Boundaries

University of Nebraska-Lincoln / Eisentrager•Howard Gallery   /   Deadline: 06/30/13 MFA students working in photographic media are invited to submit work on the theme of “Boundaries” for a curatorial project and exhibition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The exhibition will be held in October 2013 in conjunction with the Midwest SPE Regional Conference in the Eisentrager•Howard Gallery. Eligibility Students must be currently enrolled in an MFA program during time of submission and must not graduate before Spring 2013 semester. Students must also be a member of the Society for Photographic Education (SPE). Requirements A full prospectus can be found Read more »

Call for Nominations SPE Insight Award

Society for Photographic Education   /   Deadline: 07/01/13 The Society for Photographic Education offers the SPE Insight Award to recognize achievements of significant distinction made by individuals to the photographic education field. Measured from when careers first begin to days when standing ovations erupt spontaneously in lecture halls, SPE’s Insight Award symbolizes the realization of a national or international career or the launching of future endeavors to new challenges, ideas, and horizons. Photographers (in the broadest sense of the word today), as well as scholars, curators, writers, and visionaries-be their achievements rapid fire or accumulated over time-are eligible for Read more »

SPE Honored Educator Award

Society for Photographic Education   /   Deadline: 07/01/13 SPE seeks nominations for the Honored Educator Award given annually at the SPE National Conference. The criteria for selection of the Honored Educator includes: The recipient has made a significant contribution to the field of photographic education. The contribution to the field could be made through classroom teaching, writing, publishing, museum education, or other areas of professional practice in the field of photography. The recipient is a full-career educator.  There is no specific requirement for the number of years in the field, but 15 years would generally be seen as a Read more »

A Matter of Time

The National Watch and Clock Museum   /   Deadline: 08/30/13 The National Watch and Clock Museum issue a call for artists for the upcoming exhibition A Matter of Time. The National Watch and Clock Museum was officially opened to the public in 1977 with fewer than 1,000 items. Since that time, the collection has increased to over 12,000 items. Today, the museum is recognized as the largest and most comprehensive horological collection in North America. This exhibit invites artists to respond to the concept of timekeeping and how it is represented today. Artists are encouraged to visit the museum Read more »

Reframing Photography: MFA Online Exhibition Opportunity

The MFA page is an online exhibition of work by current graduate students engaged with photographic ideas and materials. These artists use photography in invigorating and expansive practices, from  site-specific performance to compelling narratives. MFA and MA artists are displayed by school. As a whole, the site offers the opportunity to make connections and to collectively see a larger body of emerging work not bounded by geographic limitations. If you are currently working in an MA or MFA program and interested in showing your work, or if you are faculty teaching or coordinating a graduate program and would like to be involved Read more »

Reframing Photography Exhibitions

RP EXHIBITIONS is an online host for exhibitions with photography at the core either as the topic or the medium. “Photo” here is expansive and inclusive, used by everyone, in varied forms. We are especially interested in photography’s connections with other disciplines, in applications where photography was incidental to a larger goal, and in art practices that span a range of approaches. The inaugural exhibition — Tell the Story of Your Life in Detroit — came about from a desire to extend the opportunity to publish online to people in Detroit who may not have direct access to affecting the content of the Read more »