Calls for Entries and Submissions

The SPE listing for calls for entries and submissions includes many photo-related opportunities that have come to our attention. Please verify all call for submission information with the organizations that posted the information.

Calls for entries and submissions may be submitted to SPE via the link below, or by sending an email to spenews@spenational.org. Please include a brief description of the call, deadline and a website url. All submitted calls will be considered for our web listing and for publication in our SPE Member Newsletter.

To submit a call for entries, please use the online form.

Also check the Lectures and Events listing for other opportunities.

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1/7/09	School of Visual Art	Digital Photography Residency in Shanghai	4/15/10
June 26 – July 17 (IPD–3233) 3 studio credits In recent years, the city of Shanghai has become an integral hub for Asia’s burgeoning art and photography worlds. With a rich multicultural and cosmopolitan history that blends the East and West, Shanghai offers a unique portal into Chinese civilization that frames the city as the embodiment of China’s future. This year, the city will also play host to the Shanghai World Expo, a four-month festival of art and culture that will fill the city with a multitude of additional exhibitions and events. This three-week residency will emphasize the exploration of Shanghai and encourage the integration of Western and Eastern photographic practices. Participants will receive insightful seminars on historical and contemporary Chinese photography, with the goal of seeing their world and their work from a more global perspective. There will be an intimate investigation of Shanghai’s contemporary art world. Individual portfolio reviews by prominent members of Shanghai’s photography community will provide the opportunity to share ideas and forge new relationships with curators and gallery owners, as well as colleagues. This program offers the opportunity and freedom for participants to expand their body of work in a new context and gain a more profound understanding of art practices and photographic content, form, color, context, taste, and limits. Shanghai’s rich history, booming economy, and worldwide artistic presence, make it the perfect city for a summer photographic residency. For more information: http://www.sva.edu/artsabroad/11photoShanghai.html back to the top >>

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1/28/10	Photoplace Open Exhibitions	Photoplace Gallery	4/12/10
PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, VT, is honored to announce that Keith Carter be the juror for our first annual PHOTOPLACE OPEN exhibition.  Portraits, landscapes, still life, documentation:  Send us your best photos on any theme and in any style.  Forty photographs will be chosen for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery in May and in PhotoPlace's on-line gallery.  An additional group will be selected for on-line exhibition only.  All accepted work will be included in a full-color small book publication that will be available for purchase.  To help defray artists' expenses, we provide free matting and framing of accepted photographs for the duration of our exhibitions, providing they are sized to fit our pre-cut mats. Juror: KEITH CARTER. Internationally revered as a photographer and educator, Keith Carter has shown his remarkable work in over 100 solo exhibitions in thirteen countries.  He has also produced thirteen books, including Ezekiel's Horse, From Uncertain to Blue, A Certain Alchemy and, most recently, Fireflies.   Among his numerous honors are grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Lange-Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, the University Professor Award from Lamar University, and the Texas Medal of Arts. PhotoPlace Gallery, 3 Park Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, 802 989 2359, www.vtphotoworkplace.com Contact: Kirsten Hoving, photos@vtphotoworkplace.com back to the top >>

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1/28/10	Emerging Visions 2010	Atlanta Photography Group	4/3/10
Show Dates: May 14 – June 18, 2010 Open only to students currently enrolled full-time in a college-level curriculum, Emerging Visions is sponsored by the Atlanta Photography Group and jurored by Liz Spungen, Executive Director of The Print Center in Philadelphia.  The show seeks to identify student photographers who have the potential to develop into cutting-edge, leading photographers of tomorrow.  There are no restrictions on theme or subject matter.  Chosen work will be on view in a month-long exhibition in APG’s stunning and acclaimed gallery space in Atlanta.  Entry fee required. For more information and online registration go to: http://apgphoto.org/gallery/2010/student_show/emerging_visions.shtm Atlanta Photography Group, 75 Bennett St., Suite B-1, Atlanta, GA 30309, 404-605-0605 Contact: Edwin Robinson, apg@infolab.net back to the top >>

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1/28/10	University of Notre Dame Photography Gallery	University of Notre Dame	4/1/10
Submit slides for exhibition in the Photography Gallery during 2010/2011 academic year.  All photo-related works considered, including installation and video work, Send CD with 20 images, resume, artist statement and SASE University of Notre Dame, Photography Gallery, Department of Art, Art History & Design, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN  46556, 574-631-7652 Contact: Martina Lopez, mlopez@nd.edu back to the top >>

