--- title: 2027 John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship description: Annual $3,000 photography scholarship from the Griffin Museum of Photography for emerging photographers, with exhibition and a photo book. url: https://www.artsume.com/programs/3b189952-04ac-4521-bb35-abb02d2c228c type: program status: open createdAt: "2026-10-24" updatedAt: "2026-10-24" programType: Prize/award organization: Griffin Museum of Photography organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/griffin-museum-of-photography deadline: "2026-11-06" location: Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, United States isOnline: false compensationRange: $3,000 scholarship award, exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Photography, and a volume from John Chervinsky's personal library of photo books. disciplines: - photography careerStages: - Emerging artist --- # 2027 John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship **Hosted by:** Griffin Museum of Photography **Type:** Prize/award | **Location:** Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, United States | **Deadline:** November 6, 2026 ## About This Program ### Opportunity Summary The John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship seeks to recognize, encourage and reward photographers with the potential to create a body of work and sustain solo exhibitions. Awarded annually, the Scholarship provides artists with a monetary award of $3,000, exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Photography, and a volume from John's personal library of photo books. The Scholarship seeks to provide a watershed moment in the professional lives of emerging photographers, providing them with the support and encouragement necessary to develop, articulate and grow their own vision for photography. The scholarship is open to photographers who have produced individual works of photography and/or are in the process of producing bodies of work. We are looking for candidates who are serious about photography, whose potential is emerging and whose photography will benefit from this scholarship. ### Eligibility Criteria Candidates can be currently enrolled in a photography degree program if in their graduating year. There is no age limit. There are no residency requirements. There is no application fee. Photographers without gallery representation who have not exhibited solo in a commercial gallery, academic gallery (except for thesis shows), galleries in organizations like the Griffin Museum, Houston Center for Photography, Center for Fine Art Photography etc. or a museum setting or have not received significant (over $3000) grant funding are eligible (coffee shop, community gallery, library, academic thesis exhibitions, etc. are eligible exhibition settings). Past awardees of the Chervinsky Scholarship, paid employees of the Griffin Museum or their immediate families, Griffin Museum board members and jurors' immediate families and those immediate families of Griffin board members or jurors' paid employees are not eligible. This scholarship is not for well-established photographers. Well-established photographers are individuals in mid-photography-careers and are seen by the public and peers as distinguished in the field of photography and have many accomplishments as a photographer. Of note, receiving a Fulbright Scholarship would disqualify a candidate from receiving this scholarship. Producing a published (by a publisher) photo book would disqualify a candidate from receiving this scholarship. Self publishing does not disqualify a candidate. ### Submissions Submissions may be made directly to Café. You will be asked for a brief biography and artistic cv (a single PDF that includes both bio and cv. In the PDF title include Chervinsky and last name and first name.); a statement of artistic purpose/intent; an artist statement on the work supplied, and flattened rgb jpgs (1200 pixels on the longest side) of your photographs (10 photographs total). Please submit your images in the order you wish them to appear, numbering from 1-10 will be helpful to the jurors so they can see your intention with the works. Do not supply links. Café will give the jurors the ability to go there to view. No other means of submission will be accepted. All missing criteria will disqualify the submission. Emails will not be accepted as a method of submissions. It is recommended that you prepare all the elements of the application in advance. Do not start the application if you do not have time to finish it. Wait until you have time to complete the application in one session. ### About the Jurors **Bridget Jourgensen (Chervinsky Award winner 2024)** is a Rhode Island-based digital photographer. She is the 2024 recipient of the John Chervinsky Emerging Artist Scholarship, awarded by the Griffin Museum of Photography for her photo series, Homeshadows. She exhibits her work regionally, and her photographs have been featured in juried exhibitions at the Wickford Art Association, the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Arts Center East (Vernon, CT), and The Windsor Art Center (Windsor, CT). **Tavon Taylor (Chervinsky Award winner 2020)** is a photography based artist. He finds strength in vulnerability, using visual narratives to represent personal experiences, exploring history, representation, and memory through portraiture, styling, still life, and landscapes. He graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and has received The LensCulture Art Photography 2021 Award, The John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Award and The Stephen D. Paine Scholarship Award. ### Scholarship Dates and Deadlines - Monday October 5, 2026: Application period opens. - Friday November 6, 2026: Application period closes at 11:59 PM Mountain Time. - Awardee announced by January 1, 2027. ## Eligibility & Requirements - **Career Stage:** Emerging artist - **Geographic Eligibility:** International - **Disciplines:** photography - **Note:** Candidates can be currently enrolled in a photography degree program if in their graduating year. There is no age limit. There are no residency requirements. There is no application fee. Photographers without gallery representation who have not exhibited solo in a commercial gallery, academic gallery (except for thesis shows), galleries in organizations like the Griffin Museum, Houston Center for Photography, Center for Fine Art Photography etc. or a museum setting or have not received significant (over $3000) grant funding are eligible (coffee shop, community gallery, library, academic thesis exhibitions, etc. are eligible exhibition settings). Past awardees of the Chervinsky Scholarship, paid employees of the Griffin Museum or their immediate families, Griffin Museum board members and jurors' immediate families and those immediate families of Griffin board members or jurors' paid employees are not eligible. This scholarship is not for well-established photographers. Well-established photographers are individuals in mid-photography-careers and are seen by the public and peers as distinguished in the field of photography and have many accomplishments as a photographer. Receiving a Fulbright Scholarship would disqualify a candidate. Producing a published (by a publisher) photo book would disqualify a candidate. Self publishing does not disqualify a candidate. ### Additional Requirements - A single PDF containing a brief biography and artistic CV (filename to include Chervinsky and last name/first name) - A statement of artistic purpose/intent - An artist statement on the work supplied - 10 flattened RGB JPGs (1200 pixels on the longest side) of your photographs, submitted in numbered order 1-10 ## Compensation & Benefits $3,000 scholarship award, exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Photography, and a volume from John Chervinsky's personal library of photo books. **Includes:** Prize The Scholarship provides recipients with a monetary award of $3,000, exhibition of their work at the Griffin Museum of Photography, and a volume from John's personal library of photography books. ## Timeline - **Opens:** October 4, 2026 - **Deadline:** November 6, 2026 ## Contact **Email:** photos@griffinmuseum.org **Phone:** 781-729-1158 ## How to Apply Apply at: https://artist.callforentry.org/agreetoterms.php?ID=18279