with the CD to arrive before Friday, September 5, 2008 deadline with a check made payable to Lakes Area Arts League. The Lakes Area Arts League will retain CDs without a return postage paid, self-addressed envelope. The CD submission does not guarantee acceptance into the competition. No email submissions will be accepted. Notifications of accepted entries will be mailed on Monday, September 15, 2008.

Specifications for accepted entry competition photographs include:
• All work must be the original work of the photographer and executed in a professional manner.
• Original work only that has not been previously exhibited in any competition will be eligible.
• Exhibited work will be available for sale unless the artist designates certain entries NFS (Not For Sale).
• All photos must be properly framed and wired for hanging; no saw tooth hangers will be accepted.
• Framed work must not exceed 884 total square inches (26”x34”).
• Use plexi-glass on shipped work; hand delivered work may use glass.
• Deadline to receive exhibition photographs is Saturday, September 27, 2008 at the LAAL Art Center 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Delivery arrangements prior to this date can be made by contacting Karen Thompson, 936.590.0070.

An entry form outlining the requirements in The Art of The Wheel photography competition is available by either clicking here or emailing your request to laal@ndemand.com. For additional details, contact Karen Thompson, 936.590.0070 or Carolyn Lamb, 936.598.2421.

The Lakes Area Arts League is a non-profit organization established to promote interest and knowledge of all areas of the visual and performing fine arts through education and appreciation while enhancing the culture and tourism of the community and surrounding areas.