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11/5/09	16th Annual Juried Exhibition Show: Arthur Griffin Legacy Awards	Griffin Museum of Photography	3/31/10
Juror Dr. Jörg M. Colberg. All entries must be received between Feb 1, 2010 and March 31, 2010.  For guidelines: www.griffinmuseum.org or SASE.  Griffin Museum of Photography, 67 Shore Rd/ Wincester MA 01890, 781-721-2776, griffinmuseum.org Contact: Frances Jakubek, frances@griffinmuseum.org back to the top >>

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11/16/09	14th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards	Independent Publisher Book Awards – Jenkins Group	3/20/10
Calling all independent authors and publishers! The 14th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards, conducted to honor the year's best independently published titles, are now accepting entries for books with 2009 or 2010 copyrights or released in 2009 and early 2010. The annual contest is presented by Jenkins Group and their book marketing website, IndependentPublisher.com, headquartered in Traverse City, Michigan. For more information, visit: http://www.independentpublisher.com/ipland/LearnMore.php back to the top >>

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09/1/09	SRO Photo Gallery - Solo Exhibitions	SRO Photo Gallery, the Texas Tech School of Art	3/17/10
The SRO Photo Gallery, at the Texas Tech School of Art, annually hosts a competition to fill seven-eight photographic art solo exhibition slots.  With a history providing emerging artists solo exhibitions, SRO Photo Gallery seeks strong portfolios of creative photography in all styles, techniques, and aesthetic approaches. Consistency in the work as well as creative vision is important in the selection process. The prospectus may be found at: http://www.srophotogallery.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/SRO-Call-for-Entries.pdf and more information at:  http://www.srophotogallery.org SRO Photo Gallery - Texas Tech School of Art, TTU School of Art, Box 42081 Lubbock, TX 79409-2081, 806-742-1947, www.srophotogallery.org Contact: Zach Nader, srophotogallery.art@ttu.edu back to the top >>

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01/28/10	Animalia	The Center for Fine Art Photography	3/16/10
Animals represent strength, agility, power, royalty, vulnerability and fertility. They serve as important symbols in popular culture, national identity, religion, ecology, mythology and art. The Center is looking for images that insightfully portray the diversity of the animal kingdom. More information http://c4fap.org/cfe/2010Animalia/index.asp back to the top >>

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1/28/10	Landscapes • Unfeigned or Illusory	MPLS Photo Center	3/8/10
A Landscape, as defined by this Call for Entry, can be representational or non-representational, urban, suburban or rural. Juror: Todd Brandow, Founding Director of the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography. Entry Fee: $35 up to 5 images; $10 each additional (no limit on number that may be submitted) Prizes: $300 for 1st; $200 for 2nd; $100 for 3rd Entries Due: March 8, 2010 Notice of Acceptance: March 18, 2010 Exhibition Dates: April 23, 2010 – June 13, 2010 at the Mpls Photo Center Reception: April 23, 2010, 6:30 - 9:00 pm at the Mpls Photo Center Entry Checklist Entries are submitted online at http://www.MplsPhotoCenter.com/exhibits/callforentries Mpls Photo Center, 2400 North Second Street, Minneapolis, MN 55411, 651-643-3511, www.MplsPhotoCenter.com Contact: Clare O'Neill, entries@MplsPhotoCenter.com back to the top >>

