Due December 21, 2014

The LensCulture Exposure Awards 2014 is an international competition that aims to discover and showcase the best photographers from all over the world. Share your images with the world for a chance at over $10,000 in awards, as well as a world-class exhibition in London and massive exposure to our global audience of over 900,000. Our international jury of notable industry professionals will select six top winners in two categories and 25 finalists. These are our largest international awards of the year and YOU are invited to submit your best photographs and get worldwide recognition.

The 3rd International SPE Combined Caucus Juried Show is organized in conjunction with the 2015 SPE National Conference, “Atmospheres: Climate, Equity and Community in Photography”. In an effort to provide our members with additional exhibition opportunities, we are excited to announce that this year’s exhibition will be held across two fantastic venues! We are so fortunate to have both the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) hosting this year’s event. All accepted work will be placed in one of the two venues at the discretion of our two accomplished jurors: Deborah Willis and Carol McCusker. This dual venue exhibition will be on view March 12 through April 5, 2015 with opening receptions taking place on the evening of Saturday, March 14 during the SPE 2015 National Conference. The artworks selected will reflect the diversity of the three caucuses. There is no specific theme. For further information on the caucuses’ missions, please visit www.spenational.org/about/caucuse

Requirements

Entries will be submitted and juried through the SPE National website member gallery. To submit work for consideration you will need to create a NEW portfolio in your SPE online member gallery. Please note that you are allowed a maximum of six portfolios if you already have the maximum number of portfolios, you will need to replace one to use as your exhibition submission. Images should be a maximum of 2100 pixels on the long side, jpg format preferred. Please follow the instructions below:

1. Login to http://www.spenational.org with your email address; make sure to select the box in your profile preferences for any/all Caucuses you wish to join. Please make sure that your membership is current.
a. After you have confirmed caucus participation in the “My Profile” section, create a new portfolio titled “2015 Caucus Application Portfolio” in the “My Portfolio” section of the website. The “Application Portfolio” must be the first portfolio in “My Portfolio,” so that the application slide is visible when the Member Gallery is sorted by the exhibition committee for the jurors. Use the yellow cross-arrow to drag this portfolio to the first position.

2. Application Slide: Create an application slide, a jpg from Photoshop works great. Must be white with large black text stating:
APPLICATION
2015
SPE Combined Caucus Juried Show

3. Upload your application slide and up to 5 images.
a.Move your submission portfolio into first position, by clicking on the yellow cross-arrow and dragging to first position.
b.Upload the application slide first. Then upload your 5 application images.
c.YOU MUST MARK YOUR PORTFOLIO PUBLIC! If you do not, the jurors will not be able to view your entry.

4. Artist Statement: You must include an artist statement in your “Application Portfolio.” When you create your new portfolio there is a text box for you to enter an artist statement into. Your application WILL NOT be reviewed without an artist statement, brief or otherwise. Please make this 600 words max.

5. After you have successfully uploaded your application, click on “support us” from the SPE menu, then click on “merchandise” and scroll down to and click the button for “2015 All Caucus Exhibition” to pay for your entry. http://www.spenational.org/support-us/merchandise

6. After you have uploaded your application portfolio, and paid your entry fee, you must send an email with 2015 SPE Caucus Exhibition Application in the subject area to SPEcaucus2015@gmail.com. It is very important that you send this email, as it is the only way the organizers know you have submitted to the exhibition! Please include your name as it appears on your SPE Gallery, a return email address and caucus membership information, and payment confirmation. Your work will not be reviewed if this email confirmation is not received.

Due 2/20/2015

The Beinecke Scholarship seeks to encourage and enable highly
motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be
courageous in the selection of a graduate course of study in the arts,
humanities and social sciences. Since 1975 the program has selected
more than 550 college juniors from more than 100 different
undergraduate institutions for support during graduate study at any
accredited university. Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior
to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending
graduate school.

Entries Due | November 19, 2014 Midnight MT USA
THEME |On Beauty
JUROR |Kathleen Clark

Juror’s Award| $500.00
Director’s Award | $250.00
Two livebooks Website Awards| Valued at $399.00 each.
Honorable Mention Awards| 2 year membership and a five image submission to a call for entry at the Center.

Exhibiting artists are invited to the reception and offered complimentary portfolio reviews with the Juror, Kathleen Clark and Director, Hamidah Glasgow. In addition, there are other weekend events including a group lunch and group portfolio share.

For More Information about the On Beauty Call For Entries, click here