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Friday, March 19, 2010

Today 11AM: Yellowknife's Caribou Carnival WEBCASTS #CC2010 #YZF

11AM TODAY - WEBCAST excerpts from Caribou Capers ! !
Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce gives out the Bush Gear awards
Carney & Carnella after their extreme make-over
Neale Bacon the ventriloquist and his crazy Critters with an onstage volunteer puppet from the audience.
A bamboo stick dance from the Philippine community dancers of Yellowknife
and more...

Same URL to see it in archive form later...

Caribou Carnival
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

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Excruciating up-to-the-minute coverage of some irrelevant bullshit story that has no ramifications whatsoever.

NWT Frozen Eyes Photo EXHIBITION - Lens Factory, Toronto

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

MARCH 2010

"The Frozen Eyes Photographic Society"

The Frozen Eyes Photographic Society wishes to announce an exhibition of Northern student photographic work from youth in the communities of the Northwest Territories. Represented are Fort Liard, Deline, Fort Smith, Fort Simpson, Yellowknife and work from the Arctic Winter Games of 2008.

During the Arctic Winter Games of 2008 held in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, four young people were selected from submissions of work by students in the Territory as part of the cultural component of the Games. Based on the success of this event, the Frozen Eyes Photographic Society was formed to bring photography to the remote communities of the Territory. Many of these communities are accessible by prohibitively costly air travel and winter or ice road.

The majority of the photographs displayed are taken by aboriginal Dene youth. It is the mandate of the Society to visit these remote communities not simply to mentor youth in photography, but in the hopes that the acquisition of new skills, not readily available to them, it will give the confidence to tackle other skills they may not have considered.

It is also a program of discovery. While experienced photographers are on hand to offer technical and aesthetic instruction, it has been found that a program of self directed learning is the most effective. The photographs in this exhibition truly reflect the vision of the students to their environment rather than work accomplished with a mentor standing over their shoulder.

The Frozen Eyes Photographic Society wishes to acknowledge the generous support of BHP Billiton and the Northwest Territories Arts Council without whom this, and future work, would not be possible.

Please contact David Prichard daianto@gmail.com for further information.

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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Frozen Eyes: Focusing on Fort Liard - NNSL Archives

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Focusing on Fort Liard

Daron Letts
Northern News Services
Published Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009

ACHO DENE KOE/FORT LIARD - Youth in Fort Liard captured hundreds of digital photographs of their community earlier this month.

Michael Needlay flashes the peace sign in this image shot by Blair Kotchea during the Frozen Eyes Photographic Society's youth digital camera workshop in Fort Liard. - photo courtesy of Blair Kotchea

The young artists participated in a Frozen Eyes Photographic Society workshop series from Aug. 3 to Aug, 9.

"It was probably the most successful program that I had run in terms of engaging the older kids because they're a difficult group to interest in much," said recreation co-ordinator, Roslyn Firth. "But, they participated in numbers greater than I'd ever imagined and produced some really beautiful photographs."

Society members David Pritchard and George Lessard of Yellowknife led the workshops. The pair brought 12 cameras and other specialized equipment to share with the youth. Pritchard opened the workshop with an instructional introduction to the cameras and the art of photography.

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Sunday, March 07, 2010

Put Your Images in Hotels with Farmboy Fine Arts

Get Your Images in Hotels http://ow.ly/1fk8n with Canada's Farmboy Fine Arts Inc. http://ow.ly/1fk9H | Black Star Rising #photography sales

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"... How It Works

For photographers, the firm operates in much the same way as a stock company. Photographers are free to send in their images, which are then made available to clients.

When a sale is made, the photographers are paid a royalty and a commission for each image licensed and for each time it's used. One photograph used in multiple places in a hotel then would generate multiple payments.

Farmboy's Stockyard Collection — its inventory of submitted images — is divided into six categories: abstract; architecture; landscape; lifestyle; organic; still life; and technology. The company tends not to accept images that are too "stocky."

When you submit your work for review, Farmboy will tell you what sort of imagery works best for them so that you can narrow down future submissions. In general, Farmboy is looking for artistic works — the kind that are the most fun to produce and the hardest to sell.

Sometimes, Farmboy issues call-outs for specific types of images demanded by a client. For example, the company recently has been looking for city-specific images as well as works that are "edgy," "conceptual" and "art-driven." Photographs submitted as a result of a call-out and not used by the client are placed in the Stockyard collection.

Farmboy Fine Arts provides a rare opportunity for photographers looking to earn money from their artistic images. Their open submission policy means that anyone can submit images for review, and there's certainly a sense of satisfaction that comes with knowing that your photos are hanging on a wall in a hotel somewhere.

Modest Commissions

But the rewards may be relatively low. Farmboy pays a commission based on its own gross profits. Photographers have reported incomes as low as $25 for each image and only $2 or $3 for each room in which the image is placed.

Farmboy might deal with art and sell to big clients, but the prices and bulk deals it strikes may make it the microstock version of commercial art photography, rather than a large commercial gallery.

And any images submitted also have to be exclusive. While you can sell an image submitted to Farmboy as a print, hang it in a gallery or exhibit it in a show, you can't license the image in any other way. If an image doesn't sell, though, you can remove it from Farmboy and try to license it elsewhere...."

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Saturday, March 06, 2010

Friction over young photography whiz's art

Children may be frightened or misunderstand symbolism, church says

By MOISES MENDOZA
HOUSTON CHRONICLE

March 1, 2010, 6:42AM

RT @mediamentor: Young photography whiz's art worries church http://ow.ly/1f8xd #photo #art #censorship Texas

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Jackson Potts II

The elders at Ecclesia Church declined to show Jackson Potts' work in the Stations of the Cross art display. Inspired by the Crucifixion of Jesus, the piece depicts his brother being beaten by a police officer.

The elders at Ecclesia Church were expecting something tame from Jackson Potts II for their annual Stations of the Cross art display.

Instead, the 10-year-old produced a photo of his kid brother being beaten by a police officer. Jackson says it's a modern-day interpretation of Roman soldiers beating Jesus.

It's disturbing and could frighten children, argue church elders, who declined to display it in the church's art gallery alongside the work of other artists depicting the remaining 14 stations (the 15th depicts Christ's resurrection).

Jackson and his father, also a photographer, are holding out hope the Midtown church will allow the photo to hang during the city's FotoFest, a biannual photography celebration that runs until the end of April.

Church officials have offered to let Jackson display his piece for a few hours on March 12 as a compromise.

"I just want them to display it," Jackson said as he sipped a strawberry shake recently. Most everyone agrees Jackson is a gifted artist. He's done several impressive artistic pieces featuring his 7-year-old brother Dietrich. He's also shot weddings and will photograph an upcoming culinary conference.

So it was natural that Ecclesia's Xnihilo Gallery would invite the boy to participate in its special display, for which photographers create their interpretations of Jesus' path to crucifixion. ...

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Friction over young photography whiz's art

Children may be frightened or misunderstand symbolism, church says

By MOISES MENDOZA HOUSTON CHRONICLE

March 1, 2010, 6:42AM

Jackson Potts II

By MOISES MENDOZA
HOUSTON CHRONICLE