DEADLINE: Tuesday, May 29 at 6pm.
The Cleveland Print Room is seeking photographic submissions for our juried exhibition, June 8 – July 28, to be judged this year by Jennifer Coleman, The George Gund Foundations’s Senior Program Officer for the Arts, and Lillian Kuri, Cleveland Foundation’s Vice President of Strategic Grantmaking, Arts & Urban Design Initiatives.
This is a unique opportunity for photographic artists to exhibit their work and receive substantial exposure in Cleveland’s only dedicated photographic art gallery, community darkroom, educational center, and studio workspace. Over 30 selected works will be exhibited in our gallery, with a top prize of $300 to be awarded. All selections and cash awards will be made at the discretion of the jurors and will be final.
Awards:
Best of Show: $300
Best B&W: $150
Best Color: $150
Best Alt Process: $150
Director’s Award: $100
ELIGIBILITY:
Artists must be at least 16 years of age and reside in the US or Canada.
An entry fee of $30 for CPR members or $35 for non-members is payable upon submission of works. Artists may submit up to two (2) pieces of original art in any photographic medium, analog or digital. Entry fees are non-refundable.
We prefer to judge entries in person as they would be presented in our gallery, so all work from entrants residing within 50 miles must hand-deliver their submissions to the Cleveland Print Room. All others should send high quality digital images (.jpg or .png) with filenames including the artist name and title of the work along with their completed entry form to info@clevelandprintroom.com. Entry fees may also be paid via PayPal to info@clevelandprintroom.com — PLEASE SPECIFY “PEER SHOW” in the Note field.
Work drop-off dates are Thursday, MAY 24, 12 to 6pm; Friday, MAY 25, 12 to 6pm; Saturday, MAY 26, 12-5pm; Tuesday, MAY 29, 12 to 6pm; and Wednesday, MAY 30, 3 to 6pm.
Artists whose work has been judged into the show will be contacted by midnight of Friday June 1.
Work not accepted MUST be picked up on Saturday June 2, 10am to 2pm; Sunday, June 3, 12 to 3pm; or Tuesday, June 5, noon to 6pm.
Artists must complete a two-part entry form, one part to be attached to the work, and one part given to CPR at drop-off time. The entry form can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MIiTNiSr6VVWtVRE5mdEwzUlU/view?usp=sharing
Work exceeding 36 inches in any dimension may be excluded due to space restrictions. Work may not exceed seventy pounds in weight.
All work must be original, executed within the last 5 years, and not have been exhibited previously at the Cleveland Print Room.
All subject matter must be appropriate for all-ages public viewing.
Entries must remain in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition.
Entrants grant permission for Cleveland Print Room to use their images and information in promotional materials.
Cleveland Print Room will retain a 40% commission from works sold. In the event of a sale, the artist will be notified at the closing of the exhibition and mailed a check for 60% of the sale within 30 days.
For further information, please contact Emilie at emilie@clevelandprintroom.com.
