Submissions welcome for photography contest

The Shoreline Arts Alliance will be accepting submissions for the 36th annual IMAGES photography competition and exhibition, March 10-12 at the Mill Gallery of the Guilford Art Center, 411 Church Street, Guilford. IMAGES 2017 celebrates the art of photography in its many aspects, formats and technologies and encourages excellence among photographic artists. IMAGES is the oldest annual, statewide, juried competition and exhibition open to all Connecticut photographers. Photographers with a passion and dedication to photography as an art form are invited to submit work for consideration by a distinguished panel of professionals. Judges for this annual competition bring a broad expertise in photgraphy to the review process and have included educators, curators, photographic artists, critics, and gallery owners. Submissions will be accepted at the Mill Gallery of the Guilford Art Center on Friday, March 10, 4-7pm; Saturday and Sunday, March 1112 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The jurying process will take place on Monday, March 13 and jurors for this year’s competition are: Melissa Harris, Editorin-Chief-Aperture Foundation, New York, NY; Jospeh Jurson, Fine Art Photographer, New York, NY; and Sasha Rudensky, Assistant Professor of Art, Head of Photography Program, Wesleyan University, Middletown.

The featured photograph for IMAGES 2017 poster is titled Ebola Grave Digger #1 by Christopher Beauchamp of West Haven. Shoreline Arts Alliance thanks Yale-New Haven Hospital, Milford Photo, Landon Lumber and the Connecticut Office of the Arts for their continued support of this program and to Graphic Designers, Chris Hyde and Lane Cooper of Cipher Creative Group in Berlin, who have generously donated the design of the 2017 poster and promotional materials.

Call for entry guidelines and submission forms will be available on-line at www.shorelinearts.org or contact the Shoreline Arts Alliance office at 203.453.3890 or donita@shorelinearts.org.