Essendon Football Club, in partnership with Alcaston Gallery, is excited to announce a photographic competition and exhibition based on AFL football and the wider community.
The competition seeks to encourage young people in remote, rural and city based communities to capture the positive effects of footy and how it enriches their everyday lives in new and innovative ways.
Entrants are encouraged to use their own or borrowed everyday technology, including cameras, tablets, android phones, iPhones and iPads tablets to capture special moments connected to footy and its associated themes. Participants are also encouraged to use their imagination and be creative by using digital programs such as Photoshop, apps and filters to enhance their photographs.
The exhibition itself is titled: Point, Click, Capture, Upload, Tag: #AFL #Footy #Ilovethisgame
The judge for this competition is Essendon Football Club superstar Patrick Ryder and the selection of finalists’ panel includes Patrick Ryder and Alcaston Gallery Director Beverly Knight.
This unique initiative encourages all artists, art workers and all lovers of AFL to participate and be in the running for the opportunity to win a personalised guernsey signed by Patrick Ryder + $1,000 cash.
The closing date for photo submissions is 31 July, 2013.
Please fill in the below information and send to art@alcastongallery.com.au.
- Name:
- Mailing address:
- Email address:
- Contact phone number:
- Type of camera used:
- Title:
- Date:
- Brief description of the photograph:
- Do you wish to name the person/people in the photograph:
Artist Disclaimer
I, ___________________________________________
(print name here)
declare that I took the photograph/s I have entered into the Essendon Football Club and Alcaston Gallery photographic competition. I give permission for the photograph/s to be used in the manner outlined in the competition guidelines.
______________________ _________
(signature) (date)
The competition guidelines are as follows:
• Artists may submit up to 2 images via email to art@alcastongallery.com.au.
• The closing date for photo submissions is 31 July, 2013.
• ?12 images will be chosen as finalists to reproduce for the exhibition. Successful entrants will be notified by 15 August, 2013, and there will be notices on both the Alcaston Gallery and Essendon Football Club websites.
• The winner of the competition will be notified by 31 August, 2013, and announced on Tuesday 3rd September, 2013.
• Images must be based on the subject of Australian Rules football. Submissions will be judged on their attention to the brief and overall aesthetic appeal and creativity.
• The artist must include their name, mailing address / email address, contact phone number, a brief description of the photograph and the type of camera they used. The artist must also sign a declaration stating that they took the photograph.
• The artist must agree to have their image reproduced and made into limited edition print if selected to be part of a 12-photograph exhibition at Alcaston Gallery. The exhibition Point, Click, Capture, Upload, Tag: #AFL #Footy #Ilovethisgame will be on show at Alcaston Gallery and online from 3 September – 4 October, 2013.
• Each photograph will be made into a limited edition print, with an Artist Proof (AP/1), with the possibility of each work being made into a limited edition of 10. The Artist will remain copyright holders of the image.
• Each artist selected to be included in the exhibition will be paid $150 for the Artist Proof. Any further sales of an edition the artist will agree to receive 50% of the wall price.
• Essendon Football Club will acquire the A/P1 of all 12 selected photographs and they will be on display at their new High Performance Centre at Melbourne Airport.
• Essendon Football Club and Alcaston Gallery will pay for all associated costs including printing and framing for the exhibition at no extra cost to the artist/photographer. Alcaston Gallery will produce a digital catalogue for this photographic exhibition.
For more information please contact Adriana Del Medico, Gallery Manager, Alcaston Gallery on (03) 94186444 or at art@alcastongallery.com.au
