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Center Forward 2024 - CLOSED

This annual open-theme juried exhibition highlights the best in contemporary photography.

JURORS |

Hamidah Glasgow - Executive Director, Center for Fine Art Photography

Hamidah Glasgow has served as the Executive Director at the Center for Fine Art Photography since 2009.

Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art

Katherine Ware has served as Curator of Photography at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe since 2008, where she has organized inventive exhibitions on subjects including breath, lowriders, self-portraiture, and mixed-media photography.

ARTIST HONORS AND AWARDS:
The gallery exhibition includes all selected artists’ work. The Center also provides event press releases and social media promotions, with an international audience of 180,000+ followers.

TWO JUROR AWARDS $300                        

HONORABLE MENTIONS

VIRTUAL/IN-PERSON REVIEWS—Eight selected exhibitors will have 20-minute reviews with the jurors.

IMPORTANT DATES

Entries Due | August 18, 2024 (11:59 pm Mountain Time)

Notice Of Acceptance | September 18, 2024

Exhibition Dates | October 30 – November 23, 2024

Reception and Artist Talks | November 1, 2024

Immersion Weekend | November 1 - 2, 2024

Immersion Weekend - There will be a Friday night opening reception, a no-host dinner after the reception, Saturday one-on-one reviews with the jurors, artist portfolio sharing with each other, and lunch together or a lake BBQ, depending on the weather.

Exhibition Location: Community Center for Creativity

200 Mathews St, Fort Collins, CO 80524

SUBMISSION | ENTRY FEE

MEMBERS | $25 for up to four images; find the promo code here.

NON-MEMBERS | $35.00 for up to four images

ADDITIONAL IMAGES may be submitted for $3 each for members and $5 each for non-members. A total of 20 images may be submitted.

ELIGIBILITY: Our calls for entry are open to all photographers worldwide. The Center invites photographers working in all photographic mediums, including digital, film, mixed, and unique processes, to participate. We are not accepting AI images for this call.

ACCEPTANCE NOTICE: All submitting artists receive an email notification with the results.

ABOUT US | Founded in 2004 in Fort Collins, Colorado, the Center for Fine Art Photography is a nonprofit 501(C)(3) arts organization. We support photographic artists through exhibition, promotion, portfolio reviews, publication, education, and connection to a large community of other artists, curators, gallery owners, and photographic professionals.

COPYRIGHT AND USE: All submitting artists retain the copyright to their images. Only artists whose submissions are chosen for the exhibition grant The Center for Fine Art Photography have the right to use their images for the purpose of promoting the artist, Center programs, exhibitions, and subsequent display on the Center’s website of current and past exhibitions.  Artist’s recognition is provided with any use. Images may be placed on social media by the Center for Fine Art Photography with artist credit.

Questions?   970.224.1010  

coordinator@c4fap.org

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