EXPOSURE 2022 CALL FOR EXHIBITIONS

Register your exhibition now to be a part of the 2022 Exposure Photography Festival!

The annual Exposure Photography Festival presents exhibitions that celebrate the medium of photography. The festival brings together a vibrant network of practicing photographers, visual artists and engaged audiences who continue to enhance the discourse in photography.

Our exhibition programme showcases the best contemporary and historic work from established, mid-career, emerging photographers and visual artists from Alberta and around the world! Exposure 2021 received 878,355 visits and welcomed audiences local and international, loyal and new. From New Zealand to Mexico, South Korea to Zimbabwe, Uruguay to Hungry, Exposure grew its audience worldwide with members based in 86 different countries engaging with our online exhibitions and events. Exposure 2020 received 859,543 in-person visits to its exhibitions from Exposure’s local and international audience members. 

The Exposure Photography Festival and its year-round programming is inclusive and participatory, a collaboration amongst members of the photographic community and the public. The festival brings people together to celebrate, discuss and engage in the medium of photography and contemporary practices. Each year we introduce exciting new programming and international perspectives to our audiences, drawing attention to Calgary and Alberta as the site of an active, growing, creative community in the field of photography. 

Registering your exhibition with Exposure allows you — a gallery, arts organisation, DIY space, artist collective, an independent artist, photographer or curator — to become part of our programming and join our celebration of photography. Being a part of Exposure’s programming means that we can promote your exhibition to our audiences, and we can partner on related events. Please note that local and international online exhibitions are welcome however your online exhibition must be hosted via your own independent website and available for Alberta audiences to enjoy during the month of February. 

ONLINE AUDIENCE

During Exposure 2021, our social media posts reached 199,109 people on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter throughout the month of February. During the festival period we had 17,736 online users actively engaging with our online materials, that included our website, social media and newsletters. Exposure added 11,435 new audience members during the 2021 festival, and we continue to grow our online presence every day.

PARTNER EVENTS

Exposure is looking to actively involve its exhibition partners in a series of online events. This could be, but is not limited to, an online artist talk (pre-recorded or live), panel discussion, or a virtual exhibition tour. We encourage you to share your thoughts and ideas about new initiatives that can be hosted online. As an exhibition partner, Exposure will work with you on hosting your online initiative and share it with our audiences. Please note that it is not necessary to host an online event in order to register your exhibition, however it is an option for those who would like to do so with the support of Exposure. 

OTHER BENEFITS

Each year the Festival attracts the interest of local and international press. By registering your exhibition with Exposure, we can include you in our official press release, meaning that you may receive additional opportunities for promotions from third parties. The 2021 Festival’s external press coverage exceeded 40 stories online, in print and on the radio from local and international organisations. These included stories in the British Journal of Photography, AnOther Magazine, Avenue Magazine, NEXT Magazine, Calgary Guardian, Calgary Herald, Curiocity Calgary, Daily Herald, Daily Hive, Ph Museum, PREVIEW, MUSÉE Vanguard of Photography Culture, Calgary Tourism, Cochrane Tourism and more!

YOUR REGISTRATION INCLUDES:

Exposure 2022 Exhibition Registration

Website Listing

Dedicated Social Media Marketing (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)

Inclusion in the Exposure Press Release (and potential coverage by third party press)

Invitation to participate in the official Exposure 2022 Launch Party

Exposure Logo Usage

Thank You in the Exposure 2022 Report to the Community 

Online Event Partnership (optional)

NEW Registrants

If you are thinking about hosting and registering an exhibition for Exposure and haven’t done so previously, we recommend that before submitting your registration you seek support from Exposure’s Coordinator Beth Kane via email Beth@ExposurePhotoFest.com . 

SUBMISSIONS OF INTEREST: LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, artists, CREATIVES, BUSINESSEs, ARTS SPACES & venues

Want to get involved with Exposure but haven’t secured a venue for your exhibition or work for your venue? See the Exposure 2022 Submissions of Interest directory to get connected with an exhibition partner. Deadline for submissions of interest, August 1st. Please note that exhibition venues and exhibiting artists that are matched through this directory and proceed to host an exhibition for Exposure are required to pay the registration fee to become part of Exposure.  

EXPOSURE 2021 EXHIBITION PARTNERS

The following video was streamed during the Exposure 2021 Online Launch Party.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that the Exposure Photography Festival takes place on the traditional Treaty 7 territory of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. We would also like to acknowledge that Exposure Photography Festival is situated on land adjacent to where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, and the traditional Blackfoot name of this place is “Moh’kins’tsis”, which we now call the City of Calgary. Finally, we honour and acknowledge all Nations, indigenous and non, who live, work and play in Moh’kins’tsis and help steward this land and honour and celebrate this territory.