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Congratulations to the Critical Mass 2016 award winners: Ervin A. Johnson (Solo Show award), Kris Sanford (Visual Studies Workshop Residency award), and Jennifer Garza-Cuen (Rauschenberg Residency award). The Critical Mass Top 50 group exhibition (Curated by David Rosenberg) was shown as part of Month of Photography Denver in March/April at Artwork Network Gallery.This year we will be extending scholarships to a group of nominated photography program MFA students. Thanks to the faculty that sent suggestions to us!
Although the primary intent of Critical Mass is exposure (which is a benefit to all who enter), we are pleased to also offer awards each year. The awards for Critical Mass 2017 are:
Blue Sky Gallery Solo Show Award – One photographer will be chosen for a solo exhibition at Blue Sky Gallery during Portland Photo Month (April 2018).
Rauschenberg Residency Award – One photographer will be chosen for a four-week residency at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation’s Captiva Island (Florida) estate.
Also:
The Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition – Artists selected for the Critical Mass Top 50 will be included in an exhibition curated by Alexa Becker, Acquisitions Editor at Kehrer Verlag Publishers.
New! Critical Mass Print Collecting Initiative – 200 Finalists will receive a print of their choice from the special-edition fine art prints available through the Print Collecting Initiative.
Art Photo Index Listing – All photographers selected for the Critical Mass Top 50 will receive inclusion in Photo-Eye’s invitation-only Art Photo Index, a global, searchable database of vetted art and documentary photographers and their work.
Rewards
Blue Sky Gallery Solo Show Award
One photographer will be chosen for a solo exhibition at Blue Sky Gallery during Portland Photo MonthRauschenberg Residency Award
One photographer will be chosen for a four-week residency at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation’s Captiva Island (Florida) estateThe Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition
Artists selected for the Critical Mass Top 50 will be included in an exhibition curated by Alexa Becker, Acquisitions Editor at Kehrer Verlag Publishers.Critical Mass Print Collecting Initiative
200 Finalists will receive a print of their choice from the special-edition fine art prints available through the Print Collecting InitiativeArt Photo Index Listing
All photographers selected for the Critical Mass Top 50 will receive inclusion in Photo-Eye’s invitation-only Art Photo Index, a global, searchable database of vetted art and documentary photographers and their work.Timeline
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