Saturday, December 17, 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS!  AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE GRABILL GALLERY!  THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS PARTICIPATED AND OR FEATURED THEIR WORK IN OUR GALLERY!!  YOU HAVE HELPED MAKE OUR OPENING YEAR A SUCCESS!!  PLEASE BE WATCHING FOR THE NEW CALL FOR ENTRIES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO FEATURE AND GET INVOLVED!  

DON'T FORGET TO STOP IN AND SEE THE "JOY"  FEATURED CONTEST!!  IT IS TRULY JOYFUL AND BEAUTIFUL!  WHILE YOUR THERE SUPPORT A GOOD CAUSE BY CASTING YOUR PEOPLES CHOICE VOTE!  WE ARE OPEN 9-?  CHRISTMAS EVE AND NEW YEARS EVE!


DON'T FORGET THE "STORMS" ENTRIES!  IF YOU HAVE MISSED THE DEADLINE DON'T WORRY WE ARE ACCEPTING LATE ENTRIES BE SURE TO SEND THEM TO ALLIEMAYPHOTOGRAPHY@GMAIL.COM!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

"JOY" 
The Joy contest opened today!  Beautiful entries!  this show will hang thru the holidays!  

                                                                                                                                                                 

Stop in to cast your peoples choice vote
Scroll down to see the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place entries!  Congratulations to all!  Thank you to all participants!  



First Place, James Schwartz!




Second Place Andrew Witmer!

Third Place Terri Cummins!




Next contest is "storms"  if you haven't entered yet we are accepting late entries!  

Friday, November 11, 2011

IPFW Certificate Program Students~Grabill Gallery

Don't Miss the Opening of the IPFW Certificate Program Saturday November 12th During regular business hours 10-5 at the The Grabill Gallery!  Located in The Country Shops of Grabill!  The work of these students is amazing!!  A must see!



Tuesday, November 1, 2011



If you missed the "Joy" contest deadline, please contact me.  I am glad to extend this deadline.  I want the Wall to be filled with Joy over the Holiday season!! Send your entries to alliemayphotography@gmail.com.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Art Opening Saturday October 15th





October 15th two really exciting exhibits are going on!!  We have a featured Artist, 
"Quilts~n~Herbs" ~ Sherry Berry 
Sherry has been hand-piecing and quilting quilts, wall hangings and runners for 10 years.  She has competed in several local contests and won best-of-show and 1st place several times.  She can make standard quilt patterns and customize to your colors and taste.



The Second is the "Our town" Photo contest!!  We had 3 entrants for this contest and the judging was tight!!  Remember to stop in and place your vote for the Peoples Choice Award!  You can purchase 3 votes  with  1 food item as a donation for the food bank or $1.00 


 Congratulation Tom Blake Jr. for receiving 1st Place!!



Debbie Gengler for 2nd Place!!


Sash Hullinger for 3rd Place!!






Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Next Featured Artist

Our next feature is a double feature first a different kind of artist.... Quilts~n~Herbs by Sherry Berry!  Opening Saturday October 15th!  Stop in and see the beautiful handmade quilts!! More on her tommorrow!! 
We will also be featuring the 3 entrants for the "Our Town" Photo Contest!! Also opening October 15th!!  so much to see!!  don't miss out!
For more information on how you can participate of get involved check out our call for entry tab, on the home page!!  

Peoples choice award black and white show


The People have spoke!!  and Andrew Witmer is the recipient of the Peoples Choice Award for the Black and White Contest!!  Thank you to all who participated in the contest and in our voting, and blessing the food bank!!  Don't forget to pick your photos up on October 12th between 11-3  




Thursday, September 29, 2011

I have extended the deadline for the "Our town" contest thru this weekend!  I would like to see a few more people participate, many of you have indicated an interest but i haven't heard from some of you!!  Remember you don't have to have your finished photo until October 12th!!  This is a great way to get y our name out there!!

tanya

Sustainable Living


Visit Grabill Sept 30 and Oct 1st for the N.E.I Sustainable Fair and Market, If you are into protecting our environment, going green, recyclable, sustainable, compostable, this is where you will want to be!!
http://neisustainableliving.com/




Sunday, September 25, 2011

Black and White contest


If you haven't been in to see the Black and White contest yet there is still time!  In hangs until October 11th!! 
A big thank you to all who participated and congratulations to Ajna Wagenfeld, Abby Scrock and Sasha Hullinger our our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place recipients!    



