2015 Alameda County Fair

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1 Guide to Enter the 2015 Alameda County Fair PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION Division: #207 Photography Open to California Residents 18 years and older THE FAIR THEME THIS YEAR IS: ** Rock the Red, White and Blue ** Dates to Remember... Wednesday, May 20 th : Last day to enter the Division #207 Photography competition ENTRIES ACCEPTED ONLINE ONLY for the 1 st Round of judging Friday, May 29 th : Notification of 1 st Round Judging Entry Status Saturday, June 6 th, 9am - 4pm or Friday, June 5 th, 5pm-7pm: Delivery of Entries accepted for the 2 nd Round of Judging (hand deliver only) Tuesday, June 9 th : Notification of Final Judging results Saturday, June 13 th, 9am-1pm: Pick up of non-selected work Saturday, June 27 th 11:30am: FREE Digital Photography workshop Monday, July 6 th, 12-7pm, ONLY: End of Fair Return of Artwork Monday, July 6 th, 5pm. Last day to enter the Division #209 Photos at the Fair online Competition

2 page.2 CASH AWARDS offered by The Alameda County Fair: Division 207 PHOTOGRAPHY: (1) Gold Award or Best of Show ~ $300 (7) Best of Class Award ~ $200 (14) Silver Award ~ $150 (1) Fair Theme Award ~ $150 Honorable Mention ~ Rosette (Judges may award up to 15) (1) Public Favorite ~ Rosette and $100 Gift Certificate to Looking Glass Photo & Camera $10 per Entry 6 Maximum Entries per Division Free Alameda County Fair Admission Artists will receive one 2015 Alameda County Fair admission ticket, at time of entry delivery to the 2 nd Round of Judging. One ticket per exhibitor, not one per entry. Tickets are good any day the Fair is open. For artists with non-accepted entries please photo@alamedacountyfair.com to arrange getting a ticket to the fair. ENTER ONLINE BY May 20th, 2015 Need assistance with the online entry? Click on the link below for an online tutorial: ore-the-fair/visit-essentials/fair-videogallery (scroll down to Online Photo Entry.avi on page 2) Phone assistance: office hours at (925) assistance: Exhibits@alamedacountyfair.com Questions about the Photography Divisions? photo@alamedacountyfair.com

3 page.3 ENTRY CLASS CATEGORIES: Division # 207 Photography Classes 1. Color photographs of a natural landscape (A natural landscape is a landscape that appears unaffected by human activity): Includes film as well as digital capture. Retouching (manual and/or digital) such as adjusting exposure, color cast, contrast, sharpness, white balance, dodging/burning, removing minor compositional elements or visible flaws, but maintaining a realistic representation of the original subject/scene. 2. Portraiture: An artistic representation of a person in a color photograph. Includes film as well as digital capture. Retouching (manual and/or digital) such as adjusting exposure, color cast, contrast, sharpness, white balance, dodging/burning, removing minor compositional elements or visible flaws, but maintaining a realistic representation of the original subject/scene. 3. Color photographs of any subject other than a natural landscape or portraiture: Includes film as well as digital capture. Retouching (manual and/or digital) such as adjusting exposure, color cast, contrast, sharpness, white balance, dodging/burning, removing minor compositional elements or visible flaws, but maintaining a realistic representation of the original subject/scene. 4. Monochrome photographs: Includes film as well as digital capture. Black and white or any single tone image. The defining characteristic of Class 3 is the limitation to one color tone. Includes traditional black and white prints. Retouching (manual and/or digital) such as adjusting exposure, color cast, contrast, sharpness, white balance, dodging/burning, removing minor compositional elements or visible flaws, but maintaining a realistic representation of the original subject/scene. 5. Alternative Process/Mixed Media: Includes film as well as digital capture. Including, but not limited to, hand colored/tinted black and white photographs, pinhole photography, photo grams, stereo, infrared, toy/plastic camera, Polaroid, and/or other alternative photography or digital methods. Alternative Process and Mixed Media prints may be "Manipulated" or have Special Effects, but the defining characteristic of Class 4 is the photographic or digital process/medium and/or presentation. Pieces must be wall hanging. 6. Creative Digital Photographs: Digital capture. Color or black-and-white/single tone image that has been digitally altered, manipulated or enhanced to introduce effects or elements not present in the original scene or photograph. This is digital manipulation is beyond the normal adjusting exposure, color cast, contrast, sharpness, white balance, dodging/burning, removing minor compositional elements or visible flaws. This is a photo that represents the original subject in an UNREALISTIC way. $10 per Entry 6 Maximum Entries per Division

