In 2024, the Allegany Arts Council will celebrate its 10th Allegany National Photography Competition & Exhibition, melding our region's rich concentration of photographic artists with an influx of national photographers in one exciting competition offering $7,500 in cash prizes!

To celebrate this important milestone, we are planning a series of events including a gallery walk and talk, Public Opening & Awards, and a very special Afterparty. Along the way, we'll unveil surprises including the publication of a 10th anniversary catalogue featuring our previous winners, as well as recollections from our esteemed jurors.

This year's call for entry includes three categories - Monochrome, Color and Photography as a 3-D Art Form. Complete details, rules and eligibility may be found by clicking the button below. All submissions are made through Call for Entry.

Mark your calendars for the 10th ANPCE to take place March 30-April 20, 2024, right here in Cumberland, Maryland, and stay tuned for even more updates as the event draws closer.

The deadline to enter is February 9, 2024.

https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=12663

The Delaplaine’s National Juried Exhibition is an annual show featuring works in a variety of media by artists from around the region and nation. All media are eligible, including but not limited to: painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, drawing, installation, and sculpture. Questions? Contact Corey Frey, Exhibitions Manager (301-698-0656 x108) Important Dates

• Deadline for Entries: March 24, 2024
• Notification of Jury Results: April 4, 2024
• Exhibition Dates: May 4-July 7, 2024

Laila Abdul-Hadi Jadallah (she/her/hers) is an arts administrator, exhibition producer, curator, and researcher working in Washington, D.C. Jadallah’s career and independent work span exhibition and program development and curation, cultural heritage protection, communications, and community engagement and outreach. Jadallah is currently the Director of Programs at the Qatar America Institute for Culture, where she oversees exhibitions, programs, and partnerships. From 2018 to mid-2022 she was the inaugural Managing Director of Washington Studio School and has previously held senior-level roles at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Art Fraud Insights, and International Arts and Artists, where she worked with numerous arts and culture institutions, technology companies, and other partners on over 20 major museum exhibitions. She received a B.A. in Integrative Studies (Arts & Culture) from the School of Integrative Studies at George Mason University, a Certificate in Photography from SPEOS Photographic Institute Paris, and a Certificate in Business Fundamentals from Harvard Business School Online. She recently completed an M.A. at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service (summa cum laude), where she focused on modern and contemporary cultural production, heritage, and diplomacy. Her artwork resides in the permanent collection of the Department of State Office of Arts in Embassies. Her work has been featured on AlHurra TV, and in The Washington Post, DC Modern Luxury Magazine, Canvas Magazine, The New York Times, and more. Awards

• First Place–$1,000
• Second Place–$500
• Third Place–$250
• Honorable Mention–$125

Application Process

• Artists must enter their artwork through the online portal here: EntryThingy portal.
• In order to access EntryThingy, artists must sign in or create a login and password.
• Scroll Down to 2024 National Juried Exhibition.
• Three submissions per artist will be accepted.

https://delaplaine.org/exhibitions/opportunities/nje/

The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts has announced a Call for Entries for the 2024 Cumberland Valley Photographers and Cumberland Valley Artists exhibitions at the museum.

An annual tradition since the 1930s, the Cumberland Valley Photographers and Cumberland Valley Artists exhibitions showcase, celebrate, and support artists of the Cumberland Valley region. Each year, hundreds of works are submitted for consideration for inclusion by exhibition jurors.

New this year, the exhibitions will not run concurrently. Cumberland Valley Photographers will be on view from March 23 through June 2, 2024. Cumberland Valley Artists will be June 15 through Aug. 26, 2024. However, the dates for submission and evaluation are the same for both exhibitions.

