Win 3 months of dot-art Darkroom & Artist Membership and a weeklong showcase on Open Eye Gallery’s Digital Window Gallery!
dot-art has teamed up with Open Eye Gallery to create an Analogue Photography Competition for both amateur and professional photographers based in the North West. The winner will receive 3 months of dot-art Darkroom & Artist Membership, a 1 hour one-to-one informal feedback and crit session with Open Eye’s Programme Assistant as well as a 1-week exhibition on Open Eye Gallery’s Digital Window Gallery.
- Submit your details and up to 5 images of your analogue photography work via this jotform by Midnight on Friday 18th April.
- The winner will be notified the week commencing 25th April.
The Winner will receive:
- FREE 3 month dot-art Darkroom Membership (worth £75!)
- FREE 3 month dot-art Level 2 Artist Membership (worth nearly £60!)
- A 1-week Open Eye Gallery digital exhibition
- A one –to-one, 1 hour informal crit session with Declan Connolly, Programme Assistant at Open Eye Gallery
Find out more about dot-art’s Darkroom Membership and Artist Membership.
Terms & Conditions
*The selected winner must purchase a £45 induction session if they are not experienced in Darkroom techniques and equipment already.
* The Competition is open to all amateur and professional photographers based in the North West.
*The Winner will be selected by Lucy Byrne, Managing Director of dot-art, Sarah Fisher, Director of Open Eye Gallery, Declan Connolly, Programme Assistant at Open Eye and Claire Henderson, Gallery Manager of dot-art.
*Late Submissions will not be accepted past the deadline.
*Submissions must be analogue and film photography only, Digital photographs will NOT be accepted.
*Entries can submit a maximum of 5 images.
*Only 1 Entry per Photographer.
*The Winner can claim Membership prizes in May 2022.
*The Winner will be programmed in the Open Eye Digital Window display during 13th – 17th July.
*The one-to-one 1-hour session will be scheduled at a date and time that suits both the Programme Assistant and the competition winner.
About dot-art Darkroom
dot-art operates an open access darkroom in Liverpool city centre. The dot-art Darkroom contains all of the standard components required to take black and white camera film and transform it into beautiful negatives and black and white photographs.
Whether you’re a complete beginner who has never seen the inside of a darkroom, or a more advanced artist needing an extra bit of guidance, the dot-art darkroom has everything you need to create fantastic photographs.
About dot-art
dot-art supports visual artists and champions art as an integral part of everyday life. We do this by selling locally sourced, affordable art, working with businesses to put art in the workplace and public realm, running art classes and working with schools and community groups.
All this is underpinned by our unique membership scheme for artists in the North West which gives access to all the activities above and a package of support and advice, creating and developing artists’ careers.
About Open Eye
Open Eye Gallery produces exhibitions, long-term collaborative projects, publications, festivals, and university courses — locally and worldwide, welcoming over 85,000 visitors to the gallery every year, over 200,000 to projects in other venues, and many more to online spaces. Open Eye Gallery proactively takes risks to spark crucial conversations and enable creative expression, acting and communicating in a way that is generous, nurturing and friendly. Everyone to make themselves at home across all gallery / event spaces and feel comfortable using them; Open Eye Gallery seeks to include, always.