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1/7/10	Japan — 2 Week Study Abroad Course May 10 - 24, 2010	Japan Center for Michigan Universities	3/5/10
Trip Dates: May 10 - 24, 2010 Host Institution: JCMU is administered at Michigan State University. Campus Location: Hikone, Japan E-mail: jcmu@msu.edu Prerequisites: Students must have a basic command of a digital, single lens reflex (DSLR) camera system, PC or Mac OS proficiencies, and Adobe Photoshop skills. Description: This three-credit,  two-week course offers students an unparalleled opportunity to gain an understanding and appreciation of one of the world's most sophisticated and intriguing cultures. It embraces current trends in digital capture, image processing, and various types of output, to emulate an approach that professionals use while producing assignment work abroad. Several field sessions, conducted in group and individual format, offers opportunities to explore newly garnered photographic techniques in the historically rich Kansai region of central Japan, including the cities of Hikone, Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka. In addition to the field sessions, there are several lectures, critiques, and demos that enable students to create a Website, Blog, handmade book, and panoramic images. Students become acquainted with color strategies to convey ideas with visual art. Emphasis is placed on creating images in camera and processing with minimal post- production work. Individual reviews of work help identify strengths and areas in need of improvement, providing a foundation for creating images with greater impact, and encouragement to pursue a personal vision. Don Werthmann, M.A. JCMU Visiting Scholar Professional Faculty Washtenaw Community College School of Visual Arts — Photography Dept. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 734.973.3586 donw@wccnet.edu Instructor Bio: This will be Don's third visit to teach at JCMU. http://courses.wccnet.edu/~donw Japan Center for Michigan Universities (JCMU), Michigan State University 110 International Center East Lansing, Michigan 48824, 517.355.4654, http://www.isp.msu.edu/JCMU/ Contact: Don Werthmann, donw@wccnet.edu back to the top >>

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1/28/10	Juried Exhibition: Nostalgia	Photoplace Gallery	3/1/10
Photography is an art of the instant, of Cartier-Bresson’s “decisive moment.”  But it is also an art of past moments—records of slices of time that no longer exist.  In this juried exhibition, NOSTALGIA, we are interested in photographs that investigate aspects of past time, memory, and public or personal histories.  For example, photographs can allude to the past through process, by using antiquated technologies such as the tintype; through subject, by focusing on objects or people with the aura of long ago; through place, by picturing places that have private or well-known memory associations.  Surprise us with your interpretations of the theme.   LARISSA LECLAIR is a photography writer and curator. Most recently she curated the exhibition "Christopher Colville" in conjunction with FotoWeek DC. Larissa is also a collector of photography and photography books. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis and a Masters from Yale University. PhotoPlace Gallery, 3 Park Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, 802 989 2359, www.vtphotoworkplace.com Contact: Kirsten Hoving, photos@vtphotoworkplace.com back to the top >>

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1/28/10	Sculpted	Desotorow Gallery	2/26/10
Desotorow Gallery is now accepting submissions for "Sculpted", a juried exhibition featuring three-dimensional works of art.  This exhibit is open to national and international artists (professional, emerging, and student).  Open to works of all genres and media.  Submit up to three pieces for a non-refundable entry fee of $15.  Submissions due by 5pm EST on February 26, 2010.  Download the prospectus at www.desotorow.org. Desotorow Gallery is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization located at 2427 De Soto Avenue in Savannah, GA.  Please contact us at info@desotorow.org or 912-335-8204 with any questions. Desotorow Gallery, Inc., 2427 De Soto Avenue, Savannah, GA 31401, 912-335-8204, www.desotorow.org back to the top >>

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1/28/10	Nature and Wildlife of The Martin Grade	Sustaining Community Lands	2/18/10
Sustaining Community Lands is currently in production of a documentary about the Martin Grade (AKA Highway 714). We are looking for submissions of photography featuring local wildlife and plants from the Martin Grade and surrounding areas. This would include the canopy of oaks along the grade, sandhill cranes, eagles, owls, alligators, deer, insects, and any other plants or animals that have caught your eye in the area. We want to capture the different faces of this road, so sunrises, moonlight, changing leaves - anything will work. This documentary will hopefully earn the road a scenic highway designation that will help protect the beautiful oak tree canopy. If you have ever taken a drive down this road, and have taken photos - we would like to see them. Have you been fishing or hunting in the area? We want to see your pictures. Show us what you caught, the people who were there etc. Any submissions we use will receive a credit in the documentary, and be helping a very worthy cause! Feel free to visit SCLands.org to learn more about our organization and how you can help save the trees! And friend us on Facebook: Sustaining Community Lands. Contact: Amanda, afarinos@gmail.com back to the top >>