4 page.4 Please read these RULES... ELIGIBILITY 1. Artists must be 18 years old or older and reside in California. 2. Each person may submit a maximum of 6 entries in each division of the Fine Art department. 3. Entries must be made, personally, by the exhibitor. Original work only. No kits, direct copies of original work, classroom assignments or group work will be accepted. 4. Size / Weight Limits for Photography entries: Maximum size: 46 high x 60 wide including frame. Weight Limit for entries is 30 pounds. 5. Photograph must be original and completed within the last two years. 6. Photographs submitted (whether accepted or not) at any prior Alameda County Fair are not eligible for entry and will be disqualified. 7. Exhibiter may not submit the same entry at two or more fairs that require them to be on exhibit at the same time unless prior written approval has been obtained from both fairs. 8. Exhibitors are solely responsible for reading the competition guidelines and rules, and entering their items in the correct Divisions/Classes. Incorrect entries may result in disqualification and may not be exhibited. 9. Photographs that are accepted for exhibition cannot differ from the uploaded image or the entry will be disqualified. 10. No refunds will be issued for items incorrectly entered by the exhibitor. 11. All state and local rules apply. 12. No changes of any kind are allowed after online entry deadline. 13. The Fair Association reserves the right to refuse any entry, or refuse to display any entry considered not to be in accordance with the rules of entry or in the best interests of the Fair.

5 page.5 1 st Round Online Judging ENTER ONLINE BY May 20th, 2015 The Alameda County Fair Fine Art Exhibition is a juried exhibition. Not all entries are accepted. Photography (Division 207) entries will be judged first from uploaded images viewed online to determine if the submitted entry meets the basic requirements to participate in this competition and the subjective standards for exhibition set by the judges. All entries will be juried by recognized authorities in the art world. See page 14 for the 2015 Photography Judges. Friday, May 29th, 2015, 6 pm 1st Round Judging notification of entry acceptance/non-acceptance for delivery for the 2 nd Round of Judging. You will be sent a separate for each of your entries whether or not they were accepted into the exhibition judging. Please check spam/junk folders before calling for your results. Tips and Instructions on How to Enter Mandatory Online Entry Process for Photography. See also step-by-step instructions on page 7. You will need a digital photo of your photograph in order to enter the contest. Digital image size: For online entries, the ideal resolution in pixels is 800 x 800 (length x width). Images that are larger than that are resampled (resized) to that size while still maintaining the original aspect ratio. It s fine to upload images that do not match the ideal size. The maximum storage size limit is 6 MB. Division / Class: See definition of divisions on page 2. An entry eligible in more than one Division and/or Class should be entered in the Division and /or Class for which it best qualifies. The Alameda County Fair or the judge may disqualify or transfer to the correct Class (at his/her discretion) any entry, which is not a true representative of the Division or Class in which it is entered. It is not, however, the responsibility of the Alameda County Fair or a judge to transfer an entry to the correct Class or Division.

6 page.6 Title: Use a short title: it may be abbreviated to accommodate the label space. If you do not want to title your piece, you will need to enter untitled. If you have more than one untitled, put a number after the word. For example, untitled 1, untitled 2, etc. Please choose your title carefully. The title cannot be changed later. This exact title is what will appear on the wall next to your piece if it gets displayed in the exhibition. Sale Price: If art is for sale, include price or indicate NFS if not for sale. We do not have POR (Price on Request) or B/O (Best Offer) as an option. Photographs DO sell at the Fair so, please, choose your price carefully so that you will be happy if it sells. The Fair takes a 20% sales commission from each sale. Sale prices cannot be changed. No changes after registration. No exceptions. Description: The description can be brief. Mention of medium and subject content is ideal. The description does not go on the wall label. FREE Digital Photography Workshop at the Fair! June 27th, 11:30am in the Plaza de Arte (Fine Art Exhibit) Bring you digital camera and your questions! RSVP requested (not required) via , photo@alamedacountyfair.com ART IN ACTION Artists are invited to demonstrate art making while the Fair is on. Signup sheet posted at Delivery Day or Call the Exhibits Office at (925)

