Calling All Photographers!
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:45 pm
Calling All Photographers!
Communities Collaborate for Focus 2009 Art Competition
Lakewood, OH — Beck Center for the Arts, in collaboration with Solon Center for the Arts, is proud to announce Focus 2009, a photography competition bringing communities together through art.
Amateur photographers (adults and students) are eligible to submit their competition entries no later than February 27, 2009. The competition is juried with cash awards in all categories—people/portraits, architecture/cityscape, nature/landscape, animals, botanicals, macro, and “Best in Show.†Applications are available on the Beck Center website at www.beckcenter.org.
An opening ceremony, which is open to the public, will be held 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 13 at the Solon Community Center at 35000 Portz Parkway. The FOCUS 2009 photography exhibition will be on display March 20 through April 17, 2009, at the Beck Center for the Arts, 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. For exhibition hours, call the Beck Center at 216-521-2540 ext. 10.
“We are so pleased to host this exciting competition and exhibition with our colleagues in Solon,†says Beck Center associate director of Visual Arts Susan Gallagher. “The collaboration between these two exceptional arts organizations is key to the success of Focus 2009. We hope to make this partnership an annual celebration of artistic talent in Northeast Ohio.â€
Focus 2009 is presented by KeyBank with additional support from the Parks & Recreation departments of the cities of Aurora, Twinsburg and Streetsboro. Programming at the Beck Center is provided by the generous support of Cox Communications and the Ohio Arts Council. Beck Center also gratefully acknowledges the citizens of Cuyahoga County for their support through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.Â
Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions on two stages, arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for special needs students, and gallery exhibits featuring local and regional art
Communities Collaborate for Focus 2009 Art Competition
Lakewood, OH — Beck Center for the Arts, in collaboration with Solon Center for the Arts, is proud to announce Focus 2009, a photography competition bringing communities together through art.
Amateur photographers (adults and students) are eligible to submit their competition entries no later than February 27, 2009. The competition is juried with cash awards in all categories—people/portraits, architecture/cityscape, nature/landscape, animals, botanicals, macro, and “Best in Show.†Applications are available on the Beck Center website at www.beckcenter.org.
An opening ceremony, which is open to the public, will be held 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 13 at the Solon Community Center at 35000 Portz Parkway. The FOCUS 2009 photography exhibition will be on display March 20 through April 17, 2009, at the Beck Center for the Arts, 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. For exhibition hours, call the Beck Center at 216-521-2540 ext. 10.
“We are so pleased to host this exciting competition and exhibition with our colleagues in Solon,†says Beck Center associate director of Visual Arts Susan Gallagher. “The collaboration between these two exceptional arts organizations is key to the success of Focus 2009. We hope to make this partnership an annual celebration of artistic talent in Northeast Ohio.â€
Focus 2009 is presented by KeyBank with additional support from the Parks & Recreation departments of the cities of Aurora, Twinsburg and Streetsboro. Programming at the Beck Center is provided by the generous support of Cox Communications and the Ohio Arts Council. Beck Center also gratefully acknowledges the citizens of Cuyahoga County for their support through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.Â
Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions on two stages, arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for special needs students, and gallery exhibits featuring local and regional art