There is still time to vote for you favorite photo for our peoples choice award!!  We are open M-Sat 10-5!! 


Don't forget to enter the "Our Town" contest!  digital entries and your submission fee are due by Sept 26th! Go to the page tab at top labeled Call for entry fall all the information!!  

Monday, September 12, 2011

Black and White Opening Sept 17th!! vote for your favorite photo!!

We are so excited we have 6 photographers that have entered our very first competition!!  the photos are fantastic and are a must see!!  the Opening is scheduled for September 17th during regular business hours!!  Be sure to come in and show your support to your favorite artist by buying your vote for the peoples choice award!  $1.00 buys you 3 votes!!  and they can all be used by for the same photo!

Our First Featured Artist!


Our first Featured Artist was Jim Gabbard of  Henris Photo of fort wayne @ www.henrisphoto.com If you haven't stopped in to see his work there is a couple more days left!  


Grabill Gallery Call for Entry

~Grabill Gallery~  at the Country Shops of Grabill
 Call for entries schedule
We would like to extend an invitation to participate in our upcoming contests! All entries must be family friendly.  All entries will be asked to submit digitally either on cd, or by email to alliemayphotography@gmail.com    . Fees must be paid before submissions will be considered.    We accept checks, cash, MC, VS, DS. You can call this in, drop it off or mail it in at the contact info below.  All entries will be previewed for acceptance. Submitting does not guarantee acceptance.  The accepted pieces will be presented in the gallery for one month and must have a tag in the lower right corner of the back of the piece labeled with your name show title, price if applicable( if not put NFS) and leave a spot for your vendor number if you haven’t already been given it.  Make an identical one to go on the front.  Please make sure your photo has a wire hanger for hanging.   Your liability information sheet must be signed and your gallery information form filled out when you drop off your accepted entries.  For photographs all entries must be framed, no smaller than an 8x10 image and no larger than a 16x20 image.   The following schedule runs thru the first of the year.  You may submit your fee/s ($5/ entry per piece limit 4 per artist) with your digital entries anytime just make sure they are clearly labeled as to which call of entry they are for.  Please note acceptance will be notified per the schedule.  Entry fees are non-refundable.  Opening will be on Saturdays during normal business hours, 10-5 Artists are invited to be here during any portion of the day to meet and greet!  Please remember to advertise your opening and get your family and friends here!!  You will be notified ahead of the opening if you place!  Awards will be on the pieces for the opening!

~Aug 20th –Sept 16th Featured Artist ~Jim Gabbard~ Architecture
~Call for entry~ Black and white contest, Open category, photos may be of anything as long as they are family friendly.


Sep 1       Entry deadline (please submit fee/s and digital images by this date)
Sept  5     Notification of acceptance
Sept  14   Accepted pieces due at the gallery 10-5
Sept  17   Opening during business hours 10-5
Oct. 12     Pick up your entries b/t 10-5


~Call for entry ~ Our Town, photographs of your town, as seen thru your eyes!
Sept 26      Entry deadline (please submit fee/s and digital image/s by this date)
Sept 30      Notification of acceptance
Oct 12        Accepted pieces due at the gallery 10-5
Oct 15        Opening during business hours 10-5
Nov 9          Pick up your photos


~Featured Artist ~ IPFW Certificate program students
Oct. 17    Digital entries due for approval
Nov. 9      Entries due at gallery b/t  10-5
Nov 12     Opening  during business hours 10-5
Dec 7        Pick up your photos

~Call for Entry:  ~Joy, this show will hang over the holiday season!  What a better time for photographs of joy!  How do you “picture” Joy?
Oct 31      Entry deadline (please submit fee/s and digital image/s by this date)
Nov 7       Notification of acceptance
Dec 7       Accepted pieces due at gallery 10-5
Dec 10     Opening during business hours 10-5
Jan 4        Pick- up your entries b/t  10-5

Call for Entry ~Storms, any season!
Nov 28      Entry deadline (please submit fee/s and digital image/s by this date)
Dec 5        Notification of acceptance pieces
Jan 4         Accepted pieces due at gallery 10-5
Jan 7         Opening during business hours 10-5
Feb 1        Pick- up your entries b/t 10-5