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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery presents a Juried Competition, in which 2D artists from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for the theme “Animals” for inclusion into the March 2011 online group exhibition.

Light Space & Time encourages entries from all 2D artists regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field to enter this art event.

A group exhibition of the top five finalists will be held online at the Light Space & Time Art Gallery during the month of March 2011. Awards will be for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. In addition, 2 artists will recognized with Honorable Mention awards. Depending on the amount and the quality of the entries there may also be Special Recognition awards posted as well. The theme for February is “Animals”. The submission process for artists ends February 27, 2011.

There will be extensive publicity for the winners of this exhibition of email, press release, social media and website traffic in order to make the art world aware of the artist’s talents and providing links back to the artist’s website.

All winners will be selected, announced and featured on the Light Space & Time website on March 1, 2011 and remain online in the gallery through March 31, 2011. Thereafter, the artworks will remain online in the Light Space & Time Archives with links to the artist’s websites.

Artists Apply Here: http://www.lightspacetime.com

I'm introduced to easelspace by a friend.
Will upload some paintings, I have a blog shadesoflife.blogspot.com, so I may not wright as often but will keep in touch
Enjoy a creative day.

UKCPS will celebrate its 10th anniversary by staging a major art event at the Methodist Central Hall Westminster 19 September to 1 October 2011.

Faber-Castell is the Principal Sponsor and as part of their 250th anniversary celebrations, Count Faber-Castell will visit from Germany to open the Launch party on 18 September.  The event will include

UKCPS Tenth Annual Int'l Open Exhibition - 100% pure coloured pencil work
New Mixed Media Exhibition (predominantly coloured pencil work)
Both exhibitions will be juried with many prizes and awrds to be won.
deadline for receipt of entries is 11 June 2011

Speight of the Art is a children's charity  and they will be running workshops for children during the event.

Daily coloured pencil workshops (places must be booked in advance) 
Silent auction of donated prints
Demonstrations by UKCPS members and much, much more
 
FULL DETAILS  ON WEBSITE    http://www.ukcps.co.uk/ 

J Youngerman

Youngerman is obsessed with the idea of the written word as art.
Using bold colours and simple imagery, aparently innoucuous statements placed with others create striking statements and fascinating artwork.

Drawing from a palette of art styles; Pollock, Warhol, Banksy and Blake, influenced by everything from comic books to advertising slogans, classic functional design to wonderfully artistic follies, Youngerman’s work encompasses memorable bold word art and cartoon style paintings as well as the modern super pop art portraits on canvas, ‘Super Pop’ - updated pop art with delightfully suggestive text normally not associated with the genre.

His first London exhibition in 2009 was alongside Sir Peter Blake, Tracey Emin, David Nash and others. In December 2010 Youngerman's work was part of a two-artist show in Nottingham.

Azerbaijanian costume designer Mehriban Efendi and EaselSpace member has won 2 awards for the German film of "Absurdistan"


In 2008 Mehriban Efendi as costume designer was nominated for the best costume designer award by Berlin film Academy  Lola

Prize German film director Veit Helmer was informed that Mehriban Efendi has won the costume design for his film of Absurdistan by Festival International "Cinema & Costume Moulins" conducted in France.

This festival brings the fashion world to the cinema. Fashionistas gather at Moulins' Centre National du Costume de Scène for the glamorous International Festival of Cinema, Costumes and Fashion. Celebrating the relationship between fashion and the silver screen, the festival hosts a film competition, talks and exhibitions.
Veit Helmer also informed that the film of Absurdistan won the prize for best costume design in the Macedonia international film festival of Skopje Macedonia. In general the film has won around 15 international and world awards and most of them for the best film and the beauty of the production.

The film has been to 50 international festivals.... The film was shot in Azerbaijan regions of Lahic and Sheki.Many Azerbaijanian actors worked in this film. Only one person who was as a creative crew member besides assistances as the costume designer was Mehriban Efendi who has worked in many Azerbaijanian films as costume designer or art director ,and who the worker of Azerbaijanfilm Studio of "Jafar Jabbarli " .She says that unfortunately many Azerbaijan film professionals could participate in making this fantastic film. But the problem was their pure knowledge of English. It was a big obstacle. Because creative crew should very closely work together and often refer to script and communicate with each other and the film director, most crew members were from Europe and they knew only English. She says: Azerbaijanian cinematographers are very capable and talented and they can get world recognition for their ability.

 Also known as a Surrealist artist Mehriban Efendi who has paticipated in Surrealism Now project of selected as one of the best professional surrealist artists of the world participant of the international exhibition in Portugal ,which was made by Bissaya Barreto Foundation, she at the end of 2010 won the international prize of "Radiance" conducted in Bulgary,Europe for the best artist in the international competition amongst contemporary artists in the theme of "the codes of my nation" Her web site at

www.mehribanefendi.com