AZPA Online Juried Theme Gallery Call: Summertime

Arizona Photography Alliance (AZPA) is celebrating its third year of Juried Theme Gallery Calls Online Exhibitions. This is an open call to all current AZPA members* and non-members. Non-members are welcome to join to become eligible for the reduced rate.

The second Theme Gallery call in 2026 is, Summertime: Long Days, Lazy Days, Gentle Breezes!

Submit your best photographic work that supports this broad topic!

If you would like to join us, view memberships here.

AZPA Online Juried Theme Gallery Exhibitions

The second Theme Gallery call in 2026 is, Summertime: Long Days, Lazy Days, Gentle Breezes!

Submit your best photographic work that supports this broad topic!

AZPA Board members may not submit to the Theme Gallery Exhibitions.

RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

Our independent juror, Claire A. Warden, will choose one first-place winner to receive a cash award of $100, plus two more honorable mention recipients that will be featured on our website and social media platforms.

AZPA Board members may not submit to the Theme Gallery Exhibitions.

ABOUT THE JUROR

Juror: Claire A. Warden

Claire A. Warden is an interdisciplinary artist who works in still and moving image media that engages identity, representation, illegibility, and language in the United States in multi-year projects. Informed by anti-essentialism and decolonial theory, her work uses experimental image-making and cameraless abstraction as a mode to subvert the problematics of representation in photography and film, particularly in addressing experiences had by people of color.

Warden’s work has been exhibited widely in the United States and abroad. Her work has been featured in publications, including Harper’s Magazine, Der Greif Magazine, Strange Fire Collective, Lenscratch, and Light Work’s Contact Sheet. Warden was awarded artist residencies through the Center for Photography at Woodstock, LATITUDE, ACRE, Light Work, and Penumbra Foundation. She received a BFA and BA from Arizona State University and a MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

• Submit up to three images
• Images no larger than 2MB in size
• File size: 1,500 pixels on the long side
• All entrants will be represented in the virtual gallery (the juror will select one image from each submission).
• Entries may be in any medium — analog, digital, or alternative processes are welcome.
• All entrants can offer their chosen image for sale. Any sales must be handled directly by the member, NOT through Arizona Photography Alliance.
• AI photography is NOT accepted.

Key Dates

• Call Opens: August 1, 2026
• Call Closes: August 16, 2026
• Jurying Dates: August 17 – 23, 2026
• Notifications: August 30, 2026
• Exhibition Opens Online: September 1, 2026

The call is open to members and non-members. To receive a discounted rate, become a member today.

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