7 page.7 HOW TO ENTER AND UPLOAD YOUR DIGITAL IMAGE- 1 st Round Really Important Entry Date: Online Entry Deadline is Wednesday, May 20 th, 2015 Entry limit is 6 entries per division ~ Entry fee is $10/entry 1. Review the Rules. 2. Entering online requires a credit card! (All cards except for American Express are acceptable) Make sure you have a credit card ready when you start the entry process. No entries are accepted before the entry fee has been paid. 3. Make sure the digital image of your artwork is on your computer and that you know where it is on your computer (on desktop might be easiest). 4. First, Register/Log-in directly at 5. Select Create Entries option 6. Choose the Division/Class for each entry. 7. Enter the Title, Description, and Sale Price (or NFS). 8. Complete payment of entry fees. 9. After payment, select UPLOAD MEDIA option, and then follow prompts to upload the digital image file that matches the title/description. If you have multiple entries, please be very careful to upload the digital images in the SAME order that you entered the titles with prices so that the titles and descriptions match. 10. Refunds will not be issued for failure-to-upload entries. Entry Confirmations You will receive notification and confirmation immediately when entry fee is received. This will be your receipt for the entry fee.

8 page.8 Acceptance for 2 nd Round Judging After the 1 st Round of online judging, notification of entry acceptance/nonacceptance will be sent out on Friday, May 29th, 2015, 6 pm. You will be sent a separate for each of your entries whether or not they were accepted into the next judging. Please check spam/junk folders before calling for your results. Acceptance for the 2 nd Round Judging does not guarantee acceptance for the exhibition. Artwork accepted for the 2 nd round of judging must be brought to the fairgrounds, framed and/ or ready to be displayed. Please see FRAMING CHOICE and RULES (below) for specific rules about presentation. All entries accepted for the 2 nd Round Judging will then be judged for compliance with framing and other rules, size limits, and quality of the entry. Judges may, at their discretion, jury out works that do not meet their subjective artistic standards. When you bring in your artwork, you can let staff know if you want your piece considered for the Fair Theme award. THE 2015 FAIR THEME IS: Rock the Red, White and Blue! Artists whose entries are judged to meet the show standards are invited to enter the 2 nd Round of Judging. Artists will need to deliver their work to the fairgrounds on entry delivery day. Saturday, June 6 th, 9 am - 4 pm or Friday, June 5 th, 5pm-7pm - Building A use Bernal Ave. Gate 2 entrance (Hand Delivery only) Artwork submitted for the 2nd Round of Judging must be ready for display.

9 page.9 FRAMING CHOICE and RULES: Framing choice is one criteria considered by judges in the award judging process. A clean, professional presentation is advised. Simple wood or black or white frames and white, not colored, mats are highly recommended. Photographs accepted for final judging must be framed (or otherwise ready to hang) ready to hang with strap, mirror hangers, or Nielsen (or Nielsen like) frame kits (metal frames with corner screws) and with wire attached. No screw eyes, saw-toothed hangers or spring clasps are allowed. No raw edged glass or raw edged Plexiglass frames are allowed. Size Limits for Photography (Division #207), Maximum size of photograph: 46 high x 60 wide, including the frame. It is advisable to cover the 16 by 20 and larger sized pieces with Plexiglas rather than glass to reduce weight. Please note that the Alameda County Fair does have a supply of Plexiglass cleaner so that the Plexiglass will be cleaned appropriately for the duration of the exhibition. Due to recent developments in the technology used for printing, mounting and presenting photographic prints, the Alameda County Fair will accept photographic prints bonded in process to aluminum or printed directly onto wrapped canvas and treated in a manner which will make them durable enough to withstand exposure to the outdoor environment while on display during the Fair. ACF assumes no responsibility for the condition of these photos during display, as it is assumed that the artist is aware of the durability or limitations of the processes they choose to use in printing and/or framing their photos. Weight Limit: 30 pounds. Provide appropriate packing for handling. Diptychs and triptychs are not allowed unless framed together in one frame within stated size restrictions. All wall work must be wired and ready to hang with fasteners and with wire attached. Wire should be heavy enough to support the piece and attached in a permanent way that does not protrude. Use strap or mirror hangers. No screw eyes; no saw-toothed hangers. See diagram on page 10. Note: NO supplies will be available to correct unacceptable framing. Any artwork not conforming to framing standards will not be accepted for judging. Artwork not ready to hang adequately will be rejected at point of delivery. Any entry not meeting framing requirements will be disqualified.

