NEW YORK, NY.- Following the record-breaking sales and attendance at the Affordable Art Fair New York City (AAF NYC) this spring, AAF NYC will launch its first annual Fall event in Manhattan from September 30 – October 3, 2010 at 7W New York ( 7 West 34th Street ). With AAF NYC now occurring twice a year, the fair will provide even more opportunities for emerging art collectors to view and purchase affordable art. AAF NYC Fall 2010 will appeal to both established collectors and first time buyers by presenting contemporary art priced from $100 – $10,000 by over 60 international and local galleries offering original paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper. Offering all new works of art this fall, there will be something for everyone!
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Affordable Art Fair NYC Launching First Annual Fall Fair
August 4, 2010Library of Congress Places William P. Gottlieb’s Iconic Jazz Images on Flickr
August 4, 2010Washington, DC – In the late 1930s, a Golden Age of Jazz started to emerge, as hard economic times began to fade
Cozy-Cole-Latin-Dancers
Airwaves were pulsating with jazz and record sales were rising. Legends like Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and many more were on the scene – and so was William P.Gottlieb.Equipped with a bulky Speed Graphic camera, Gottlieb, a young columnist for the Washington Post and later a writer for Down Beat magazine, photographed jazz musicians and performers, capturing classic images that are well-known today. Gottlieb photographed the jazz greats from 1938 to 1948.
the end or an era, where in manhattan do artist fit in?
August 4, 2010Last Carnegie Hall Resident, Elizabeth Sargent, Forced Out of Carnegie Towers
Editta-Sherman
In this image taken Thursday Aug. 2 , 2007, New York photographer Editta Sherman, then 95, stacks celebrity portraits at her studio residence in New York’s Carnegie Hall. The Italian-born Sherman, 98, who photographed famous faces from Monroe and Andy Warhol to Elvis Presley and called the “Duchess of Carnegie Hall” for being its longest resident, was forced from the studio she called home since 1948. She’s not been allowed to sleep there since early July and must also remove her belongings by Aug. 31. A resident since 1949, she raised five children in a studio with 25-foot ceilings and a view of Central Park. Her rent was frozen at $650 a month.- AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews
NEW YORK (AP).- All of her neighbors are gone, forced out. Now Elizabeth Sargent, the last holdout tenant of Carnegie Hall’s towers, is preparing to leave the her affordable studios that for more than a century housed some of America’s most brilliant creative artists. Red scaffolding surrounds Carnegie Hall as the city-owned towers are being gutted this summer in a $200 million renovation that includes adding a youth music program. Celebrities like Robert De Niro and Susan Sarandon had fought to save the homes, petitioning the city not to “displace these treasured artists and master teachers.”
Musicians, painters, dancers and actors thrived in the two towers built by 19th-century industrialist Andrew Carnegie just after the hall went up in 1891. The towers—one 12 stories high, the other 16—housed more than 100 studios, some with special skylights installed to give painters the northern light they prize.
Ms. Sargent, a one-time dancer, is now in her 80s and in remission from cancer. For 40 years, she’s lived on the ninth floor of the red-brick southern tower above the famed stage of the 119-year-old landmark. She has until Aug. 31 to clear out.
After a years-long legal battle, the two women finally reached agreement for new Midtown Manhattan apartments where rents will be subsidized by Carnegie Hall Corp. for the rest of their lives.
some new old work done today
July 28, 2010sometimes i do shoots with the sole purpose of working on them later in photoshop to achieve what my vision is. this series is a work in progress with many fits and starts and today was no exception.
i had lots to do other than going to the farmers market and buying fresh vegetables but it was the time to sit here trying to make a few, well actually two images happen. but the jury is still out on one of them while i love what happened with the other one.
so i’lll try and let you into my mind a bit and ‘show not tell’ one of the few things i learned in screen writing at ucla.
this is what i began with in the studio, mary made the costume as she has a sewing machine from my idea
dancer suit
here is the final image i originally envisioned. it’s a composition of three different images reworked via layers in photoshop
born of the tree of life
this process i learned from a very talented director i worked with on As The World Turns, Paul Lammers, adapted for sure to what i am doing now but always kept in the back of my mind. tricks sort of act that way, it has come in very useful over the years but like anything good only has limited uses.
