19th Biennial Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, 2025
Juror: Mazie M. Harris, Assistant Curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum

Exhibition Dates: Exhibition Dates: Feb 24 - Mar 21, 2025
Submission Dates: Sept 30 - Nov 15, 2024 
   (submissions end midnight Mountain Standard Time)
Artist Notification: Dec 9, 2024

Established in 2001, Texas Woman’s University (TWU) and the Photographic Artists’ Coalition (P.A.C., a student-run photography organization), the biennial Joyce Elaine Grant (JEG) Photography Exhibition provides a national venue for the exhibition of artistic expression as seen through the eye of the camera. 

Biennially, a distinguished female curator serves as juror for the exhibition and selects images from entries submitted by photographers throughout the United States. The exhibition is on view to the public at the Texas Woman’s University East | West Galleries every other spring. The juror also awards one artist a solo exhibition scheduled during the following JEG Exhibition in the TWU East | West Galleries.

The exhibition and endowment were established by alumna Christine Shank and a small group of graduate students and named in memory of the mother of Professor Susan kae Grant, Cornaro Professor of Visual Art, Emerita. Exhibition proceeds fund the Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition Endowment, which supports photography scholarships for future graduate students in the Division of Visual Arts.
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JUROR // Mazie M. Harris, Assistant Curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum

Mazie M. Harris is an Assistant Curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, where she specializes in American photography past and present. Her recent exhibitions include María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold (currently on view at the Brooklyn Museum and opening in February at the Nasher Museum, Duke University), In Focus: Protest (2021), Once. Again. Photographs in Series (2019), and Paper Promises: Early American Photography (2018). In addition, she recently edited the book Eye Dreaming: Photographs by Anthony Barboza (2022) and contributed to the exhibition catalog Arthur Tress: Rambles, Dreams, and Shadows (2023). She received her Ph.D. from Brown University, and her scholarship has been supported by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian, and Terra Foundation for American Art.
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Artwork Delivery Dates: Feb 10-14, 2025
  * No place to store artwork if arrival is early
Deinstall/Return Artwork: Mar 24 - Apr 2, 2025

AWARD: Solo Show at Texas Woman's University

Application Requirements

19th Biennial Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, 2025
DEADLINE: NOV 15, 2024

Theme: This exhibition is open-themed.

This exhibition is open to photographers, lens-based or lensless, video and photo-related artists from the United States. Judging will be done online. Submissions must be individual JPGs sized to minimum 1200 pixels on the longest side, not to exceed 5MB. 

Artists may submit one to five images for $35.00 in the Basic Application and/or one to ten images may be entered for $60.00 in the Expanded Application. Choose the appropriate entry fee based on your image number submissions at checkout; Example: If you have 1 to 5 images, choose the $35 fee. If you have over 5 but up to 10 images, choose the $60 fee. Images of accepted entries may be used for publicity purposes and for the presentation of the exhibition on the TWU website. All fees are non-refundable and will be considered a donation to the Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition Endowment. 

Eligibility Criteria

This exhibition is open to photographers, lens-based or lensless, video and photo-related artists from the United States. All photographic and related processes are encouraged including digital, video, non-silver, photo & mixed media as well as photographic book arts. Pieces must not exceed 60 inches in any dimension.

Entries are accepted until Nov 15th, 2024 Midnight CST. Accepted works must be ready to hang and delivered to the gallery by February 10-14th, 2024 at 4 pm. Basic application (1-5 images for $35) Expanded Application (1-10 images for $60). At checkout, choose the fee that best fits your application. Example: If you have 1 to 5 images, choose the $35 fee. If you have over 5 but up to 10 images, choose the $60 fee. Exhibition proceeds fund the Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition Endowment, which funds scholarships for future photography graduate students in the Division of Visual Arts in the School of the Arts and Design at Texas Woman’s University.

Artists whose work(s) are accepted will be notified by December 9th, 2024, and are responsible for shipping expenses. Accepted works must be ready to hang (with D-Rings and wire) and delivered to the gallery by February 14, 2025. Shipped artwork must include prepaid return shipping label and reusable packing/crating. No styrofoam peanuts please. Do not ship glass; Plexiglass only. Insurance is the responsibility of the artist (Texas Woman's University will not be held responsible for lost or damaged artwork, while in transit). Artwork will not be returned if prepaid return shipping is not included.