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Light Sensitive

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Art Intersection presents Light Sensitive, our thirteenth, international juried exhibition of images created using traditional darkroom, historical, and alternative photographic processes and methods. This year we are honored to have photographer and alternative photography process artisan Kerik Kouklis jury the submitted work.

As we have seen technology trends continue to popularize digital photography on our computer displays, Light Sensitive highlights art from artists working in traditional and historical printing processes.

Light Sensitive seeks to celebrate, promote, and reaffirm the art of handcrafted prints that uniquely belong to the tradition of light sensitive creative processes. Each year we are in search for work that represents creativity, passion, and displays the beauty of these light sensitive processes.

Banner Images by Gary Baker, Jennifer Spencer, Mark Sawyer

About the Juror

Kerik Kouklis is a fine art photographer, filmmaker, and educator who specializes in creating handmade photographs and documentary films. Born and raised in California with a background in music and a 30-year career as an environmental geologist under his belt, Kerik combines a contemporary eye with 19th-century processes to produce work that is uniquely his own. Influenced by the pictorialists of the early 20th century, he makes images that can be at once calm and unsettling. Working in a variety of formats from small digital cameras up to large view cameras, Kerik uses both film and digital negatives to create his prints. Kerik’s website.

Juror Awards

With a field of around seventy fine art prints and imagery in Light Sensitive selecting the artwork to award became very challenging. After several rounds of evaluating the highly competent and artful work over the course of the exhibition the following choices were made from all of the traditional and alternative process prints in Light Sensitive. 

First – Marita Gootee, Lost Future, PH Encaustic Lumen Print with Mixed Media
Second – Ryan Zoghlin, Squadrons (Edition 1 of 3), Cyanotype on Glass, Mounted on Aluminum Sheet
Third – Kent Corbin, Saguaro #2 (Edition 2 of 2), Palladium Quadriptych
Juror’s Choice – Tony Celentano & Ofelia Zepeda, Crosses, Matches, and Aluminum Foil, Carbon Transfer Prints in Handmade Book

Honorable Mentions
Gary Baker, Polychrome Twilight Epiphyllum, Heliochrome Carbon Transfer
Scott T. Baxter, William Faulk, Denton, Montana (Edition 1 of 7), Platinum/Palladium
Kevin Black, A New Dawn, Kallitype on Washi Paper, Gilded
Kaden Bard Dawson, Do You Feel Safe?, Cyanotype Mixed Media
Susan V. James, Redtail (Edition 9 of 20), Hand-Colored Copperplate Photogravure
Gene Laford, Maxwell is Cast as Cyrano de Bergerac in the Theater Guild Production of Gone with the Wind, Wet Plate Collodion
Annie Lopez, Dear Arizona, Cyanotype on Tamale Wrapper Paper, Thread, Instant Film Image
Marek Matusz, Antelope Canyon No. 5, Direct Carbon Print 
Mark Sawyer, The Fairy Circle, Tintype

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Call for Work – Little by Little in Gallery 4

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Little by Little, an exhibition of small artworks will present a wide variety of art expressed in a size no more than twelve-inches (12″ x 12″ x 12″) in any dimension. Amazingly beautiful and impactful small works of art presented in a dedicated exhibition that pulls you in for a closer look!

This year Little by Little will exhibit at HD South in the Gallery 4.

Our juror will select strong works of art in all media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, textile, photography, printmaking, metals, wood, digital media, and more, all presented perfectly in this intimate twelve-inch small format. 

Banner artworks (left to right) from Little by Little 2022
by Anita Ries, Tim Schilens, Robert Flores, Mary Delmege, Beth Shook

Important Exhibit Dates

  • October 18: Online submissions due by midnight Arizona MST
  • October 25: Email notification of artists selected for exhibition
  • November 10: Deliver selected ready to install work
  • November 25: Opening reception 6pm to 8pm
  • November 24 through December 26: Exhibition dates
  • January 3 – 20: Pick up work and return shipping begins

Please carefully read the instructions and terms below, the Submission form and Payment link are at the bottom of this page. 

