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Fridge Show, with juror Karen Haas, Lane Curator of Photographs, MFA Boston

March/April Fridge Show

The Curated Fridge   /   Deadline: 02/29/16

OPEN THEME

JUROR | KAREN HAAS

Karen Haas has been the Lane Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston since 2001, where she is responsible for a large collection of photographs by American modernists, Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, and Imogen Cunningham. The Lane Collection, which has recently been given to the Museum, numbers more than 6,000 prints and ranges across the entire history of western photography from William Henry Fox Talbot to the Starn twins. Before coming to the MFA, she received her MA from Boston University and held various curatorial positions in museums and private collections, including the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the BU Art Gallery, and the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover. Her recent activities include exhibitions, Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott; Edward Weston: Leaves of Grass; and Bruce Davidson: East 100th Street; and publications, An Enduring Vision: Photographs from the Lane Collection; MFA Highlights: Photography; Ansel Adams; and The Photography of Charles Sheeler: American Modernist.

Fees

FREE!

Eligibility

The Call for Entrée is open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. All mediums are invited.

Requirements

- Previous participants are welcome to submit again.
- You can submit up to 6 images. In fact, the refrigecurator will consider awarding a mini-retrospective to one of the artists.
- Submitted prints should not be bigger than 6x9”.
- The guest curators will try their best to fit as many images as possible. Space is limited though. After all, it’s just a fridge.
- If you send promos, try to avoid type.
- If you send original artwork, please sign it on the back. All the original artwork (used and unused) will be saved after each Fridge Show. No artwork will be returned. There are already ideas for curating an actual show with all the artwork sent, where people could buy the prints, with all the money raised going for a good cause! By sending original artwork, you agree to all the above.

- Send your promos or artwork to:
Yorgos Efthymiadis
77 Oak Street
Somerville, MA 02143

- Additionally, send the same files you mailed via email to: thecuratedfridge@gmail.com
- Image specifications: 1280 on the longest side, 72 ppi, sRGB, .jpg
- Finally, include a link to your website (if any).

For more info, check The Curated Fridge's website!

Considerations

Everyone who submits will receive an email notification of which images were accepted. Accepted images will be posted on The Curated Fridge's website and social media.

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