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Photography by Kate Bingaman
T-minus 3 hours until the Summer edition of Hey, Hot Shot opening reception! The reception will be from 6-8pm and refreshments will be provided by the awesome people over at Crumpler.
The showcase will be on view until September 10, 2006 so be sure to come on by and support these great photographers.
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!
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!
It’s summer and the next edition of Hey, Hot Shot photography competition is open. So pick your best 3 photographs and submit!
Deadline is August 9th.
Winners announced on August 22nd.
Show opens on September 6th.
If you have any questions about submitting, email us at heyhotshot@jenbekman.com or leave a comment here!
Hey jb readers! Don’t be a loser with a sprained ankle like me and come down to the gallery! Tomorrow is the last day to view the Spring, Hey Hot Shot! showcase!
Photography by Spring Hey, Hot Shot!, Ian Baguskas
We’re busy bees here at Jen Bekman! The panel discussion on Photo Blogs is tonight at the School of ICP with panelists like Eliot Shepard, Jen Bekman, and Travis Ruse. Read more about it a couple posts down.
The Spring Hey, Hot Shots will open tomorrow with a reception from 6-8pm. As I said in the previous post, the awesome guys at Crumpler will supply beer, as part of their Beer for Bags event. You just might be able to win a free bag!
Exhibition Dates + Hours
Thursday through Sunday, June 8-11
Noon – 6pm (til 8 on Thursday)
You can also view some of the work the Hot Shots submitted on our flickr site and read some of their interviews on the HHS blog.
SlideLuck PotShow is coming up June 17th. The deadline for submissions is June 5, with the theme being “Grace.” Our Spring Hot Shot, Casey Kelbaugh, started the event in Seattle and many other cities. Great way to combine photography with audio (or silence.. depends on what you’re going for) and with people bringing in food, how great is that! I would love the combination of someone’s jambalaya with someone else’s chow mein. Mmm, food and art. Great combo! Another Spring Hot Shot, Sarah Small (HHS interview) also will be showing a slide show in the upcoming event. Lots of the jb family have contributed to the fun gathering!
Also, our represented artists have been working hard on the next show, Meditations in an Emergency, which will be opening June 20th. Read what all the artists were given as inspiration: Frank O’Hara’s prose poem, Meditations in an Emergency.
New Yorkers, I agree it is quite crappy outside with all the rain and such but have you seen Our Greatest Hits yet? If not, Saturday is your last day! So drop by and check out artwork from all represented artists.
The Spring Hot Shots have interviews posted on the HHS blog, so get some incite from the winners! Remember the reception is June 7th, 6-8pm!
Photography by Donna Alberico
If you haven’t noticed, the new Hey, Hot Shots! were announced yesterday. Head over to the blog to read the artist’s statements and other info. I’ve compiled a flickr set with the photographs that the Hot Shots submitted. The gallery is currently very busy making this show happen, so remember to join us on Wednesday, June 7th from 6-8pm for the reception. The show will be up from June 7 to the 11th. There will be more posts leading up the the big opening with artist interviews so be sure to check the blogs!
In the meantime, come to the gallery to see Our Greatest Hits, works from all our represented artists. It will be up until June 3rd.
I’m very excited about Meditations in an Emergancy, exhibition featuring our represented artists interpreting one of Frank O’Hara’s prose poems. The date of the show is scheduled to open mid-June. More details will be revealed soon!
chip’s drawing of a robot from outer space, 2005
It’s that time again – We’re very excited to announce the finalists for the Spring ‘06 Edition of Hey, Hot Shot!.
The Spring Edition Showcase will open with a reception for the artists on the evening of Wednesday June 7, 2006, from 6-8pm. The showcase will be on view Thursday June 8 from noon – 8pm and Friday June 9 – Sunday June 11 from noon – 6pm.
Without further ado, we present to you the Spring 2006 Hot Shots:
Special thanks go to our awesome, fabulous and excellent panel for their insight humor and hard work. And the other people who help make it happen: Jesse Chan-Norris and Jeff Kirsch for their technical prowess, Antony Van Couvering for hosting our panel meetings, Lauren Cerand for PR support, and also just for being her amazing self and last but not least the Spring intern crew: Anna Wolfgang, chief Hey, Hot Shot! blog editor, Christine Dillion (editor of the jen bekman News Blog) as well as recent arrivals Sophie Lvoff + Jane Tam.
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:
Keliy Anderson-Staley, Dave Barry, Michelle Bruzzese, Sylvie Buchler, Samantha Casolari, Jessika Creedon, Eric Ray Davidson, Amy Eckert, Bethany Fancher, Rachel Hawthorn, Brandon Herman, Simone Lueck, Sara Macel, Jeremy Mazzenga, Liz Nielsen, Leah Oates, Pascal Shirley, Don Simon, Joanns Simpson, Michelle Westmark, Jen Williams and Shiigeki Yoshida.
Photography by Katie Murray
jen bekman is pleased to present Our Greatest Hits, work on view from represented artists, through June 3. The show is packed with over 40 pieces in different types of media. Almost all the work up now has been shown in previous shows but it’s great to see how certain images from different photographers work together in the same space.
Also, the Hey, Hot Shot! winners will be announced this Tuesday the 23rd, so cross your fingers, you just might be picked! The Spring Edition Showcase is June 7 – 11, 2006. There will be an opening reception on Wednesday June 7, 2006 from 6pm-8pm.
Good news for all the folks who didn’t make the Monday, May 8th, deadline.
We have extended the deadline as we have a few times in the past.
