CALL FOR ENTRIES

NEW PHOTOGRAPHY II: National Juried Exhibition

Fri April 24 – Wed July 8, 2020

      
Photographic artists of all walks are invited to submit their latest works to a national juried show at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD. The exhibition aims to highlight the current state of photography across a broad spectrum. Artists may submit all types of photographic works including digital, analog, alternative processes, etc.

Juror: Philip Brookman, Consulting Curator, Department of Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Philip Brookman is the Consulting Curator in the Department of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. There, he has organized Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950 and Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. He also edited the book Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950,  organized exhibitions on Eadweard Muybridge, Hank Willis Thomas, Taryn Simon, Sally Mann, Robert Frank, Gordon Parks, Jim Goldberg, Gilles Peress, Larry Sultan, and Danny Lyon. Brookman is a photographer, filmmaker, and writer, working extensively on issues of modern and contemporary art. In 2015 Steidl published his book Redlands, a work of fiction with photographs. He was selected to a museum fellow at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles in 2020.

Awards: 

Best in Show      $1,000

Second Prize      $500

Third Prize          $250

Guidelines

• Submissions will be accepted through cafe.org, linked under Exhibitions at academyartmuseum.org
• Artists may submit all types of photographic works including digital, analog, alternative processes, etc.
• Entry fee: $30
• Artists may submit up to 3 images
• Max. 30 artists will be selected
•  All works must be recent (within the past 3 years)
• Artists are responsible for shipping or delivery of work at assigned dates
• All works must be ready to install and be framed with wire
• Works may not exceed 40 inches in any direction
• Works that differ from the accepted submission will not be installed

Submission and Timetable

• Registration opens January 1, 2020
• Submit up to 3 works using callforentry.org linked at academyartmuseum.org/exhibitions
• Full guidelines at academyartmuseum.org/exhibitions

January 1, 2020                Registration opens

March 15                           Submission deadline
March 16 – 26                  Jurying
March 27                           Email notification of acceptance

April 1 – 10                        Works delivered / shipments received
April 24                               Reception & Awards with Juror

July 8                                   Last day of Exhibition
July 9 – 10                          Pickup / Ship work

About the Museum
The Academy Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, a distinction bestowed on fewer than 5% of U.S. museums for their commitment to excellence, accountability, and high professional standards. The Museum’s permanent collection includes important paintings by Gene Davis and Anne Truitt among others and is especially strong in works paper by modern American and European masters. The Museum holds drawings, photographs, and prints by artists such as Pierre Bonnard, Robert Rauschenberg, and Martin Puryear, to name just three prominent individuals. The Academy Art Museum enjoys close professional relationships with the National Gallery of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum. These relationships have allowed the Museum to present exceptional exhibitions based on the collections of those outstanding institutions.

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria