SEPARATE/TOGETHER:
A COLLECTIVE STUDENT EXHIBITION
WE MAY BE PHYSICALLY SEPARATED BUT WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
about the exhibition
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has affected us all in incalculable ways. Colleges have migrated to online learning and with campuses closing for the semester many BFA and MFA student exhibitions throughout the country have been cancelled. Seeing these graduating students have the opportunity to show the culmination of their hard work taken away is heartbreaking. As such, the Southeast Museum of Photography proudly presents Separate/Together: A Collective Student Exhibition. This curated student exhibition will provide graduating art students a space and opportunity to display their work in a professional museum setting. By offering an alternative venue to showcase their work, we hope to connect with national institutions and collectively celebrate 2020 graduates from all over the country.
eligibility
The exhibition is open to all graduating students from any college or university in the United States whose thesis or student shows were cancelled or limited in access due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. All photographic-based work will be accepted including digital prints, silver gelatin prints, alternative processes, mixed media incorporating photography, collage, book arts, and video. All artwork must be your original creation.
Entry Submissions
Please email completed submissions to museum1@daytonastate.edu with “Separate/Together-(Your Name)”in the subject line.
Be sure to include a completed submission form.
You may submit up to three (3) images.
Please submit JPG files only, minimum of 1200 pixels on the longest side and 5 MB maximum.
Video files can be submitted by providing a link to the uploaded file on YouTube, Vimeo, etc.
Only one (1) entry submission per student.
Submissions are due May 15, 2020 at 11:59 EST.
entry fee
Free - no cost to enter.
Shipping
Shipping prints to the Southeast Museum of Photography is the only cost you will need to cover. The SMP will cover return shipping at the close of the exhibition. Works will be returned in the same manner they were received except where deemed appropriate by the museum director. (i.e. if you send your prints rolled in a tube, they will be returned rolled.)
Please do not ship framed work – only prints and original works (i.e. tintypes, artist books, etc.) will be accepted due to shipping costs. If your work is mounted or dibonded – please see the FAQ below.
If your work needs to be printed and you have limited or no access to a printer – please see the FAQ below.
Guidelines
The Southeast Museum of Photography will provide all matting, framing, and installation associated with the exhibition. Because of this, it is important that you provide accurate measurements and dimensions. Nontraditional hanging and installation requests will be considered by the museum director on a case-by-case basis and reasonable accommodations will be made to suit the vision of the artist where possible. Please include a detailed description on your submission form.
Depending on the volume of submissions, the number of works chosen for display may be limited per artist. Additional works may be included in an online gallery with links to each student’s website and/or social media accounts.
Submission to Separate/Together does not guarantee inclusion in the exhibition. We will endeavor to show as many works as possible. However, the director reserves the right to reject any submission for any reason at any time. Submissions received late, missing information, or filled out incorrectly may invalidate your submission
Timeline
Submissions due: May 15, 2020 at 11:59 EST.
Participants notified of acceptance: No later than May 30, 2020
Work shipped: Late July 2020
Exhibition dates: August –September 2020 (exact opening/closing TBD)
About the Museum
The Southeast Museum of Photography exhibits, collects, preserves, and interprets photography to facilitate teaching and learning at Daytona State College, and enhances the community's understanding and appreciation of culture, history, art and photography.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: My work needs to be printed–can I still participate?
A: Yes! Please follow the guidelines for submission and make sure to let us know on the submission form that your work needs to be printed. We will work with you to have your work produced. Please only select this option if you have no other way of printing your work as our printing resources are extremely limited –we cannot offer this to everyone who submits. If there are an overwhelming number of submissions that need to be printed, we may offer alternatives for display such as a rotating slideshow of digital images on monitors throughout the gallery to keep printing costs minimal. Any work produced by the museum will be destroyed at the end of the exhibition and will not be returned.
Q: My work is already mounted or dibonded – can I ship it to the museum?
A: Yes, however, you will need to include a pre-paid return shipping label. Due to the higher cost of shipping mounted or dibonded works, the museum will not be able to cover the cost of returning the work to you. We will accept work that is already mounted, but we would encourage you to submit loose prints to lower the cost of shipping. If your work is dibonded, mounted, or similarly cannot be unframed to ship, please understand that you will need to be responsible for the shipping cost to and from the museum. If you do not include a pre-paid return shipping label within 30 days of the close of the exhibition, your work will be destroyed. Be sure to notate this on your submission form.
Q: What are the dates of the exhibition?
A: Tentatively August through September 2020. Exact opening and closing dates are still to be determined. The Southeast Museum of Photography is part of Daytona State College and, like many colleges and universities, the college is currently closed to students and visitors until further notice. As such, the exhibition schedule at the museum is in flux. We will contact all participants with an updated exhibition timeline as soon as we have more information.
Q: Is there a size limit?
A: We don’t want a size limit to discourage students from submitting, but size will inevitably be a determining factor in what/how many we can realistically display. For oversize works, we may opt to install the piece with magnets/clips/tacks/etc instead of traditional matting/framing. These will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Q: Is there a limit on how many works will be chosen?
A: Yes, we will restrict the number of works chosen to display based on what we can realistically exhibit in our space. The exact number will depend on how many submissions we receive and the size of the works. We will try to show as many works as possible in the gallery. We could also create an online gallery to accompany the exhibition which would allow us to show even more work if the number of submissions exceeds what we can display.
Q: When will the work need to be shipped to the museum?
A: The work will need to arrive at the museum in late July/early August. Additional information will be provided after the works are selected and participants will be contacted individually with additional instructions and deadlines.
If you have any other questions, please direct them to
museum1@daytonastate.edu with “Separate/Together –Question” in the subject line.
