Call Description

THEME
The Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC) is excited to announce it’s new juried biennial photography exhibition Threshold. We invite photographers worldwide to submit work to this open themed juried exhibition. Over 30 images will be selected to be on display at CPAC and four cash awards totaling $3,000 will be provided.

DEADLINES & INFORMATION

Applicant submission deadline: Friday, September 19, 2025 (midnight, MDT)

Notice of Acceptance: October 16, 2025

Work received to gallery: Friday, November 14, 2025

Exhibition dates: November 21, 2025 – January 3, 2026

Opening reception: Saturday, November 22, 2025 5-8pm

Exhibition juror: Karen Haas

Fees: Members $55 and Non-Members $70 up to 3 images; $5 each additional image
 

AWARDS
First Place: $1,500

Second Place: $850

Third Place: $450

Honorable Mention: $200

JUROR
Karen Haas is the Lane Senior Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where she is responsible for a large collection of photographs by American modernists, Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, and Imogen Cunningham. The Lane Collection numbers more than 6,000 prints and ranges across the entire history of western photography. Her MFA activities include exhibitions such as Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography; Barbara Bosworth: The Meadow; Ansel Adams in Our Time; (un)expected families; Charles Sheeler from Doylestown to Detroit; Imogen Cunningham: In Focus; Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott; Edward Weston: Leaves of Grass; and Bruce Davidson: East 100th Street. She has recently co-authored Reframing Photography: Multiple Histories, with her MFA colleagues, and her other publications include Edward Weston: The Early Years; An Enduring Vision: Photographs from the Lane Collection; Ansel Adams; and The Photography of Charles Sheeler: American Modernist.


ABOUT THE COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER
The Colorado Photographic Arts Center is dedicated to fostering the understanding and appreciation of excellent photography in all forms and concepts through exhibitions, education and community outreach. Learn more at cpacphoto.org. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Application Requirements

Entry GUIDELINES

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

Current members will receive an email with a discount code to submit. Or members can call 303-837-1341 or email info@cpacphoto.org for the code.

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.  

Eligibility Criteria

ELIGIBILITY
Entry is open to regional, national, and international artists, members and non-members of CPAC. 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. If work using AI is submitted, please be sure to note the use of AI in your application.