CALL FOR ENTRIES
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 17, 2024, 11:59pm (ET)
The Print Center announces its 99th ANNUAL International Competition, to be juried by Drew Sawyer and Claudia E. Zapata.
The ANNUAL is one of the oldest and most prestigious competitions in the United States. Open to local, national and international artists, The Print Center is particularly interested in highlighting the use of photography and/or printmaking in new and intriguing ways, both in content and process.
Any artist using Photography and/or Printmaking as critical components in their work can enter. Artists whose work pushes the boundaries of traditional photographic and printmaking practices are encouraged to enter. 2D and 3D works are eligible.
The Print Center honors the power of photography and print to raise and amplify a multiplicity of voices. We are committed to fostering that power to advocate for change as well as supporting artists working for equity and justice in our exhibitions and programs. The Print Center welcomes artists, audiences and participants of diverse backgrounds, races, religions, sexual orientations and gender identities. We value diversity in all facets of operations and in the range of communities with which we engage. We welcome and encourage the participation of individuals of all backgrounds who are inspired by our shared purpose.
Drew Sawyer is the Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
Claudia Zapata is the Associate Curator of Latino Art, Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin.
ABOUT THE JURORS
Drew Sawyer (he/him) is the Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. He has a PhD in art history from Columbia University, New York. Sawyer has curated numerous exhibitions including Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines (2023), Suneil Sanzgiri: Here the Earth Grows Gold (2023), Jimmy DeSana: Submission (2022), John Edmonds: A Sidelong Glance (2020), Liz Johnson Artur: Dusha (2019) and Art after Stonewall, 1969 to 1989 (2019), for which he received an Award for Excellence from the Association of Art Museum Curators. He is also a regular contributor to publications and magazines.
Claudia E. Zapata (they/them) is the Blanton Museum of Art's first Associate Curator of Latino Art. Zapata has a BA and MA in art history from the University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in art history from Southern Methodist University's RASC/a: Rhetorics of Art, Space and Culture program, Dallas, TX. Zapata was previously the Curator of Exhibitions and Programs at the Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX and a Curatorial Assistant of Latinx Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. In 2022-2023, they were part of the first cohort of Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellows at the University of California, Los Angeles, administered by the Chicano Studies Research Center.