The deadline to enter is 3 pm on November 30. Learn More Here

Introducing Elemental: Earth, Fire, Water, Air What worldly elements do you resonate with? The foundations of our Earth? The intensity and light of flames? The calmness or raging tides of our seas? The freedom of taking flight into the endless sky? Early chemists believed Earth, fire, water, and air were the elements of life and reality, and when surrounded by them, it’s not hard to see why. All original 2D or 3D artwork involving any of the four elements, either by medium or subject, is eligible for Maryland Federation of Art’s (MFA) online show. Entry is open to all artists residing internationally. Works selected by the juror will be on display in MFA’s online gallery, Curve Gallery, from August 15 – September 30, 2023. Exhibition Chairs: Richard Niewerth, Wil Scott.

https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/260/

From farm to table, from fields and gardens, from land and sea – food sustains our bodies as art sustains our souls. For each person, food has a story and a history. Food can help define our community and sometimes our community needs help being fed. We work as a community to feed our neighbors. A portion of the proceeds from this show go to support the Anne Arundel County Food Bank. Show us how food has shaped your story through art. Entry is open to all artists residing internationally. All original 2D or 3D artwork in any media is eligible for this online show. Works selected by the juror will be on display in MFA’s online gallery, Curve Gallery, from October 15 – November 30, 2022. Exhibition Chairs: Richard Niewerth and Wil Scott.

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The Will's Creek Competition & Exhibition of Fine Art is one of the signature events of the Allegany Arts Council, celebrating contemporary art in a variety of mediums. Now, more than 20 years since its inception, the show continues to stretch the boundaries of contemporary art that reflect the issues that shape our world.

The exhibition will run in the Saville Gallery from September 3-24, 2022!

https://www.alleganyartscouncil.org/willscreek/

Exhibition Dates: May 2-July 10, 2022

The Delaplaine’s National Juried Exhibition is an annual show featuring works in a variety of media by artists from around the region and nation. Accepted works and prize winners will be selected by juror Gerald Ross, Director of Exhibitions at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. All media are eligible. Applicants may submit up to three works. Application fee: $35 ($25 for Delaplaine Members). Awards

First Place: $1,000
Second Place: $500
Third Place: $250
Honorable Mention: $125

https://delaplaine.org/exhibitions/opportunities/nje/

Introducing Reflections

Reflections in shop windows, still ponds, or on faces in mirrors can surprise and delight. The physical nature of light reflecting changes appearances and reveals unexpected sensations. Reflections can also be internal; emotional, cerebral, or spiritual, bringing back memories, or causing new ways of thinking that could change the world or just stay personal. Show us what reflection means to you. Entries are open internationally for Maryland Federation of Art’s (MFA) online-only exhibition. Following exhibition guidelines, any 2D or 3D work is eligible for entry. Works selected by the juror will be on display in MFA’s online gallery, Curve Gallery, from April 15 – May 31, 2022. Exhibition Chairs: Richard Niewerth, Wil Scott.

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Juror: Bruce Pollock, Professor of Painting at Drexel University

Bruce Pollock has exhibited his abstract paintings and drawings in numerous solo exhibitions in New York City, Chicago, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China, Vancouver, BC and other locations. In the Philadelphia area, his venues include the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Institute of Contemporary Art, The Delaware Art Museum and The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, The Michener Art Museum as well as numerous solo and group gallery exhibitions.

Little darling, it feels like years since we’ve been here. As the world opens back up and the summer months encourage us to spend time under the sun, there’s a feeling of hope about the future. Use this return to normal, the advancement to something better, and the light of the future as inspiration for this all-media People’s Choice exhibition. The works will be on display in MFA’s Online People’s Choice Voting Gallery from August 19 – September 10, 2021.

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The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury University invites photographers to join us for the hybrid event, The Ward Museum Photo Festival, with online and in-person entries, workshops, virtual programming and more. There are two divisions, Photographer and Youth Photographer (age 17 and younger). Photographers compete to be the Grand Champion and Youth Photographers compete for Youth Grand Champion. Entries are only $5 per photo (after you enter five photos the entry fee drops to $4 per photo).

https://www.wardmuseum.org/learn-explore/program-calendar/art-nature-photo-festival/?fbclid=IwAR0SCUcejGXIRv-YHkfXRa99sE9jr7JOcyb0kDNPRAD3Fp2tleHx0emh8bE

From the oceans that surround this continent to the mountains that divide it – this land is home to some of the world’s most powerful landscapes. Open to all media, following exhibition guidelines, MFA will showcase any original 2-D or 3-D work depicting a landscape from the Americans (*North America, Hawaii, Central America, Caribbean, and South America). Works selected by the juror will be exhibited in MFA’s Circle Gallery from August 25th – September 18, 2021. Show chair: Richard Niewerth.