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11/24/09	UArts  SPE Pinup Show	University of the Arts	2/16/10 (postmark) 3/4/10 (hand deliver)
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, announces a call for entries for an unjuryed “Pinup” exhibition that will take place during the SPE National Conference in Philadelphia, March 4-7, 2010.  Any and all submissions by SPE conference attendees will be hung in the Media Arts Department, (15th Floor, 211 S. Broad Street) at the University of the Arts, 6 blocks from the conference site. There will be an opening reception for the “UArts  SPE Pinup Show” starting at 5 pm, Thursday, March 4th. This will coincide with the openings of two exhibitions; Tom Porett in the Sol Mednick Gallery, and Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris in the 1401 Gallery. The exhibition will be held in the Media Arts Department, 15th floor, 211 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA. For questions, please call 215-717-6300. This is an informal show; all works should be unmatted and unframed. The prints will be hung with push pins, so don’t send anything precious, but do send big prints, 11x14 minimum, larger prints preferred. One print per person. Feel free to include a wall label for your piece. Mailed submissions should be postmarked no later than February 16th. Hand delivered submissions should arrive no later than noon March 4th. Prints will not be returned, although prints may be picked up anytime after 9:00 am on Sunday, March 7th. Entry fee: none Eligibility: SPE members and conference participants. Mailing address: Pinup Show Media Arts Department The University of the Arts 320 S. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19102. For further information e-mail: dgraham@uarts.edu. back to the top >>

Graduate assistantships available in an intense MFA interdisciplinary visual arts program. Facilities include fully equipped darkrooms for: black and white, color, non-silver and mural printing. Also available is a digital lab with new iMacs and Epson 4800 and 9800 printers. Students are provided with individual studios as well as a graduate darkroom. Stipends for nine month contract periods are approx $10,000 plus tuition waiver and can include teaching experience. Deadline for assistantship applications Postmaked by: February 1st. For information and application write: Professor Catherine Angel, Coordinator of Photography; Art Department; University of Nevada Las Vegas; 4505 Maryland Parkway; Las Vegas, NV, 89154-5002
Web site: http://finearts.unlv.edu/MFA

Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize, a $20,000 award from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, promotes the collaboration between a writer and a photographer in the formative or fieldwork stages of a documentary project. Collaborative submissions on any subject are welcome. Deadline: January 31, 2010. To learn more, go to http://cds.aas.duke.edu/l-t/ or send an SASE to Lange-Taylor Prize, Center for Documentary Studies, 1317 W Pettigrew St., Durham NC 27705.

Duke University Center for Documentary Studies, Lyndhurst House, 1317 W. Pettigrew Street, Durham, NC 27705, 919-660-3663, http://cds.aas.duke.edu/

Contact: Alexa Dilworth, alexad@duke.edu

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The residency includes a $4,000 stipend, $500 in printing credit with our state-of-the-art digital lab, a furnished artist apartment, 24-hour access to our facilities, and generous staff support. Work by each Artist-in-Residence is published in a special edition of Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual. Contact Sheet is a beautiful publication that is sent to over four thousand art lovers, museums, galleries, and libraries in over thirty-two countries. Applications are accepted throughout the year. Please see the How to Apply section of the Light Work website for details on our facility and the application instructions.

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Appalachian Photographers Project

The Appalachian Photographers Project exhibits portfolios by both established and emerging photographers who live or work in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

The APP is a curated showcase based at East Tennessee State University. By partnering with The University's institutions, like The Center for Appalachian Studies and Services, Now & Then Magazine, and The Reece Museum, there are regularly scheduled exhibitions, publishing and sales opportunities.

The APP is a sister project to the Midwest Photographers Project housed at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Illinois.

The APP takes submissions on a rolling basis. Please submit anytime.
To be considered for the inaugural juried group, please sumbit your work by April 15th, 2009.

Please provide the following

• 20 jpgs from a body of work (72ppi, 600 pixels high) Feel free to zip all of the files together and send via yousendit.com.
• Short bio
• Artist statement
• Current residence or place where body of work was done (must be in AL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, or WV), Website address (if available), Contact info

Please email the above to APPSubmissions@gmail.com

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Cerise Press

CERISE PRESS is an international online (with forthcoming print) journal of literature, arts and culture based in the U.S.A and France. The journal is published three times a year: Summer, Fall/Winter, and Spring. We include a selection of photographers' galleries (black and white or color) in each issue, along with poetry, translations, interviews and more.

Please visit our website for guidelines: http://www.cerisepress.com

Contact: Greta Aart, Sally Molini, Karen Rigby editors@cerisepress.com

Deadline: Ongoing

Cerise Press, P.O. Box 241187 / Omaha NE 68124
http://www.cerisepress.com

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Residency Program In Nebraska with Stipend

See website for complete information, guidelines, application: www.KHNCenterfortheArts.org.

Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, 801 3rd Corso, Nebraska City, NE  68410, 402-874-9600.

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