Grants CENTER: Project Awards & Grants
Opportunity Description
International Deadline: February 25, 2024 – 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] PROJECT DEVELOPMENT GRANT
Deadline: February 25, 2024
Supports fine art or documentary projects that are still in progress and have been minimally not been widely exhibited or published.
JUROR
George Harris – Keough Family Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art.
GRANT PACKAGE
- $5,000 USD
- Review Santa Fe Admission
- Public Project Presentation
- Professional Development Seminars
- Publication with CENTER Media Partners
- Ongoing Project Promotion
- Inclusion in the Winners Gallery & Archive
APPLY ONLINE – $45 Member // $55 Non-Member
2] $5000 PROJECT LAUNCH GRANT
Deadline: February 25, 2024
The Project Launch Grant provides funding to a complete, or nearly completed, documentary project or fine art series.
JUROR
Jehan Jillani – Visuals Editor, The Atlantic
GRANT PACKAGE
- $7500
- Winners Exhibition at CCA Santa Fe
- Professional Development Seminars
- Review Santa Fe Admission
- Project Presentation
- Publication in LENSCRATCH
- Inclusion in the CENTER Winners Gallery & Archive
APPLY ONLINE – $45 Member // $55 Non-Member
3] ME&EVE AWARD
Deadline: February 25, 2024
The Me&Eve Award provides funding to a female and/or LGBTQIA+ identifying photographer, 40 years of age and over.
JUROR
Eve Schillo – Associate Curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
AWARD PACKAGE
- $2,500 USD
- Review Santa Fe Admission
- Public Project Presentation
- Professional Development Seminars
- Publication with CENTER Media Partners
- Ongoing Project Promotion
- Inclusion in the Winners Gallery & Archive
APPLY ONLINE – $45 CENTER Member // $55 Non-Member
4] MULTIMEDIA AWARD
Deadline: February 25, 2024
The Multimedia Award recognizes an outstanding storyteller using lens-based media to create narrative-driven projects. Open, but not limited to, video, new media, photography, photojournalism, installation, and web-based works.
JUROR
David Barreda – Senior Photo Editor, National Geographic
AWARD PACKAGE
- Review Santa Fe Admission
- Public Project Presentation
- Professional Development Seminars
- Publication with CENTER Media Partners
- Ongoing Project Promotion
- Inclusion in the Winners Gallery & Archive
APPLY ONLINE – $45 CENTER Member // $55 Non-Member
5] PERSONAL AWARD
Deadline: February 25, 2024
The Personal Award recognizes outstanding images, singular or part of a series, engaging in the exploration and expression of the power of self-representation and/or underrepresented experiences.
JUROR
Kristen Gresh – Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Senior Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
AWARD PACKAGE
- Review Santa Fe Admission
- Public Project Presentation
- Professional Development Seminars
- Publication with CENTER Media Partners
- Ongoing Project Promotion
- Inclusion in the Winners Gallery & Archive
APPLY ONLINE – $45 CENTER Member // $55 Non-Member
6] SOCIALLY ENGAGED AWARD
Deadline: February 25, 2024
The Socially Engaged Award recognizes outstanding images, singular or part of a series, highlighting social issues.
JUROR
Noelle Flores Théard – Senior Digital Photo Editor, The New Yorker.
AWARD PACKAGE
- Review Santa Fe Admission
- Public Project Presentation
- Professional Development Seminars
- Publication with CENTER Media Partners
- Ongoing Project Promotion
- Inclusion in the Winners Gallery & Archive
APPLY ONLINE – $45 CENTER Member // $55 Non-Member
7] ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD
Deadline: February 25, 2024
The Environmental Award recognizes outstanding images, singular or part of a series, focusing on the state of the ecological environment. Topics may include but are not limited to, conservation, biodiversity, ecology, climate change, or other issues concerning the natural world.
JUROR
Sabine Meyer – Photography Director, National Audubon Society.
AWARD PACKAGE
- Review Santa Fe Admission
- Public Project Presentation
- Professional Development Seminars
- Publication with CENTER Media Partners
- Ongoing Project Promotion
- Inclusion in the Winners Gallery & Archive
APPLY ONLINE – $45 CENTER Member // $55 Non-Member
8] EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD
Deadline: February 25, 2024
The Callanan Excellence in Teaching Award honors a high school, college, or postgraduate teacher’s dedication and commitment to their students and field. Educators in all areas of photographic teaching are eligible including fine art, documentary, history, and criticism.
JUROR
2023 Winner Alanna Styer – Documentary Artist, Educator, Activist, Education Research Fellow, Photographer’s Green Book, and Program Manager of Media Arts Education and Mentoring, Venice Arts Los Angeles
AWARD PACKAGE
- $5,000 USD
- Review Santa Fe admission
- Professional Development Seminars
9] REVIEW SANTA FE PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
Deadline: February 25, 2024
CENTER’s premier juried portfolio review event and conference, the Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium is for lens-based artists seeking audience expansion, critical discussion, and community connection. Scheduled to take place Nov 1 – 3, 2024, apply to join us in historic downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.
AWARD PACKAGE
- Up to 9 Portfolio Reviews
- Portfolio Walk Public Exposition
- Private Receptions
- Inclusion in the Review Santa Fe Listing & Archive
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.
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50 Mount Carmel Rd
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
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