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Juror: Susan “Sue” Frank, Curator at The Phillips Collection

Susan “Sue” Frank is a curator at The Phillips Collection specializing in European and American modernism. She earned her Ph.D. in 1996, joining the staff at the Phillips the following year. At the Phillips Collection, she has curated numerous traveling exhibitions that showcase the museum’s European and American collections for domestic and international audiences in Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan, and South Korea. She has published several books and essays including American Impressionists: Painters of Light and the Modern Landscape; David Smith Invents; and Made in the USA: American Art from The Phillips Collection. Currently, she is co-organizing with the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto) Picasso: Painting the Blue Period, an international loan exhibition that will open at the Phillips in February 2022. The exhibition, which will feature some 45 paintings, along with works on paper and sculpture, is organized around the cutting-edge conservation studies and curatorial research undertaken over the past decade on three iconic Blue Period paintings in the collections of the Phillips and the AGO.

Annapolitans know the cost of climate change, as do people in many cities. This show will focus on the theme of rising water levels, the effect they have on the world, and solutions for or the disasters because of changing tides. Entries are open to all original 2-D or 3-D artwork. This all media MFA exhibition will display the juror’s selections in their Online Sales Gallery from August 15 - September 30, 2021. Exhibition Chairs: Richard Niewerth & Wil Scot

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JUROR:Steve Doherty was born in New Orleans, raised in Cincinnati, and educated in Illinois and New York. He currently lives with his wife, Sara, in the inspiring landscape of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Knox College and earned a Master of Fine Art degree in printmaking from Cornell University. After teaching art in public schools, a community college, and a private college, Steve became editor of American Artist magazine. During his 31 year tenure, he launched several new art magazines, managed artist conventions, and exhibited his own artwork. In 2010 he became editor of PleinAir magazine and successfully managed that publication until his retirement in 2018. During these years, Steve also wrote a dozen books, including the new book The Art of Plein Air Painting. For more information and a review of Steve’s paintings, visit www.stevedohertyart.com

About the Exhibition

The Delaplaine’s National Juried Exhibition is an annual show featuring works in a variety of media by artists from around the region and nation. All media are eligible, including but not limited to: painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, drawing, installation, and sculpture.

Click here for more info

For additional information on the National Juried Exhibition, please contact the Exhibitions Manager or call 301-698-0656 ext. 108. Important Dates

Deadline for Entries: March 22, 2021

Notification of Jury Results: April 9, 2021

Exhibition Dates: May 1, 2021–July 11, 2021 About the 2021 Juror

2021 NJE Juror Margaret Winslow, photo by Lindy Powers Photography

Margaret Winslow currently lives and works in Wilmington, Delaware where she is the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Delaware Art Museum. She has curated for the Neuberger Museum of Art and The Delaware Contemporary and assisted with exhibits for the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Recent exhibitions at the Delaware Art Museum include Black Survival Guide, or How to Live Through a Police Riot, a 2018 commission by Hank Willis Thomas; Truth & Vision: 21st Century Realism; Dream Streets: Art in Wilmington 1970–1990; and Retro-Active: Performance Art from 1964–1987. Margaret has served as an evaluator for the Headlands Center for the Arts, an adjunct faculty member at the University of Delaware, and a radio host for Art Watch on WCHE 1520 AM. Public presentations include talks at the Beijing American Center in China, College Art Association, and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums. Margaret holds a BA in Art History from the University of Mary Washington and an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art, Theory, and Criticism from SUNY Purchase College. Awards

First Place–$1,000 Second Place–$500 Third Place–$250 Honorable Mention–$125

Introducing Food for Thought

From farm to table, from fields and gardens, from land and sea – food sustains our bodies as art sustains our souls. And, in safer times, we gather at meals to celebrate; when times are tough, we work as a community to feed our neighbors. Artwork reflecting the creation, preparation, consumption, or communal aspect of food will be eligible for this online exhibition. This all media MFA exhibition will display the juror’s selections in their Online Sales Gallery from June 15th – July 31, 2021. Exhibition Chairs: Richard Niewerth & Wil Scott.

