2016
 
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UPCOMING CALLS FOR ENTRY

All About Photo Awards
The Mind's Eye

Deadline: January 31, 2016
 
Our first ever All About Photo Awards invites photographers from around the world to unfold their visual emotions. In reference to Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photo essay, The Mind’s Eye outlines depth and thoughts behind each image.
 
Complete information: All About Photo Awards

Center for Photography at Woodstock: Photography Now 2016


Deadline: January 31, 2016

Eight to ten photographers will be selected to be featured in the group exhibition in CPW’s gallery from April 16 – June 19, 2016. This year CPW has invited James Estrin, senior staff photographer for The New York Times, and a founder and co-editor of The New York Times’ Lens Blog to select the winning entries!

Complete Information: 
CPW

Affinity Prospectus 2016

International Photography Exhibition

with Juror S. Gayle Stevens


Deadline: February 6, 2016
af·fin·i·ty – a spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something. Amblewood Gallery invites photographers from around the world working in all mediums, styles, and schools of thought to participate.  Artwork must be photography-based and 20 inches or less in height and width. All images will be printed onsite by our professional printer using archival pigment ink.
Complete Information: Amblewood Gallery

Exposure 2016


Deadline: February 7, 2016

The Photographic Resource Center seeks a broad range of work, including both traditional and non-traditional approaches to photography. Jurors select between ten to fifteen artists and two and five pieces per person, thus offering artists the opportunity to showcase a series at a deeper level and making for an enriching experience for audiences as well.

Complete Information: PRC

How I Identify - Myself

Deadline: February 8, 2016

For this call for art we are looking for artworks that explore the complexity of the human spirit, mind, and body. Works can be representational or non-representational. Works could be self portraits, portraits or paintings of others, or simply explore any one of the ideas and questions listed above. Works in all medias will be considered, except for jewelry or video.
 
Complete Information: Las Laguna Gallery

 

IU East 2nd National Juried Exhibition: Art + Science


Deadline: February 12, 2016

This year’s theme is “Art + Science,” and artists are invited to submit two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and video (no installation or performance) work that address this theme. Art andScience, although they may at first seem to be at the opposite end of the spectrum of disciplines, have much in common: problem-solving, curiosity of the unknown, and experimentation. Fields of science have also provided inspiration for countless artists throughout history, and continue to inform many artists’ work today.

Complete Information: IU East

Dynamic 2016


Deadline: February 13, 2016

Studio Channel Islands invites 3D and 2D artworks that are energized by motion. This can be interpreted literally, as through kinetic sculpture, and/or visually, through the illusion of movement. We are excited to see works that are active, lively and vigorous, as well as those that more quietly explore the essence of motion.

Complete Information: 
Studio Channel Islands

 

The Sixth Annual Fine Art of Photography Exhibition


Deadline: February 15, 2016

Categories are: Color and Black and White, Digitally Enhanced, Vintage and Alternative Printing Processes, and Pinhole/Plastic Camera Imagery. Open to all photographers and artists submitting photography. Painted photographs, digital artwork not created through photography, or other mixed media artwork containing in part photographs will not be accepted. All work must be for sale.  Membership is not a requirement. 

Complete Information: Plymouth Center for the Arts

2016 Annual Contemporary Art Survey (ACAS)


Deadline: February 20, 2016

The exhibition is an open call to artists working in all media and reflects the artists’ capacity to consider the wide world of issues, objects, imagery and ideas they encounter in creating art. We are seeking works in all media and genres that together will present a survey of contemporary art in America. Representational, abstract and conceptual work will be considered.

Complete Information: 
The Lincoln Center

Allegany National Photography Competition & Exhibitionwith juror Stephen Perloff


Deadline: February 29, 2016

The SRO Photo Gallery at the Texas Tech School of Art hosts an annual national competition for six to eight photographic art solo exhibitions. Portfolios are reviewed by a committee consisting of the Photography area of the School of Art and the Director of Landmark Arts. We look for portfolios that utilize photography in all styles, techniques, and aesthetic approaches. Consistency in the work as well as creative vision is important in the selection process.
 
Complete Information: Allegany

2016 - 2017 SRO Photo Gallery
Solo Exhibition Series


Deadline: March 31, 2016

The SRO Photo Gallery at the Texas Tech School of Art hosts an annual national competition for six to eight photographic art solo exhibitions. Portfolios are reviewed by a committee consisting of the Photography area of the School of Art and the Director of Landmark Arts. We look for portfolios that utilize photography in all styles, techniques, and aesthetic approaches. Consistency in the work as well as creative vision is important in the selection process.
 
Complete Information: SRO Photo Gallery
GRANTS

National Geographic Young Explorers Grant

$2,000 - $5,000 in funds

Young Explorers Grants (YEG) offer opportunities to individuals ages 18 to 25 to pursue research, conservation, and exploration-related projects consistent with National Geographic's existing grant programs, including: the Committee for Research and Exploration (CRE), the Expeditions Council (EC), and the Conservation Trust (CT). In addition, the YEG program recently teamed with the Luce Foundation to provide increased funding opportunities for fieldwork in 18 Northeast and Southeast Asian countries, including Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Complete Information: Young Explorers Grant

 
 
Residencies

Glacier National Park Artist-In-Residence Program


Deadline: January 31, 2016

The Artist-in-Residence Program at Glacier National Park offers professional artists four weeks of uninterrupted time to pursue their artistic discipline while being surrounded by the park’s inspiring landscape. The artist will also present several public programs in the park during their residency to share their experience and their art with park visitors. In celebration of the 2016 National Park Service Centennial the Glacier Artist-in-Residence program is seeking professional artists whose work reflects upon the past 100 years and/or looks forward to the future of our national parks.
 
Complete Information: Glacier National Park
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