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ART 171 Landscapes, Through a Plastic Lens
June 4, 2024 Fine Arts Building Second Floor It's the end of spring quarter! As photo students finalize their print exchange portfolios, the ART171 class also completes their black and white prints of Holga photos for this showcase "Landscapes, Through a Plastic...
Here are 5 quick upcoming artist opportunities for June 2024!
As students near the end of spring quarter, you may be looking for places to show your wonderful artwork! These opportunities were found mostly through Aidan Avery's open call list (which you could learn more about here)! All of these following opportunities have...
Whatcom Museum: National Geographic Live: Ronan Donovan “Social by Nature”
Friday, May 24, 2024, 7:00PM Show at the Mount Baker Theatre, hosted by the Whatcom Museum The Whatcom Museum is hosting a presentation/talk led by photographer Ronan Donovan. This "biologist-turned-photographer's" works have been featured in National Geographic, his...
“In Plain Sight” – Photo students share their work in the 2024 Scholars Week
This Thursday, May 16, 2024, photography students held a panel to discuss and share their bodies of work over the course of their education here at Western. Parts of their presentations contained photos from their works over the past quarter, including images from the...
COLOR – VU Exhibition of SPE (Society for Photographic Education) WWU Photography Students
April 29 - May 3, 2024 Viking Union Gallery RECEPTION: May 1, 2024 @ 6-7:30pm The photography department is excited to announce that "COLOR", created and produced by the Society for Photographic Education student club, is showing in the VU Gallery from April 29-May 3....
Pinhole Exhibition – Spring 2024
April 29 - May 24 Fine Arts Second Floor Exhibition Cases This spring classes ART373 and ART370 explored making their own homemade pinhole cameras, sometimes also called "garbage cams", to capture some truly unique photos! Pinhole involves the absolute fundamentals of...
Spring 2024: Photography in the Tulip Fields
April 2024 For countless years, the photography students have been visiting the Skagit Valley Tulip Fields. This spring Western's ART370 B&W Photography 1 and ART373 Photography Alternative Process classes used their pinhole cameras, DSLRs, Holgas, or iPhones...
Artist Residency Opportunity: Marine Sciences and the Arts Summer 2024
Deadline - May 8, 2024 When? - June 10th - August 9th, 2024 There are two paid artist residency currently up-for-grabs for WWU students right now. "The selected students will each receive a $6300 stipend, a $675 food allowance, shared housing, and shared studio space...
Being Present: Call for Entry for Photographic Center Northwest Juried Exhibition
Deadline: Sunday, May 5th This open call comes from the Photographic Center Northwest's Gail Gibson(who will also jury the works submitted). This open themed exhibition will take place in the PCNW gallery from June 27 – August 11, 2024. Submission prices are $50 for 5...
Creative Quarterly Issue 76 Submissions Open
Until April 26, 2024 The Creative Quarterly has issued an open call for artists to submit their creative works for a chance to be featured in their upcoming journal. Submissions are cheaper for current students. The best of show winner will be awarded a $750, and both...
ART 171 IPhone Abstracts
April 10, 2024 Fine Art's Second Floor Hallway Art 171 students were tasked with capturing abstract images using their phones, looking to both Western's campus and their own apartments/living spaces for inspiration. They were able to practice and explore editing,...
Artist Resource Sign Up: The Open Call List
The Tuscan-based photographer Aidan Avery has shared with the WWU photography department a resource for photo students interested in open calls, grants and job opportunities. His email newsletter, titled The Open Call List, contains a detailed list of "available calls...
Artist Opportunities – Open Calls and Grants, all without Application Fees!
The following is a compilation of various open calls for art, some of which have grant money prizes as well. All applications here are free and found on the Artist Trust website. ‘Photography Eyes’ Virtual Exhibition Open Call / Calls & Submissions Deadline March...
Queer in Utah, Fazilat Soukhakian – Blue Sky: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts
Mar 7 - 30, 2024 Blue Sky: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts Fazilat Soukhakian is showing in her exhibition Queer in Utah a collection of colored photophras that explores queer expressions of love. Informed by her upbringing in Iran, where she would operate as...
Personal History, Sarah Malakoff – Blue Sky: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts
Mar 7 - 30, 2024 Blue Sky: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts Sarah Malakoff's exhibition Personal History is up in the Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts. Her work explores American home interiors, and the stories that they tell. She looks to culture,...
Big Heads Exhibition – Winter 2024
February 15 – March 5, 2024 Fine Arts Second Floor Exhibition Cases This quarter the ART 371 Black and White Photography II class worked on their “Big Heads” project, where they worked in teams to build self-portraits using the basic tenants of studio lighting and...
Holga Flora Fauna: Winter 2024 Show
February 15, 2024 Fine Arts Building Second Floor This winter quarter students in ART 171 worked with Holga cameras to create a collection of work that is now up in the Western Fine Art's Building! Students captured photos with plastic Holga cameras then used the film...
ART 371 Field Trip to Vancouver
This January 31st students in ART 371 Black and White Photography II took a field trip to Vancouver, BC to visit some galleries! They explored the Belkin Gallery and the Vancouver Art Gallery, and also met with the UBC graduate studies director and several MFA...
Photographic Center Northwest: John Henry’s Stranger Fruit
January 11, 2024 - March 10, 2024 Photographic Center Northwest From January 11 to March 10, 2024, Stranger Fruit will be up at the Photographic Center Northwest. New York artist John Henry uses both photography and text in this exhibition, creating photographs in...
Get the Shot – Whatcom Museum’s open call for photography
Submissions are about to open up at the Whatcom Museum for artists to send in their photography work! The Whatcom Museum has announced an open call for Pacific Northwest nature photography, which will be displayed digitally during their upcoming exhibition National...
Fall 2023 Analog Abstract Exhibit
November 16 Fine Arts Building Second Floor This Fall Quarter, the ART171 class has been working with analog photography to create a collection of abstract pieces. Each student made a cohesive set of four images that all explore a chosen theme. Students then used the...
VU Gallery Show: Cameron Peagler’s Black Gold
October 30 - November 17, 2023 VU Gallery Poster for Cameron Peagler's "Black Gold"Photo from the GalleryWritten Story Beside PhotosImages from the show "Black Gold"Images from the show "Black Gold"Images from the show "Black Gold" Cameron Peagler is showing her...
A/political Rocks – Henry Art Gallery
Upper Level Galleries July 22, 2023 — January 14, 2024 The Henry Art Gallery is exhibiting A/political Rocks! The show uses images from the past century found either from documentaries, ground survey images, or photographers with artistic intentions behind their...