Photography Contest
Show Us Your Downtown
Deadline |
06/30/26Theme |
Show Us Your DowntownTerritory |
North AmericaEligibility |
Residents from across ColoradoEntry Fees |
Between $55 and $70Prizes |
ExhibitionThe Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC) is pleased to announce **Show Us Your Downtown**, an online juried exhibition celebrating Colorado’s 150th anniversary of statehood.
In honor of this milestone year, we invite residents from across Colorado to explore and share the downtowns that define their communities. From historic main streets to evolving urban centers, downtowns are places of connection, creativity, commerce, and change. They reflect our shared history while shaping the future of our state.
We encourage photographers of all skill levels to submit new or previously created images capturing downtown areas anywhere in Colorado. Interpretations of “downtown” are intentionally open — ranging from historic landmarks and civic spaces to contemporary developments, cultural hubs, neighborhood corridors, and everyday architectural details that give your community its character.
All forms of imagery are welcome, including black-and-white and color photography, streetscapes, public spaces, and architecture.
Thirty images will be selected for a juried online exhibition hosted on CPAC’s website in conjunction with the celebration of Colorado’s 150 years of statehood.
We invite you to show us what makes your downtown uniquely yours.
**DEADLINES & INFORMATION**
Call for Entry opens: Friday, May 22, 2026
Applicant submission deadline: Tuesday, June 30, 2026, midnight MDT
Notice of Acceptance: Thursday, July 30, 2026
Online Exhibition dates: August 21 – December 31, 2026
Exhibition juror: Darrin Alfred, Curator of Architecture and Design, Denver Art Museum
In honor of this milestone year, we invite residents from across Colorado to explore and share the downtowns that define their communities. From historic main streets to evolving urban centers, downtowns are places of connection, creativity, commerce, and change. They reflect our shared history while shaping the future of our state.
We encourage photographers of all skill levels to submit new or previously created images capturing downtown areas anywhere in Colorado. Interpretations of “downtown” are intentionally open — ranging from historic landmarks and civic spaces to contemporary developments, cultural hubs, neighborhood corridors, and everyday architectural details that give your community its character.
All forms of imagery are welcome, including black-and-white and color photography, streetscapes, public spaces, and architecture.
Thirty images will be selected for a juried online exhibition hosted on CPAC’s website in conjunction with the celebration of Colorado’s 150 years of statehood.
We invite you to show us what makes your downtown uniquely yours.
**DEADLINES & INFORMATION**
Call for Entry opens: Friday, May 22, 2026
Applicant submission deadline: Tuesday, June 30, 2026, midnight MDT
Notice of Acceptance: Thursday, July 30, 2026
Online Exhibition dates: August 21 – December 31, 2026
Exhibition juror: Darrin Alfred, Curator of Architecture and Design, Denver Art Museum
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