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CUT. PASTE. TRANSFORM – CALL FOR ENTRIES - JUROR FRANCINE WEISS, PH.D
Since the nineteenth century, artists have used cutting, layering, and reassembling techniques to transform photographs and found materials into compelling collages. Over time, photo-collage has continually evolved—from early Cubist experiments that redefined visual perception to today’s artists who use collage as a dynamic medium for social, political, cultural, and aesthetic expression.
Today, photo-collage thrives as an accessible, versatile, and deeply resonant form. Sustained by movements in sustainability, nostalgia, archival practices, digital manipulation, and community connection, collage bridges online creative communities and appears in major museums, galleries, publications, and art fairs. Artists such as Mickalene Thomas, Lorna Simpson, Colette Fu, Sohei Nishino, Wangechi Mutu, John Stezaker, Deborah Roberts, Lyle Ashton Harris, and Antonio Pulgarín demonstrate the power of collage to explore identity, history, and the construction of images themselves.
We welcome submissions from all artists working with photo-based collage in any form—digital, analog, sculptural, time-based, or hybrid. Show us work that engages with identity, history, narrative, aesthetics, or social and political issues, or that pushes the boundaries of photography and collage in unexpected ways. Handmade or digital, traditional or experimental—if it’s photo-collage, we want to see it.
JUROR:
Francine Weiss, Ph.D. is an art advisor, independent curator, and artist based in Rhode Island. With more than 20 years of experience, she has held curatorial roles at the National Gallery of Art, Harvard Art Museums, deCordova Sculpture Park; Museum, Fitchburg Art Museum, and the Photographic Resource Center, where she also revitalized Loupe Journal, publishing three issues annually that featured leading contemporary photographers. From 2016–2024, she served as Director of Curatorial Affairs & Chief Curator at the Newport Art Museum, organizing exhibitions such as Social Fabric, Renee Cox: Revolution/Revelation, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: ReVision, Hair Stories, The Shapes of Birds, and Andy Warhol: Big Shot.
Weiss has taught at Wellesley College, Simmons University, Boston University, and New England College’s MFA in photography program. She holds a Ph.D. in American art and the history of photography from Boston University and a B.A. in English from Wellesley College.
Her photography and mixed-media works have been exhibited at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Rhode Island Center for Photography, Danforth Art Museum, Overlap Gallery, Center for Fine Art Photography, Photosynthesis Gallery, Somerville Toy Camera Festival, and Espace Canopy in Paris.
AWARDS:
Juror’s Award, Director’s Award, 3 Honorable Mentions
All selected photographers will have work published in printed catalog available for purchase and be featured on our website and social media.
ENTRY GUIDELINES:
Fee: $39 for up to 5 images, $6 for each additional image
- File format: JPG or JPEG only
- Size: Up to 5MB closed file size
- Resolution: ~2100 pixels on the longest side, 300ppi recommended
- Color space: sRGB recommended for both B&W and color
- Compression: 7–8 quality setting in Photoshop or equivalent
- All entries must be uploaded via the online form through our website
TIMELINE:
- Deadline: JANUARY 5TH, 2026
- Notification of Acceptance: JANUARY 20TH, 2026
- Exhibition: MARCH 6-28, 2026
COPYRIGHT & USAGE:
Photographers retain full copyright and all rights to their submitted images. Selection for a PhotoPlace Gallery exhibition does not in any way transfer ownership or copyright to PhotoPlace Gallery.
If one or more of your images are selected by the juror for exhibition, you grant PhotoPlace Gallery a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use the selected image(s) solely for the following purposes:
- Reproduction in the printed and/or digital exhibition catalog
- Display on the PhotoPlace Gallery website and exhibition pages
- Promotion of the current and future exhibitions via social media, email newsletters, and other gallery-related marketing, with credit to the photographer wherever feasible
This license is limited to promotion and documentation of the exhibit and does not permit any commercial sale, licensing, or use beyond these purposes without your explicit written permission.
ABOUT US:
At PhotoPlace Gallery, we are passionate about photography and the artists who create it. Each month, we curate juried exhibitions that invite photographers from around the world to share their work based on unique themes. Our exhibitions are judged by internationally recognized jurors, with selected works displayed in our Middlebury, Vermont gallery and all juror selections showcased permanently on our website.
Since 2009, we have been dedicated to providing photographers with meaningful opportunities for exposure, recognition, and professional growth. We ensure that artists retain full rights to their work while benefiting from expertly curated exhibitions, professional promotion, and an engaged audience of collectors and enthusiasts.
GALLERY DETAILS:
ADDRESS: PhotoPlace Gallery, 3 Park Street, Middlebury VT
WEBSITE: Photoplacegallery.com
EMAIL: photos@photoplacegallery.com
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/photoplacegallery
INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/photoplacegallery
For more information about this call for entries, please visit the the Event Website or click to Apply.
