Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who attended last night's Art Kaleidoscope! 

I hope you enjoyed the wonderful and amazing artwork by talented artists in our community! 

The next Art Kaleidoscope is Tuesday, April 26th! 
Email artkaleidoscopeharrisburg@gmail.com for more information!

Monday, March 28, 2011

March Art Kaleidoscope Participating Artists!

Here are the participating artists in March's Art Kaleidoscope!

Dale Bicksler - Photography

Don Giles - Photography

Al Germann - Film and Video

Chris Bavaria - Photography

Christine Neumann - Graphic Design, Painting, Photography

COME OUT AND SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY!!!! 
See you Tuesday, March 29th from 6-9pm at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore (1302 N 3rd Street, Harrisburg, PA) The slideshow will begin at 6:30pm.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Call for Entries!! Art Kaleidoscope March 29

Art Kaleidoscope:
A gathering for a slideshow of artwork presented to the community by a variety of artists.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 from 6-9pm

Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 N 3rd Street, Harrisburg, PA
FREE to the public to participate in and view the slideshow!

Take this opportunity to share and introduce your artwork in a 5-minute spot in a slideshow to our community of artists and art patrons. Meet other artists to engage in discussions, for potential collaborations, or to find out whose light meter you can borrow when yours breaks at the last minute.

Sign up at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore cafe by Friday, March 25, 2011 by 9pm!!
or RSVP to this email address (artkaleidoscopeharrisburg@gmail.com)
with your name, contact information and medium

Artists are encouraged to share new, old, on-going or in-progress projects.

A variety of mediums are welcomed!

Artwork must be documented as JPG files for this slideshow format.
Excerpts of time-based arts (film, music, performance, etc) or writing are also acceptable.


Guidelines for preparing your artwork can be found here:
http://artkaleidoscope.blogspot.com/2011/03/guidelines-for-preparing-your-artwork.html

Spots in the slideshow are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Sign up now!!

If you have any questions, please email Lisa Bennett at artkaleidoscopeharrisburg@gmail.com

I hope you will participate and support your community!

Instructions for Preparing your Artwork for Art Kaleidoscope

After you've signed up for a 5-minute spot in Art Kaleidoscope, please follow these instructions for preparing your artwork for the slideshow! You can sign up at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore cafe or by emailing artkaleidoscopeharrisburg@gmail.com
  
This information pertains to preparing artwork that can be documented photographically in JPG format or for film, video or other time-based artwork that can be documented in .MOV format.
If you are presenting a live performance or reading an excerpt from your novel, poetry, etc, please contact me at artkaleidoscopeharrisburg@gmail.com

2-D and 3-D ARTWORK

All images must be in JPG format.

All images must be in RGB colorspace.

Images should be 1024 x 768 pixels @ 300 dpi.
Vertical images should not exceed 768 pixels in height and horizontal images should not exceed 1024 pixels in length. Square images should be 768 x 768 pixels.

Submit 15 to 40 images for your 5-minute show.

PLEASE LABEL YOUR IMAGE FILES IN THIS FORMAT:
lbennett001.jpg
that is, first initial-lastname-3 digit serial number

Optional: 
Include a “File Info” sheet with your CD or DVD of images.
The basic information needed is your name, title of artwork and medium for the corresponding image.
Depending on your slideshow, you can give the title for the entire show ,or provide titles for each image you are showing.

Optional:
You can play recorded music, other audio, play live music, tell a story, perform, etc. during your show. 

If you have a prerecorded track, please include an MP3 file with your submission.

If the music is not made by you, please give credit to the artist(s) on your “File Info” sheet.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you will do any other sort of accompanying audio with your slideshow, especially if you are setting up any instruments, microphones, etc.
Email artkaleidoscopeharrisburg@gmail.com to make live audio arrangements

TIME-BASED ARTS

If you are showing a film or video excerpt, please submit a Quicktime movie (MOV) file.
No larger than 250 MB and it must be 5 minutes in length.
Please make sure that your piece begins with a clear title including your name, and ends with proper credits.


You can also include any contact information (email, website, etc) that will be shown at the end of your 5-minute slideshow.

Images in JPG format are highly preferred for this slideshow, but if you absolutely cannot submit your artwork via JPG images, please contact me to make other arrangements.

The slideshow will begin promptly at 6:30pm.
Please invite your friends and family to this event! It's free!
We'll have some food available and the cafe will be open to serve tea, coffee, etc.
If you would like to bring any food to share, you are more than welcome to! (but it is not required)

If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact me at
artkaleidoscopeharrisburg@gmail.com