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Review Santa Fe: Portfolio Reviews (Santa Fe, NM) – Call For Artists

Review Santa Fe: Portfolio Reviews (Santa Fe, NM) – Call For Artists

[Sponsored Listing] CENTER announces a call for photographers and lens-based artists worldwide for Review Santa Fe: Portfolio Reviews and Conference, for artists seeking audience expansion, critical discussion, and community connection. The review event is scheduled to take place Nov. 17 – 20, 2022. Scholarships and payment plans are available to invited photographers.

Click here for the application / registration

Enter by: 27 Feb 2022

Submit: 15-20 images and a 325-word project statement

Selected artists receive the Career Advancement Package provided by CENTER Santa Fe and its program partners including:

  • The prestigious portfolio reviews November 2022 in Santa Fe, NM
  • Inclusion in the Review Santa Fe 100 Photographers Listing
  • Participation in the Portfolio Walk
  • Photographic Book Fair
  • Access to Photographer and Scholar Presentations
  • Panel Discussions

Reviewers are selected two weeks before the event.

“It was one of THE BEST photo experiences I have ever had; great photographers, great reviewers, great organization.” – Keith Jenkins, Director of Digital Content, NPR; formerly at National Geographic // Review Santa Fe Reviewer

“I left Review Santa Fe feeling like my community had expanded exponentially, I returned home on a “high” that I still have not come down from.” – Richard Tuschman, Forest Hills, NY // Review Santa Fe Alum

“Review Santa Fe is a GAME-CHANGER!” Cristina de Middel, London, UK // Review Santa Fe Alum

“It’s the review I want to be part of. The Library of Congress has benefited from acquisitions I was able to make from reviewees.” – Verna P. Curtis, Curator of Photography, The Library of Congress // Review Santa Fe Reviewer

“Review Santa Fe is one of my favorite events because CENTER does an incredible job of choosing talented and forward-thinking candidates. Year after year we find timely and thoughtful projects to highlight on WIRED’s Raw File photography blog and those projects are always well received by our audience.” – Jakob Schiller, Writer, Wired Raw File // Review Santa Fe Reviewer

“I doubt that I have ever attended a finer fair at any art event!” – Jaquelin Loyd, Director, Eight Modern // Review Santa Fe Reviewer

“Review Santa Fe is life-changing!” – Alec Soth, Minnesota // Review Santa Fe Alum

About CENTER

Founded in 1994, the not-for-profit organization CENTER supports socially and environmentally engaged lens-based projects through education, public platforms, funding, and partnerships.

Image-making holds a unique power to confront audiences with uncomfortable truths, advance cultural understandings, and promote social justice. Through advancement of artists and their work, CENTER serves to deepen public understanding of lens-based media’s complex history and ongoing cultural significance. By establishing trans-disciplinary partnerships between artists and justice-driven communities, historians, cultural critics, students, and the art world, CENTER honors the unique role in advancing projects that respect all people, open minds, and engage shared humanity.

Characterized by a community of gifted and committed photographers, CENTER has proven for the last 28 years that it can help photographers and lens-based artists grow into their full potential. CENTER programs foster insights and actualizations that ripple and impact all involved by providing platforms where the creative impulse can be engaged and challenged.

For more information, contact programs@visitcenter.org.

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$1K me&EVE Grant (Santa Fe, NM) – Call For Artists

$1K me&EVE Grant (Santa Fe, NM) – Call For Artists

[Sponsored Listing] CENTER announces a call for photographers and lens-based artists worldwide for the $1K me&Eve Grant, providing financial support to a female-identified, non-binary, transgender, or gender non-conforming photographer, 40 years of age and over.

 

Click here for the application / registration

Enter by: 27 Feb 2022

Submit: 15-20 images and a 325-word project statement

$1K me&Eve Grant Juror: Sarah Leen – Founder & Editor, The Visual Thinking Collective

Selected artists receive a grant package provided by CENTER Santa Fe and its program partners including:

  • $1,000 in financial support
  • Mentorship with CENTER alumni
  • Professional development workshop admission
  • Review Santa Fe admission and project presentation in November 2022
  • Featured publication with Lenscratch, Featureshoot, Catalyst: Interviews, and Analog Forever Magazine
  • Group winners exhibition at the Turchin Center for Visual Arts

About CENTER

Founded in 1994, the not-for-profit organization CENTER supports socially and environmentally engaged lens-based projects through education, public platforms, funding, and partnerships.

Image-making holds a unique power to confront audiences with uncomfortable truths, advance cultural understandings, and promote social justice. Through advancement of artists and their work, CENTER serves to deepen public understanding of lens-based media’s complex history and ongoing cultural significance. By establishing trans-disciplinary partnerships between artists and justice-driven communities, historians, cultural critics, students, and the art world, CENTER honors the unique role in advancing projects that respect all people, open minds, and engage shared humanity.

Characterized by a community of gifted and committed photographers, CENTER has proven for the last 28 years that it can help photographers and lens-based artists grow into their full potential. CENTER programs foster insights and actualizations that ripple and impact all involved by providing platforms where the creative impulse can be engaged and challenged.

For more information, contact programs@visitcenter.org.

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$5K Project Development Grant (Santa Fe, NM) – Call For Artists

$5K Project Development Grant (Santa Fe, NM) – Call For Artists

[Sponsored Listing] CENTER announces a call for photographers and lens-based artists worldwide for the $5K Project Development Grant, providing financial support to a fine art, documentary, or photojournalistic work-in-progress and $5K Project Launch Grant providing financial support to a complete or nearly completed documentary project or fine art series.

 

Click here for the application / registration

Enter by: 27 Feb 2022

$5K Project Development Grant Submit: 6-10 images and a 325-word project statement. Juror: Karen Irvine – Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography.

$5K Project Launch Grant Submit: 6-10 images and a 325-word project statement. Juror: Grace Deveney – David C and Sarajean Ruttenberg Associate Curator of Photography and Media.

Selected artists receive a grant package provided by CENTER Santa Fe and its program partners including:

  • $5,000 in financial support
  • Mentorship with CENTER alumni
  • Professional development workshop admission
  • Review Santa Fe admission and project presentation in November 2022
  • Featured publication with Lenscratch, Featureshoot, Catalyst: Interviews, and Analog Forever Magazine
  • Group winners exhibition at the Turchin Center for Visual Arts

About CENTER

Founded in 1994, the not-for-profit organization CENTER supports socially and environmentally engaged lens-based projects through education, public platforms, funding, and partnerships.

Image-making holds a unique power to confront audiences with uncomfortable truths, advance cultural understandings, and promote social justice. Through advancement of artists and their work, CENTER serves to deepen public understanding of lens-based media’s complex history and ongoing cultural significance. By establishing trans-disciplinary partnerships between artists and justice-driven communities, historians, cultural critics, students, and the art world, CENTER honors the unique role in advancing projects that respect all people, open minds, and engage shared humanity.

Characterized by a community of gifted and committed photographers, CENTER has proven for the last 28 years that it can help photographers and lens-based artists grow into their full potential. CENTER programs foster insights and actualizations that ripple and impact all involved by providing platforms where the creative impulse can be engaged and challenged.

For more information, contact programs@visitcenter.org.

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CENTER’s 2021 Awards (Santa Fe, NM) – Call For Artists

CENTER’s 2021 Awards (Santa Fe, NM) – Call For Artists

[Sponsored Listing] CENTER announces a call for artists for their 2021 Awards, accepting submissions from national and international photographers and lens-based artists. Work can have been made at any time and work that has been submitted previously may be re-submitted. Work derived from all photographic processes is accepted, as well as mixed media that is photo-based. Only the Multimedia Award accepts video, multimedia files and/or still images for submission.

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Deadline: 20 Apr 2021

2021 awards include all of the following:

$5K Project Development Grant: The Project Development Grant provides financial support to fine art or documentary works-in-progress.

  • Submit: 6-10 images and a 325-word project statement
  • Juror: Arpad Kovacs – Assistant Curator, Department of Photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum
  • Package: $5,000 grant, professional development workshop admission, Review Santa Fe: tuition and presentation, Lenscratch publication, and online exhibition at CENTER’s website

$5K Me&EVE Grant: The Me&EVE Grant awards a female-identified, non-binary, transgender, and/or gender non-conforming photographer who is 40 years of age and over.

  • Submit: 15-20 images and a 325-word project statement
  • Juror: Annick Shen – Adobe Stock’s Head of Editorial
  • Package: $5,000 grant, professional development workshop admission, Review Santa Fe: tuition and presentation, Lenscratch publication, and online exhibition at CENTER’s website

$2.5K Project Launch Grant: New in 2021: Spotlight New Mexico – The Project Launch Grant supports a documentary or fine art series from New Mexico-based individuals. Submitters must be a New Mexico resident for at least 2 years or more, includes photographers taking a temporary residence leave.

