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title: "PORTALS: New Perspectives"
description: Juried photography exhibition in Middlebury, VT. Up to 75 images selected for gallery/online display and catalog. Prizes up to $300.
url: https://www.artsume.com/programs/70f12528-91c9-45e3-9cf7-0a1fc93764f4
type: program
status: closed
createdAt: "2026-03-30"
updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Exhibition
organization: PhotoPlace Gallery
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/photoplace-gallery
deadline: "2026-04-06"
entryFee: 39 USD
location: PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, United States
isOnline: false
compensationRange: Juror's Award $300, Director's Award $200, 3 Honorable Mentions $50. All selected work published in printed catalog and featured on website and social media.
disciplines:
  - photography
---

# PORTALS: New Perspectives

**Hosted by:** PhotoPlace Gallery

**Type:** Exhibition | **Location:** PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, United States | **Deadline:** April 6, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $39

## About This Program

> "Openings, thresholds, and points of transition — windows, doorways, mirrors, gates, archways, reflections, frames within frames, and interpretive portals representing change, movement, memory, or emotional transition"

A portal suggests passage. It invites us to look through, step beyond, or imagine what lies on the other side.

For Portals: New Perspectives, we invite photographs that explore openings, thresholds, and points of transition. Windows, doorways, mirrors, gates, archways, reflections, and frames within frames may serve as literal portals, while shifts in light, shadow, or perspective can transform familiar spaces into something unexpected.

We also welcome more interpretive approaches. A portal might represent change, movement, memory, or emotional transition. Whether urban or rural, interior or exterior, documentary or conceptual, show us how photography opens new ways of seeing.

We are honored to have Ann Jastrab as juror for Portals: New Perspectives. She will select up to 35 images for exhibition in our Middlebury, Vermont gallery and another 40 images for our Online Gallery. All 75 images will be reproduced in the exhibition catalog and remain permanently on our website, and be promoted on social media with links to photographer's URL.

AWARDS:
Juror's Award $300, Director's Award $200, 3 Honorable Mentions $50
All selected photographers will have work published in printed catalog available for purchase and be featured on our website and social media.

ENTRY GUIDELINES:
Fee: $39 for up to 5 images, $6 for each additional image

• File format: JPG or JPEG only
• Size: Up to 5MB closed file size
• Resolution: ~2100 pixels on the longest side, 300ppi recommended
• Color space: sRGB recommended for both B&W and color
• Compression: 7–8 quality setting in Photoshop or equivalent
• All entries must be uploaded via the online form through our website

TIMELINE:
• Deadline: April 6, 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: April 20, 2026
• Prints due: May 22, 2026
• Exhibition: June 5-27, 2026

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** photography
- **Note:** Open to photographers from around the world. All entries must be uploaded via the online form through the PhotoPlace Gallery website.

### Additional Requirements

Up to 5 images for $39 base fee, $6 for each additional image. JPG/JPEG only, up to 5MB, ~2100 pixels on longest side, 300ppi recommended, sRGB color space recommended, compression quality 7-8. All entries uploaded via online form. If selected, prints due May 22, 2026.

## Compensation & Benefits

Juror's Award $300, Director's Award $200, 3 Honorable Mentions $50. All selected work published in printed catalog and featured on website and social media.

**Includes:** Prize

## Timeline

- **Opens:** March 30, 2026
- **Deadline:** April 6, 2026
- **Program Start:** June 5, 2026
- **Program End:** June 27, 2026

## Contact

**Email:** photos@photoplacegallery.com

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.photoplacegallery.com/online-juried-shows/portals-new-perspectives/detail