untitled
now this image is straight from the session, notice the different quality of smoke and how it affects the photograph, while the images works on it’s own i don’t think it as powerful as the previous image.
here is the another image from the same session that i’ve done a number of times and i might get one that i really like but this will do for now
born of
i guess you can see that i have a thing about birth. it all comes from seeing a movie when i was young showing natural childbirth i was fascinated and i still am by the whole process, but it goes by so quickly i hardly remember seeing my own sons head pop out then body sliding into the nurses hand.
who knows really what generates our creativity. i am happy to be away from the hungry ghosts of the past and to be able to have days like today with a farm fresh vegetable salad for dinner.
don’t you just love summer?
jene
New Orleans Photography Workshops w Joyce Tenneson
July 28, 2010New Orleans Photography Workshops
Scholarship Application
Bringing your photographic vision to a larger audience with Joyce Tenneson
September 18-19, 2010
Please send the completed application, letters of recommendation and digital portfolio on a disc
(labeled with first and last name) to:
The New Orleans Photography Workshops
Attn: Scholarship Applications
1927 Sophie Wright Place
New Orleans, LA 70130
Application Deadline: Applications must be received by August 21, 2010.
Notification: Applicants will be contacted via e-mail by August 23, 2010.
About the scholarship: The scholarship is open to fine art photographers interested in
introducing their work to galleries or museums and photography educators who are in a position to
teach these skills to their students.
For more information about the workshop: http://www.neworleansworkshops.com (see
“Upcoming Workshops” tab)
To apply, please submit the following:
1. Scholarship application: see page 2.
2. Two letters of recommendation: The recommendations should be from people who are not
related to you.
3. For photographers: Digital portfolio of 10 images
• Image files should be formatted as 72 dpi jpgs at 10” long dimension.
• File names must include your first and last name (ex: John_Doe_4.jpg).
Note: Educators are not required to submit a portfolio.
For questions or more information contact: info@neworleansworkshops.com or 877-316-
0009
New Orleans Photography Workshops
Scholarship Application
Bringing your photographic vision to a larger audience with Joyce Tenneson
September 18-19, 2010
Please send the completed application, letters of recommendation and digital portfolio on a disc
(labeled with first and last name) to:
The New Orleans Photography Workshops
Attn: Scholarship Applications
1927 Sophie Wright Place
New Orleans, LA 70130
1. Last Name: _________________________________________________
2. First Name: _________________________________________________
3. Street address: _______________________________________________
4. City, state, zip code: __________________________________________
5. Telephone 1: ________________________________________________
6. Telephone 2 (optional): ________________________________________
7. E-mail: _____________________________________________________
8. Website (optional): ___________________________________________
9. For educators only:
Institution Name: _________________________________________
Institution Address: _______________________________________
Subject(s): _______________________________________________
Grade(s): ________________________________________________
10. Please attach an explanation of how a workshop on introducing photography to galleries and
museums will benefit you and the development of your career. (maximum 300 words)
new rules for shooting in NYC on DASC properties
July 28, 2010here’s a link to the new rules governing filming and photography in Department of Citywide Administrative Services properties
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and its predecessor City agencies have for more than twenty years allowed and supported film production activities on properties and within facilities under the jurisdiction of the agency. Given the frequency and complexity of filming activities by both amateurs and professionals, it has become necessary to codify the process that has been followed over time.
DCAS has adopted rules that govern filming and photography conducted on properties and within facilities under its jurisdiction, which require permits from the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting. These properties and facilities include various City buildings, such as the Manhattan and Brooklyn Municipal Buildings, all Borough Halls, and City and State Courts.
In order to conduct film or photography shoots in DCAS properties and facilities, DCAS approval must first be obtained prior to obtaining a required permit from MOFTB. Forms and documents required for DCAS review and approval must be submitted to the DCAS Film Office no later than four business days prior to the date on which prepping or rigging for shoots is set to commence.
Upon approval, a non-refundable fee of $3,200.00 shall accompany any application submitted to MOFTB for a required permit for filming or photography in DCAS properties and facilities. The fee shall be in the form of a certified bank check or money order, payable to the New York City Department of Finance.
The required fee shall be imposed for each instance in which prepping or rigging commences, is followed by shooting and/or photography for such production, and then is concluded by wrapping, de-rigging, and/or related activities.
