Last Day for ArtsWestchester Photo Call
ArtsWestchester has issued an open call to photographers – both hobbyists and professional – for images documenting Westchester’s most memorable moments of the last 50 years.
“2015 is a golden year for ArtsWestchester,” said the organization’s CEO Janet T. Langsam. “We’re celebrating 50 years as Westchester County’s designated arts council and the county’s connection for the arts. As we ready ourselves for the next half-century, we are pausing to look back and celebrate all the milestones and memorable moments from Westchester’s last five decades with a special exhibition.”
To mark ArtsWestchester’s golden anniversary, the organization will present “Through the Decades: Picturing 50 Years in Westchester,” a photographic exhibition featuring archival and crowd-sourced photographs. The public is invited to submit photographs for inclusion in the exhibit. Their favorite photos from Westchester’s most memorable events can be submitted via the online application through ArtsWestchester’s website.
Individuals may submit up to five images (as jpegs or tiffs) in any of the following categories: Milestones in the Arts/Culture; Economic Development; The Changing Landscape; Celebrity Neighbors; and Shared Tragedies.
Individuals may submit to one or multiple categories, but may submit no more than five images in total. Photographs must have been taken within the past 50 years and depict events, people or places in the county from no earlier than 1960.
The deadline for submissions has been extended to Aug. 7. Photographers will be notified of works chosen for the exhibit, which will take place in ArtsWestchester’s gallery on Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains, no later than Aug, 21.
“Through the Decades: Photographing 50 Years in Westchester” is scheduled to be shown from Oct. 5 through Nov. 21, with an opening reception planned for Sunday, Oct. 4.
For more information and complete submissions guidelines, visit artsw.org/decades.
