Vermont Center for Photography

Friday, January 13, 2012

CALL FOR ENTRY: A Juried Street Photography Exhibit

We want your photos!

...your STREET photos that is. The VT Center for Photography is now open for entries for our March Street Photography juried exhibit. Images should document unposed life on the street. The goal is to capture the decisive moment in a photograph that has a person or people in it. From traditional to digital, all techniques and approaches are welcome.

Accepted images will hang in the VCP Gallery from March 2 - April 1, 2012. Opening reception on March 2 from 6 to 8:30.

Jurying will be conducted via projection of CDs. Up to 5 images may be submitted by CD only.Title each file with “your last name_image title.” Files should be approximately 5 x 7 at 300 ppi. Include a separate printed sheet with your name, phone, address, email, image titles, and original print size for each image on the CD. You may include a sentence or two describing a scene. Include a 9 x 12, self-addressed stamped envelope if you wish your CD to be returned.

Send your submission and a check for $30 made payable to VCP ($25 with photocopied student ID) to: VCP, 49 Flat St., Brattleboro VT 05301

Entries must be received at VCP by Sunday, February 12, 2011.

Accepted images must be delivered framed or matted under glass to the Gallery by Sunday, February 25, 2012.

Any questions? Please contact our Gallery Director Joshua Farr at info@vcphoto.org or by phone during gallery hours at 802-251-6051.

Thursday, January 05, 2012

BILL DIXON: Artists Work Like This

Hey Folks, be sure to stop by tomorrow evening from 5:30-8:30pm during the Brattleboro Gallery Walk for our first opening of the year with an excellent exhibit of photographs by local artist William Dixon. Youre definitely not going to want to miss this one! There will be plenty of snacks, drinks, friendly faces, and discussion for all you photography buffs out there. Hope to see you there!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

John Coffer Tintype Silent Auction at VCP!

The VT Center for Photography proudly announces its’ silent auction of an original John Coffer tintype donated by Coffer himself. The piece will be up for silent auction for the month of December during our annual Members Holiday Exhibit & Sale.

To be auctioned off as a fundraiser, titled: “The Last Day”, one of only two self portraits from “The Daily Tintype” series. This series documents John’s daily activities. The images include running cattle, utilizing draft horses, or oxen to his Soghrum mill, splitting wood for heat, and/or making daily tintypes. For 28 years, he has used the age old wet-plate collodian method on Black-Japanned tin, making a “tin-type” or “ferrotype.” Only on the first and last days out of 365 shots did John make a second tintype. Otherwise, it was one-per-day in 2007.
On the first day, John faced his camera, standing on the porch - and away from the lens for the final day. This “Daily Tintype”, inscribed on the back with his signature, is from the last day, and is dated December 31, 2007. On the verso, it is usually “japanned”, but this piece is even more special. John used “Hobo Tin”, a name he created to describe recycled metal from ordinary tin cans. This one is reused from a Christmas cookietin, depicting a color profile of Santa Claus. It measures 3 1/8 by 4 1/2 inches, with Sandarac varnish over the image.

Bidding will begin in the gallery at the Members’ Exhibit opening on December 2nd at 5:30p.m. (EST) and will officially close December 31st at 6p.m. (EST). The minimum bid will start at $400 and we ask that bidders place their bids in minimum increments of $25. There will be information provided as well for online bidding so stay in touch!

Now’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history - Don’t miss out on this great opportunity!

The piece will be professionally mounted and framed specially allowing both sides of the piece to be viewed by Zephyr Designs located on Main St, Brattleboro, VT.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Call for Entry! Annual Members Holiday Exhibit, Sale & Auction

Dear Exhibiting Members,

Now is the time to get your prints together and send in your jpgs and bio information to be included in the Annual Members’ Holiday Exhibit & Sale. Please send this in now so you can be included in the promotion for this exhibit.

The jpgs need to be no smaller than 5x7 inches at 300 PPI. The actual photographs need to be delivered to VCP during the two weekends before the opening on Friday, December 2, 2011. Specifically, Friday, November 18 from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday,November 19, from noon to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 20, noon to 5:00 p.m. Also Thanksgiving weekend Friday, November 25 from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, November 26, from noon to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 27, noon to 5:00 p.m.

Please consider bringing in up to three photographs ready for hanging (in frame or under glass). Please put a sale price on your work!

