OFF SUBJECT

REAL GIRLS EAT! http://www.girlosophy.com/


Every so often we go completely off the subject of photography for a moment. Like today for instance.

Last night I was at the store and ran across this book called "Real Girls Eat". It is a fantastic cookbook for girls put out by this great group called Girlosophy. Girlosophy's website is filled with information and inspiration. They also provide links to resources, though most are in Australia where Girlosophy is based.

According to their website:
"Girlosophy is more than a philosophy for teenage girls and young women everywhere, it's a way of living that is all about supporting teenage girls to be and feel their very best".

Back to the cookbook. I bring it up because I see from a lot of your photos and read in your emails that body image is still as big an issue for you as it was for me and my friends - in fact, probably more so. Real Girls Eat alone won't cure this, but I do encourage you to seek out books and other ways that you can proactively work to live a healthy life (nutrition is obviously a huge part of that). Whenever and wherever you can find information, ideas and positive solutions, I say go for it!! Take charge of the situation(s) in your life. Believe me - I know it ain't easy... but I also know that you can do it.

Real Girls Eat is available at amazon.com for about $13.50.
http://www.amazon.com/Girlosophy-Real-Girls-Eat/dp/1741141427

A few other books by the people at Girlosophy -

A Soul Survival Kit
http://www.amazon.com/Girlosophy-Soul-Survival-Kit/dp/1865084328/ref=pd_sim_b_2

The 21st Century Goddess

http://www.amazon.co.uk/21st-Century-Goddess-Modern-Universe/dp/0552150711

OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG ARTISTS

Some more great opportunities!!

14th Juried Exhibition High School Seniors: Let your Camera be your guide!
Deadline: March 31, 2009
Eligibility: Open to all Photographers
The Griffin Museum of Photography has conducted a Juried Show for several years, but this year they will be a separate portion to the Juried Show that will just be for high school seniors from specific area towns. In addition one $1000 scholarship, called the Joan Johnson Scholarship, will be awarded to one high school senior. For more info, visit griffinmuseum.org.

2009 Open Call for Exhibition Proposals
Deadline: April 1, 2009
Eligibility: Open to all Artists; Professional and High School Students
DUMBO ARTS CENTER (DAC) is a non-profit contemporary arts organization located in Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York. DAC's mission is to catalyze interaction between visual artists, the local community and the wider public, in order to preserve the neighborhood of Dumbo as a springboard for new art. DAC produces the annual multi-site D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival, presents a year-round program of new exhibitions in its gallery, commissions site-specific art and provides educational programs for artists and high school students.
DAC invites artists or curators (individuals or groups) from all levels of experience to submit exhibition proposals for realization in its gallery space in 2010. The 3,000 sq. ft. space is located at 30 Washington Street. Built in 1887, the site was the first of many factories to be built along the East River Waterfront between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges by cardboard box manufacturer, Robert Gair in the late 19th Century. DAC is particularly interested in proposals, which harness and interpret the space's unique physical, spatial, historical, or psychological potential and which take an innovative, experimental approach to site-specific or site-responsive exhibition making. Submission guidelines, visit www.dumboartscenter.org/opencall.html.

OPPORTUNITIY FOR YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS

Another exciting opportunity for you! This one is for NYC students only.

Professional Women Photographers is pleased to announce their 5th Annual Student Awards Program for young women enrolled in a New York City High School with an enthusiasm for photography. Submissions are accepted in two categories: 9th and 10th grades or 11th and 12th grades. The theme for this years awards if "Feminine". The following prizes will be awarded in each category: $500 first prize, $250 second prize, $125 third prize, and an honorable mention. Students who are awarded will have a weeklong exhibition at the HP Gallery at Calumet Photo. For submission details, please visit: http://www.pwponline.org/outreach/awards.php.

Deadline for submissions is MONDAY, MARCH 9th, 2009.