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24th Annual Juried Members' Exhibition

Griffin Museum of Photography   /   Deadline: 04/23/18

The Griffin Museum of Photography is making a call for entries! We are hosting our 24th Annual Juried Members' Exhibition. This year's juror is Richard McCabe curator of Photography, Ogden Museum, New Orleans. Our juror will choose finalists who will receive honorable mentions and $4,000 in monetary awards. We will award one Director's prize that will result in a catalog and exhibition. This call for entries is open for all photographers. There is no specific theme, however we do encourage submitting images from a singular, unified body of work for a cohesive selection. The exhibition will run from July 19 – September 2, 2018 with an opening reception on July 19th at 7-8:30PM.

Location

Griffin Museum of Photography67 Shore RdWinchester, MA 01890

Fees

$25

Eligibility

This Call for Entries is open to all photographers. Entrants must be members of the Griffin Museum of Photography (with an expiration after 4/1/2018). The Griffin Museum invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. There is no theme. The juror will choose between 50 - 60 photographs. We ask the juror to TRY not to choose more than one photograph per photographer. The juror will choose the recipients of the monetary awards. We encourage submitting images from a singular, unified body of work for a cohesive selection for the Juried Exhibition. Artwork selected for gallery exhibition will be limited to FRAMED SIZE of 30x40 inches and under.

Requirements

• Must be a member of the Griffin Museum of Photography through April 2018. Availability to renew membership on submission page.
• All images must be submitted as jpeg files, resolution set to 150ppi and no more then 10 inches on the longest side in Adobe RGB or sRGB color space only.
• Files should be titled as follows: LastName_FirstName_Title_ImageNumber (Ex. Smith_John_Sunset_01, Smith_John_Flower_02)
• All entries that do not adhere to the guidelines above will be rejected.
• $25 Handling Fee
• Upload through our portal 5 images. 8 images can be submitted for members at the dual level ($75) or above.
• We ask for an artist project statement in pdf form to upload.

Awards

$2,500 Richards Family Trust Award, $1,000 Arthur Griffin Legacy Award, $500 Griffin Award, and Honorable Mentions. We will award 4 exhibitions that will take place next June and July 2019. We will award 1 Director's prize that will result in a catalog and exhibition. We will produce a catalog of the 24th Juried exhibition. We will produce an online exhibition from photographs not chosen by the juror and it will run on Instagram as well. We will award a Member in Focus.

Evaluation Criteria

Juried. Richard McCabe is the Curator of Photography for the Ogden Museum in New Orleans. He received an MFA in Studio Art from Florida State University in 1998. Also in 1998, he received a Fellowship to New York University to attend the American Photography Institute, National Graduate Seminar. From 1998 – 2005 he lived in New York City where he worked for numerous art galleries and museums including – The International Center for Photography, Robert Miller Gallery and the El Museo del Barrio. He was also an adjunct Photography Professor at Pratt Institute, New York City, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, and Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey.
In 2005, He relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana and has worked within the curatorial department of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art for the past twelve years. In 2010, he became the Curator of Photography at the Ogden Museum. He has curated over 25 exhibitions in the past seven years including – Eudora Welty: Photographs from the 1930s and 40s, The Mythology of Florida, Mark Steinmetz: South, Self-Processing: Instant Photography, The Rising, and Seeing Beyond the Ordinary. (Photo of Richard McCabe by Patrick Barnes).

Contact Information

Iaritza Menjivar
67 Shore Rd
Winchester, MA 021890

P: 781-729-1158
W: www.griffinmuseum.org
E: iaritza@griffinmuseum.org