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Phillips Mill Announces Solo Juror and Photo Call for Art Starting on February 1
NEWSROOM POST: New Hope, PA
Jill Enfield, fine-art photographer, educator, curator and author has been announced as the solo Juror for the Internationally Recognized Photography Exhibition held annually in New Hope, PA since inception in 1991.
(NEW HOPE, PA) – The Internationally recognized Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition has recently announced Jill Enfield, fine-art photographer, educator, curator and award-winning author as the April 2023 Exhibition’s Juror. Additionally, an annual photo call has been made for the esteemed exhibition with submissions opening on February 1st.
The Mill encourages submission of a body of work in any photographic medium from historic to digital to best represent creative expression. The exhibition will be on-site in the repurposed historic stone gristmill designed for presentation. Phillips’ Mill is the birthplace of the Arts Movement known in the Delaware Valley 92 years ago. The photographic theme of the exhibition remains “Photography as Art and Photographer as Artist” since the show’s inception in 1991.
Each artist’s photographic images will be reviewed by the Mill’s venerated juror, Jill Enfield. Interested photographic artists should submit work via digital entry and pay the entry fee payment by credit card between February 1 – 28, 2023.
Photo Credit: Sharlene Holiday
Juror Jill Enfield has been teaching photography for many years with a concentration on historical techniques and alternative processes. Jill will be the solo juror for the internationally recognized Mill Photo show. Jill’s award-winning books on alternative processes are used in schools all over the world. Her books include step-by-step instructions on a variety of techniques, including: wet plate collodion; dry plate modern tintypes; platinum and palladium printing; cyanotypes; liquid emulsion; albumen printing; hand painting and more. Jill has shown her work throughout the United States and Europe. Her one-woman show, The New Americans, was exhibited in six galleries on Ellis Island, and included the Glasshouse of Immigrants, a glass house made of old windows and portraits of recent immigrants. The show, with the Glasshouse of Immigrants, was also featured at Photoville in New York City and the Annenberg Center in Los Angeles.
For her recent work, titled The Way Home, Jill used her iPhone to take images from the Metro
North commuter train that she rides a few times a week, traveling along the Hudson River
from the Beacon train station to NYC. Jill made positive transparencies from the iPhone images to contact print on to glass for the final pieces.
Jill has been teaching at Parsons The New School of Design since the late 1980s and has also taught at the International Center of Photography in New York City and at many workshops throughout the world. Her fine-art images can be seen in many museums around the world as well as in private collections.
Twelve cash prizes will be awarded, with one People’s Choice award to be granted at the end of the show. All standard awards apply, including Best of Show and Best Body of Work. Interested artists who would like to submit art for the exhibition are encouraged to visit https://www.phillipsmill.org/photography for more details.
Photo Credit: Sharlene Holiday
Submission details for the Annual Phillips Mill Photography Exhibition Show running April 2 through April 21 are as follows:
IMPORTANT DATES:
-Entry period February 1 – 28, 2023
-Accepted work notification by March 11. Accepted work will be posted on the
Phillips’ Mill Website.
-Drop-off dates: Friday, March 24 from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 25 from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
-Exhibition open April 2 – 21: Sundays, Wednesdays & Thursdays, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.;
Fridays & Saturdays, 1:00 – 8:00 p.m.
-Pick up April 21 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. and April 22 from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
-Please make arrangements to have your images picked up during this time. ALL images not picked up become property of Mill Photo.
ACCEPTED ART
All accepted entries must be provided as ready-to-hang prints framed with glass or acrylic and wired for hanging. Canvas, metal and alternatives are acceptable if wired for hanging. No clip frames, saw tooth or other brackets will be accepted. No images over 50” or 30 lbs.
Accepted work must match the submitted image file; work that doesn’t will not be hung. Print Option using professional framing service with wonderful frames: Accepted artists may email a high-resolution digital image and Mill Photo will print, mat and frame your accepted images. We are offering this exciting, cost-effective service at two price points and two sizes: Prints to fit within an 11×14 or smaller frame will be $45. Prints to fit within a 14×17 or larger frame will be $60. The frames and mats will remain the property of Mill Photo after the show. Details for this option will be sent for accepted entries.
Drop off at Phillips’ Mill Community Association on Friday, March 25, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 26, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Phillips Mill is located at: 2619 River Road (Rt. 32), New Hope, PA
Accepted Artists’ Biographies: All accepted artists must provide a typed biography or
personal statement. It must be kept to one page. It will be included in a binder that will be
available during the exhibition for visitors to reference. It will be used as a sales tool to help the
viewer better understand the artist’s personal vision. Feel free to be creative because six bios
will be chosen to hang next to the artist’s work.
SALES
All photos must be for sale. Please place realistic prices on all photos. Mill Photo retains 30% of
the selling price on all photos sold through the Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition. These
monies are used for the maintenance of the historic Mill and promotion of its activities in the community.
Accepted artists will be asked to volunteer for staffing the Mill gallery’s desk during exhibition hours, a great opportunity to thoroughly enjoy the work.
ENTRY FEES
Exhibition Entry: $45 for up to 4 images / $12 each for up to an additional 2 images. Images should be sized at 1920px on the long-edge, in JPEG format, sRGB color space. Only one exhibition entry per person. Work that has previously been accepted into a Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition is not eligible. Any such work will be rejected and will not be juried.
Portfolio Reviews: For an additional fee of $25, you can request a concise, one-page review
of your submitted work. Previous Photo Show jurors will complete the review. All fees are nonrefundable.
