{"id":297,"date":"2008-07-25T08:06:18","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T12:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=297"},"modified":"2015-12-27T22:31:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T03:31:40","slug":"iraqs-new-flag-photo-contest-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2008\/07\/iraqs-new-flag-photo-contest-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq&#8217;s New Flag + Photo Contest &#038; Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq has issued a <a title=\"Gulfnews: Call to artists\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gulfnews.com\/region\/Iraq\/10229192.html\" target=\"_blank\">call to artists<\/a> in and outside of Iraq to design the country&#8217;s new flag. There is still controversy over the current flag that was voted on in January. The three stars from the regime of  Saddam Hussein&#8217;s days were stripped but the Arabic script for &#8220;God is great&#8221; was left in the current design but represented in a different way. Here&#8217;s the  <a title=\"Iraq's flag\" href=\"http:\/\/alahel.com\/iraq-business-news.htm\" target=\"_blank\">background story<\/a> for further explanation if you&#8217;d like to take the opportunity. The deadline to submit a design is by the end of September.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/07\/old-iraq-flag.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-298\" title=\"Old and Current (top) Iraq flags\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/07\/old-iraq-flag.jpg\" alt=\"Old and Current (top) Iraq flags\" width=\"300\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/old-iraq-flag.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/old-iraq-flag-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another artistic opportunity, the <a title=\"News release re Akron Museum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/entertainment\/25842204.html\" target=\"_blank\">Akron Art Museum in Ohio<\/a> has launched a low fidelity (lomographic) <a title=\"Akron Museum Photo Contest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.akronartmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/details.php?unid=828\" target=\"_blank\">photo contest<\/a>. The deadline is September 30th. All photos must be taken with a toy camera in the Northeast Ohio area and the subject categories are the following &#8212; inspired by photographic styles of famous photographers: freaks and geeks (Diane Arbus), self portraiture (Cindy Sherman), landscape (Ansel Adams), life on the street (WeeGee), and people and pop culture (Andy Warhol). There are a few weeks of summer vacation left, so when you&#8217;re on the beach, think of potential pictures and have your lomo camera ready &#8212; oh, but get to Ohio to take them. Yours could be in the exhibit in October.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/07\/diana-023_home.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-299\" title=\"Toy camera\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/07\/diana-023_home.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, my 16 year old son told me about this opportunity to view an interactive <a title=\"FLIK film festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flikfestival.com\/dailies\/\" target=\"_blank\">FLICK film festival<\/a> with over 40 movie participants at <a title=\"previous post on National Harbor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=106\" target=\"_blank\">National Harbor<\/a>, MD this weekend, July 25 &#8211; 26, 6pm at <a title=\"Art Whino website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artwhino.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Art Whino<\/a>. There is a suggested donation of $10 (which includes one beverage and a bag of popcorn). The Gallery Hours are Saturday 10am &#8211; 10pm and Sunday noon &#8211; 6pm. It could be funky but movies are cooling during hot days&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Happy weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq has issued a call to artists in and outside of Iraq to design the country&#8217;s new flag. There is still controversy over the current flag that was voted on in January. The three stars from the regime of Saddam Hussein&#8217;s days were stripped but the Arabic script for &#8220;God is great&#8221; was left in the current design but represented in a different way. Here&#8217;s the background story for further explanation if you&#8217;d like to take the opportunity. The deadline to submit a design is by the end of September. Here&#8217;s another artistic opportunity, the Akron Art Museum in Ohio has launched a low fidelity (lomographic) photo contest. The deadline is September 30th. All photos must be taken with a toy camera in the Northeast Ohio area and the subject categories are the following &#8212; inspired by photographic styles of famous photographers: freaks and geeks (Diane Arbus), self portraiture (Cindy Sherman), landscape (Ansel Adams), life on the street (WeeGee), and people and pop culture (Andy Warhol). There are a few weeks of summer vacation left, so when you&#8217;re on the beach, think of potential pictures and have your lomo camera ready &#8212; oh, but get to Ohio to take them. Yours could be in the exhibit in October. Finally, my 16 year old son told me about this opportunity to view an interactive FLICK film festival with over 40 movie participants at National Harbor, MD this weekend, July 25 &#8211; 26, 6pm at Art Whino. There is a suggested donation of $10 (which includes one beverage and a bag of popcorn). The Gallery Hours are Saturday 10am &#8211; 10pm and Sunday noon &#8211; 6pm. It could be funky but movies are cooling during hot days&#8230;. 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