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Grace Wolf · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 529

Entry Deadline EXTENDED: July 2, 2012

ArtSpace Herndon and the Council for the Arts of Herndon present the second annual “At Home in Herndon” Town Calendar Photography Competition.

Professional and amateur photographers aged 16 and older are invited to submit entries to the competition; the deadline for submissions is June 15, 2012. Subjects for all entries must be located within the corporate limits of the Town of Herndon, and special consideration will be given to entries that depict people participating in seasonal or community events.

Photographs submitted to the competition will be evaluated by a select panel of jurors, who will select the finalists in the competition that will be invited to exhibit in ArtSpace Herndon’s Post Gallery.

From these finalist photographs, the Town of Herndon will select photographs to be published in the 2013 “At Home in Herndon” Town Calendar. Each year in December, more than 10,000 calendars are printed and distributed to all citizens and businesses throughout the town. In addition to the exhibit and publication in the calendar, finalist photographs will also be eligible to receive the “At Home in Herndon People’s Choice Award,” given to the photograph that best captures Herndon.

For entry forms, visit
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e4cpq7u5507832fc&llr=uhpd6pcab

jeremy · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:44 am Post subject:

There's a $20.00 fee to enter?!?!? Really? No thanks Sad

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demosthenes · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:37 am Post subject:

I agree with jeremy.
That is totally asinine. Kind of like adding a monthly service fee for EZ pass users.
Where does this money go? Why would anyone pay the fee to give up the rights to the their work? Shouldn't it be the other way around????
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Harrison · Longtime Member Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Posts: 2662

I agree with the distinguished gentlemen above me.

Grace Wolf · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 529

FYI:

The artist fee is imposed by Artspace to help offset the cost of the final show/display and artist reception, where the winning entries as well as others will be on display for the public. The fees also allow the show to be free to the public.

Artist entry fees are standard practice in almost all calls for art for adults. Fees are rarely (but sometimes) charged for youth calls for art.

demosthenes · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:04 pm Post subject:

The issue I have with this is it is a town function. Town calendar.
There should be no fee for entry.
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jeremy · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:08 am Post subject:

demosthenes · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:07 am Post subject:

It sounds like one of 2 things should happen.
Divorce the town and Artspace from the whole process.
Keep Artspace involved and they donate the space and don't charge a fee.
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Grace Wolf · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 529

Good comments - I will pass them along to Artspace and the PIO's office for consideration; public-private partnerships are always a little tricky. Perhaps the fee should be a token one like $1 or $2, with Town and out of town differentials, like classes at the Community Center; or perhaps it should be a privately run event by Artspace only and the Town could purchase rights to use the winning photographs or perhaps Artspace could donate their time and the venue since the Town is paying their mortgage. All good suggestions, thanks!

Bob Bruhns · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:33 am Post subject:

PIO means Public Information Officer.

So a 'pubic-private partnership' doesn't mean free services from private groups. It can mean uncontrolled fees. This is something to remember.
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demosthenes · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:15 am Post subject:

Grace Wolf · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 529

Hi Demosthenes, CAH is donating its time, we don't get any portion of the entry fees - that goes solely to paying for the reception, the cost to hang the winning entries, etc.

Actually, the Town Calendar has been produced for much lower costs to the Town now that we have switched from using a paid, professional photographer, to using essential 'royalty free', unpaid non professional photographers. The Town currently is not paying any photographers for any work right now, so it's a very economical solution.

Typical honorariums for use of photos is also quite inexpensive, but could potentially be donated by either Artspace or CAH, if the calendar competition continues. Currently, this looks to be the last year for it!

But again, great comments and I will make sure to pass them along when the entire program is re-evaluated this fall!

demosthenes · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:25 am Post subject:

How about moving the competition to a Facebook or Internet based competition voted on by the public?
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jeremy · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:58 am Post subject: