CALL FOR ENTRIES
16TH ANNUAL TEN X TEN -
SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - NOVEMBER 20
EXHIBITION DATES - DECEMBER 6 - 31, 2024
Open to all photographers internationally.
Open to all photographers internationally. Open to all types of image capture; digital, film, iphone, etc.
The TEN X TEN show is an annual small works exhibition that celebrates the wide range of creative expression within the square photographic format, the interplay of images creating contrasts and similarities are exciting to experience in the unique juxtapositions of the grid format exhibition.
TEN X TEN focuses on offering affordable collectable works that are ten inches by ten inches in dimension, and sell for $100 each.
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Theme based entries are not necessary, and a range of different images are preferred.
MWCP will be providing the printing for this exhibition at no cost to you. Prints will be framed in 10" X 10" frames rented by MWCP for a $20 fee.
Support the shop small, shop local business model and participate in this exhibition.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
UPCOMING CALL FOR ENTRIES
2025 MWCP JURIED EXHIBITION -
ENTRY DEADLINE - DECEMBER 31
EXHIBITION DATES - MARCH 7 - 28, 2025
Open to all photographers internationally.
The Midwest Center for Photography Juried Exhibition is an annual subject-matter based exhibition for photographers to focus on getting out their best photographs from the various genres and compete for the awards.
The MWCP Juried Exhibition gives $500 in Director's Choice Awards, $100 for each of the five categories:
ARCHITECTURE
CLOSE-UP
LANDSCAPE
PORTRAIT
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each photographer. Theme based entries are not necessary and a range of different images from the various categories are preferred.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
UPCOMING CALL FOR ENTRIES
MIDWEST PHOTO EMERGE - 2025
ENTRY DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 1
EXHIBITION DATES - APRIL 4 - 25, 2025
Open to all photographers internationally.
MWCP is seeking emerging photographers creating fresh and exciting new pictures. We feel strongly about providing this exhibition opportunity to emerging photographers. Professionally preparing a series of work, entering to galleries within the stated guidelines of gallery submissions and through subsequently building an exhibition record is a major and essential aspect of building a career in art photography.
In the year of 2025 we will be featuring 25 photographers for the EMERGE competition. We are looking to give one $200 EMERGE Fellowship Award and exhibition opportunities to emerging photographers. This fellowship opportunity is geared toward photographers looking to launch their art careers through the exposure of exhibition.
Open to all emerging photographers worldwide. All photographic media is welcome.
Selection will be based upon individual images submitted by each artist. A series of theme based images are preferred but not required. A brief artist statement is optional.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online. One recipient will be awarded the $200 EMERGE Fellowship Award, and receive one year artist representation by MWCP online.
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CALL FOR ENTRIES
WINTERTIME -
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - NOVEMBER 30
EXHIBITION DATES - JANUARY 10 - 31, 2025
Open to all photographers internationally.
When temperatures drop and our outdoor surroundings become more silent, still and dormant we look to our interior spaces to find warmth and comfort. The leaves fall and the ground becomes frost covered, birds search for berries in the branches, the earth takes a rest. Photographing this winter splendor is for the adventurous at heart and the wonder of it all is worth facing the cold to get those great shots. Images of the bare trees, the snow covered mountains and plains, details of the landscape and warm interior spaces are what will make up the photographs in the Wintertime exhibition. Our attention is drawn indoors as we seek warmth around the hearth with a steaming coffee and a sturdy woolen blanket. All of the details of the feeling of the season are the types of photographs that we are interested in for this upcoming exhibition.
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Series based entries are not necessary although preferred. A brief artist statement is optional.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION - 2024 DEVELOPED WORK
EXHIBITION DATES - NOVEMBER 1 - 29, 2024
The 2024 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FELLOWSHIP COMPETITON - DEVELOPED WORK exhibition will feature current and relevant work of national photographers that help define the pulse of contemporary photography in the USA. Developed Work has become established as the premier exhibition at MWCP for featuring some of the most important creative photographic work of the year.
Competition for Developed Work is based upon a thematically developed body of work. Selected photographers will demonstrate successful representation of working with a concept and developing it into a solid framework resulting in a thematically developed body of photographic work.
Selected artists have their work featured in the exhibition and online. One fellowship recipient will receive the $200 Developed Work Fellowship Award and one year artist representation at MWCP online.
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PORTFOLIO PLATFORM - 2024
FEATURE DATES - MAY - OCTOBER, 2024
The Portfolio Platform provides the focus of a more streamlined online presence. The Portfolio Platform provides the opportunity for photographers to showcase a portfolio of photographic work prominently online. The portfolios are available for patrons of the gallery to go online and view, learn about the photographers and their work through the images and biographies and artist statments, and have the opportunity to purchase photographs. Each portfolio consists of 12 - 20 images.
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OUT THERE - INTO THE WIDE OPEN
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WOMEN'S STORIES (UNTOLD) - TEXT AND IMAGE
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CALL FOR PORTFOLIO SUBMISSIONS
PORTFOLIO PLATFORM - 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 1
FEATURE DATES - APRIL - SEPTEMBER, 2025
Open to all photographers internationally.
The Portfolio Platform provides the focus of a more streamlined online presence. The Portfolio Platform provides the opportunity for photographers to showcase a portfolio of photographic work prominently online. The portfolios are available for patrons of the gallery to go online and view, learn about the photographers and their work through the images and biographies and artist statements, and have the opportunity to purchase photographs. Each portfolio consists of 12 - 20 images.
UPCOMING CALL FOR ENTRIES
RED -
INTERNATIONAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - DECEMBER 1
EXHIBITION DATES - FEBRUARY 7 - 28, 2025
Open to all photographers internationally.
Red as a subject matter can be photographed from a variety of viewpoints, capturing images of red literally or conceiving photographs of red conceptually. The primary color of red can be approached in a straight forward manner in all of its tints, tones and shades - whether capturing red in the vibrant high chroma of scarlet and crimson, the darker shades of maroon and burgundy, the midtones of ruby, fuchsia or brick, or the subtleties found in the various muted tints of pink. Red can be used as the actual subject matter when a composition is predominantly comprised of the color of red, a contrast to the complementary color of green, or a design relief element with red as a highlight in the totality of the composition. Red can be viewed or interpreted psychologically as a symbol of passion, the red of a rose, one of the heart, the life giving qualities of blood or the fear of the bloody. Red being one of the highest hues vibrating on the color spectrum, red draws attention like no other color. It is a symbol to alert, to warn of danger, to highlight, or to stop. A person can use the phrase of seeing red, an implication of anger, of energy, one that motives us to take action. Red is highly linked to the longing of passion and love, red is hot, the feeling of desire and sensuality, as being found in the heat of passion. Among all of the various approaches to the concept of red, the photographs featured in the Red exhibition will encompass a wide range of images of the interpretation of the color of red.
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Theme based entries are not necessary, and a range of different images are preferred.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
UPCOMING CALL FOR ENTRIES
PERSONAL ESSENCE -
INTERNATIONAL PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - MARCH 1
EXHIBITION DATES - MAY 2 - 30, 2025
Open to all photographers internationally.
Photographing the visual essence of a person as well as capturing the genuine quality of someone is a decisive documentation to mark a moment in a persons life. One of the rewarding challenges of portrait photography is to have the ability to viscerally communicate observations of a person and translate that into the photograph. Recording the fleeting moments of mannerisms, expressions and gestures of someone in a click of the shutter is a compelling experience, as time is always changing. The act of observing a moment in time and successfully recording that act by pointing the cameras gaze on someone is one of the most complementary gestures that a person can give. This exhibition will represent interesting aesthetic likenesses of people as the focus of the art of portraiture, featuring the essence of human likeness in all of its forms, whether it is a documentary approach, a snapshot genre, if it is a fashion statement, an editorial statement, or simply a straight forward compositional body study, we are looking to exhibiting the photographs of a wide range of people.
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Theme based entries are not necessary, and a range of different images are preferred.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
PORTFOLIO PLATFORM 2024
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