Instructions and Terms for Submission

Eligibility
– Artists must be at least 18 years old
– The works submitted must be the sole and original creation of the exhibiting artist(s)
– Submission of collaborative work is encouraged
– Works previously exhibited at Art Intersection are not eligible for submission

Submission Fee
– $30 for up to three works and you may submit additional works for $10 each
– There is no limit to the number of submissions you may make
– All fees must be paid before submissions are accepted

Acceptable Work
– Work accepted for review can be any visual media, 2 or 3-dimensional
– Final presentation size must 12-inches or less in all dimensions, including all framing
– Two-dimensional work must be ready to hang
– Three-dimensional work must be free standing or include a stand/pedestal
   – We have some pedestals available

Required Information
– Legal Name / Artist Name / Address / Phone / eMail
– Bio / Artist Statement
– Artwork Title / Date Created / Medium / Retail Price
– JPEG images sized on the short side to 5-inches at 300dpi and less than 2 Mbytes

Delivery of Work
– You may deliver work in person, or ship the work in a reusable container
– Work that does not arrive by the deadline may not be included in the show
– All shipping, return shipping, handling, and packaging expenses are your responsibility

Return of Work
– You or a representative may pick up work that is not sold
– Art Intersection can return ship work at your expense
– Art Intersection is not responsible for packaging materials, handling, or shipping expenses
– Work unclaimed for more than 21 days after the shipping date will be considered abandoned

Presentation
– You are responsible for professional presentation and all work must be ready to install upon delivery
– Any work not ready for installation may not be included in the exhibition, at our discretion
– No digital signatures of any kind on artwork will be accepted

Retail Price of Work
– All work must be for sale and the retail price must be under $500
– The split of the artwork price is 60% to the Artist and 40% to Art Intersection
– Discounts up to 10% may be offered to buyers at the discretion of Art Intersection
– You must provide a tax ID/SSN or W9 if sales commission to you equals $600 or more

Labeling
– All work must be labeled with Artist name and Title

Liability
– Art Intersection is not responsible for the loss or damage of works while in transit
– All work will be insured by Art Intersection from delivery to last pickup / shipping date

Art Intersection Reserves the Right to Use Images of Submitted Work
– Social media marketing
– On our website
– In our printed marketing materials
– Other materials used for promotion

Copyright
– The Artist retains ownership and copyright of all submitted work
– Upon sale of work only the ownership of the work transfers to the buyer

Acceptance
– Submission of your Application indicates acceptance of all terms and conditions of this exhibition requirements stated above


Little by Little Submission Fee



 

Little by Little 2023

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Call for Work – Little by Little

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Little by Little, an exhibition of small artworks will present a wide variety of art expressed in a size no more than twelve-inches (12″ x 12″ x 12″) in any dimension. Amazingly beautiful and impactful small works of art presented in a dedicated exhibition that pulls you in for a closer look!

Our juror will select strong works of art in all media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, textile, photography, printmaking, metals, wood, digital media, and more, all presented perfectly in this intimate twelve-inch small format. 

Important Exhibit Dates

  • September 25: Online submissions due midnight Arizona MST
  • September 30: Email notification of artists selected for exhibition
  • October 22: Deliver selected ready to install work
  • November 5: Opening reception
  • November 5 through December 30: Exhibition dates
  • January 5 – 12: Pick up work and return shipping begins

Please carefully read the instructions and terms below, the Submission form and Payment link are at the bottom of this page. 

Instructions and Terms for Submission

Eligibility
– Artists must be at least 18 years old
– The works submitted must be the sole and original creation of the exhibiting artist(s)
– Submission of collaborative work is encouraged
– Works previously exhibited at Art Intersection are not eligible for submission

Submission Fee
– $30 for up to three works and you may submit additional works for $10 each
– There is no limit to the number of submissions you may make
– All fees must be paid before submissions are accepted

Acceptable Work
– Work accepted for review can be any visual media, 2 or 3-dimensional
– Final presentation size must 12-inches or less in all dimensions, including all framing
– Two-dimensional work must be ready to hang
– Three-dimensional work must be free standing or include a stand/pedestal
   – We have some pedestals available

Required Information
– Legal Name / Artist Name / Address / Phone / eMail
– Bio / Artist Statement
– Artwork Title / Date Created / Medium / Retail Price
– JPEG images sized on the short side to 5-inches at 300dpi and less than 2 Mbytes

