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Socrates Sculpture Park: in collaboration with Museum of the Moving Image and Rooftop Films Present
 
OUTDOOR CINEMA 2010
12TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF INTERNATIONAL FILM, MUSIC, DANCE AND FOOD
CELEBRATING THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF QUEENS
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS IN JULY AND AUGUST
AT SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
Pre-screening performances begin at 7pm / Films begin at sunset
Weather Permitting
Free Admission

On August 4

SITA SINGS THE BLUES                                          INDIA

2008, 82 mins. Directed by Nina Paley. This acclaimed independent animated feature depicts the personal narrative of the filmmaker's marital breakup through a reinvention and modernization of the Indian classic 'The Ramayana.' Set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, the film lives up to its tagline: 'The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.'

The Tenement Museum announces the launch of its online photo database, a compilation of over 1,300 images from the Museum’s collection. Accessible at photos.tenement.org, the database features images of the neighborhood, historic and contemporary photographs of 97 Orchard Street, and historic portraits of those who lived and worked there. All images are part of the Museum’s permanent collection, which features over 5,000 objects and 130 linear feet of archival records.
 

Edmund Gillon, Collection of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum © 2010
 

Notable collections within the database include:
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Photographs of former 97 Orchard Street residents and their descendents, 1860s-2000s. Families whose stories are told on Museum tours are represented, as well as many others.
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The last days at Sidney Undergarment Co., a photo essay taken on closing day of this business at 97 Orchard Street, 1979
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The WPA photographs of Arnold Eagle, taken on the Lower East Side in the 1930s and early 1940s.
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Lower East Side images taken by photographer Donald Sheppard in the 1940s.
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Edmund Gillon’s photographs of Lower East Side street scenes during the 1970s
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Images of the Tenement Museum’s restored apartments, as well as the building pre- and during restoration, from 1988 to the present day
 

ONE DAY LEFT TO SUBMIT.

3rd Ward is a New York City based arts organization that was founded on the principles of creating unique opportunities for artists and present innovative artwork.  Offering interdisciplinary art education programs, photo studios, wood and metal shops, media labs and office spaces, the facilities have been serving hundreds of creatives since 2006.

The 3rd Ward Summer 2010 Open Call is a juried international art competition open to work of all mediums: photography, painting, printmaking, illustration, sculpture, installation, graphic design, video and more!  Submissions can include: completed work, works-in-progess and/or conceptual proposals. 

The Winning Artist will receive:

           * $5,000 cash grant
           * Solo exhibition in 3rd Ward's gallery, complete with a massive opening reception
           * Optional 3-month work residency at 3rd Ward including work studio full facility access (photo studios, wood metal shop, media lab, art education classes)
           * Airfare shipping to and from 3rd Ward for non-NYC residents
           * 2-page spread in 3rd Ward's Quarterly Magazine
           * NYC exposure - postcards, fliers, press!

PLUS -- The top 25 artists will be featured in 3rd Ward's Quarterly Magazine and Online Gallery.

A familiar image popped up via Huffington Post today. It was a link to a LIFE Magazine page about the famous photograph of a dying, Christ-like AIDS patient and activist,  David Kirby, in his last moments, being desperately comforted by family and friends. It ran famously in a Benetton ad, and was instrumental in spreading the word about the crisis. The picture was made by a then-grad journalism student, Therese Frare, who said, "I asked David if he minded me taking pictures, and he said, 'That's fine, as long as it's not for personal profit.' To this day I don't take any money for the picture. But David was an activist, and he wanted to get the word out there about how devastating AIDS was to families and communities. Honestly, I think he was a lot more in tune with how important the photos might become." Frare pauses, and laughs. "At the time, I was like, 'Yeah, who's going to see these pictures, anyway?'" Today, we are able to see the other pictures she made, before and after his death, and hear more about what those times were like.

The images and story can be seen here:

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/22/the-photo-that-brought-ai_n_655729.html

It is with great enthusiasm that we make this announcement! We are humbled by and grateful for the positive response and interest to this, the first year, of the Daylight / Center for Documentary Studies Photo Awards; we received 328 entries for the Project Prize and 405 for the Work-in-Process Prize!

Stay tuned over the coming weeks for details about the award exhibitions, multimedia production and online feature of the incredible work produced by these winning photographers.

And now (drumroll please) we present the full list of the Winners, Juror Picks, and Honorable mentions:

PROJECT PRIZE
First Prize Winner
Nandita Raman
Juror Picks
Rachel Barrett (Hank Willis Thomas)
Priya Kambli (Vince Aletti)
Jan Lieske (Jamie Wellford)
Nandita Raman (Julie Saul)
Daniel Stier (Darius Himes and Alec Soth)
Honorable Mentions
Susan Bank
Matt Eich
Jason Florio
Eamon Mac Mahon
Michael Marten
Pierpaolo Mittica
Geir Moseid
Louie Palu
Melissa Ann Pinney
Martin Roemers

WORK-IN-PROCESS PRIZE
First Prize Winner
Elizabeth Moreno
Juror Picks
Erica Allen (Hank Willis Thomas)
Paula McCartney (Darius Himes)
Elizabeth Moreno (Vince Aletti)
Martin Roemers (Jamie Wellford)
Monika Sziladi (Julie Saul and Alec Soth)
Honorable Mentions
Jessica Auer
J Carrier
Dianne Davis
Eyal Dinar
Lorena Endara
Bepi Ghiotti
Maria Gonzalez
Holly Lynton
Sarah Sudhoff
Stratis Vogiatzis

Thank you to all who applied!