It’s Worldwide Photo Walk time again – this time it’s not just one day, it’s a weekend of photo walks.

Just in case it’s not clear what I’m talking about, here is a short explanation. For the forth time Scott Kelby has organized a worldwide event: Groups of photographers will gather on the weekend of October 1st and 2nd and take pictures for about two hours. It is very interesting to experience how (up to) 50 people basically looking at the same “things” interpret what they see completely differently.

I’m leading the Rochester, NY walk at High Falls this year (after leading a downtown walk in Rochester two years ago, and a walk in Memmingen, Germany last year).

If you are interested in photography, are in Rochester, NY and have some time, join us for this years Worldwide Photo Walk.

You can find pictures from previous walks on Flickr: Rochester and Memmingen.

It’s this time of the year again: The Small show at the High Falls Art Gallery in Rochester, NY Is about to open. Join the artists for the public reception on Sunday, May 23rd from 3 to 6pm.

Here is a link to the PDF version of the invitation.

If you don’t want to download the PDF invitation, here is the important information from the document:

High Falls Art Gallery

Small Works of art no larger than twelve inches

Public Reception Sunday May 23, 2010 3-6pm

Music by Reilly Taylor-Cook and Hershel Mikel Jazz Duo 

Have you heard? Pepsi is giving away $1,300,000 a month for great ideas “that can make a positive impact in the community”.

The money is awarded in different categories:

• 2 Grants at the $250,000 level
• 10 Grants at the $50,000 level
• 10 Grants at the $25,000 level
• 10 Grants at the $5,000 level

This is all based on votes from the public. Everybody has 10 votes a day to select worthy projects.

Rochester’s Larry Moss is competing in the $50,000 category for the ElasticPark project: The goal is to build a collection of dinosaurs out of balloons. Go to ElasticPark.com to find out more about the details – and then vote for the project!

Voting is a bit tricky: When you first go to the site, you are not logged in. The “Vote” button will only bring up the login dialog (from where you can also create a new account). Once you are logged in, your vote has not been cast yet, and you have to click on the “Vote” button again to make your vote count for the day. Vote once a day, and keep on voting until the ElasticPark project actually wins – that may be this month, next month or any time after that. As long as the project finishes within the first 100 projects, it will be automatically rolled forward to the next month.

Oh, and don’t vote for any other $50,000 project – they are all competing with ElasticPark for the same 10 top spots, but you can of course vote 9 more times every day for projects in any of the other categories.

One more thing: When you sign up for an account, make sure that you remember your password. I forgot mine, and had to use the “Reset my password” feature – it seems to reset the password for all of Pepsi, but I was not able to log into the RefreshEverything site again – I had to sign up for a second account with a different email address.

What happens when you hang a photo upside down? Does it still work? Does it still look good? Does it turn into something different? Find out for yourself at the “Upside Down” show at the Rochester High Falls Art Gallery. One of the current shows has all frames mounted upside down.

The free public reception for the shows is on Sunday, December 6th from 3 to 6pm.

The exhibits continue through January 8th, 2009.

For more information, download the official PDF flyer.

Now that the Small show is over, it’s time for a new exhibit at the High Falls Gallery: The Abstraction show is about to open.

Join the artists for the opening this Sunday, 07/26/2009 from 3 to 6pm.

Here is a link to the flyer in PDF format: ag abs109 invite 1up.pdf

I know, it’s a few days too late… Last Saturday was the 2nd Annual Worldwide Photowalk.

(Thanks to Michele for taking this picture).

I led the walk in Rochester, NY, and the fruits of our 3 hours of walking around downtown Rochester can be seen here:

All Flickr images tagged with WorldwidePhotoWalkRochesterNY2009

The Flickr group for participants of the Rochester walk.

As far as I know, everybody had fun – at least until the rain started. It was not too bad: It rained for a about 10 minutes, but we lost a few people during and after that little break.
Let’s do this again next year.

If you haven’t been to the High Falls Gallery to see the Small Show, there is still a chance: It is open until July 11th.

The next time you are in or around downtown Rochester you may want to consider stopping by to look at a few pictures. The art work is small (hence the name), so it should not take too long

The next show – titled “Abstract” – will open on July 26th and is running through September 11th. I submitted three of my images, so I’ll be at the opening. Do you want to join me?

Have you heard? The Small Show is coming to the High Falls Art Gallery (in Rochester, NY). Here is a link to the flyer (PDF).

If you don’t want to download the flyer, here is the information about the shows:

Art Supply Invitational and a rather large exhibit called Small

High Falls Art Gallery Rochester
60 Browns Race, Rochester NY 14614

Reception Sunday May 24, 3-6pm
Continuing through July 11, 2009

I submitted three pictures, and I’ve been told that because of the large number of submissions, only one image per artist is guaranteed to be in the show. If not all of my pictures will make it into the exhibit, I’ll post the rejected ones here. So stay tuned. And, I hope to see you at the reception.

It is November and somehow my magnolia tree is not aware of that fact… I took this picture last night. I hope the tree is not wasting too much energy with all these buds.