Digital Graffiti finalist Andy McKeown is reaching out to the public to submit their images in order to be potentially featured in his 2011 submission, “Kaleidoscopia” for the fourth-annual Digital Graffiti Festival held in Alys Beach on Saturday, June 11.

Using a program designed by McKeown called “Kaleidoscopialive,” anyone can submit their images and become part of the show. The toolkit can be accessed by visiting his website, www.kaleidoscopialive.com.

Once uploaded, McKeown will incorporate user-submitted photos into his kaleidoscope-like exhibit. The work will be projected onto a one of the iconic white walls within the coastal community of Alys Beach. Repeat festival patrons may recall that McKeown was a featured finalist for his kaleidoscope-inspired piece at the 2010 Digital Graffiti.

McKeown intentionally made the process as user-friendly and accessible as possible, “I originally designed the toolkit as I discovered most people just don’t have access to expensive software, and the toolkit makes the process almost instant (nothing much to learn) and this frees the user up to experiment with just making fabulous kaleidoscopes.”

The process gets even easier with his webcam-version of the software. “There is no loading of files so ideal for small children and big people that don’t like computers!” McKeown said.