We are also planning to have a small section of this exhibit be a silent auction for the benefit of Vermont Center for Photography. We hope you consider donating a print to VCP to be in the auction.  If you do, you may bring in a fourth print, that if auctioned off the proceeds will go to VCP. Please put a sale price on it and a minimum bid price. If print does not meet your minimum bid, you may take it back.

The members fee for this show is $25. If your print sells in the auction, you will be reimbursed the show hanging fee.

We hope you will bring in some great work to be included in this well attended exhibit.

Please do not forget to send in jpgs and bio info now so the press on this show can go out. If one of these is the auction print, please denote which one.

Thank you very much for your continued support of the Vermont Center for Photography!

Please feel free to contact me at any time with any questions!

Joshua Farr
Gallery Manager
VT Center for Photography
49 Flat Street
Brattleboro, VT
802-251-6051
info@vcphoto.org

Sunday, October 09, 2011

Insight’s Annual Auction

The work is finally up on the walls and the doors are open - come check it out!

This is InSight’s largest fundraiser and a significant way in which they are able to offer scholarships to local students.  Last year, 20% of InSight’s budget went to this cause and we expect that number to increase considerably this year.

If you have questions, please contact Stephen at stephen@insight-photography.org or 802-251-9960.

All images are up for auction and bidding can be placed here at VCP, or online at http://www.insight-photography.org/auction2011/A.html

The Gallery will be open:

Monday-Friday 1-6pm
Saturday-Sunday 12-5pm

Closing: Friday Oct. 28 from 5:30-8:30

Saturday, October 01, 2011

VCP Welcomes a New Gallery Manager!

VCP Members & Friends,

I hope you’ll take a moment to give a warm welcome to VCP’s newest Gallery Manager, Joshua Farr! After some consideration, I have decided to step down from my position with the Gallery due to some difficulty commuting between the gallery and my home in Marlboro; however, it is with the warmest feelings that I say goodbye, and I very much look forward to staying involved and in touch with the friends I’ve made here with VCP.

Thanks again for your support of the Center, and welcome Josh!

Take care,

Kirsten Wiking

Hello all!

I just wanted to extend my greetings as I will be filling in Kirsten’s shoes as the VCP’s new Gallery Manager. I am a recent graduate from the N.H. Institute of Art where I received my BFA in photography and a newcomer to the Brattleboro area.

I look forward to meeting new faces and really becoming a part of Brattleboro’s wonderful artist community! So stop by and say hi anytime you’re in the area.

Thank you so much for this opportunity, and I’ll be meeting you all soon hopefully.

Joshua Farr

Friday, September 23, 2011

Georgian Culture & Village Life: A Talk with Carl Linich

Join us Sunday, October 2 from 4-5pm at the Vermont Center for Photography for a talk with Carl Linich, a close friend of our September exhibiting artist, Gia Chkhatarashvili.

Carl will be speaking on Georgian culture, village life, and about some of his experiences traveling with Gia. We hope to see you there!

Refreshments will be provided!

Sunday, September 11, 2011

“Like” the VCP on Facebook!

Tell your friends and spread the news of VCP by liking us on Facebook!

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Sunday, September 04, 2011

InSight Annual Silent Auction

From InSight Photography:

Hello Fellow Photographers,

The In-Sight Photography Project is gearing up for our 13th Annual Silent Auction and we could use your help!  We are asking photographers and collectors to donate a print to this fundraiser in order to allow us to continue to offer scholarships to students who are unable to pay the class fees.  This is our largest fundraiser and a significant way in which we are able to offer scholarships to our students.  Last year, 20% of our budget went to this cause and we expect that number to increase considerably this year.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at stephen@insight-photography.org or 802-251-9960.

Thank you for considering donating to our auction and we are excited to continue our relationship with VCP!

Sincerely,
Stephen

Thursday, September 01, 2011

VCP Survives the Flat Street flood

Aftermath of Hurricane Irene at VCP:


Hello Members & Friends of VCP,

Despite intense flooding along Flat Street,VCP was able to escape much of the damage caused by the storm. While there was some flooding in the basement, the water never reached above the decking, so there was no flooding in the main room of the gallery.

We are so lucky and grateful to have dodged the bullet on this one, and thank you all for your concern and support throughout this difficult time.

We look forward to seeing you around the Gallery this month for our September show,
Life and Traditions in Caucasus Georgia, photographs by Gia Chkhatarashvili.

With thanks and gratitude,

Kirsten Wiking
Gallery Manager
The Vermont Center for Photography