© Sara Abbaspour
Project Development Grant
The Project Development Grant provides financial support to a fine art, documentary, or photojournalistic work-in-progress. The $5,000 grant package includes professional development and public presentation opportunities.
PROJECT ADVANCEMENT PACKAGE
• $5,000 USD
• Winners Exhibition at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
• Review Santa Fe Admission
• Public Project Presentation
• Publication in LENSCRATCH
• Professional Development Seminars
• Inclusion in the CENTER Winners Gallery & Archive
We are adding to our database and archive of lens-based work from the last 30 years and invite you to contribute. All applicant’s work will remain in the CENTER archive, regardless of award status.
Sara Abbaspour • Transitional Realms
“My artistic inquiry delves into the essence of transitional states within spaces, inspired by the rich tapestry of Persian literature, particularly the poetry of Rumi, and informed by my background in urban studies. Against the backdrop of Iran's recent revolutionary movement for freedom and social justice, encapsulated by the rallying cry 'Woman, Life, Freedom,' I find profound significance in exploring the liminal spaces that characterize our socio-political landscape. Central to my practice is the exploration of spaces and their inhabitants as interconnected entities undergoing perpetual transformation.”
2024 Development Grant Winner
2024 Juror
Gregory Harris – Keough Family Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art
Gregory Harris is the Donald and Marilyn Keough Curator of Photography at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Since joining the High in 2016, Harris has curated over a dozen exhibitions including A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845, Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City, and Look Again: 40 Years of Collecting Photographs as well as solo shows with Thomas Struth, Paul Graham, and Amy Elkins. Harris is currently working on the exhibitions Truth Told Slant, and Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis. Harris has also contributed essays to monographs by Matthew Brandt, Paul D’Amato, Amy Elkins, Jill Frank, and the Metabolic Studio. He earned a BFA in photography from Columbia College Chicago, and an MA in art history from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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