2022 National Juried Photography Exhibition – Call for Entries

• Entry Deadline: Postmark deadline for images, entry form, entry fee: June 20, 2022
• Notification sent to artists by email: July 8, 2022
• Receipt of shipped work: August 22-26, 2022
• Receipt of hand delivered work: August 26 or August 29, 2022, from 9 am–5 pm
• Opening Reception: September 2, 2022 from 5:00–8:00 pm
• Juror’s Gallery Talk: September 2, 2022 from 5:30–6:00 pm
• Final Day of Exhibition: October 1, 2022
• Return of hand delivered work: October 3, 2022 from 9:00–5:00 pm
• Shipped work packed and mailed: October 3-5, 2022

Open to U.S. residents, 18 years or older. Photographs must be original photographs or photographically derived work, and not done under supervision. All work submitted must be suitably prepared for installation. The curator reserves the right to deny entry if any work is deemed not suitable for display or too difficult to install. Entries must have been completed after January 1, 2016, and not previously exhibited in a Lynchburg juried photography show.

Entry fees are used to offset necessary expenses involved in making the show possible. A non-refundable fee of $35 entitles each artist to submit up to three entries. Make a check payable to the Academy Center of the Arts.

All entries will be juried by digital images or slides. If, upon delivery, an accepted work is found to have been misrepresented by the digital image, it may be disqualified. Award winners will be selected by the juror after the exhibition is installed.

Cash awards sponsored by Select Bank. Awards will be given at the discretion of the juror. “Best in Show” Cash Award is $1000.

A full color, soft bound catalog of the exhibition will be produced and offered for sale during the exhibition.

All of the works are available for purchase unless designated “Not for Sale” at the time of entry. The Academy Center of the Arts will facilitate sales and charges a 35% commission. Works not for sale must have a value for insurance purposes. In this case, determine a potential sale price and enter 60% of that dollar value.

Entries may be shipped or hand-delivered to the Academy Center of the Arts, 600 Main St., Lynchburg, VA. 24504. Shipped entries must be sent in reusable containers (no packing peanuts) with funds for return shipping fees enclosed. Hand delivered work will be received on August 27 or August 30 from 9 am to 5 pm. Shipped entries must be received between August 23-27, 2022. Accepted work will be insured for the duration of the exhibit if the artist has declared an insurance value.

Accepted works are insured by the Academy Center of the Arts, August 22 to October 5, 2022 

NOTE: All work must remain on display for the entire exhibition.

Entry in the exhibition constitutes agreement to the conditions set forth in this prospectus. The artist grants the Academy Center of the Arts permission to photograph or digitally re-print any work accepted for the exhibition for archival purposes, publicity or publication, or for film or television programs which are published, produced, or sponsored by or with permission of the Academy Center of the Arts.