Empty Kmart on 27th Street by Kate Bingaman

The time has come to announce the finalists for this Summer edition’s Hey, Hot Shot competition!

The Summer Edition Showcase will open with a reception for the artists on the evening of Wednesday September 6, 2006, from 6-8pm. The showcase will be on view Thursday September 7 will remain on view through Sunday September 10, 2006.

Without further ado, we present to you the Summer 2006 Hot Shots:

Kate Bingaman
Ernie Button
Kara Canal
Sam Gezari
Brandon Herman
Matthew Kime
Sara Macel
Matthew Nighswander
James Rajotte
Nadia Sablin

We’ve compiled a Flickr set of all the images submitted by our Hot Shot Winners!

Special thanks go to our awesome, fabulous and excellent panel for their insight humor and hard work, as well as our special guest panelists Jay DeFoore and Amit Gupta. And the other people who help make it happen: Jeff Kirsch for his research and technical prowess, Jesse Chan-Norris for hosting our panel meetings, Lauren Cerand for PR support, and also just for being her amazing self and last but not least the fabulous intern, Jane Tam for doing double duty being editor for both Hey, Hot Shot! blog and jen bekman News blog.

It’s always tough to narrow it down to the final ten, so we’re also happy to include a list of great photographers in our honorable mentions category:

Barbara Salinas, Shannon Taggart, Erika Larsen, Marc McAndrews, Juliana Beasley, Don Simon, Orrie King, Nayan Sthankiya, Katie Watson, Michelle Vitiello, Jessica Roberts, Mathew Spolin, Jonathan Feinstein, Brett Bell, Aaron Hraba, , Michael Bühler-Rose, Tania Camille Nasser, Travis Huggett, Danelle Manthey, Jay Parkinson, Jason Lazarus, Duane Dugas, Joan Cuenco, Derek Powazek, Beth Fladung, Svetlana Bahchevanova, Sesthasak Boonchai, Maureen Drennan, Jane Noel, Travis Ruse, Liz Danahey, Mikael Kennedy, and Sarah Madsen.

Thank you to all that participated in this competition!

“Sexual Chocolate” by Leon Reid -$270

“The Therapist” by Leon Reid -$400

“It is what it is.” by Leon Reid -$400

“We got im!” by Leon Reid -$250

Mainly a street artist, Leon Reid (aka Darius Jones) took a vacation from creating street art to make these collages, part of a series called “Masterwork Remix.” The following is from his artist statement:

For the first time, I’ve granted myself the freedom to express personal views on sex, class, race and the history of painting. I begin by cutting up art-history and pop-culture magazines then letting my sentiments dictate the rest.

In creating the Remixes I’ve absorbed the work most noticeably of Kehinde Wiley, Goya, Ingres, Manet and countless others.

The four works above are all affordable pieces to add to your art collection and available for purchase now. Every piece is mounted on 9”x12” paper.

Leon was a part of the recent Meditations in an Emergency exhibition and also a solo show last Fall “We’re On It”, which debuted his street art with partner Brad Downey. He is one of New York’s most prolific young artists and have been noticed and appreciated by New York Times.

Buy some afforable art, it’ll do you good.

Looking for a cool internship that will be fun while you’re doing it AND help you land an excellent job in the future? Look no further! We’re looking for Fall interns @ the jb. Here’s the lowdown, repurposed from a previous post:

jen bekman is looking for interns to work in the gallery and blog their little hearts out (never blogged before? don’t worry, we’ll teach you).

We can’t pay you, but we’ll a) buy you lunch and b) pay your subway fare to and fro. Ideally you can work a minimum of 2 days a week, one of those days being on the weekend.
Ideal Intern Characteristics:

• Obviously, interest in being in a gallery environment.
• A background, or at the very least a keen interest in fine art & desgn: You’re either an artist or designer yourself, or studying art history, something along those lines.
• Intelligence, enthusiasm, a sense of humor. No, really, we mean it.
• Reliability
• Good phone skills, or the willingness to learn them.
• Writing skills: Grammar, Spelling, Style. We write a lot of stuff here at the gallery, and we’d love to have you pitch in.
• Overall internet/computer savvy. Web & HTML skills are a major plus, and if you don’t have the skills, you should want to learn them.
• Handy? Know your way around a hammer, a level, a cordless drill? How about a paintbrush? We love you.
  Sound good? Send an email to internship AT jenbekman DOT com Tell us what you’re looking for in an internship, and what in particular about our gallery appeals to you. Please don’t be terribly formal. That’s boring. Include a resume as well. Please don’t attach anything – we like our text plain.  And yes, we’re picky – boilerplate covers go straight to the circular file. Be original!
  (Email please, no snail mail!)

Hey there jb lovers. Today is the last day to check out Meditations in an Emergency! Stop by and take a gander!

Also, we only have 5 days left until the deadline for the Summer Hey, Hot Shot competition! Be sure to check the blog everyday because I’ll be updating it with submissions I like and enjoy.

After a Hard Day’s Work by Dan Woods (from flickr pool)
Flickr has grown to be a trememendous website and grow more and more each day. There’s a great deal of fantastic photography flowing into the website therefore they created The Blink of an Eye contest. Tonight they will announce the five winners at Midtown Loft, 267 5th Avenue, 4th Floor from 6 – 9PM. (They say there’s air conditioning, so definitely a plus!) Jury members include: Sara Heinrichs, Catherine Jamieson, Kevin Meredith, Eliot Shepard and Ty Siscoe.

Also, I will also be updated the Hey, Hot Shot blog everyday until the submissions deadline to provide you with a taste of the submissions. Keep the submissions coming! Deadline is August 9th at noon!