Delivery of Work
– You may deliver work in person, or ship the work in a reusable container
– Work that does not arrive by the deadline may not be included in the show
– All shipping, return shipping, handling, and packaging expenses are your responsibility

Return of Work
– You or a representative may pick up work that is not sold
– Art Intersection can return ship work at your expense
– Art Intersection is not responsible for packaging materials, handling, or shipping expenses
– Work unclaimed for more than 21 days after the shipping date will be considered abandoned

Presentation
– You are responsible for professional presentation and all work must be ready to install upon delivery
– Any work not ready for installation may not be included in the exhibition, at our discretion
– No digital signatures of any kind on artwork will be accepted

Retail Price of Work
– All work must be for sale and the retail price must be under $500
– The split of the artwork price is 60% to the Artist and 40% to Art Intersection
– Discounts up to 10% may be offered to buyers at the discretion of Art Intersection
– You must provide a tax ID/SSN or W9 if sales commission to you equals $600 or more

Labeling
– All work must be labeled with Artist name and Title

Liability
– Art Intersection is not responsible for the loss or damage of works while in transit
– All work will be insured by Art Intersection from delivery to last pickup / shipping date

Art Intersection Reserves the Right to Use Images of Submitted Work
– Social media marketing
– On our website
– In our printed marketing materials
– Other materials used for promotion

Copyright
– The Artist retains ownership and copyright of all submitted work
– Upon sale of work only the ownership of the work transfers to the buyer

Acceptance
– Submission of your Application indicates acceptance of all terms and conditions of this exhibition requirements stated above


Little by Little Submission Fee



 

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Light Sensitive

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Art Intersection presents Light Sensitive, our twelfth, international juried exhibition of images created using traditional darkroom, historical, and alternative photographic processes and methods. This year we are honored to have photographer and alternative photography process artisan Elizabeth Opalenik jury the submitted work.

As we have seen technology trends continue to drive digital photography and presentation, Light Sensitive highlights art from artists working in traditional and historical printing processes.

Light Sensitive seeks to celebrate, promote, and reaffirm the art of handcrafted prints that uniquely belong to the tradition of light sensitive creative processes. Each year we are in search for work that represents creativity, passion, and displays the beauty of these light sensitive processes.

Banner images by Randall Tosh, Lynn Bierbaum, Mary Nation

Awards

Choosing awards in the diverse juried selections of this year’s Light Sensitive presents the challenge to weigh qualitative aesthetics of the presentation, with the strength of the image, and technical mastery of the process. From cyanotype to platinum to ambrotype prints, the wide gamut of techniques and presentations made a formidable task to assign awards. Presenting awards acknowledges accomplishment and excellence in presentation, image, and technique, and encourage everyone to continue to push their work through into the next level.

Congratulations to the awardees and everyone juried into Light Sensitive.

First Place – Lou McCorkle
Second Place – Marita Gootee
Third Place – William W. Fuller
Award of Excellence for Collaborative Work – Kenro Izu / Veritas Editions
Honorable Mentions – Gary Baker, Chuck Davis, Sarah S. Curley, Jon Jeffery, Annie Lopez, Marek Matusz, Alyssa McKenna, Mary A.  Nation, Cyd Peroni, Phyllis Schwartz, Fred Ullrich, Angela Franks Wells, Ryan Zoghlin

About the Juror

Elizabeth spun a map on a lazy-susan in 1968 and left home to the sound of peace marches and her mother saying, “I knew you were different from the time you were two.” She discovered photography as a metaphor for life in 1979 at the Maine Photographic Workshops and discovered passion and possibilities in Provence in 1983 where she later began her evolution as a Mordançeuse. Traveling through six continents, camera in hand, she connects life’s possibilities through teaching workshops, humanitarian projects and making art. 

“I am a photographic artist, educator and freelance photographer traveling the world with my camera and I love it. Philanthropic projects keep me grounded and connected universally.

I believe that all good photographs are self portraits and know that my many former lives manifest themselves in my images. My heart is still in my darkroom working in the Mordançage process, but I use today’s technology when appropriate to explore all the creative paths.

