New Orleans artist and photographer Jill Ensley, who until fairly recently served as NOPA’s communications director, is seeking funding for her next project, via the Kickstarter fundraising website: Completion of a book of photos and writing, “twenty-six days : the people and places of Made In China,” based on a photography and design-oriented visit she… Read More »NOPA’s Ensley seeks Kickstarter funding for China book project

OffBeat Magazine, a monthly publication that focuses on New Orleans and Louisiana music and culture, is looking for photos. In one case, it is specifically on the lookout for outstanding photography that deals with New Orleans music, for an ongoing photo-and-essay series. Otherwise, OffBeat is seeking photos of specific, regionally-associated musicians for its April 2012… Read More »Offbeat seeking ‘Photo Ops’ series submissions & musician photos

The PhotoPlace Gallery of Middlebury, Vt. is seeking submissions for a juried exhibition, “In Your Dreams.” The deadline for entry is midnight on Monday, Feb. 6. NOPA member Susan Burnstine will select 40 photos for the exhibit, which will run from April 17 to May 12. The submission fee is $25 for five photos, and $6 for each… Read More »Vermont gallery seeking entrants for ‘In Your Dreams’ exhibit

The Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography, established by NOPA in honor of a Crescent City photographer who spent his career documenting the city’s music and culture, will begin accepting applications for its 2012 grant on Wednesday, Feb. 1. The fund annually awards one $5,000 grant to a Gulf Coast region photographer whose work… Read More »Smith Fund documentary grant application period begins Feb. 1

There are two important dates for members, and Gulf South photography people, to remember for the coming week, including: Monday, Jan. 16: NOPA Members Meeting. The Photo Alliance will be hosting its first monthly meeting of 2012 on this date, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Alliance gallery, located… Read More »NOPA members’ meeting, juried exhibit deadline coming up

The 1911 City Hall Arts and Cultural Center of Lake Charles, LA will be showing a collection of photos by NOPA member Rita Posselt, beginning this Friday, Jan. 13. The exhibit, “Open Shutters on the Big Easy,” will run through March 15. An opening reception for “Open Shutters …” will be held at the center on… Read More »Posselt photos of Crescent City showing in Lake Charles

An exhibit of work by two photographers who have called New Orleans home, including the late Herman Leonard and former NOPA Secretary and current PhotoNOLA Coordinator Jennifer Shaw, will be presented by the Center for the Living Arts (CLA) of Mobile AL, beginning Friday, Jan. 13. The opening reception for the exhibit, “PULSE,” will be held… Read More »Leonard, Shaw works in Mobile AL center’s ‘Pulse’ exhibit

NOPA members Bruce Schultz and Euphus Ruth will demonstrate the antique art of wet-plate collodion print-making on Saturday, Jan. 7 at the Homespace gallery in New Orleans’ St. Roch neighborhood. Also more than worth noting: After the demonstration, attendees may have their portraits made and printed in the mid-19th Century collodion style, one strongly associated… Read More »Wet-plate collodion demo Sat., Jan. 7 at Homespace gallery