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Juror: Kyle Hackett, Professor of Painting and Drawing at James Madison University

Kyle Hackett is an Artist and Assistant Professor in Painting and Drawing at James Madison University. He earned his MFA from the LeRoy E. Hoff- berger School of Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art and his BFA in Fine Arts, as a McNair Scholar from the University of Delaware. His paintings explore issues of race, class, and social standing through approaches to self-representation and the constructed image. Hackett has exhibited nationally and internationally receiving numerous honors and awards. His work has been featured in publications including New American Paintings, Washington Post, and The Huffington Post. Hackett’s work is represented by Goya Contemporary Gallery (Baltimore, MD) and notably collected by Ethan Cohen Gallery (New York). Website: kylehackettstudio.com

Exhibition Schedule:

Mar. 1 Online entry opens for submissions.
May 6 Deadline for entries.
By May 26 All entrants notified by email. Check MFA’s website or contact MFA if you do not receive notice.
Jun. 15 First day of exhibition.
Jul. 31 Last day of exhibition.

Batman wears a mask; the Lone Ranger wears a mask; so do Spiderman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Today, we all wear masks – but who is the man behind the mask? Just as social norms for women have changed images of femininity, the definition of masculinity has changed drastically as well. So just who is that masked man – or what masks does he wear? MFA invites artists in all media to examine the changing role of men and the evolving definition of masculinity in today’s society. This all media MFA exhibition will display selected works in their online Curve Gallery from April 15 – May 31, 2021. Exhibition Chairs: Richard Niewerth and Wil Scott.

Click HERE to view and print the downloadable prospectus.

The spirit of the Allegheny Mountains contains secret stories worth telling, and a picture is worth 1,000 words. The community and visitors are invited to share images that tell the county’s story of culture, lifestyle, and recreation in Allegany County, the Mountain Side of Maryland.

https://www.mdmountainside.com/photo-contest?fbclid=IwAR2YhSD9F9L1uWmb3oVx78cfL_8Kp12ejjum6_XyzassY0gMEzJ_5uuS6SA

Frederick Health Women's Crestwood Center next exhibit will be titled "Pandemonium: life today...and hope for tomorrow." This theme represents the artist viewpoint on the new normal in Frederick County since the Covid pandemic began. Inspirational themes and hope for change can be incorporated into this theme. Please see the "All call for Art" document and contract for further details. All submissions are due by Friday, December 11th, 2020

Digital Directions:

Computer software has forever expanded ways for artists to capture and produce their work. Our previously titled Focal Point exhibition took us on a 10 year journey from photography-only entries to a celebration of MFA’s current Digital Directions exhibition and further examination of the artistic use of all digital media. Eligible entries may be either 2-D or 3-D image-based work that is created and/or produced through the use of software (whether purchased or artist created) and includes, but is not limited to, digitally produced photography, digital painting, illustration, graphic design, digital video and non-film projection. Please visit the exhibition website for any additional information. Works selected will be exhibited at MFA’s Circle Gallery in Annapolis, Maryland from February 3 to March 6, 2021. Exhibition Chair: Emil Petruncio.

Marta Finkelstein is an experimental artist working with clay, paint, sound, and moving image. She received her BFA in Ceramics from Indiana University in 2012, and went on to pursue experimental animation at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where she received her MFA in Kinetic Imaging in 2015. She is currently an adjunct professor at the VCU School of Arts, and helps manage an art studio collective in Richmond, VA, The Silos Artist Collective, which provides low-cost space and access to shared equipment for multidisciplinary artists. Her work has been exhibited across the country, as well as internationally at festivals from Spain to Columbia. Awards include ‘Most Environmentally Conscious’ at INLight 2014 (juried by Denise Markonish) and Curator’s Choice Award at 2014 Kinsey Juried Exhibition. For further information, visit https://www.martafinkelstein.com

https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/206/

We are now accepting entries for both the Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition (CVA) and the Cumberland Valley Photographers Exhibition (CVP). Deadline for submissions: Friday, November 20, 2020 at 3 p.m. Exhibition dates: January 31 – April 4, 2021

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Introducing #WOMAN: A hundred years ago, women in the US got the right to vote. A hundred years and what has changed? This exhibition invites artists of any gender and working in any media to share their experiences about what it means to be a woman living in the 21st century, to celebrate the achievements and bring light to the future. MFA (Maryland Federation of Art) invites all artists residing in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico to enter their original 2-D or 3-D work for considereration by the juror. Works selected will be exhibited in MFA’s Circle Gallery from June 25 to July 22, 2020. Show chair is Kass McGowan. https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/woman/

Call for Art for the next Women's Center Art Gallery at Frederick Health Crestwood. The theme for this show will be "Spring, Summer & Splendor." This theme can be interpreted in several ways, not only representing the season but the feeling that the artist interpretation of the word "Splendor" may evoke. The show will run from May 11, 2020 through September 4, 2020. Contract and Prospectus. Deadline for entries is Friday, April 17.

