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Register online with this link, and click on the Call For Entry link on that page. Complete instructions, forms, art specifications, shipping and payment procedures may be obtained online at the entry Web site. All entrants and subscribers are eligible for a 40% discount on the annual. Deadline is 26 May 2008.

The Center for Fine Art Photography in cooperation with Beet Street* will host a show of photographs created by Peace Corps Volunteers during its long history. The 2008 Peace Corps Exhibition will take place in Fort Collins, Colorado during the International Peace Corps Reunion. Selected images will be exhibited in the Center’s gallery during the reunion, August 20 – August 30, 2008 and on the Center’s website for two additional years. There are also plans for a traveling exhibition.

• Eligibility: Pictures created by current and former Peace Corps Volunteers will be accepted.
• The photos must be of events and everyday life during a Peace Corps Volunteer’s tour.
• Juror: Dr. Anthony Bannon, Director of the George Eastman House in Rochester New York.
• No entry fee, as the show is underwritten by Beet Street, an independent cultural and economic development entity of the Ft. Collins Downtown Develop Authority and sponsor for the Peace Corps Reunion.

Deadline is 29 May 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

Photo above: Alema Rose, Aler IDP Camp, Uganda, 2006, by Heather McClintock.

The “Tolerance – A Global Challenge” project embodies a number of activities which are meant to contribute to a graduate improving of the society as a whole, giving special attention to the young population between the age of 18 and 28. Its goal is to bring the ideas together, giving the youth a chance to express their beliefs and thoughts through “Tolerance – A Global Challenge” by creating a ‘poster.’ It will have a direct effect on the society by opening new horizons and giving a strong motivation for the youth to work towards a better future. This project should promote the poster as a mean of expressing these ideas among the youth.

The competition is open to art and design students registered at an educational institution for art and design including disciplines such as fine arts, graphic design, communication design, visual communication, media design and other related disciplines. There’s no limit for nationality. Entry deadline is 15 May 2008. The poster should preferably be in English, German or French; however, poster texts in all other languages will be accepted. Prizes are award in Euro. Visit the site to learn more.

The competition invites this year all designers to set their imagination free and talk about their dreams, whether these are images and feelings the human mind creates while we sleep or their hopes and wishes. Therefore, the term “dream” can also be used metaphorically, it can be the “starting point” of an idea or be the main theme for the final piece.

The ten best entries will be printed into banners with dimensions 2m x 60cm and will be hung along Ithaca’s promenade for the entire summer of 2008. Their creators will have free accommodation in Ithaca on the weekend of the exhibition’s opening (July 2008).

Each individual or group may submit up to two posters. In order to enter the competition, each artist has to register through this website. Each piece must have dimensions of 40cm height x 12cm width (15,75’’ height x 4.73’’ width) and must be uploaded as an electronic file (pdf or jpeg), resolution 360 dpi, maximum file size 10 MB.

Entries can be uploaded until 31 May 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

Photographer’s Forum Magazine presents the 28th Annual Spring Photography Contest sponsored by Canon. $4,000 in cash grants plus two - count ‘em - two Canon cameras will be awarded. Plus, winning photos will be published in the November 2008 issue of Photographer’s Forum Magazine. All contest finalists will be published in the Best of Photography Annual 2008.

Contestants can enter one of two ways - upload online or download and print an entry form. Early entry date is 21 April 2008, and final entry date is 12 May 2008 (the latter date will be on this site’s calendar). Visit the site to learn more.

The 20th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair will be held 17-20 May this year at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. North America’s singular showcase for contemporary design, this Fair draws the most intrepid seekers of design truth and design trends to an extraordinary exhibition of the most inspired models of design on the forefront as well as thought-provoking programs and a schedule of supplementary exhibits and features.

View and draw inspiration from displays of furniture, seating, carpet and flooring, lighting, outdoor furniture, materials, images, accessories, textiles and kitchen and bath. For more information, visit the ICFF site.

Major League Baseball® and Baby Ruth® are searching for the most talented performance of the popular baseball anthem “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” The search, which will be conducted through a contest sponsored by Baby Ruth, celebrates the song’s 100th anniversary and supports the League’s 2008 Opening Week initiative. One lucky winner will receive the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead the beloved song during the 7th Inning Stretch of the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, the final season at the historic stadium.

Grand Prize Winner to Perform Historic Song at the 2008 All-Star Game…Fans can enter by submitting a video clip of their performance to http://www.MLB.com/babyruth. Videos can be submitted from March 31st through May 26th. In June, ten semi-finalists’ videos, selected by MLB and Baby Ruth, will be posted for fan voting online. The three videos with the most votes will go to 2008 DHL All-Star FanFest where a panel of judges will determine the grand prize winner. Restrictions apply, visit http://www.MLB.com/babyruth for official rules. In addition, all 30 Major League Clubs will host local celebrations for the 100th anniversary of this famous song.

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When nearly half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned, perhaps the news about saying ‘no’ needs to be more…er…transparent. In addition, recent statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that one in four female adolescents in the U.S. have a sexually transmitted disease, so this timely campaign tackles this public health issue head-on.

The campaign wants people to talk about protecting themselves BEFORE they get naked – and asks anyone to design a pair of boxers, panties, or a t-shirt with a message about playing it safe. ISIS will award scholarships and personalized undies for winning entries. Go to the site to download the templates and design away to win a $1000 scholarship. Contest ends 15 May 2008 at 11:30 pm PST.

At Right: Shopping cart chair from Reestore Design.

Calling all eco furniture designers! All green ID geniuses! All chair connoisseurs! Here’s your chance to conjure up an innovative armchair in keeping with the tenets of “good” (ie “green”) design. The One Good Chair Competition is looking for some smart new designs that balance beauty with comfort while letting sustainable forms shine through. The winning team will receive $4,500 to help realize their design as a prototype.

Contest entries will be judged according to innovation and originality in three categories: make (material conservation), feel (physical comfort), and looks (emotional resonance). Registration costs $50 and is open until May 16th (this is the date marked on this site’s calendar), while all designs must be submitted by June 9th. Inhabitat founder Jill Fehrenbacher is one of the judges for this great competition, so begin by reading more about this contest at Inhabitat!

ARTISTS ARE ASKED TO SUBMIT DESIGNS FOR NEXT SPRING’S ROSE APRIL 1-MAY 26

Lord & Taylor announces the re-launch of its iconic Rose on April 1. Through the end of May, awnings and windows on the Fifth Avenue flagship will showcase the 2008 version of the store’s legendary symbol, re-created and re-colored in “sunrise,” the extraordinary mixture of yellow and orange Lord & Taylor has adopted as it re-invents itself for the twenty-first century. Shopping bags, boxes, gift cards and in-store visuals will portray the new Lord & Taylor Rose in all 47 Lord & Taylor stores until Memorial Day, May 26. And, in Manhattan, buses wrapped in a collage of the Lord & Taylor rose, will carry New Yorkers and visitors to and from metro area locations starting April 7th.

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