Monday, March 23, 2009

Monday Briefs

+ Annenberg Space for Photography opens this week. Wednesday (3/25) is the opening premiere gala. Then on Thursday (3/26), W Magazine is hosting an opening party there "with Wallis Annenberg giving opening remarks, and a meet and greet with the exhibited photographers" and finally open to the public on Friday (3/27). Their first exhibit “L8S ANG3LES" featuring images from eight Los Angeles photographer : John Baldessari, Catherine Opie, Greg Gorman, Douglas Kirkland, Tim Street-Porter, Julius Schulman, Lauren Greenfield and Carolyn Cole. The show will also feature three L.A. Times staff photographers who document life in L.A.: Lawrence Ho, Genaro Molina, and Kirk McKoy.

+ Layoffs to come for OC Register as they report on themselves. “As we near the end of a very challenging first quarter of 2009, it’s clear we must take even more aggressive actions to balance spending with the revenues we are generating.”

+ List of deadlines for grants/reviews that happen to be this Friday (3/27/09) : Humble Arts Foundation "Grant for Emerging Photographers" / Fresh Fair "A Juried photo portfolio review" / CPW "Photography Now 2009"

+ Remember Screaming Broccoli's new stages ? Looks like they'll be hosting this year's Fresh Photo Fair in April. Oh, if you like to exhibit your work, all the info is here. Three day photo fair, part of MOPLA

+ LA Observed covering the LA Times layoffs today. Latest to the ax : Steve Hymon.

UPDATE (3/24) LA Times photographer Lori Shepler and LAT photo editor Tracy Silveria have been axed also.

+ ID08 "International Design Awards" gala this Wed (3/25/) 7-9:30 over at Harmony Gold Theatre. Tix $50 but if you are AIGA member, it is free. INFO

No comments:

Post a Comment