HAMMERS 2008 calendar

Photographers are invited to submit entries for a 2009 photography calendar to be published as a fund-raiser for the Davidson Housing Coalition’s HAMMERS emergency home repair program. Deadline is May 30. The calendar’s theme will be “Images of Hometowns,” and photos should depict scenes of Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville or Mooresville.

Thirteen images will be chosen – one for each month plus the cover. This is the third year that HAMMERS has published a calendar to help raise money. Its 2007 and 2008 “Images of Home” calendars included a variety of media, from paintings to prints to photographs. This year, the organization decided to focus on photography.

Entries will be judged by Christopher Record, of Christopher Record Photography on Main Street, and by Bill Giduz, of the Davidson College communications office. Winning entries will be shown at a Town Hall exhibit this fall.

Calendars will be available this fall at local shops or through the Housing Coalition website, www.davidsonhousing.org

RULES

The entry is $10 per photographer for up to three images. Photographers will be responsible for matting work that is selected for exhibition. Digital submissions must be 8-inch by 10-inch jpeg files at 200 to 300 dpi. Printed images must be 8 inches by 10 inches. Color and black and white photographs will be accepted.
Digital submissions should be made to ann@davidsonhousing.org by 5 p.m., May 30. Printed images should either be mailed to Davidson Housing Coalition at P.O. Box 854, Davidson, NC 28036 or submitted at the DHC office located at 220 Sloan St., Suite A, in Davidson, between Tuesday, May 27, and Friday, May 30. If submitting images in person, please call DHC at (704) 892-4486 beforehand.

ABOUT DHC/HAMMERS

Davidson Housing Coalition is a non-profit organization founded in 1996 to assist lower wealth families in the purchase and rental of safe, decent, and affordable housing. DHC has developed or acquired more than 68 affordable units in its first twelve years of operation. In 2005, the organization created HAMMERS (Hands Around Mecklenburg/Mooresville Making Emergency Repairs Safely) to provide emergency repairs on owner-occupied homes of lower-wealth residents living in hazardous conditions. To date, HAMMERS has repaired 75 homes in the towns of Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, and Mooresville.