Organizers of the 2024 SPARK Photo Festival have announced the five emerging artists selected for the 11th annual festival, which runs for the month of April across the city and county of Peterborough, Northumberland county, and the City of Kawartha Lakes.
Applications closed on January 12 for the 2024 Emerging Artists Exhibit Program, which was piloted at last year’s festival and is intended for photographers who have never before publicly exhibited their work.
The following photographers have been selected as the five participants in this year’s program: Alexis Belliveau, Will Pearson, Kathy Romard, Sarah Van Ryn, and Margaret Wood.
The selected participants will work with photography, printing, and exhibiting professionals to learn how to collaboratively mount a group exhibit for April’s festival at a venue to be announced. All costs for the program are covered by festival organizers and sponsors, with participants using their own photographic equipment and supplying their own photographs.
Other photographers who want to participate in the 2024 festival have until Thursday (February 1) to submit their images for “Textures,” this year’s themed juried exhibit. The top 25 submissions, as determined by a jury of professionals, will be printed and exhibited for the month of April. In addition, photographers have until Wednesday, February 7th to register for the open call exhibit.
For more information about the SPARK Photo Festival, to submit photographs for the juried exhibit, and to register for the open call exhibit, visit www.sparkphotofestival.org.