10 page.10 Hanging Diagram with illustrations for all Framed Entries: These instructions are created to ensure the safety of your work and the Plaza del Arte. We can only accept work for judging which follows these guidelines. WIRE ATTACHMENT Back of Work OK To Use Wood frame Metal frame Mirror/strap hanger Flat hanger Recommended for large works: * Frames must be ready to hang with picture wire only. * No screw eyes, spring clasps, saw tooth clasps, or clip frames can be used. Do Not Use No Screw eye No Spring clasps No Clip Frames

11 page.11 Final Judging Results You will be notified of the final judging results by on June 9th. You will be sent a separate for each of your entries whether or not they were accepted into the exhibit. Please check spam/junk folders before calling for your results. If your delivered entry is judged not accepted, you will need to pick up your artwork on Saturday June 13 th, Claim check or photo ID is required for pickup. PICK-UP OF NON-SELECTED WORK: Saturday June 13th, 9am 1pm Building A use Bernal Ave. Gate 2 entrance Please bring your Claim Check(s) (or photo ID) ~ Judges will be present to answer questions. All artwork (accepted or non-accepted) must be picked up on designated days, or a $10 storage fee per piece is charged. Artwork will become the property of the Fair Association on Monday July 6th at 7:00 p.m. Presentation of artwork for 2nd Round Judging RESPONSIBILITY: Greatest care will be exercised in handling your artwork, but the Fair Management, Alameda County Fair Association, and the County of Alameda WILL NOT BE HELD liable for loss, theft or damage of any kind from any cause. Submission of any work constitutes an agreement to this effect. SALES: RIGHT TO REPRODUCE: The right to reproduce images of any work accepted by the Judges is assumed by the Fair Association. This use would be ONLY for publicity and promotion of the Alameda County Fair. All sales originating at the Fair must be completed in their entirety before the conclusion of the Fair. NO EXCEPTIONS. We DO NOT offer either POR (Price on Request), nor Best Offer as options. Entrants shall be notified of a sale prior to the end of the Fair and payment mailed after the conclusion of the Fair. All sale funds become the property of the Fair until pieces are relinquished to the buyer. The Alameda County Fair will retain a 20 % sales commission from each sale.

12 page.12 DISPLAY: Works are hung under cover, out of doors. Fine art, poetry and photography may be mixed for display within exhibit area. The Alameda County Fair assumes total design control over the presentation of the exhibit. END OF FAIR RETURN OF ARTWORK: Monday, July 6th, pm 7pm ONLY Pick up at Plaza del Arte ~ Enter through Gate 12 (Red Gate). All artwork (accepted or non-accepted) must be picked up on designated days, or a $10 storage fee per piece is charged. Artwork will become the property of the Fair Association on Monday July 6th at 7:00 p.m. ART IN ACTION Artists are invited to demonstrate art making while the Fair is on. Signup sheet posted at Delivery Day or Call the Exhibits Office at (925)

13 page.13 About the Judging Exhibits are placed using the American Judging System where exhibits are ranked one against another. Awards will be made if, in the opinion of the jury, the items entered have sufficient merit. Silver, Fair Theme and Honorable Mention awards may be awarded in each class if judges so determine. Best of Class award winners will compete for Best of Show (Gold) Winner. Jury selection is final. The judges decisions are final and cannot be protested. See page 14 for the 2015 Photography Judges. Artist names and titles of artwork in the exhibit will be posted on the Alameda County Fair s website on the RESULTS page. Awards Each exhibitor shall be restricted to 2 cash awards per division. Each entry is restricted to one cash prize. Gold Award (Best of Show) is selected from Best of Class Awards. Best of Show Award ($300) over-rides Best of Class Award ($200) only the higher cash award is given. Cash awards will be mailed after conclusion of the Fair. During the Fair, fairgoers vote for their favorite piece in each of the Fine Art divisions. The ribbons for these Public Favorite Awards go on the wall next to the winners during the last weekend of the fair. Purchase Awards The Alameda County Fair may purchase artwork from the 2015 Fine Art Exhibit. These purchases will become part of the Alameda County Fair s Permanent Collection. ENTER ONLINE BY May 20th, 2015 Need assistance with the online entry? Click on the link below for an online tutorial: (scroll down to Online Photo Entry.avi on page 2) Phone assistance: office hours at (925) assistance: Exhibits@alamedacountyfair.com