The rules were initially published for comment in The City Record on August 25, 2009, and a public hearing was held on October 2, 2009. The adopted rules include changes made as a result of the comments submitted prior to and during the comment period and public hearing by members of the public, filming industry representatives, and City agency officials. The final adopted rules were published in The City Record on November 23, 2009.
The rules are in effect as of December 23, 2009. Click here to read the adopted rules in full.
Other links:
List of DCAS-Managed Buildings
or see the City of NY Mayor’s office of film,theater and broadcasting
update on Dance New Amsterdam studio rally, what you can do
July 22, 2010i’ve been corresponding with Martha Chapman about DNA loosing their current home and city hall demonstration in the rain.
lone dancer (c)2010, Eva Yaa Asantewaa
Dance joy (c)2010, Eva Yaa Asantewaa
it really would be a great losses to this fair city to loose a very nice performance and studio space in the city. i know DNA is furlonging their staff to keep expenses down so it’s hard to get more information about what’s actually going on there. but you could do dear reader is write and send an email to Hon Mayor Bloomberg expressing surport for DNA here and ask the mayor to help in this matter. write of call 311 ask for the mayors office and speak up for our arts and culture.
does the city really need this space and monies or does the city benefit more from having dancers dancing.
i’d hate to see groups of dancers hanging around on street corners dancing for spare change or food.
c)2010, Eva Yaa Asantewaa
NY1 covered the rally and heres a link to NY1’s story because a picture tells a better story than i do. also New York Daily news covered the event see their link or one can go to DNA’s facebook page to keep up late developing news. better yet go directly to DNA’s web page for class information.
Keep dancers dancing (c)2010, Eva Yaa Asantewaa
Adobe Lightroom 3 ‘Installation failed’
July 20, 2010the other day my package came including my Lightroom 3 update and like all kids i just wanted to try it out as soon as possible. so i put the dvd in the ‘puter running the latest snow leopard, won’t work on mac pro running tiger, and hit the install button.
Installation failed, now i am not the best at keeping years of passwords some going back a long time. so i pull out my scribbled notes of passwords, i am lucky to be able to read notebook but it fits into my life, make mental note redo note-book to be legible.
tried again and same results Installation failed so this time i am getting the idea something is wrong and i might need help. pull out the notebook again to look up adobe id & password. go to adobe’s web site and look under support and find my telephone number to call and do promptly press all the right numbers to speak with an agent only i am not speaking with the right kind of agent so they transfer me to technical support where i meet ravi.
ravi has me go through all the procedures he has written in the book he reads as he periodically puts me on hold but none of them work. so we connect via acrobat so he can see my screen, way cool. then we go poking around my hard drives >library etc looking for stuff that’s not there. now he believes me. all this takes a lot of time and we’ve got an opening to go to. but i feel we are making progress.
ravi wants me to download a copy of Lightroom 3 which i finally do. talks me through loading it using my serial number which is good and low & behold my LR 3 comes up showing my LR 2 catalog. at first ravi wanted me to just install LR3 and ignore my catalogs which i wouldn’t do as i’ve done a lot of work cleaning out unwanted images from these catalogs and didn’t want to screw things up again.
well up comes this photo
nude male in cave
in LR3 catalog. ravi said “do you mind if i say something?” i had no idea what he would think of a nude male or my work but hey i am game so i said ” sure not at all.” his comment blew my mind by him saying something like this as i was in awe of his words and some what taken by surprise” this the most beautiful image i’ve ever seen.”
i wondered why he’d never seen my work hanging in a gallery and bought it. oh well he’s half way around the world, i wondered what time it was there? maybe i touched him also as to other possibilities. just two people meeting over the internet for a moment in time. life is like that.
i thanked him for his comment as we then continued on with adobe business and case numbers etc. he said adobe will send me another dvd hopefully this one will work. i’ve never had a problem with an install disk before, but there are always first times for everything.
ravi made my evening a bit pleasanter, how powerful are a few kind words spoken to one another spoken from the heart. i carried his thoughts with me to the opening, more on that later.
