DG Featured in NY’s Times Square!

Last week, we announced our 2009 “Digital Graffiti” Call for Entries, and the story was picked up worldwide…

But what we didn’t expect was to see was our Digital Graffiti festival showing-up on the JumboTrons in New York’s Times Square!

In fact, the image of an Alys Beach business being transformed by projection art was reportedly shown in rotation for several days.

Hey–if we can make it there, we can make it ANYWHERE, right?

Stay tuned here for more cool DG news, and get started on your festival entries!!!

The deadline for all submissions this year is April 30th.

2009 Finalists To Be Announced Soon

The 2009 Digital Graffiti festival will be held in Alys Beach, Florida on Saturday, June 6th

Last-minute entries have been flooding in from all across the globe, and we greatly appreciate everyone’s support of — and enthusiam for — Digital Graffiti 2009. Yet again this year, we’ve received some truly amazing works of digital art, so our 2009 judges will really have their work cut out for them when they decide which submissions will win these cash prizes at the festival on Saturday, June 6th:

Our festival committee is now busy narrowing down the field of submissions, and we expect to announce the official roster of 2009 finalists very soon, perhaps as early as next week. Watch this page for the big announcement, and best of luck to all of our participating artists!

Click here to purchase your festival tickets online!

2009 Call for Entries (Expired)

The deadline for 2009 digital art submissions has passed. Thank you very much for your interest, and we hope you’ll participate in our 2010 Digital Graffiti festival!

Alys Beach is pleased to invite digital artists to submit original works for the Second Annual “Digital Graffiti” Festival at Alys Beach, a juried digital art competition and display.  All works and subject matter will be considered for the competition and display during the 2009 festival, which will be held on Saturday, June 6th.

a building transformed by projection art

Stage 1: Initial Screening

All entries should be sent via email as soon as possible to events@alysbeach.com.  The deadline for all submissions is April 30, 2009.  Your link should be easily viewable in a standard web browser, and launch with common plug-ins such as Flash or QuickTime.

There is no application fee and ARTISTS RETAIN 100% OWNERSHIP OF THEIR WORKS, although please note that by submitting an entry, you agree to allow Digital Graffiti and Alys Beach the right to use photographic reproductions of your artwork for promotional purposes, both in print and online.

You may submit more than one artwork, but please note that artwork requires its own entry information:

• Project Title
• Artist Name
• Year Produced
• Short description of project (200-300 words)
• Brief artist statement
• A list of any related images, documents, videos and/or URLs
• An artist cv/resume that includes your physical address, telephone number and email address
• Finally, please indicate whether you will attend the festival on June 6, 2009. Please note that attendance is NOT required for eligibility.

Entries may include new or existing short digital videos, Adobe Flash animations, PhotoShop creations, YouTube clips or entirely new interactive concepts.  To see examples of last year’s entries, please click here.

Still photography entries may be accepted, but should consist of large, themed slideshows or presentations of images that have been digitally altered or enhanced in an artistically significant manner.

Stage 2:  Finalists & The Selection Process

Submitting artists whose entries pass the first screening (“Finalists”) will be requested to send artwork in high-resoluation QuickTime format either via a provided FTP site or with a provided FedEx label.  These finalists will be eligible for the competition on June 6, 2009 and their works will be displayed during the event.

Stage 3:  Awards & The Festival

The 2009 Digital Graffiti festival will be held in Alys Beach, Florida on Saturday, June 6. Prizes will be awarded in various categories, as judged by a panel of art and industry experts:

• Best of Show ($2,000 Prize – Sponsored by Florida’s Governor’s Office of Film & Entertainment)
• Best Environmental Theme ($1,000 Prize)
• Most Experimental Submission ($1,000 Prize)
• Best Local Submission ($1,000 Prize – Sponsored by 30A.com)
• Audience Favorite ($1,000 Prize – Sponsored by 30A.com)

For more information, please email events@alysbeach.com or call (toll-free) 1-866-481-8390.

New Judge Joins Digital Graffiti Panel

For 25 years, Photographer Colleen Duffley (www.colleenduffleyphotography.com) has made a career circling the globe photographing interesting and influential people, places and things. Her portfolio of clients includes Metropolitan Home magazine, Nieman Marcus, Private Clubs magazine, British Homes & Gardens, Volkswagon and countless others.

Today, Colleen calls Seagrove Beach, Florida her home, where her passion for the area and all things creative has sparked her latest endeavor: Studio b. (www.studiobthebeach.com)

Located in the Alys Beach, Studio b. is a creative venue that brings together the “best of the best” as well as the “up and coming” in the fields of photography, art, design, literature, food and wine. Featuring monthly seminars, classes and inspirational lectures by recognized talents and icons  from around the world, Studio b.’s goal is to inspire and cultivate a unique new artistic community along Florida’s beautiful Emerald Coast.

While Colleen certainly has a passion for the arts, she also has a unique passion for life. An accomplished cyclist, Colleen competed at the Olympic Road Trials in 1992 and 1996. Her belief that anything is possible inspires anyone who has had the pleasure of working with her. Her passion for photography has also lead her to teach photography in Italy and on the college level as a staff instructor at the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale.

We are excited to welcome Colleen to our growing team of prestigious 2009 Digital Graffiti judges!

Author Jonathan Salem Baskin Joins 2009 Festival Judges

Author Jonathan Salem Baskin

We’d like to welcome author, branding and marketing guru Jonathan Salem Baskin to our 2009 panel of judges!

Jonathan travels the world, writing and working to help companies embrace the ideas and tools of the 21st Century mediasphere. He’s established himself in a variety of roles: as a business leader (he ran communications for Limited, Blockbuster, and Nissan, and advised clients on key projects, such as Apple’s iMac launch); a journalist (he’s a regular contributor to Advertising Age, Information Week, and Fast Company); and as a self-styled “chief heretic” (his blog, Dim Bulb, was voted a “must read” last year). 

Jonathan is a vocal advocate for inventing novel, cross-functional solutions to today’s most intractable or challenging business problems, and is usually the first to question his own quarter-century of accomplishments with insight, humility, and humor.  His book, Branding Only Works on Cattle (2008), earned him rave reviews, as well as the label “merry iconoclast.”

For more information about this year’s celebrity panel, click here!