14 page.14 Division 207 PHOTOGRAPHY JUDGES Chris Johnson Chris Johnson is a photographic and video artist, curator and writer. His photographic artwork has been exhibited in museum shows including the Smithsonian Museum and the Oakland Museum of California. In 1994 he co-produced a large performance work in Oakland titled The Roof is on Fire bringing together inner-city high school students and adults. In 1996 he produced an innovative one-hour video piece titled Question Bridge that investigates class issues within the black community. The current version of this project: Question Bridge:Black Males was produced with Hank Willis Thomas and appeared simultaneously at the Brooklyn and Oakland Museums and also opened at the Sundance Film Festival in Question Bridge:Black Males is the 2015 winner of the International Center of Photography s Infinity Award. Chris Johnson is currently a full Professor of Photography at the California College of the Arts where for ten years he served as President of the Faculty Senate. As an active member of the art community in the San Francisco Bay Area, he served as President of San Francisco Camerawork Gallery from 1982 to 1987, and is a founding member and Vice-Chair of the City of Oakland Public Art Advisory Committee. In 1990 he helped establish the House of Photography in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Together with Barbara Bullock-Wilson he co-wrote the introduction and wrote the descriptive text for the book Wynn Bullock 55 published in 2001 by Phaidon Press. In 2000 Chris Johnson's work was published in a book titled Emerging Bodies: Nudes from the Polaroid Collection. Chris Johnson studied photography with Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham and Wynn Bullock; and has received the AICA Mellon Foundation Grant for Photography and three Polaroid Foundation Artist Grants. As co-producer of performance works with Suzanne Lacy he received grants from The Rockefeller Foundation Walter and Elise Haas; LEF Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Tamarack Foundation, McKesson Foundation; work in the collection of Smithsonian Institution, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oakland Museum, Center for Creative Photography. Chris Johnson is the author of The Practical Zone System: for Film and Digital Photography; currently in its 5 th edition. From he served as Chair of the City of Oakland s Cultural Affairs Commission and from 1997 to 2000 he was Director of the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography. As a member of the Public Art Management Team for the Port of Oakland, Chris Johnson is Project Manager and originated the concept for the 8 x 20 Media Wall installed in the new baggage claim area in Collections: Smithsonian Institution; Oakland Museum; Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona; Polaroid International Collection, Cambridge Massachusetts. Michael Thurin Michael Thurin is an Oakland-based photographer and arts organizer. A Bay Area native, he received his Bachelor of Arts at San Francisco State University where he double majored in photography and art history. He is currently the gallery manager of SF Camerawork, the Bay Area s only non-profit organization dedicated to the photographic arts, where he oversees the gallery s rotating exhibition calendar and curatorial programming. Previous experience includes working as gallery associate at Swarm Gallery in Oakland, California. Above all, he champions radical accessibility to all forms of art viewing, production, and education. Andrea McLaughlin Andrea McLaughlin has been the owner of Photolab in Berkeley California for the past 30 years. Andrea built Photolab from humble beginnings as a black and white photo lab in the 1980s. She continues to expand the business which has survived into the digital age and has now become one of the few remaining professional photo labs in the country. Photolab (and photolaboratory.com) is proud to offer film processing and traditional darkroom services along side modern digital printing, mounting and scanning. In 1991 Photolab moved to west Berkeley where the Photolab Gallery was added to the company. The Photolab Gallery has exhibited over 200 Bay Area and California photographers in individual and group shows. Andrea has also developed the Photolab Workshops to provide photographers at all levels with hands-on photography workshops on a range of topics. Andrea teaches "Exhibiting Your Work for Photographers", "Lumi Photo Printing", and does private and group photo critiques. Andrea McLaughlin is also an award winning, published photographer who uses film, digital and iphone photography. She lives in Berkeley California with her husband; they have two college age children.

