The Print Center

The 101st ANNUAL International Competition IS OPEN! Link in bio 🎉
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We are delighted to have two excellent jurors:
➡️ Pepe Coronado, Director and Master Printer, Coronado printstudio ()
➡️ Shana Lopes (), Assistant Curator of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ()
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Open to local, national and international artists using Photography and/or Printmaking as critical components in their work. Artists whose work pushes the boundaries of traditional photographic and printmaking practices, in content, form and process, are encouraged to enter. 2D and 3D works, including artist books, are eligible.
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✨ Submission Deadline: June 18, 2026, 11:59pm (ET)
✨ Entry Fee: $45
✨ View Full Guidelines + Enter Online: link 🔗 in bio!
✨ Questions? Check out our FAQ link in bio
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The Jurors will select a group of 25 Semifinalists + 10 Finalists. A wide variety of exhibition, museum acquisition, cash and material prizes are provided by supporters of the ANNUAL to be awarded to Semifinalists + Finalists.
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CONGRATULATIONS to all of the award recipients from the 100th ANNUAL International Competition! 🎉 We extend HUGE thanks to the generous donors who allow us to recognize these outstanding artists with more than $19,000 in awards + prizes!
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MUSEUM ACQUISITION AWARDS
-Art Museum of West Virginia University Purchase Award: Ericka Walker ()
-The Stinnett Philadelphia Museum of Art Collection Award: Allyson Strafella ()
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CASH AWARDS
-The Callan/McNamara Award: Kelda Martensen ()
-Fish/Pearce Award: Paul Rider ()
-The Print Center Honorary Council Award of Excellence: Adi Sundoro ()
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MATERIAL AWARDS
-Awagami Paper Award: Benjamin Muñoz ()
-BOMB Magazine Award: Adriana Barrios (), Lo Smith () + Allyson Strafella
-Fireball Printing Award: R.L. Tillman (.l.tillman)
-The Photo Review Award: Melissa Catanese ()
-The Print Center Gallery Store Award: Jordan Oleson-Graves ()
-Printmaking Today Award: Ericka Walker
-The Renaissance Graphic Arts Award: Yiyi Wang ()
-Society for Photographic Education Award: Daniel George ()
-Southern Graphics Council Award: Jackelin Espinosa Moyotl ()
-Stockbridge Fine Art Print Award: Marc Ohrem-Leclef ()
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OTHER AWARDS
-MVS Project Review Award: Melissa Catanese, Priya Kambli (.priya), Marc Ohrem-Leclef, Paul Rider + DM Witman ()
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SOLO EXHIBITION AWARDS
-Glen Baldridge (), Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter () + Adi Sundoro
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Stay tuned for the announcement of the winners of our final two awards! View the Online Portfolios of work by all 35 Finalists + Semifinalists: link 🔗 in bio
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Images (in order):
Jordan Oleson-Graves, Adriana Barrios, Marc Ohrem-Leclef, R.L. Tillman, Benjamin Muñoz,­ Paul Rider, Ericka Walker, Kelda Martensen + Melissa Catanese

💥 TODAY (Saturday) at 1:30pm: don’t miss the chance to listen in on an engaging discussion between artists and printshop representatives as they reflect on their work, their communities and how collaboration feeds the making of socially relevant prints. Bonus: after the Conversation, meet the artists and see our exhibition, “America Today,” featuring work by 38 artists, created at 6 mission-based printshops from across the US!
📅 Saturday, May 9th
🕜 1:30 – 3pm (ET)
📍 Presented both in-person and on Zoom (more info + register: 🔗 link in bio)
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Joining us are:
✨ Lizania Cruz (Artist) and Jazmine Catasús (Artistic Director and Master Printer) from .rbpmw, New York, NY
✨ Karen Revis (Artist) and Pepe Coronado (Artist, Director and Master Printer) from , Austin, TX
✨ Laurie Darby (Artist) and Natalie Renganeschi (Acting Director) from , Kingston, NY
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We invite you to come and meet the artists and collaborators from each shop, to learn about their work and explore their impact on communities across America. The first Conversation (held on April 25) was inspiring and lively – don't miss the second, which promises to be equally engaging!
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Images:
- Pepe Coronado, “Broken Country II,” 2019, courtesy of Coronado printstudio
- Laurie Darby, “Following Freedom,” 2025, courtesy of WSW
- Karen Revis, “The End of Black Harlem,” 2017, courtesy of Coronado printstudio
- Lizania Cruz, “Evidence 071: Frederick Douglass and the Commission of Inquiry,” 2023, courtesy of EFARBPMW
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“America Today” has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
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