Grants CENTER: Project Awards & Grants

Opportunity Description
International Deadline: February 27, 2022 – CENTER, founded in 1994, honors, supports, and provides opportunities to gifted and committed photographers.
The annual programs are designed to bring exposure to worthy photographic projects and series, and create fellowship among photographers and influential members of the photographic community.
ELIGIBILITY
All of CENTER’s Call for Entry opportunities accept submissions from international photographers and artists. Work can have been made at any time and work that has been submitted previously may be re-submitted as we have new jurors each year. Work derived from all photographic processes is accepted, as well as mixed media that is photo-based. ONLY the Multimedia Award accepts video, multimedia files and/or still images for submission.
CURRENT GRANTS
1] $5K PROJECT DEVELOPMENT GRANT
Deadline: February 27, 2022
Supports fine art or documentary projects that are still in progress and have been minimally not been widely exhibited or published.
JUROR
Karen Irvine – Chief Curator & Deputy Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography
GRANT PACKAGE
- $5,000
- Mentorship
- Professional Development Workshop Admission
- Review Santa Fe Tuition
- Public Project Presentation during Review Santa Fe
- Featured Project Publication with Lenscratch
- Permanent Online Exhibition with CENTER and inclusion in the Alumni Archive
2] $5000 PROJECT LAUNCH GRANT
Deadline: February 27, 2022
Supporting a complete or nearly complete fine art, documentary, or photojournalistic project to reach a wider audience. Open to New Mexico residents only.
JUROR
Grace Deveney – David C. & Sarajean Ruttenberg Associate Curator of Photography & Media, Art Institute of Chicago
GRANT PACKAGE
- $5,000
- Mentorship
- Professional Development Workshop Admission
- Review Santa Fe Tuition
- Public Project Presentation during Review Santa Fe
- Featured Project Publication with Lenscratch
- Permanent Online Exhibition with CENTER and inclusion in the Alumni Archive
3] $1000 ME&EVE AWARD
Deadline: February 27, 2022
Provides financial support to a female-identified, non-binary, transgender, gender non-conforming, or two-spirited identifying photographer, 40 years of age and over.
JUROR
Sarah Leen – Founder & Editor, The Visual Thinking Collective
AWARD PACKAGE
- $1,000
- Mentorship
- Professional Development Workshop Admission
- Review Santa Fe Tuition
- Public Project Presentation during Review Santa Fe
- Featured Project Publication with Lenscratch
- Permanent Online Exhibition with CENTER and inclusion in the Alumni Archive
4] EXCELLENCE IN MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING AWARD
Deadline: February 27, 2022
Recognizes an outstanding storyteller using lens-based media to create narrative-driven projects. The award is open, but not limited to, photography, video, new media, photojournalism, installation, and web-based works.
JUROR
TBA
AWARD PACKAGE
- Mentorship
- Professional Development Workshop Admission
- Review Santa Fe Tuition
- Public Project Presentation during Review Santa Fe
- Featured Project Publication with Lenscratch
- Permanent Online Exhibition with CENTER and inclusion in the Alumni Archive
5] THE PERSONAL, SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS
Deadline: February 27, 2022
Recognizing outstanding photographers working in all processes and subject matter in three categories: Personal, Social, and Environmental. A broad and inclusive interpretation of the themes is highly encouraged.
JURORS
- Personal: Danyelle Means – Executive Director, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe
- Social: TBA
- Environmental: Paula Trotto – Photo Project Manager, Environmental Defense Fund
AWARD PACKAGE
- Mentorship
- Professional Development Workshop Admission
- Review Santa Fe Admission
- Public Project Presentation during Review Santa Fe
- Featured Project Publication with Lenscratch
- Permanent Online Exhibition with CENTER and inclusion in the Alumni Archive
6] REVIEW SANTA FE – PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
Recognizing outstanding photographers working in all processes and subject matter in three categories: Personal, Social and Environmental. Images can be singular or part of a series.
AWARD PACKAGE
- 9 Portfolio Reviews with esteemed Reviewers
- Inclusion in the Photographers Listing
- Participation in the Portfolio Walk*
- Access to Photographer Presentations, Panel Discussions, and other public programs
About:
CENTER is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization that honors, supports and provides opportunities to gifted and committed photographers. The programs and awards administered by CENTER offer education, recognition, exhibition and exposure to fine-art and documentary photographers.
CENTER
50 Mount Carmel Rd
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505