15 page.15 Guide to Enter the 2015 Alameda County Fair PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION Division: #209 Photos at the Fair Open to California Residents 18 years and older Division 209 Photos at the Fair Photography Contest Come take photos at the Fair! If you think you have a good photo, enter it in the PHOTOS AT THE FAIR Contest! You might get your photo into next year s Fine Art Exhibit! The Fair Photography Competition is a juried competition open to all photographers who live in California and are over the age of 18 yrs. This is a contest for digital photographs taken at the 2015 Alameda County Fair. Any time of camera can be used- digital camera, cell phone or something else. The 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd place winning entries will get automatic acceptance into the 2016 Fine Arts Exhibition* and will be displayed on the Alameda County Fair s Facebook page. Submission of images is done through an on-line entry system and final judging is done after the Fair has closed. All entrants will be notified of contest results via . Date to Remember: Monday, July 6th, 5pm: Last day to enter the Photos at the Fair Contest. (Division 209) online entry only.

16 page.16 Division 209 Photos at the Fair Contest 1 st Prize- $25 & Rosette 2 nd Prize- $15 & Rosette 3 rd Prize- $10 & Rosette 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd prize winners get automatic acceptance in the 2015 Alameda County Fair Fine Art Exhibition* Entry limit is 6 entries ~ Entry fee is $5/entry *Winning entries will be automatically accepted into the 2016 Fine Arts Exhibition as long as they are printed at exhibition quality and framed per the requirements for the exhibition (See Div. 207 Photography Contest rules for framing requirements). Because these images will be judged only online in 2015, the photography judges reserve the right to not display pieces in the 2016 exhibit that do not meet comparable print quality Please read these RULES This is a juried competition. 2. Artists must be 18 years old or older and reside in California. 3. Each person may submit a maximum of 6 entries. 4. Entries must be made, personally, by the exhibitor. Original work only. No kits, direct copies of original work, classroom assignments or group work will be accepted. 5. Digital image must be original and taken at the 2015 Alameda County Fair. 6. Artwork submitted (whether accepted or not) at any prior Alameda County Fair is not eligible for entry and will be disqualified. 7. Artwork that is accepted for exhibition cannot differ from the uploaded image or the entry will be disqualified. 8. No refunds will be issued for items incorrectly entered by the exhibitor. 9. All state and local rules apply. 10. No changes of any kind are allowed after online entry deadline. 11. The Fair Association reserves the right to refuse any entry, or refuse to display any entry considered not to be in accordance with the rules of entry or in the best interests of the Fair. 12. RIGHT TO REPRODUCE: The right to reproduce images of any work accepted by the Judges is assumed by the Fair Association. This use would be ONLY for publicity and promotion of the Alameda County Fair.

17 page.17 HOW TO ENTER AND UPLOAD YOUR DIGITAL IMAGE Really Important Entry Date: Online Entry Deadline is Monday, 5pm July 6th, 2015 Entry limit is 6 entries ~ Entry fee is $5/entry 1. Review the Rules. 2. Entering online requires a credit card! (All cards except for American Express are acceptable) Make sure you have a credit card ready when you start the entry process. No entries are accepted before the entry fee has been paid. 3. Make sure the digital image of your artwork is on your computer and that you know where it is on your computer (on desktop might be easiest). 4. First, Register/Log-in directly at 5. Select Create Entries option 6. Choose the Division #209 for each entry. 7. Enter the Title, Description, and Sale Price (or NFS). 8. Complete payment of entry fees. 9. After payment, select UPLOAD MEDIA option, and then follow prompts to upload the digital image file that matches the title/description. If you have multiple entries, please be very careful to upload the digital images in the SAME order that you entered the titles with prices so that the titles and descriptions match. 10. Refunds will not be issued for failure-to-upload entries. Entry Confirmations You will receive notification and confirmation immediately when entry fee is received. This will be your receipt for the entry fee. Result notification by Monday, July 13th: You will be sent an announcing the award winners. Please check spam/junk folders before calling for your results.

18 page.18 Division 209 Photos at the Fair JUDGE Information to come ENTER Photos at the Fair ONLINE BY July 6th, 2015 Need assistance with the online entry? Click on the link below for an online tutorial: (scroll down to video) Phone assistance: office hours at (925) assistance: and FREE Digital Photography Workshop at the Fair! Saturday, June 27th, 11:30am in the Plaza de Arte (Fine Art Exhibit) Bring you digital camera and your questions! Get some tips on taking photos and using your digital camera. RSVP requested (not required) via ,