Congratulations to all of our entrants to the Hands Off! International Digital Photo Juried Exhibition! You have all made excellent contributions to this exciting field of digital art and have made 621 Gallery history by participating in this new kind of competition. There were so many outstanding artists from around the globe that it was quite a task for juror Robert Fichter to select our winners from the nearly 300 images.
The selected artists are:
Best in Show - Jennifer Fairfax
First Place - Richard Desmarais
Second Place - Donna Callaghan
Third Place - Bryan Ghiloni
Honorable Mention - Beatrice Geller
Honorable Mention - James McClean
Selected Artists
Jeffrey Abt
Jerry Atnip
Peter Chamberlain
Janae Corrado
Gloria DeFilipps Brush
Colleen Ellis
Stephanie Fysh
Scott Geraci
Karen Joslin
John Math
Lynette Miller
Anna Norton
David Olsen
Steven Rubin
Jamie Runnells
Beate Sass
Mark Surloff
Dean K. Terasaki
Pauline Thomas
James Wendell
John Wall
Elizabeth Williams
Thomas Wolf
Lindsey Wollard
Examples of work by the winners will be posted this month to our website in the Hands Off! area. All winners should be on the lookout for another e-mail from this address discussing arrangements for sending files and exhibiting their work.
This is a groundbreaking event for 621 Gallery and the Board of Directors is so impressed that this is now the 1st Annual Hands Off! We will continue to have this opportunity as well as others, including a call for art donations for our major fundraising event, in the future. We encourage you to visit the apply section of our website for more details throughout the year.
Many thanks to all for contributing to the success of Hands Off! and 621 Gallery.
All the best,
Ansley Simmons
VP of the Board of Directors
621 Gallery
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Juror: Robert Fichter
Robert Fichter’s photographs, prints, books, and computer images are lush, dense works that deal with sociopolitical issues concerning humankind and its interaction with the natural environment. A persistent theme in his work is the revenge of nature against the capricious behavior of man. He sets up elaborate tableaux of objects and images and photographs these assembled scenarios with whatever is on hand – a 4x5 view camera, a Diana plastic camera or a Polaroid 20 x 24. Preferring to describe himself as an “image-maker” rather than a photographer, Fichter is also known as a “photographist” who paints and draws on his photographs and creates etchings and lithographs using photographic processes.
Robert Fichter was born in Fort Myers, Florida, 1939. He studied painting and printmaking at University of Florida, Gainesville (B.F.A. 1963) and photography and printmaking at Indiana University, Bloomington (M.F.A. 1966). He also has held visiting artist and teaching positions at UCLA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, and Florida State University. His awards include two NEA fellowships (1979 and 1984) and his work is exhibited throughout the U.S., including the Whitney Biennale, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, High Museum of Art, and Los Angeles County Museum, to name a few, and also featured in numerous photography books, including many of his own. He currently lives in Tallahassee, Florida.
Robert Fichter was born in Fort Myers, Florida, 1939. He studied painting and printmaking at University of Florida, Gainesville (B.F.A. 1963) and photography and printmaking at Indiana University, Bloomington (M.F.A. 1966). He also has held visiting artist and teaching positions at UCLA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, and Florida State University. His awards include two NEA fellowships (1979 and 1984) and his work is exhibited throughout the U.S., including the Whitney Biennale, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, High Museum of Art, and Los Angeles County Museum, to name a few, and also featured in numerous photography books, including many of his own. He currently lives in Tallahassee, Florida.
Hands Off! 2007 Call to Artists
Hands Off! is an international digital photography exhibition showing a new phenomenon in art: the ability for the artist to create a finished piece without ever touching the artwork. This juried exhibition gives the opportunity for emerging and well-known artists to show in an established venue possibly across the county or world without the normal astronomical fees involved (printing, framing, crating, shipping, as well as return shipping). If accepted, the artist sends in a digital file that the gallery prints at 8x10 inches and frames at 11x14 inches. During the month long exhibition, over $1000 in cash and prizes will be awarded. This includes the Best of Show, awarded by image-maker and juror Robert Fichter, of $150 and the winning framed print as well as product prizes. All entry money from the exhibition will go to 621 Gallery, Inc, a not-for-profit organization, to help bring contemporary and progressive art to Tallahassee, Florida.Entrants submit three JPG files of original work. Entries must be shot with a digital camera and can be manipulated digitally. The competition is international, open to all geographic locations, and also open themed.
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Gallery Information:
A focal point for cutting edge, contemporary art in the Southeast of the USA, 621 Gallery in The Railroad Square Art Park presents at least 20 exhibitions per year featuring contemporary local and national artists. As a progressive non-profit art space, 621 Gallery is dependent on its community to continue our mission to bring innovative art to Florida's Capital City. 621 Gallery has been working in the arts for 25 years. For more information on the Gallery, please visit http://www.621gallery.com
Product Sponsors:
We our exceptionally lucky and very thankful to have several companies donate products for artist prizes. They include Pearson, O'Reilly, Focal Press, ExpoImaging, Hahnemuhle Fineart, and Aperture Foundation. Click here to read about the products they donated and more about the companies.
NOTE: 621 Gallery will design, print, and mail an invitation to the opening reception to its members. If selected for the exhibition, 621 Gallery will print and frame the artwork from a digital file provided by the artist and has the option to sell the framed print at a commission rate of 50%. 621 Gallery may make more than one sale of the same image. All participants retain all intellectual property rights to their artwork. 621 Gallery will not make additional prints after September 28, 2007 but remaining prints may be included in a fundraiser for the Gallery at a later date. In this event, 50% of the auction price will be sent to the artist. If the print is not sold by December 31, 2007 the print will be destroyed. Artist gives express permission by applying to Hands Off! for 621 Gallery to use photographic documentation of the exhibition for archival, promotional, documentary, and general use.
Show run: September 7 - 28, 2007
Deadline for entries: July 13, 2007
Artist/image selection announcement: August 1, 2007.
Entrants will be notified by email. No phone calls, please.
Online registration only. For questions email us at veep@621gallery.com with the subject "Hands Off! Question".
Entry Fee: $30 US for 3 images/jpgs
Gallery Information:
A focal point for cutting edge, contemporary art in the Southeast of the USA, 621 Gallery in The Railroad Square Art Park presents at least 20 exhibitions per year featuring contemporary local and national artists. As a progressive non-profit art space, 621 Gallery is dependent on its community to continue our mission to bring innovative art to Florida's Capital City. 621 Gallery has been working in the arts for 25 years. For more information on the Gallery, please visit http://www.621gallery.com
Product Sponsors:
We our exceptionally lucky and very thankful to have several companies donate products for artist prizes. They include Pearson, O'Reilly, Focal Press, ExpoImaging, Hahnemuhle Fineart, and Aperture Foundation. Click here to read about the products they donated and more about the companies.
NOTE: 621 Gallery will design, print, and mail an invitation to the opening reception to its members. If selected for the exhibition, 621 Gallery will print and frame the artwork from a digital file provided by the artist and has the option to sell the framed print at a commission rate of 50%. 621 Gallery may make more than one sale of the same image. All participants retain all intellectual property rights to their artwork. 621 Gallery will not make additional prints after September 28, 2007 but remaining prints may be included in a fundraiser for the Gallery at a later date. In this event, 50% of the auction price will be sent to the artist. If the print is not sold by December 31, 2007 the print will be destroyed. Artist gives express permission by applying to Hands Off! for 621 Gallery to use photographic documentation of the exhibition for archival, promotional, documentary, and general use.
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