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2025 SPE Membership Exhibition

SPE   /   Deadline: 12/15/24

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Our call for entry is now open for the 2025 Members Exhibition to coincide with the 62nd annual Society for Photographic Education conference in Reno, Nevada. Submissions will be accepted through December 15th.
Members are invited to submit work related to our conference theme, Adaptation. We are living in a time of enormous upheaval. Nearly all aspects of our lives and cultures are undergoing sweeping changes at a pace few have experienced. Adaptation will be essential for our growth, success, and survival as we confront these new realities. As photographers, we are no strangers to adaptation. The history of our medium has been a tale of continual reinvention.
Submitted work may include still imagery, mixed media, experimental work, and/or book arts. 2D work must be framed, wired, and ready to hang. Maximum size is 30 inches (framed) on the longest dimension.

Curatorial Statement from juror C. Rose Smith:
"As a photographer and photo historian, I am interested in the power of perspective, particularly how photographers of the global majority have and continue to interrupt the Western colonial gaze by archiving themselves and their communities using photographic processes to reveal new truths. I am indebted to surfacing unexplored lived experiences framed conceptually within nineteenth and twentieth-century photographs and sharing these histories with the public. As a curator, I aim to strengthen the viewer's engagement, knowledge, and appreciation of photo art objects through exhibitions, workshops, and collection tours."

Location

Sierra Arts Foundation, Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, Nevada

Fees

Students: $15 ; Educators: $30 - for 3 images

Eligibility

This Call for Entry is open to all active members of SPE. You must be a member of SPE through the time of the exhibition (March 2025). All memberships will be verified before images are delivered to the juror.

Requirements

-Work may be submitted through SlideRoom until Dec. 15th, 2024, 11:59 PM EST
-All images must be submitted as jpeg files, sized to 1200 pixels (@72 ppi) on the longest dimension, sRGB color space.
-Applicants must include a screenshot of their membership status.
-Incomplete applications, those without payment, late submissions, or those without current (at the time of jurying) membership will not be considered.
-Notification of selected work - Jan. 15th, 2025
-Works MUST arrive at the gallery by February 25th, 2025
-If your work is selected, you will be responsible for shipping to and from the gallery, including any associated fees and insurance. An exhibitor agreement and further instructions will be provided.
-Accepted 2D work must arrive ready to hang (framed or mounted, and wired). Matted but unframed work will not be displayed. Work must be at most 30 inches (framed) on the long dimension.
-Any artwork that does not adhere to the guidelines above will be rejected.

Contact Information

Toni Roberts

P: 2166222733
W: spenational.slideroom.com
E: admin@spenational.org