This is your last chance to check out Love = Love, a collection of collages and photographs by Kent Rogowski at Jen Bekman Gallery.

We're open tonight till 9:30 in conjunction with Artlog's Collect LES event, giving you a few extra hours to see the show, drink some wine and meet the artist himself. Tomorrow we're there for our regular hours, noon-6pm, on Saturday. Don't miss it!

We've got all kinds of good stuff queued up for our Summer program. If you want to keep up (or at least try to) join our mailing list for announcements and updates.

In other exciting Kent Rogowski news, we've got a second edition of his puzzle prints for 20x200 collectors. Untitled #5 is available in three sizes right now.

You might remember that his first edition, Untitled #9, sold out within hours of being announced, so now is a fine time to take advantage of the fact that you're in front of your computer while some other people are sitting in traffic on the LIE. Go ahead and buy one now while there is one to be bought.

Neither Kent nor I have any beachy weekend plans, so we'll both be at the gallery tonight for the Collect LES festivities. Join us for a glass of wine, and set aside some extra time to check out our friendly neighbors who are also participating in the Artlog Crawl. If not tonight, then next week for sure - I'll be back on Tuesday with a fresh edition.

Tuesday also happens to be the deadline for entries for this year's first edition of the new! improved! ever more exciting! Hey, Hot Shot!. Read on for details about the competition.

The deadline for this year's first edition of Hey, Hot Shot! is upon us! Photographers have until Tuesday June 17 @ 8pm to enter the competition.

Unlike previous editions, it's important to know that this is the final deadline, we won't be offering any extensions or accepting late entries, which is just one of many big changes we've made to this year's competition:

fewer hot shots + longer exhibitions = more exposure
Our panelists will select five Hot Shots to exhibit their work in biannual two-week showcases @ Jen Bekman Gallery.

cold hard cash
All winning photographers will be awarded a $500 honorarium.

ultras go solo
At year's end, two Ultras will be selected from 2008's 10 Hot Shots. The Ultras will be represented by Jen Bekman and slated for solo exhibitions at the gallery.

Visit Hey, Hot Shot! to read up on all the details or go right ahead and apply now.