The Delaplaine’s National Juried Exhibition is an annual show featuring works in a variety of media by artists from around the region and nation. All media are eligible, including but not limited to: painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, drawing, installation, and sculpture.

March 23, 2020 • Deadline for entry submission (by 11:59 pm)

https://delaplaine.org/exhibitions/opportunities/nje/

Street Scenes

MFA (Maryland Federation of Art) invites all artists to enter its 5th Street Scenes competition. Any original 2-D or 3-D work that depicts what resonates with you in towns and cities, large and small, will be considered. Works selected will be displayed online in MFA’s Curve Gallery, from February 15 to March 31, 2020. The exhibition chair is Wil Scott.

https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/streetscenes/

The competition is open to photographers of all types, inviting entries in one of three categories: monochrome (black and white), color, and experimental. In 2020, we have modified the parameters of the experimental category, which will now focus on photography as sculpture. Our goal is to attract non-traditional photography using a dynamic combination of materials, methods, concepts and subjects which challenge traditional boundaries of photography and expand the view of photography beyond two-dimensional art.

Join us for a series of workshops, learning opportunities and social events which celebrate this important nod to the art scene in Western Maryland. The Call

Entries are currently being accepted and may be submitted via https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=6751. No entries sent directly to the Allegany Arts Council will be accepted. If an artist has not previously participated in a call through CAFÉ, it will be necessary to create an account prior to application.

Entries are $30.00 for up to two (entries) with a maximum of six (6) entries per photographer. The deadline to enter is February 10, 2020.

"Light and Shadow," an online exhibit at the Curve Gallery. Deadline November 5. https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/light-and-shadow-2/

"Captured Light" at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown. Deadline is October 20. All types of photography are eligibile. https://www.blackrockcenter.org/galleries/call-to-artists/

Deadline is November 14.

Introducing Focal Point:

Computer software has forever expanded ways for artists to capture and produce their work. MFA celebrates this exhibition by examining the artistic use of all digital media. Eligible entries may be either 2-D or 3-D image-based work that is created and/or produced through the use of software (whether purchased or artist created) and includes, but is not limited to digitally produced: photography, graphic design, painting, video and non-film projection. Please visit the exhibition website for additional information. Works selected will be exhibited at MFA’s Circle Gallery in Annapolis, Maryland from January 23 to February 22, 2020. The show chair for this exhibition is Kate Stillwell and Emil Petruncio.

https://mdfedart.com/portfolio/79/

The annual Art in Nature Photo Festival will be held August 9-11 in Salisbury, Maryland. A number of club members have entered -- and won -- in various categories over the years at this popular festival. In addition to the photo contest, there are talks, demonstrations, and field trips. Plan on entering some prints this year.

https://www.wardmuseum.org/program-calendar/art-nature-photo-festival/

University of Maryland University College (UMUC) announces a call for entries for the 4th Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition (BMRE).

If you are age 18 or older and a current resident of Maryland, Northern Virginia, or Washington, D.C., submit up to four entries of your original art (no reproductions) by August 19. All mediums except videography will be considered.

Jurors will select works for the BMRE by September 8, and the exhibition will run from December 1, 2019, to March 15, 2020, in the UMUC Arts Program Gallery in Adelphi, Maryland. The opening reception and awards presentation will take place on Sunday, December 1, 2019, at 3 p.m.

The BMRE includes a full-color catalog featuring the works of all selected participants. Cash prizes and other distinctions will be awarded. You can win up to $5,000, so submit your entries today!

Cost $35 for up to three entries, plus $5 for one additional entry

Submission Deadline August 19, 2019

Learn more and submit your entry at umuc.edu/bmre.