So, the new deadline is MONDAY, MAY 15TH, at NOON.
Submit your work! We’re waiting for it!
This photo, Ariella and Crow, was submitted to the competition by Sarah Small.
A lot of people seem to be scrambling to get their entries in for Hey, Hot Shot! so we’re keeping the competition open for the rest of the day. You know have until 9pm Eastern Time today (Monday) to get your entries in. So, don’t delay: Apply now!
There are only a few more days to enter the competition for the Spring Edition of Hey, Hot ShotIS MONDAY MAY 8TH!!***
In the meantime, those of you curious to see what kinds of entries we’ve been getting this time around, feel free to head on over to the Hey, Hot Shot! Blog.
Anna has been updating it frequently with submissions we’ve received that she thinks are pretty neat-o (like this photo from Jen Williams), so leave us some feedback as to what you think about them. Unfortunately it’s all up to the panel to make the final decisions but we at jen bekman like comments – comments are super fun!
It’s getting down to the wire! Only one more week to enter the Spring edition of Hey, Hot Shot! (the deadline for entries is next Monday, May 8th).
As all of you (should) know, Hey, Hot Shot! debuts ten new talented photographers to the public four times a year with shows at jen bekman. The last show also got some great press, such as being featured in MetroNY, which you can read about here.
Remember, you can only enter via the website: www.heyhotshot.com
ALSO - remember to check out the Hey, Hot Shot! blog for updates about past and future editions of HHS!
jen bekman is featured in the May issue of Art in America. Journalist Stephen Maine’s Report from New York: Down East is a round-up of Manhattan’s Lower East Side galleries. He describes it as a “mecca for independent, highly innovative new galleries.”
Here’s a snippet from what he has to say about jen bekman:
“Hey, Hot Shot” is the name of the quarterly four day long exhibition of 10 emerging photographers that Jen Bekman mounts in her diminutive storefront gallery on Spring Street just west of the Bowery. The shows allow Bekman a highly structured way to make contact with new artists, a favorite aspect of her work. The currently popular “poetic snapshot” esthetic is well represented among the photographers she works with inclduing Tema Stauffer, Dana Miller and Eliot Shepard.Bekman… opened the gallery in March of 2003 with an emphasis on photography and an eye on the future New Museum location. Eschewing intellectual obscurities, she takes an unencumbered, “populist” approach to marketing her artists.
My apologies to all you dedicated readers of the jen bekman news blog – my student duties got the best of me this week. However, there is good news! The end is in sight and I am ready and willing to keep you updated with lots of posts!
First thing, you may or may not be aware of the new
Hey, Hot Shot! blog which is being edited by my lovely co-intern Anna Wolfgang. Anna will be keeping fans of the competition informed about its going-ons, especially now that the deadline is quickly approaching! Make sure you check it often! Also check out Anna’s post about Hey, Hot Shot! being featured as one of the 7 best photo competitions to enter today as rated by Photojojo.
The other bit of info I wanted to tell you about is the party we are throwing to celebrate Jen@Joe. On April 30th @ Joe on 13th St from 2-4pm, jen bekman and Joe, The Art of Coffee will be having a reception to celebrate our joint venture so please come join us! Save the Date! To read more about Jen@Joe check out my first blog post.
More blogging soon!
Bruce Grant, Fearful Symmetry # 2
Well-known photographer and critic Bruce Grant, who received an honorable mention for the Winter ‘06 Edition of Hey, Hot Shot! at jen bekman, will lead an open Postive Focus critique at Safe-T-Gallery at 111 Front St. in DUMBO, Brooklyn on April 11th at 7 pm.
Positive Focus was founded to provide a Brooklyn community of emerging photo-artists with a supportive environment for artistic development, youth education and community outreach services. So if you are not already a member, this is a great opportunity to check it out (i.e. bring work and they might critique it if there is time).
Here is a little clip of what nyc.photobloggers.org contributor, Tim O’Connor had to say about Grant’s work:
Bruce Grant’s pictures have an unforced grace that comes very close to feeling casual. You suspect they might be fun to take. His subjects – mostly ordinary objects and patterns encountered on long walks through his native Philadelphia – are familiar to any American urban dweller. But you have not seen doors and air conditioners, signs and telephone poles, walls and chainlink fences like these before.
While on the topic of the gallery getting some great press (such as Tuesday’s feature in MetroNY) it should be noted that the Hey, Hot Shot! Winter Edition showcase got some great mentions even though it was only up for a short period of time. Impressive! Gothamist, Flavorpill, Manhattan Users’ Guide and The L Magazine all wrote about the show – but our favorite by far was being shortlisted in the Village Voice:
“For the past three years, jen bekman has championed the up-and-coming young artist, particularly in the photography field. It’s appropriate then that the latest installment of her ‘Hey, Hot Shot’ series opens on Wednesday, the gallery’s third anniversary. This time she celebrates with Noah Addis, Benoit Aquin, Jessica Bruah, Claire Hester, Nicole Jean Hill, Andrew Long, Bob O’Connor, Erin Siegal, Rebecca Smeyne, and Rafil Kroll-Zaidi.”
I personally can’t wait to see who is chosen for the Spring Edition of Hey, Hot Shot! which, by the way, is officially open to submissions.
There’s a nice article about the gallery in today’s Metro NY.
The photos above arefrom the Winter Edition of Hey, Hot Shot!. You can see Benoit Aquin’s photo on your lower left and photos from Claire Hester and Jessica Bruah on the upper right.
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