Yousuf Karsh 100 ” A Biography In Images “
July 20, 2010Yousuf Karsh 100 ” A Biography In Images ” to open at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Yousuf Karsh (Canadian 1908–2002) – Ford of Canada (surgeons),1951 – Photograph, gelatin silver print Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Estrellita & Yousuf Karsh -© Estate of Yousuf Karsh Photograph courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
BOSTON, MA – The legacy of Yousuf Karsh. . the man behind the lens of some of the 20th century’s most famous photographic portraits is illuminated as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), presents Karsh 100: A Biography in Images.
The exhibition of more than 100 works celebrating the 100th anniversary of Karsh’s birth (1908) presents his iconic portraits of the era’s most illustrious faces alongside rarely seen earlier photographs and little-known work. Karsh 100 will be on view September 23, 2008, through January 19, 2009, in the Rabb Gallery at the MFA. This exhibition is generously supported by the Government of Canada through the Consulate General of Canada in Boston.
NY EXPANDED LOFT LAW SIGNED INTO LAW!…….. learn your rights
July 15, 2010EXPANDED LOFT LAW SIGNED INTO LAW!
There are important steps you need to take to
ensure the new law covers your loft!
Time is limited!
The East Williamsburg-Bushwick Loft Tenant Association and RBSCC
Invite you to join:
Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez
Councilman Stephen Levin
Chuck Delany, Tenants’ Representative from
the New York City Loft Board
David E. Frazer Esquire., Loft Tenant Rights Attorney TO DISCUSS THE NEW LOFT LAWS & HOW TO ACCESS THE MANY NEW BENEFITS, PRIVILEGES AND RIGHTS NOW AVAILABLE TO YOU.
ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERED! Where: Our Lady of Pompeii Auditorium
225 Siegel Street
When: Thursday July 15, 7:30 P.M.
Debra Feinberg at (718) 963-7029.
Just before midnight on Monday June 21, 2010 the new expanded Loft Law, the law on which Assemblyman Vito Lopez has worked for nearly two decades, was signed into law by Governor Paterson. After working through the night on negotiations to ensure the law’s passage, Assemblyman Lopez has achieved a great victory for loft and live-work residents throughout New York City. Just as Assemblyman Lopez fights each year to pass Rent Regulation laws, to repeal luxury decontrol and to provide a better quality of life for tenants throughout the State, this law is the Assemblyman’s latest accomplishment in extending rent protections, promoting affordable housing and effectuating positive change.
The loft laws were previously restricted to certain Manhattan loft tenants. With this landmark legislation, the bill serves to place stringent rent protections on “loft” units which were used as residences for any 12-month period between 2008 and 2009. In these cases, either Tenants or owners must register the eligible units with the Loft Board within six months and Landlords must bring those units into compliance with mandated standards. As a result, the Loft Law not only provides assurances such as protection from eviction and safety measures to loft tenants, but also provides some of the strongest rent protections available in the State of New York.
Assemblyman Lopez said “As an advocate for this essential legislation for nearly 20 years, I am proud that this expanded Loft Law has finally been signed into law. As loft tenants have greatly enriched our community by bringing arts and new industry to communities, to pass legislation that provides these tenants both rent regulation and the ability to continue to work freely in their residences is a significant victory in all respects.”
This victory was not easy. Assemblyman Lopez worked tirelessly with New York City representatives, Speaker Silver in the Assembly and the State Senate to make sure this bill was not vetoed despite mounting opposition from other local political representatives. This bill achieves a wonderful balance between providing existing loft tenants with essential benefits and promoting the culture and industry these tenants bring to communities while allowing for other flourishing industry and business to coexist in these same communities.
Deborah Masters, a long-time loft tenant at 475 Kent Avenue said of the Bill, “I have waited more than 20 years for this bill. After fighting year after year for these protections, loft tenants finally have the peace of mind that we deserve. At the eleventh hour, I thought the Loft Bill would be vetoed. I am so thankful to Assemblyman Vito Lopez for sticking with us for all these years and for fighting so hard to see this bill finally passed.”
Bill Hall, Lower Manhattan Loft Tenant Executive Committee member said of Assemblyman Lopez “It is exactly his sort of tireless, hands-on, total personal involvement that has enabled Assemblyman Lopez to prevail in securing what many people thought was the impossible. Making the Loft Law permanent is also a very significant accomplishment and we thank you.”
original post via Smack Mellon org
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