Falmouth Art Center's Photography Open Juried Exhibition will be held in the Hermann Gallery from May 1-31, 2026.  The Falmouth Art Center hosts a variety of juried exhibitions including the spring exhibition dedicated to photography. This year’s open juried photography exhibition will kick off the season for our 2026 juried shows.

ENTRY IS BY WEBSITE UPLOAD ONLY: 

https://falmouthart.org/exhibitions/call-for-art-open-juried-photography-exhibition-prospectus-2026/

Visit https://falmouthart.org/ for more information about the Falmouth Art Center.

Please make sure that you submit only images that accurately depict the photography you are entering. If the submitted on-line entry is not an accurate depiction of the photograph it will be disqualified. No substitutions for the accepted artwork are allowed.

Awards

$200 Best in Show

$100 each- four judge’s awards

Juror – Art Vaughan

Art Vaughan has been a resident of North Andover, Massachusetts since 1962. After graduating from high school in 1966 he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard, serving for four years on a cutter in South Portland, Maine. After being discharged, he entered the civilian work force. Before retiring in October of 2001, Art worked for Western Electric, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and Bell Laboratories for a total of thirty one years. Over a twenty-five year period he performed extensive work in photomicrography for microcircuit development engineering departments at Bell Laboratories, especially in the area of new process development and microchip / microcircuit failure mode analysis.

Art has been a member of the Board of the New England Camera Club Council for nineteen years, where he has served as the NECCC Interclub Print Competition Director, as well as the Director of the NECCC Conference Print Competitions. In 2016 he was awarded with the title of Honorary Member of NECCC (HonNEC). Art was the dedicatee of the 2019 NECCC Conference at UMASS, Amherst. He is a forty year member of the Merrimack Valley Camera Club, where he held the position of President for nine years, and Print Competition Chair for sixteen years. He is also a member of the Massachusetts Camera Naturalists (CamNats), an invitation-only photographic organization dedicated to nature photography and the advancement and teaching of nature and the environment, and is a member of the Photographic Historical Society of New England. He has served as a judge for over 140 photographic competitions (prints and projected images), at local and regional camera clubs throughout New England and New York, as well as NECCC and PSA interclub competitions, and International Photographic Exhibitions sponsored by the Photographic Society of America (PSA). Art has presented his instructional programs “Pop Up Flash Macro Photography” and “Macro Photography for the Poverty Stricken Photographer” over forty times at various New England camera clubs and was a featured speaker at the PSA International Conference in San Antonio, Texas in 2016. Over a sixteen year period he presented the “Best of the NECCC” Print Program live (in person), traveling to various camera clubs throughout New England and beyond to show and critique the prize-winning prints of the previous NECCC camera club year, as well as the award winning prints from the annual NECCC Conference at UMASS, Amherst. Art is an expert in photomicrography, macro photography, stereo imaging, anamorphic photography, digital restoration of antique images and an expert in color and B&W printmaking.

Although Art is a lifelong New Englander, he looks forward to relocating to his “farewell to long winters” home in north Texas, an area that presents endless photographic opportunities for shutterbugs of all skill levels. His work can be viewed by browsing through his albums on the image hosting site Flickr: Art Vaughan’s albums | Flickr .

Eligibility

Photographs must not have been previously exhibited in the Falmouth Art Center.

All work must be by a living artist.

Artists may submit any number of original works.

All work must be done independently. Do not submit photography that has been completed under instruction, in classes or workshops. 

AI clarification: All aspects of the photograph have to be created by the photographer, no AI generated images that you did not photograph yourself.

Open to members and non-members. Members receive a discount. Please check your email notices from FAC with the discount code.

Only one entry per artist will be accepted. 

Any art work exceeding 40 inches in either direction, including frame, is less likely to be accepted.

Work not suitably framed may be rejected from the exhibit with no refund of entry fee.

Any work normally under glass and exceeding 30 inches in either direction must be framed using an acrylic glazing (such as Plexiglas) only.

No clamped glass, cardboard, paste on or saw tooth hangers.  Wire hanging only.

No guarantee of acceptance with entry

Entering Your Images

Before entering images please make sure that your photo image is an accurate depiction of the art you are submitting. Regardless of being accepted by the juror, it will be disqualified if you deliver art that does not match the on-line submission image.

The entry form must be filled out in its entirety. 

List sizes up to the nearest inch.

Submitted images must not include matting or frame.  Crop the photos to include only the image being entered.  Be sure your images are right-side-up.

Do not submit photography with a visible signature.

Please ensure photographs are available for the exhibition dates.

Your image must be in JPEG format, at least 1920 pixels on the longest side and no more than 8MB.

 ENTRY IS BY WEBSITE UPLOAD ONLY  to enter online. If you have used Smarter Entry in the past you must log in as a Returning User at the bottom of the page. If you are new to Smarter Entry you must first register as a First Time User. After log in, choose FAC Open Juried Photography Exhibit, then follow the steps for payment and upload. Please add Smarter Entry and Falmouth Art Center to your safe senders email list to ensure notifications are received.

If your artwork is accepted:

All art that is accepted must be available for the duration of the exhibit. If your art is not available for the exhibit, a 2 year ban from submitting to juried exhibits at FAC will be imposed.

Images of the photograph that is entered must match the work that is delivered for the exhibit. FAC will not hang any accepted artwork that does not match the submitted on-line entry image.

Fees

Members: $15.00 for the first entry and $10 for each entry after the first. To receive discount, members should use promo code received in FAC email notice

Nonmember: $20.00 for the first entry and $15 for each entry after the first. If you would like to join FAC, please visit our website at https://falmouthart.org/product/falmouth-art-center-membership/

Photography Exhibition Dates -May 1- 31, 2026

March 5                       JPEGS due by midnight of this date

March 17-20               Notification of acceptance will be posted

                                      on FAC website.

                                       Notifications sent to artists by email 

                                       from  Falmouth Art Center. Please check 

                                       spam if you have not received

                                       notification by March 20^th please

                                       contact   FAC office.

April 24                       Shipping deadline for receipt of works

                                      shipped to Art Center.                                                                           All shipped work must be suitably

                                      packed and must include a prepaid

                                      return label and FAC entry label

April 28                       9-4pm Receiving of Accepted Works hand

                                    delivered to 137 Gifford Street,                                                           Falmouth MA

May 8                          5-7 pm Awards Reception

June1                          9-4 pm Pick -up of artwork not sold. 

                                     Shipped work to be packaged and

                                    sent within one week of the show closing

Sales will be handled by the Falmouth Art Center

Commission to the Falmouth Art Center

30% for members

50% for nonmembers

REGULATIONS By entering through Smarter Entry the artist agrees to the following: The Officers, Board of Directors and employees will use care in handling art work, but in no way are responsible for any damage that may occur in uncrating, moving or hanging art work. FAC reserves the right to reject any work which cannot be displayed in a safe and secure manner, (including poorly framed or wired work) or which does not fully reflect that which is portrayed on the jpeg. Accepted pieces may be used on our website in regards to this exhibit. Pieces will be listed for sale using the JPEG submitted. I understand that the FAC receives a commission on all sales.

Disclaimer/Legal ---

1. The Falmouth Art Center assumes permission for photographing and reproducing entries for publicity purposes unless otherwise stated.
2. The Falmouth Art and anyone connected to it will take the utmost care of artwork submitted but is NOT responsible for damage, loss or theft of artwork. The Artist should obtain necessary insurance.