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MWSPE Regional Conference Student Exhibition

Society for Photographic Education, Midwest Chapter   /   Deadline: 07/01/22

This exhibition, in response to the 2022 Fotofocus Biennial, World Record, highlights works concerned with the ebb and flow of social, political, and artistic trends and how these tropes and themes can return with differing focus and intensity. The particular focus of this exhibition is on the incoming swell of ideas, explorations, and concerns of emerging photographers from within the Midwest and how they see, process, and contextualize the recurrence and reemergence of social, political, and artistic trends in their own practices that establishes a new World Record. This exhibition will serve as an artistic interpretation of world events / records from the perspective of emerging artists from across the Midwest.

About FotoFocus:
"Founded in 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio, FotoFocus is a nonprofit organization created to celebrate and champion photography as the medium of our time through programming that ignites a dialogue between contemporary lens-based art and the history of photography. FotoFocus presents lens-based signature programming, including the FotoFocus Biennial, FotoFocus Symposium, FotoFocus Talks Series, and Film and Video programming. FotoFocus has collaborated with organizations, curators, academics, and artists to present more than 750 exhibitions and programs to provide uniquely enriching access to lens-based art, film, and practices inspired by photography. FotoFocus has awarded over 600 grants to support partners presenting projects and educational programs that are accessible and engaging to the public.

About the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial:
The 2022 FotoFocus Biennial, now in its sixth iteration, activates over 100 projects at museums, galleries, universities, and public spaces throughout Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Dayton, and Columbus, Ohio in October 2022. Each Biennial is structured around a unifying theme; for 2022 that theme, World Record, considers photography's extensive record of life on earth while exploring humankind's impact on the natural world. FotoFocus welcomes global artists, curators, critics, educators, and regional visitors to Cincinnati with exhibitions, talks, performances, screenings, and panel discussions during an expanded week of programming, September 29–October 8, 2022.

Venue: Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati. October 4th – October 31st

Call for entry dates: April 19th – July 1st.

Notifications will be sent by July 15th.

Location

Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati. October 4th – October 31st

Fees

$5.00 via Slideroom

Eligibility

Open to ALL undergraduate and graduate students working with image-based art.

Requirements

Please submit up to 5 images (jpg max file size 2MB), a short statement / proposal contextualizing your work within the exhibition theme (below).

Awards

Each participating artist will receive at least a $100 honorarium to offset production and/or shipment costs.

Evaluation Criteria

This exhibition will be curated by Lorena Molina, Jordan Tate, Emily Hanako Momohara, Emily Wiethorn, and John-David Richardson in consultation with Aaron Cowan.

Contact Information

Jordan Tate

W: https://spenational.slideroom.com/#/permalink/program/66341
E: jordan.tate@uc.edu