International Competition!

The Minneapolis – St. Paul Print Circuit is a 6 show, 4 division exhibition circuit closing January 10, 2011. – enter up to 16 total images (4 in each category.)

$15 entry fee

Last year around 1,800 images were entered from people all over the world. This is a great opportunity to have your work judged against some of the finest photography in the world, in addition to a impressive display of images during the two days and two evenings of judging. Members are invited to attend judging days as either volunteers or observers.

Entries:

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The church is located on the north frontage road of state highway 36 about 1.5 miles east of I-694. Take highway 36 east from I-694 to Demontreville Road, exit north (left) on to the frontage road and then immediately east (right) up the frontae road about 1/3 mile. The church is on your left (north side) and has parking in the rear.

Judging Dates/Times:

January 14th and 21st (Fridays) start time = 6PM. — Dinner for judges and volunteers only, followed by start of small-print judging .

January 15th and 22nd (Saturdays) start time = 9AM.

Crosstown Camera Club will be judging January 21st and 22nd.

COLOR Class A (max size – 16×20 including mounts)

• 1 PSA Gold Best of Show medal
• 6 Judges Choice medals
• 1 Camera Council medal for Best Ice, Water or Snow

MONOCHROME Class A (max size – 16×20 including mounts)

• 1 PSA Gold Best of Show medal
• 6 Judges Choice medals
• 1 Camera Council “Mark Kempenich” medal for Best Portrait

MONOCHROME Class B and COLOR Class B (max size – 8 1/2 x 12 including mounts)

• 1 PSA Gold Best of Show medal
• 3 Judges Choice medals

The sponsors of this International Exhibition of Photography have been awarded Recognition by PSA, the World’s largest patron of International photographic exhibitions. Acceptances received by PSA members in approved sections of this exhibition are eligible for PSA Star Ratings, listing in the worldwide PSA Who’s Who of photography, and credited toward the PSA Distinctions PPSA and EPSA. PSA is a non profit organization promoting the advancement of photography in all its forms to novice, amateur and professional photographers worldwide.

Our club member, Linda Taylor, has a show at the Box Gallery in Minneapolis.

The show includes a total of 39 pieces from several series in the following media: Modified photographic prints, photographic transfer techniques on clay and clay tile sculptures. The show is open for the month of November.

LOCATION: Thrivent Financial Building, 2nd Floor Box Gallery, 625 Fourth Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55415
SHOW DATES: Current ~ Through 11/29.
GALLERY HOURS: M-F, 7 am to 6 pm
FREE PARKING: There are a few free parking spots for visitors located between the building and the building’s parking lot.

Linda’s website is www.clay-earthstudios.com, and her email is clay_earth_studios@yahoo.com, if you have any questions.

Edina Art Center & Fairview Auxiliary present:

• Taste of Creativity•

Celebrating and raising funds for Arts and Healthcare.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

4pm – 7:30pm at the Edina Art Center

◙ Artist demonstrations ◙ Silent Auction

◙ Wine Tasting ◙ Hors d’oeuvres ◙ Live Music

Limited Tickets.

Order on-line at www.EdinaArtCenter.com

or call 952-903-5780 today!

$40-General, $60-Supporter, $75-Patron

If you are unable to attend, but would like to donate

mail to TOC @ EAC, 4701 W 64th St, Edina 55435

Sponsors of the event:

Galleria, Frauenshuh, Edina Community Foundation, Fairview Hospitals, Twin Cities Orthopedics, Edina Liquor Stores, Mintáhoe, Jerry’s Foods, Wallace/Carlson Printing and donors like you!

Free shuttle service will be available from Rosland Park Playground area to the Art Center from 3:30pm-8pm.

www.EdinaArtCenter.com

Cynthia Fleury from the Crosstown Camera Club is a featured invited guest at this event!

Crosstown Camera Club’s latest exhibition “Architecture” is now hanging at the Edina City Hall Community Room.

The exhibit consists of twelve color images selected from member submissions that were curated by three judges from the club. Our thanks to Mark Karney, Forrest Pearson, John Olson, Geoff Kuchera and Brian Billadeau for all their hard work in selecting, framing and hanging the exhibition.

Please be sure to stop in to check it out and pass on the word!

The community room is on the second floor of the Edina City Hall located at:

Hours:

Monday – Friday: 8 am to 4:30 pm

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The exhibit at the Edina City Hall is a permanent club exhibit although the images in it are expected to change at least twice annually.  “Architecture” is expected to hang until February of 2011 when it will be replaced by new images selected from submissions by club members. The topic for the upcoming exhibit will be “Black and White”. There will be a call for images for the February 2011 exhibit, and all future exhibits, at least two months prior to the hanging of the new exhibit.

Congratulations to Cynthia Fleury, Bill Cooper and Lars Michael for their inclusion in the 26th Annual Members Juried Art Exhibition at the Edina Art Center.