  • Submit: 5-10 images and a 325-word project statement
  • Juror: Marisa Sage – Director and Curator, University Art Museum, New Mexico State University
  • Package: $2,500 grant, professional development workshop admission, Review Santa Fe: tuition and presentation, Lenscratch publication, and online exhibition at CENTER’s website

The CENTER Awards – Personal / Social / Environmental: New in 2021: The CENTER Awards recognize outstanding images in three categories: Personal, Social, and Environmental. Images may be singular or part of a series. All submissions will become part of the CENTER archive serving as an ongoing resource of mission-driven fine art and documentary imagery.

Personal: Recognizes work engaging in the exploration, expression, and/or advocacy of oneself drawing awareness to the power of self-representation or underrepresented experiences.  Projects related to identity, self-improvement, mental health, individualism, accessibility, disability, or other topics exploring self-empowerment are encouraged to apply.

Social: Recognizes work engaged in amplifying social issues. This category highlights projects in which the artist has a vested interest in, is a member of, or is an advocate for a specific social cause and/or community.

Environmental – Recognizes work focusing on the state of the ecological environment. Topics may include but are not limited to, conservation, biodiversity, ecology, climate change, or other issues concerning the natural world. All projects exploring ecological relationships, topics, or themes are eligible.

  • Submit: 1-6 images* and a 325-word project statement | *Additional files are $5 each
  • Jurors: Merry Scully – Head of Curatorial Affairs, Curator of Contemporary Art, New Mexico Museum of Art / Melissa Dale – Interim Director of Photography, The Nature Conservancy
  • Package: Review Santa Fe: tuition and presentation, Lenscratch publication, and online exhibition at CENTER’s website

Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award: The Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award recognizes outstanding storytellers using lens-based media to create narrative-driven projects, open, but not limited to, photography, video, new media, installation, and web-based works.

  • Submit: 1-6 images* and a 325-word project statement *| Additional files are $5 each
  • Juror: Cosima Amelang – Producer and Editor, Mobile Storytelling, National Geographic
  • Package: Review Santa Fe: tuition and presentation, Lenscratch publication, and online exhibition at CENTER’s website

Review Santa Fe – Portfolio Reviews: CENTER’s premier juried Portfolio Review event is a conference for photographers who are seeking audience expansion, critical discussion, and community connection. Online juried portfolio review dates: October 12 – 17, 2021. Scholarships and mentorship available.

  • Submit: 15-20 images and a 325-word project statement
  • Package: Includes 9 portfolio reviews, inclusion in the Review Santa Fe 100 online index and photographer and scholarship presentations. Reviewers selected in October 2021.

It was one of THE BEST photo experiences I have ever had; great photographers, great reviewers, great organization. KEITH JENKINS – Director of Digital Content, NPR; formerly at National Geographic // Review Santa Fe Reviewer

I left Review Santa Fe feeling like my community had expanded exponentially, I returned home on a “high” that I still have not come down from. RICHARD TUSCHMAN – Forest Hills, NY // Review Santa Fe Alum

Review Santa Fe is a GAME-CHANGER! CRISTINA de MIDDEL – London, UK // Review Santa Fe Alum

About CENTER

CENTER, founded in 1994, is a not-for-organization that directly supports socially and environmentally engaged lens-based projects through education, public platforms, funding, and partnerships.

Through the advancement of artists and their work, CENTER serves to deepen public understandings of lens-based media’s complex history and ongoing cultural significance. Image-making holds a unique power to confront audiences with uncomfortable truths, advance cultural understandings, and promote social justice. By establishing trans-disciplinary partnerships between artists and justice driven communities, historians, cultural critics, students, and the art world, we honor our unique role in advancing projects that respect all people, open minds, and engage our shared humanity.

Strategic Aims

  • Produce high-quality Awards, Grants, programs, and exhibition opportunities
  • Increase the number of audiences, connections, members, and participants interested in photography
  • Work in partnerships to better serve constituencies
  • Identify and implement CENTER’s models of best practice
  • Ensure the sustainability and longevity of the organization

For more information, contact programs@visitcenter.org.

Image credit Images from the series “No Memory is Ever Alone” © Catherine Panebianco

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