Printing
Sponsorship Program
Past Printing Sponsorship Recipients
What is it?
The Photo Center is committed to providing a home and resources for photographers. The Printing Sponsorship program provides free hourly printing in B&W, or digital to selected artists to complete an already conceptualized project or project-in-process. Each year, Photo Center Gallery Advisory Committee will choose at least 2 artists to participate in the sponsorship. Artists in the program may print at the Photo Center for 100 hours, without the hourly charge. The artist must already know how to print in whichever lab he/she is using. If the artist chooses the digital lab for their project, the printing hours will be free, however, ink fees still apply at 4 cents per square inch. Artists must supply their own paper in all labs.
Program Benefits: Critique and editing advice is available from members of our gallery committee as new work is produced. Upon completion of the printing sponsorship each artist will have a closing review with the Gallery Director, Ann Pallesen, to talk about showcasing the work the following year at the Photo Center. The artists will be contracted to talk about their work as visiting artists in Photo Center classes. The Gallery Director will also work with the artist in choosing an image from the exhibition to include in the Photo Center Print Collection. Images in the collection can be used for future exhibition possibilities or may be used in a Photo Center auction fundraising event.
What needs to be submitted to apply?
- A short description (one page or less) of a project that can be completed or significantly advanced in a three-month period through printing at Photo Center NW, including the project’s genesis and focus, the artist’s goal in making the work, and what the artist intends to accomplish with the printing time. Please put your name and contact information at the top of this description.
- An existing print portfolio of 10-15 images in a box or 10-15 jpgs burned on a CD, formatted for a PC. The jpgs should be approximately 10 inches on the longest side and 72 ppi. Please put your name on the CD, and contact information on the CD Cover & Envelope.
- There is a $10 entry submission fee.
Deadline: May 1, 2012
