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International Juried Photography Exhibition

POLAROID: The Instant Image

Submission Deadline: Jan 18, 11:59PM CT
Exhibition Dates: Feb 21 - Mar 14, 2026

A focused exhibition examining instant photography as a material, analog practice.

 

POLAROID: The Instant Image explores the instant photograph as both image and object. More than a picture, the instant print carries its own material logic—shaped by chemistry, scale, handling, and the visible traces of its development. Each work exists as a physical artifact, marked by immediacy and touch.

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This exhibition welcomes all analog instant formats, including Polaroid, Fuji Instax, peel-apart films (such as Polaroid Type 55), large-format 4×5 instant processes, emulsion lifts, image transfers, and other legacy or contemporary instant materials. The focus is not brand, but materiality: surface, unpredictability, and the direct relationship between image, process, and time.

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Artists may submit original instant prints or high-resolution scans printed by Praxis at true instant-film scale. Sculptural works must be submitted as 2D photographic documentation. Created by Praxis Directors.

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 International Juried Photography Exhibition

NUMBERS, SYMBOLS & LETTERS

 Submission Deadline:  Feb 1, 11:59PM CT 
Exhibition dates:  Mar 21 - Apr 11, 2026

Numbers, symbols, and letters circulate through daily life as systems of order, instruction, measurement, and belief. When detached from their intended functions, characters shift from language into shape—from carriers of information into visual actors.

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Praxis seeks work that frames, isolates, interrupts, or recombines numbers, symbols, and letters, whether deliberately composed or discovered through chance. Submissions should emphasize organization, rhythm, scale, or spatial relationships over readability or message. Word-based imagery and textual content are welcome, but the focus is not what characters say, but how they behave once freed from the work of saying. All lens-based artwork is welcome. Juror | Dallas Crow

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 International Juried Photography Exhibition

OPEN THEME

Notification: Jan 16, 2026. 4 PM CT
Exhibition Dates: Feb 21- Mar 14, 2026

Photography can describe, question, transform, or reimagine the world. An open theme presents work that reflects an artist’s current practice—whether rooted in observation, imagination, or constructed visual approaches.

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This exhibition brings together photographic art across genres and subjects, highlighting distinct ways of seeing. The works included range from documentary and portraiture to abstraction, experimental process, and narrative imagery. Together, they demonstrate how photography functions as a mode of expression and inquiry rather than a fixed category or style. Juror | Ann Jastrab

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ANNUAL PRAXIS
MEMBER SHOWCASE

2025 ARTIST MEMBERS
Opening Night Reception: February 15, 2025 — 6–8PM
Exhibition Dates: February 15 – March 8, 2025
Location: The Lab Gallery (Salon-Style Installation)

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​We are pleased to present the 2025 Annual Artist Member Showcase.


Each active Artist Member is invited to exhibit one photograph of their choice. This exhibition is installed salon-style by our gallerist, Jonathon Pavlica, creating a broad, collective view of the work produced by our member community.

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Participation is free for all 2025 Artist Members. All 2025 Artist Members will receive an email invitation with a registration link and instructions for submitting their work.

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​Artist Members are central to Praxis Gallery & Photo Arts Center’s nonprofit programming, and we look forward to celebrating their work on opening night.

Praxis Gallery & Photo Arts Center is a year-round, brick-and-mortar photography gallery in Minneapolis presenting international juried exhibitions and solo shows across four dedicated gallery spaces. We host public opening receptions on the third Saturday of each month from 6–8 p.m. and welcome visitors from across the United States and abroad. Each selected exhibition is professionally documented with a published exhibit book, 360° virtual tour, time-lapse gallery video, and opening-night photographs. All juried work is exhibited in our physical galleries and archived on our website.

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