Cynthia Fleury received a $100 “Award of Excellence” for her image, “Boats in Marina”

There were 270 entries and 97 Acceptances. Between the Cynthia, Bill and Lars Crosstown had 5 acceptances so that’s 5% of all acceptances!

Some images courtesy of Lars Michael:

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Former member Don Clay also received an acceptance.

The exhibit will remain on display until October 27th, 2010. Be sure to stop by and check it out!

I would like to invite everybody to the show titled “Black & White: People, Places and Things” at the Minneapolis Photo Center.

This juried show runs from September 10th through October 25th.

Opening reception: September 10th from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

I am one of the 69 photographers selected from over 200 photographers from around the world for this show juried by George Slade.

The center is located at:

Details and directions can be found at www.MplsPhotoCenter.com or by calling 612-643-3511.

Hope to see you there.

– Cynthia Fleury

Greetings,

As some of you may know, I will be showing some of my photography at a gallery later this month. The gallery show will be from Friday, April 30th through Thursday, May 6th, 2010 in the Northrup King Building in Minneapolis.

The Opening Reception is on Friday, April 30th, from 7pm to 11pm. Non-alcoholic refreshments and snacks will be served during the opening night.

I plan on attending the show on Friday night (April 30th), for the afternoons of Saturday (May 1st) and Sunday (May 2nd), and also on Thursday evening (May 6th) until close.

I hope to see all of you there!
Sincerely,

Lars Michael

PS: For those who cannot attend the show in person, all images on display can also be seen at my website, fotoflair.com. Simply follow the link to the News page http://fotoflair.com/?page=news and click your way through. It’s not the same as looking at the full-sized prints on the wall, but it’s better than missing out completely.

The Camera Council (formally TCACCC) is pleased to present an exciting day of photo programs, vendors, MN Wildlife Animals, door prizes, great food, and the 2010 Interclub Awards.

Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Chippewa Middle School in North Oaks, Minnesota

Programs include:

• Darrell Gulin, Canon Explorer of Light
• Brian Peterson, Minneapolis StarTribune
• Lee Radzak, Split Rock Lighthouse and Minnesota Historical Society
• Dale Bohlke, Photographer Crex Meadows Wildlife Management Area
• Ron Timm, Professional Photographer and Instructor

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Spring Break the Camera Council is offering the same admission price as 1986. $25! Spring Break reservations could not be easier. One price buys admission to all Programs, Lunch, Dinner, Coffee Breaks, Vendors, the MN Wildlife Animals, and the 2010 Interclub Awards.

Registration closes March 21st!:

http://www.cameracouncil.org/images/2010SBv2.pdf

Congrats to all Crosstown Camera Club members who received recognition at the Spring Break Interclub Competition!

Bill Cooper, Cynthia Fleury, Ethan Cooper, Geoff Kuchera, Holly Kuchera, John Olson, Lars Micheals and Mark Karney all walked away with awards*

And a bigger congrats to the club for receiving 2nd place in the Club Competition — 234 points!

*(If there’s anyone we missed, please accept our apologies – it was a LONG day!)

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In 2010 a new contest was created by the Camera Council to replace the old way of awarding points to clubs based on points garned by their members. This was the Interclub Club Competition:

“For the club entry, a club can submit up to twenty images. The club score (and ranking) will be determined by the total score of those twenty images. A maximum total score for a club would be 300 points.

The club must collect the images from their members and submit them as a single package. For clubs with more than 25 members (as determined by their report and fee to TCACCC), only one image by any one member may be used in the club entry. For clubs with less than 25 members (as determined by their report and fee to TCACCC), up to two images by any one member may be used in the club entry (it is suggested that as many members as possible be represented in the club entry).

How the club selects the twenty images is to be determined by each club. Images can be the same images as submitted by the member for the individual portion of the Interclub competition. However, a member who belongs to more than one TCACCC club cannot submit the same image for more than one club entry.”

The 20 images that were chosen for Crosstown’s entry:

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6 images the were only cut because of the 20 images rule:

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Thanks to everyone for participating in the first club competition. We received images from 26 members and selected the final 20 from the images attached. I’ll let the club know how we did next month when we find out the results. — Mark Karney

The Interclub Competition is only open to the TCACCC clubs and their members.

Individual Entries to Interclub:

For the individual entries the procedure and rules are mostly the same as last year except that there will be no slide categories.  Slides may be scanned to submit as digital images.  Each member may enter up to four images in each category (Color Print, Monochrome Print, Digital Creative, Digital Nature and Digital Realistic). Please read the rules below for your entries!

Closing date is February 14, 2010.

Rules and entry forms – Individual Competition:

• Rules (PDF or Word)
• Entry Form (PDF or Word)
• Extra Print Labels (PDF or Word)
• Entry Drop-off Locations (PDF or Word)

Crosstown Camera Club members also may drop off their entries at the Edina Art Center in the same location prints are placed for club competitions, but in the folder marked “Interclub Competition”. If you are using the EAC as your drop-off location, please drop your entries off before noon on Saturday February 13th as the EAC closes early on Saturdays and is not open on Sundays.