CPW welcomes proposals from curators who wish to curate exhibition/publication programs of innovative contemporary photography and related media including film, video, and web-based works.
CPW invites guest curators to organize group exhibitions featuring six-eight image-makers (representing diversity of gender, geography, and ethnicity) who fall under a thematic umbrella that holds a concept of significance to the contemporary field.
In addition to the exhibition component, guest-curators may propose a publication component - to have the exhibition featured in an upcoming issue of CPW's 32-page full color publication, PHOTOGRAPHY Quarterly. Guest curated/edited issues of PQ would feature 2,000-3,000 word essays by the guest curator, an additional writer (to be selected by curator), and images and related texts by featured artists.
We encourage potential applicants not familiar with CPW's exhibition program or our physical venue, to view our online exhibition archives and review the gallery floor plan and installation details to better envision the gallery's capacity.
WHAT CPW PROVIDES:
CPW will host selected exhibitions for period of seven weeks,
coordinate with curator and artists receipt of shipped artworks and artist
texts, promote, install/de-install, document, present and archive exhibition
on CPW's website, ship artwork (and cover portion of expenses), coordinate
with curator educational programming, and provide honorarium to curators and
artists when and where funding permits (which CPW and curator(s) collaborate
to obtain).
Please send a one-page proposal description of exhibition, accompanied with names, contact information, and bios of artists, as well as visuals of works being considered, and curator's resume. Visuals can be submitted in slide form or as digital files (jpegs, 300 dpi, 4x5") on a CD-ROM.
For proposals which include the publication component, also include resume and previous writing samples of additional contributor(s), and a synopsis of what the contribute essays will cover.
*Please contact us prior to submitting a proposal via email.
please MAIL TO:
Exhibitions / Center for Photography at Woodstock 59 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY 12498
Questions?
Feel free to contact us! T 845-679-9957 / F 845-679-6337 / info@cpw.org
RELATED LINKS:
Gallery Floor Plans and Installation Details
Exhibition
Archives
Writers on contemporary photographers,
photography, and related media