Call Detail
Call Overview
Days remaining to deadline: 15
Entry Fee (Member Entry Fee): $35.00
Media Fee(Additional Media): $5.00
Work Sample Requirements
Images | Minimum:Min. 5, Maximum:Max. 12
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 5, Maximum:Max. 12
Eligibility: International
State: Texas
Call Description
Texas Photographic Society is honored to announce our 38th Annual Members Only Show, which will be juried by Wendi Schneider, TPS member and esteemed photographic and mixed media artist.
MOS38 will be exhibited at the Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Abilene, Texas. This call is open themed and welcomes submissions from artists of all levels internationally. Since this is our Members Show, you must be a current TPS member to enter. You may join at the time of entry on the Cafe site.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Monday, September 8, 2025 Deadline for entry (11:59 p.m. Mountain Time Zone)
September 16, 2025 Exhibiting artists announced and emails sent to all entrants
October 16, 2025 Work due at the Center for Contemporary Arts, in Abilene, Texas
October 23, 2025 Exhibition opens at the Center for Contemporary Arts
November 29, 2025 Exhibition closes
AWARDS
First Place = $400
Second Place = $250
Third Place = $150
Up to 5 Honorable Mentions may be awarded
Application Requirements
The entry fee for current members of Texas Photographic Society (TPS) is $35 for 5 images, plus $5 for each additional image. You may enter up to 12 images. (CaFÉ requires a minimum of five images; if you really need to, you may submit multiples of the same image to reach the minimum.) You MUST be a current member of TPS to participate and may join or renew on the CaFÉ website at the time of entry. All entry and membership fees are non-refundable.
TPS Member Benefits include member feature opportunities via our Members' Gallery, Member Spotlight, Blog, Members' News, Members' Instagram Takeover, social media accounts and E-Zine, discounted entry fees to most TPS competitions, access to special lectures and workshops, and discounts to programs and services offered through our partnerships.
If you are not sure of your TPS member status, please contact TPS at cpireland@texasphoto.org. All entry and membership fees are non-refundable.
Eligibility Criteria
The 38th Annual Members Only Show is open to artists internationally, of all levels, who are at least 18 years old at time of entry. All photography-based work is encouraged including digital, silver, and alternative processes.
You MUST be a current member of TPS to enter this competition (read more about TPS member benefits). If you are not a current member, you may join or renew and enter this show at the same time. If you need to verify your membership status, please contact Chris Ireland at cpireland@texasphoto.org. Works exhibited previously in a TPS show are not eligible. Current members of the TPS Board of Directors are permitted to enter but are not eligible for awards.
ABOUT THE JUROR
Wendi Schneider is a Denver-based visual artist renowned for her ethereal photographs that fuse the fragile beauty of the natural world with the luminosity of precious metals. Drawing upon a rich background in painting and art history and inspired by her collection of early 20th-century photographs, Schneider crafts images that evoke a sense of transcendence and ephemeral grace.
First using photography as a reference for her paintings in the 1980s, she soon began layering oils onto her photographs, a technique that evolved into the signature digital layering and meticulous hand-applied metal leafing of her celebrated 'States of Grace’ series, begun in 2012. Her internationally exhibited work is held in several permanent collections, including the Asheville Art Museum, the Auburn University Library Special Collections, the Center for Creative Photography, the Memphis Brooks Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the New Orleans Museum of Art, among others. Schneider is represented by A Gallery For Fine Photography (New Orleans), Arnika Dawkins Gallery (Atlanta), Catherine Couturier Gallery (Houston), Etherton Gallery (Tucson), PhotoGraphic Gallery (San Miguel de Allende), Rick Wester Fine Art (New York), Vision Gallery (Jerusalem), and Wach Gallery (Cleveland).