CALL FOR ENTRIES

SF Camerawork Exhibition Award

APPLICATION WINDOW CLOSED! - Applicants will be notified April 24th
Call for exhibition proposals by artists, collectives, and curators.

SF Camerawork invites artists, collectives, and curators working with photography and related media to submit proposals for an exhibition in 2021 at SF Camerawork’s spacious gallery in downtown San Francisco. The selected proposal will receive the inaugural SF Camerawork Exhibition Award—which includes a $5,000 project grant plus shipping, installation, technical, marketing, and community engagement support.

What we’d love to see

SF Camerawork invites a wide range of photographic work and encourages experimental and risk-taking new work in photography and related media, including fine art, installation, multi-media, social justice, and documentary projects.

SF Camerawork is committed to equity and diversity as primary to our mission of provoking discovery and exchange of new perspectives, ideas, and experiences for all who value photography. 

Project proposals should be new and exciting in content as well as substantially realized and prepared for a significant exhibition. Please review our exhibitions archive to get a sense of the scope, media, and themes of past SF Camerawork exhibitions.

The SF Camerawork Exhibition Award

SF Camerawork is committed to providing generous support to our exhibiting artists and guest curators. The executive director, gallery manager, and programming committee actively engage with the production, coordination, and promotion of each exhibition. The project selected for the SF Camerawork Exhibition Award will receive:

• $5,000 project grant

• 2-3 month exhibition at SF Camerawork in
  downtown San Francisco.

• Production assistance and shipping expenses

• Robust promotion and engagement support including:

  • Public opening reception

  • Walkthrough with artists, curators, and collectors

  • Email, website and social media marketing

  • Instagram takeover

  • Printed announcement cards

  • At least one public programming event such as an artist talk, curator lecture, or workshop to engage the community with the artists and exhibition content

  • Exhibition installation documentation images

Proposals kept on file for future opportunities - SF Camerawork will keep outstanding proposals for the SF Camerawork Award on file for active consideration for other potential exhibition opportunities in 2021-2022 and beyond.

Application Timeline:

Call for proposals opens: January 28, 2020

Submission Deadline: March 6, 2020, 11:59 PM PST

Award Announced: April 24, 2020

Application Details

• Call is open to artists, curators, and collectives working with photography and related media, throughout the US and internationally.

• Artist-collaborations or collectives are invited to submit a single joint application.

• Proposals will be reviewed by SF Camerawork Executive Director, Heather Snider, and the SF Camerawork Programming Committee.

• $10 application fee

  
  

Application Requirements

• Narrative exhibition proposal (250-500 words) outlining:

  • Conceptual goals and purpose for exhibition

  • Artist statement of project(s) included / List of proposed artists with brief project descriptions

• Project Sample Images 10+ (1MB each - not to exceed 15 MBs)

• CV or bio

• Project budget

QUESTIONS?
Questions about the gallery space and about the application process can be sent to info@sfcamerawork.org

• View a gallery floor plan here

• Interact with a 3-D model of the gallery here

• Frequently Asked Questions