My photographs are collected and published internationally and all work is for sale. Mordançage images are unique, others are silver gelatin, platinum, hand painted or digitally printed in very limited editions on beautiful handmade papers.”

– Elizabeth Opalenik

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All Art Arizona Opening Reception

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Art Intersection’s eleventh-annual All Art Arizona exhibition opened its doors on May 14th, 2022! Local artists, their families, and their friends joined us for wonderful evening to discuss and appreciate the talent and broad range of creativity here at home.

Here are some images from that evening!

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All Art Arizona

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This year we celebrate the twelfth anniversary of All Art Arizona at Art Intersection through the breadth and diversity of art created by Arizona artists. The range of artwork encompasses sculpture, photography, painting, ceramics, wood, printmaking, mixed media, and more. 

All Art Arizona presents exciting work created by both well-known and emerging artists living in our own back yard, the state of Arizona.

The All Art Arizona opening reception draws artists, art collectors, and art lovers from all over the state to one of our best attended exhibitions of the year. As always, the exhibition is free and open to the public during business hours.

Banner images by: Michael Pierre Price, Rosalie Vaccaro, Martina Skobic

All Art Arizona Online Gallery

Look through the exhibition online and then come in to see the work in person. If you wish to purchase one of the pieces in the exhibition and can’t come in, give us a call and we will take payment over the phone and ship worldwide.

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Light Sensitive

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To celebrate the art of handcrafted prints, Art Intersection presents Light Sensitive, our eleventh-annual, international juried exhibition of images created using traditional darkroom, historical, and alternative photographic processes and methods.

In the current takeover of imagery presented on computer screens and the overwhelming volume of digitally printed pictures, the purpose of our Light Sensitive exhibition is to celebrate, promote, and reaffirm the art of handcrafted prints that uniquely belong to the tradition of light sensitive creative processes. Each year we search for work representing creativity, passion, and display of the beauty these light sensitive processes bring.

Banner image by Rebecca Zeiss

Awards
Special thank you to Brian Taylor for his insightful vision as our juror. Choosing awards in an exhibition of highly amazing works proved to very challenging and much consideration (and pacing through the galleries) was given to all of the darkroom creative art in the galleries. Congratulations to the awardees and everyone juried into Light Sensitive.

First Place – Rebecca Zeiss
Second Place – Richard Hricko
Third Place – Sara Silks
Award of Excellence – Diana Bloomfield
Honorable Mentions – Allan Barnes – Matt Connors – Wendy Constantine – Susan Elizabeth de Witt – Elizabeth Davis – Anne Eder – Jeannie Hutchins – Jen Leahy – Maureen Mulhern-White – Emily Penrod – Gerado Stübing – Vaune Trachtman

Juror
Art Intersection is honored to have Brian Taylor jury this year’s Light Sensitive exhibition. He is known for his innovative explorations of alternative photographic processes including historic 19th Century printing techniques, mixed media, and hand made books. His work has been exhibited nationally and abroad in numerous solo and group shows and is included in the permanent collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.

Brian served as the Executive Director of the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, CA for 4 1/2 years, retiring in 2019 to return to his art practice in the studio. He received his B.A. Degree in Visual Arts from the University of California at San Diego, an M.A. from Stanford University, and his M.F.A. from the University of New Mexico and served as a Professor of Photography for over 35 years, and Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at San Jose State University.

 

Exhibition Images and Titles

Video Walkthrough of the Exhibition


 

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All Art Arizona

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This year marks our tenth All Art Arizona exhibition that highlights the breadth and diversity of art created by Arizona artists encompassing sculpture, photography, painting, ceramics, wood, printmaking, mixed media, artist books, and more. 

All Art Arizona attracts artists, art collectors, and art lovers from all over the state to one of our best attended exhibitions of the year. Visit the Art Intersection galleries, bring your friends and family, to enjoy this unique exhibition and range of art by Arizona artists.  As always, the exhibition is free and open to the public during business hours.

All Art Arizona Quick Walk-Through Video

All Art Arizona Online Gallery

Look through the exhibition online and then come in to see the work in person. If you wish to purchase one of the pieces in the exhibition and can’t come in, give us a call and we will take payment over the phone and ship worldwide.

