ORCHID ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Entries for photos and art can be brought to the Toronto Botanical Garden on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 between 12 noon and 7:30 pm. (Entry forms can be filled out at that time)

Artists may request space for 1-4 paintings in the following categories

1. paintings, etchings, charcoal etc
2. photographs
3. sculptures, ceramics, china, jewelry and metal art, needlepoint, fibre art, quilts collectible orchid -related art or crafts (Display must contain orchids).

In order to exhibit, the Artist must remit 15% commission of any sale to the Southern Ontario Orchid Society. This amount will be deducted at the time of sale SUBMISSION FORM (pdf)

For further information, please email artandphoto@soos.ca

Work previously shown at a Southern Ontario Orchid Show will not be accepted.

Volunteers and exhibitors have one free pass to the show. If you could volunteer for security or setup, it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact us with the times you are available to volunteer.

After the success of our 2009 exhibit, Building Storeys 2010 arrives Feb 4th for a longer stay at the Gladstone Hotel!

Come on out and support fellow BPC Members Toni Wallachy and Olena Sullivan.

A collaborative effort by Heritage Toronto and members of the photography groups the Shadow Collective and the DK Photo Group, Building Storeys is a visual documentation and anecdotal exhibit of city's heritage building and sites. By showcasing some of Toronto's industrial past we hope to change the perception of heritage in our city, by revealing some of the hidden beauty of these sites.

www.buildingstoreys.com

Thursday, February 4 - Saturday, April 24th, 2010

The Gladstone Hotel

3rd & 4th Floors

1214 Queen Street WestToronto

Show hours: 12:00 - 5:00 pm daily

Cost: Free

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ECO Film Arts Festival - Call for Submissions

ECO Film Arts Festival - Call for Submissions

Photography Competition

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Tuesday, March 23, 2010

WHO IS ELIGIBLE - The competition is open to anyone 18 years of age or older, residing in Ontario.

For More information and competition details - click on link

http://www.ecofilmartsfestival.com/submissions/photographerguidelines.pdf

The world's oldest and most expensive camera

A Daguerréotype camera - one of the first commercially produced cameras - is set to go on sale with an estimated price of £600,000.That will make the wooden sliding-box 1839 camera, the oldest and most expensive in the world.It was built by Alphonse Giroux, the brother-in-law of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre and is even signed by Daguerre himself, the inventor of the first practicable photographic process. The rare camera has been in private ownership in northern Germany for generations and the present owner’s father gave it to him in the 1970s as a present when he became an optician. It features a black velvet interior and ground-glass screen… no there is no autofocus or face.

Member News: David Sweeney to present photo project.

BPC Member and Vice-President David Sweeney will present his historical mills project to "The Tool Group of Canada" in Markham, Ontario this coming February 6th. David's presentation will be approximately 1 hour in length, and will give a brief overview of the importance of milling in Canada and as part of the industrial revolution. The connection that the milling industry gave to small towns in Ontario to larger industrial centre's such as Toronto. And he will feature some of the mills he has visited over the past 3 years which have a strong connection to the tool group. This will be a slightly shorter version of a similar presentation that David will give the BPC on June 3rd.

More info on The Tool Group of Canada can be seen here on their website: http://www.thetoolgroupofcanada.com/