Application Closed
Entry Fee (CCNY Participating Membership): $40.00
Eligibility: Unspecified
State: New York
The Camera Club of New York (CCNY) is pleased to announce an open call for entries for its Annual Juried Photography Competition. Photographers and photo-based artists working in any genre are eligible to apply. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a cohesive body of work. This year’s juror is artist Justine Kurland. Selected applicants will be featured in an exhibition at the CCNY gallery in the summer of 2013 and on our website. The first place selection will receive a $500.00 cash award. ABOUT US: One of New York’s oldest not-for-profit arts organizations, the Camera Club of New York (CCNY) is a workspace for photographers and a hub for the photo community, offering exhibitions, lectures, workshops, an online newsletter and Guest Blog, and a year-round Darkroom Residency Program. Today, CCNY is a thriving base for a diverse community interested in both traditional and experimental directions in photography. ABOUT THE JUROR: Justine Kurland was born in 1969 in Warsaw, New York. She received her B.F.A from School of Visual Arts, NY in 1996, and her M.F.A. from Yale University in 1998. Her work has been exhibited extensively at museums and galleries in the U.S. and internationally. Recent and upcoming museum exhibitions include America in View: Landscape Photography 1865 to Now at the RISD Museum in Providence, RI; Into the Sunset: Photography’s Image of the American West at the Museum of Modern Art, NY; and Role Models: Feminine Identity in Contemporary American Photography at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. She was the focus of a solo exhibition at CEPA in Buffalo, NY, in 2009. Her work is in the public collections of institutions including the Whitney Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, and the International Center of Photography, all in New York; the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC; and the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal. She is represented by Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York. To see more of her work, visit Mitchell-Innes & Nash’s website. PRIZES: Selected applicants will be featured in an exhibition at the CCNY gallery in August/September 2013. Winners and honorable mentions will also be featured on the CCNY website. The first place selection will receive a $500.00 cash award. Sales will be encouraged. (A 30% commission applies to all sales.) ENTRY: The competition is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older who are CCNY members. CCNY staff, Board members, workspace fellows, artists-in-residence, and their families are not eligible. Only photographs or photo-based work will be considered. FEE: There is no fee to apply. All applicants must be active members of the CCNY. A one-year Participating Membership is $40. In an effort to make the process easier on each applicant, please pay for the Participating Membership level through the CallForEntry.org (CAFÈ) website as the last step of the application process. (Other levels of membership, which include additional benefits like workspace access, could be viewed on the CCNY membership page.) MEMBER BENEFITS: • free entry CCNY’s Lecture Series at The School of Visual Arts • 10% discount on classes, workshops, private lessons and book sales • portfolio review with CCNY staff or Board member (limit one review per year) • free entry to competitions and juried exhibitions • special access to CCNY programming and news MATERIALS NEEDED: please submit only the following materials: 1) Work Sample Each applicant may submit up to six images for consideration. Additional images will not be considered. 2) Entry Form Complete the Competition Entry Form. 3) Artist statement and resume (optional) Applicants are stongly encouraged to provide an Artist Statement (200 words or less) and a one-page resume. Artist statements should address works submitted. DEADLINE EXTENDED to 11:59pm, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. NOTIFICATION: Finalists will be notified in early June. The winners will then be informed as to the deadline for receipt of their work for the exhibition. All work must be framed and ready for hanging. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Review our history, membership opportunities, exhibitions, lectures, classes and to see some of the past winners of our Photography Competitions.