Entries are now open for the Roscommon Arts Centre Contemporary Photography Award.
The Award is a legacy project following on from the highly successful exhibition by world renowned British photographer Martin Parr at Roscommon Arts Centre in earlier this year.
The aim of the award is to provide a photographer with the opportunity to produce a body of work for exhibition at Roscommon Arts Centre and Belfast Exposed in 2017. An online gallery of the winning works will appear on irishtimes.com
The Prize in full includes:
A cash fund of €2,000 towards production costs of a body of work
A solo exhibition at Roscommon Arts Centre in April 2017
A solo exhibition at Belfast Exposed in 2017
Martin Parr will select the winner from a national call open submission.
Criteria for submission:
Work must be produced and available for exhibition in April 2017
The Photographer must reside in Ireland
Submissions should be comprised of images intended for exhibition.
Must include an up to date C.V.
Must include a statement outlining the context for the proposed exhibition.
Submissions must be uploaded to “wetransfer” and sent to: [email protected]
The Deadline for entries is Thursday December 2nd and the winner will be notified by the end of the month.