CPAC’s Annual Members’ Show
Call for Entries – Deadline: April 4, 2025

The Colorado Photographic Arts Center announces its annual juried members’ photography exhibition. This year’s juror is Anne Leighton Massoni, Executive Director of the Houston Center for Photography in Texas. The exhibition will be a survey of new work made by CPAC members, and is intended to highlight the creative talents of CPAC’s constituency. There is no theme. The show is open to current, registered members of the organization only. If you are not a member of CPAC you can become one online.

Awards

• Best in Show Purchase Award: receives $400 and the selected image becomes part of CPAC’s permanent photography collection.
• Director’s Choice: $150 award
• Honorable Mention Award(s)

All awardees will receive a printed copy of the exhibition catalog.

DEADLINES & INFORMATION

Applicant submission deadline: Friday, April 4, 2025 (midnight MDT)

Application notifications sent: Monday, April 28, 2025

Accepted work to gallery: Friday, June 20, 2025

Exhibition dates: June 27 – August 2, 2025 

Opening Reception & Award ceremony scheduled for: Saturday, June 28, 2025, 5 - 8pm

Exhibition juror: Anne Leighton Massoni

Fees: First three images are free for current members (a code has been emailed out); $5 for each additional image after. If you’re not a member, pay the $50 entry fee and you will receive a free CPAC membership at the Individual level (1-year).

Information for entry and to create an account: https://www.callforentry.org/

JUROR
Anne Leighton Massoni is Executive Director of the Houston Center for Photography in Texas. Before joining HCP she was the Dean and Managing Director of Education at the International Center of Photography in New York City. She has held academic positions at Cornell University, Tyler School of Art, and the University of the Arts. She has curated over 25 exhibitions including most recently solo exhibitions by Marc Ohrem-Leclef and Deborah Jack. She co-edited The Focal Press Companion to the Constructed Image in Contemporary Photography with Marni Shindelman. Massoni graduated with a MFA in Photography from Ohio University and BAs in Photography and Anthropology from Connecticut College. Her personal studio practice relates to ideas of both real and fabricated memories and identity, using a variety of film and digital techniques.

ABOUT THE COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER
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Application Requirements

ENTRY GUIDELINES
If you have any questions about the guidelines please call 303-837-1341 or email info@cpacphoto.org. The code can be acquired during normal business hours of the gallery before the deadline for entry.

Current members will receive an email with a code to submit. Or members can call 303-837-1341 or email info@cpacphoto.org for the code. You must be a current CPAC member to enter. If you are not a member of CPAC you can become one online or pay the entry fee and you will become a CPAC member.

Final exhibition sizes must be specified, if the work is framed include that in the size.

The Gallery also understands that work may be presented in a non-traditional way that is integral to the art. Please contact us in advance if you feel your work fits into these criteria. 

The gallery must receive artwork no later than Friday, June 20, 2025. CPAC will charge a 30% sales commission.

Eligibility Criteria

ELIGIBILITY
All lens-based media are eligible, including but not limited to images made by film, scanner, screen-capture, digital camera, and any means of mobile photography. Entry is open to regional, national, and international members of CPAC.