The 2010 Photographers' Fellowship Fund deadline is  Monday September 20th, 2010.

One $2,500 fellowship will be granted to a regional artist selected by a guest juror.  

There is no fee to enter, and if selected, your award may be used in any way you choose to help advance your creative career.  Fellowship recipients are only required to contribute a piece to CPW’s Permanent Print Collection, which is held on extended loan at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz.

The 2010 Photographers Fellowship Fund Award will be presented at CPW’s Annual Benefit Gala held in Woodstock on Sunday October 10.

Who is eligible?
If you reside in one of the following New York State counties: Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren, and Washington. Proof of residency is required.  

CPW Board members, staff, or residents who will be students in the fall of 2010 may not apply. Previous recipients may apply again after five years.

What do you need to submit?
To enter, please submit:

• a portfolio of ten prints*  

• a image list detailing titles, medium, year.

• an artist statement and bio. 

We will not accept submissions via email. 

*Print Portfolios are strongly encouraged over the submission of digital files. Please do not submit print portfolios larger than 20x30” if your work is larger than 20x30 please submit a smaller portfolio along with one sample print and the intended exhibition/display size.

Entries may also be submitted in slide or digital file format. For digital files please submit JPEGS at 300 dpi, 4x5" formatted on a CD-ROM. All work samples must be labeled with your name, phone #, image title, date, size, and media. For CD-ROM submissions, please include an image script identifying the listed information.

Notification will be sent in October. PLEASE NOTE: If you select to mail your entry - include a SASE for return - materials sent without SASE or hand-delivered entries must be picked up no later than October 30, 2010. Work unclaimed after that date will be discarded.   

Are all types of photography welcome?
Artists working in photography, digital imagery, mixed media and or artwork which incorporate photography are welcome to apply. If you mail your entry, you must include a SASE carrier for return. We are not responsible for unlabeled materials. 

Got More Questions?  
Feel free to contact us with additional questions at (845) 679-9957 or at info@cpw.org

She has previously worked for arts institutions including the Aperture Foundation, Guggenheim Museum, PS1 Contemporary Art Center/MoMA, and Art:21.  She frequently teaches, lectures, and writes about photography, the internet, and image culture as well as curates projects internationally.

Ptak is best known as founder and curator of the popular photography website iheartphotograph.com. The blog has become well known for showcasing visually and conceptually cutting-edge work by photographers hailing from all parts of the globe. The site attracts several thousand visitors each day and is considered a daily read for artists, curators, collectors, as well as used as an educational resource in high school, undergraduate and MFA classrooms around the world. 

Ptak’s most recent exhibitions have included Erik Blinderman: Mass Recording at the Center For Curatorial Studies at Bard College, 2010; In Real Life at Capricious Space in New York City, 2009 (www.letsmeetinreallife.com); and Is It Possible to Make a Photograph of New Jersey Regardless of Where You Are In the World? at the Pierro Gallery in South Orange, New Jersey, 2008 (www.aphotographofnewjersey.com). She is currently working on curatorial projects in Mexico City, Warsaw, Stockholm, and New York.

We are pleased to offer an archive of past recipients of the Photographers' Fellowship Fund. Over time the entire archive of the Fellowship Fund will be posted on line. 

2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009

To view the complete history of past recipients & Jurors, click here.

To date, CPW has awarded over $63,500 to 82 artists through the Photographers Fellowship Fund.

The 2010 Photographers' Fellowship Fund program has generously been made possible in part by individual donors, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Our deepest thanks and appreciation to them and all individuals who support the arts.