Banner images by Nicole Richardson, Linda Finecey, Christina Rosepapa, Dino Paul

 

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Little by Little

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Little by Little, a juried exhibition of small artworks, presents a wide variety of art expressed in a size no more than twelve-inches in any dimension. Amazing, beautiful, and impactful small works of art presented in a dedicated exhibition from a more intimate viewpoint that begs for a closer look!

These incredible artworks make wonderful gifts for family, friends, or for you too. If you purchase a piece, we will take it off the wall to take it home with you that day. 

Banner images by Brandi Kole, Liz Nicklus, Tamera Poff

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Emerge – Student Photography Exhibition

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For the ninth exciting year Art Intersection presents Emerge, our annual exhibition featuring photography from student photographers enrolled in Arizona high schools, community colleges, art schools, and universities across the state. Buzzy Sullivan, a local photography-based artist and educator, juried this year’s show.

In this exhibition we offer student photographers an opportunity to show their work in a professional gallery, fulfilling our mission to support emerging photographers. Thank you to all students that submitted their images and congratulations to the students juried into the exhibition. Ninety images will be shown out of over 750 images submitted. 

Award Winners

Best of Show: Tyler Dahlstrom, “In Myself, I See My Mother” 
Best of High School: Xana Marie, “Leaving Home” 
Best of Post High School: John Kalinowski, “Butterfield Landfill”

Honorable Mention: Taylor Peak, “Reprocess #1”
Honorable Mention: Jonathan Rivera, “YMCA”
Honorable Mention: Mary Celaya, “Facade”
Honorable Mention: Kori Branch, “High and Low”
Honorable Mention: Jillian Rae Avery, “Silence is Power”
Honorable Mention: Brooks McAllister, “Red Wall”
Honorable Mention: Joce Marie Dolezal, “PEOAMS”
Honorable Mention: Annika Lagos, “Carnation No. 12”
Honorable Mention: Ema Groff, “Modern Rapunzel”
Honorable Mention: Dani Lama, “Reflections”
Honorable Mention: Travis Samuelson, “The first homicide victim, Georgia Thompson, was found at this apartment complex”

 

About the Juror

Buzzy Sullivan, a photographer currently based out of Phoenix, Arizona, has exhibited his work throughout the US and internationally. Sullivan grew up in Montana, often known as “The Last Best Place”, and also home to the largest Superfund site in the United States. Montana’s duality of pristine wilderness and toxic remains formed his interest in the human/nature interface.

Sullivan currently works at the Residential Photography Faculty at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. He received his Master of Fine Art at Arizona State University in 2017 and a BFA from Oregon College of Art and Craft in 2013.

Juror Statement

Though I have found myself with a master’s degree and a career teaching photography I must admit – I failed my only high school photography course. It’s not that I wasn’t interested in the medium as a high school student, it was instead I found myself under the guidance of a wildly unimaginative teacher who wouldn’t allow 15 year-olds the latitude to explore their abilities of visual communication. Not to sound too harsh, but my high school teacher presented photography in a way that removed the student’s experience and voice from the making of a picture. She wanted us to photograph various school events, and I wanted to photograph my friends’ skateboarding. I got an F in high school photography, but the lesson that students, no matter their age, have voices has stuck with me. The job of an educator is to pull those voices out and allow latitude for experimentation. 
 
An education in photography isn’t intended to be centered solely on student’s mastery of cameras and printing techniques. Teaching is a subversive activity. We are teaching critical thinking wrapped up in visual communication. To effectively get students to think critically, educators have to bake a bit of experimentation into their curriculum.

This statement brings me to work included in the 2019 Emerge Exhibition. When jurying the work for this show, I aimed to include work that spoke to the strengths of the students reacting to the world around them and to their teachers behind the scenes who are allowing their students to experiment. As every previous year, I am impressed with the caliber and boldness of work by all of the Arizona students who submitted images for this exhibition, and I am grateful for the opportunity to see the world through their perspectives. The future is in good hands. Thank you Art Intersection for all you do to further access to art in Arizona.
– Buzzy Sullivan

Emerge 2019 Online Exhibition

Image credits (left to right): Michael Delp, Kori Branch, Sydney Schubbe

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