Arpad Kovacs
Selects 2025

Atlanta Photography Group (APG) is now accepting entries for Arpad Kovacs Selects 2025. This CFE is open themed and Arpad Kovacs, an associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum will be our esteemed juror.

One artist from this exhibition will be selected for the APG/Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Purchase Award, a $3,000 prize which is made possible through a generous grant from Edwin Robinson and Julin Maloof, in honor of Gloria and Ted Maloof. This is a great opportunity to get your work in front of an important museum curator and to be considered by Lisa Volpe, Curator of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston for the museum purchase award.

Arpad Kovacs

Associate Curator, Department of Photographs
J. Paul Getty Museum

Arpad Kovacs is an associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. His exhibitions have focused on twentieth-century and contemporary photography, with a specific interest in conceptual practices and time-based media. He organized the monographic exhibitions Hiroshi Sugimoto: Past Tense (2014); Werner Herzog: Hearsay of the Soul (2014); Tacita Dean (2022); Uta Barth: Peripheral Vision (2023) as well as thematic shows, including In Focus: Animalia (2015); Breaking News: Turning the Lens on Mass Media (2017); Encore: Reenactment in Contemporary Photography (2019), among others. He is currently working on an exhibition and accompanying publication that will survey the work of German photographer Ursula Schulz-Dornburg. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and York University.

Website: https://www.getty.edu/

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is among the 10 largest art museums in the United States, with an encyclopedic collection of more than 65,000 works of art. The main campus comprises the Audrey Jones Beck Building; the Caroline Wiess Law Building; the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden; the Glassell School of Art; The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza; and the BBVA Compass Roof Garden. The MFAH has two cafés, a repertory cinema, two libraries, and two nearby house museums for decorative arts: Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, and Rienzi.  

Website: mfah.org

ENTRY INFORMATION

CFE Dates: May 17 – June 26, 2025
All dates and times are Eastern Standard Time (EST)
All submissions must be completed by June 26, 2025 at midnight EST

Early Entry: May 17 – 24, 2025
2 works: $35, 4 works: $50, 6 works: $60, 8 works: $75

Regular Entry: May 25 – June 21, 2025
2 works: $40, 4 works: $60, 6 works: $70, 8 works: $85

Late Entry: June 22 – 26, 2025
2 works: $50, 4 works: $70, 6 works: $80, 8 works: $95

Student Submissions:
2 images: $30, 4 images: $45, 6 images: $55, 8 images: $70

Images which have been shown in either the Main or Maloof Galleries within the last 3 years are not eligible.

SCHOLARSHIPS

4 scholarships are available for this call for entry. APG offers need-based Scholarships for all of our exhibitions that will cover the submission entry fee. Don’t let a lack of funds prevent you from sharing your vision with the world. Be a part of the photography community and show your work today. Click HERE for more details.

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline For All Entries: June 26, 2025, Midnight EST

Notifications of Selections: On or about July 12, 2025

Deadline to Delivery Artwork to the APG Gallery: August 8, 2025 by 4pm EST

Exhibition Dates: August 12 – September 20, 2025

Opening Reception: August 14, 2025 7:00-9:00pm EST

FILE PREPARATION

• The juror will be selecting the images from all entries.
• Export images as .jpg. Resize to 2100 px on the longest side.
• Rename files to the titles of each work exactly as you wish it to appear (example: My Great Photo.jpg) Your name will be automatically prepended to the file upon upload.
• Create a text file with your Personal Info (name, email, phone, website/social media), Artist Statement (500 words max), Bio (250 words max), and Image list (in this order: Title, Year piece was created, Print/Image Size (H x W), estimated Framed Size (H x W) Medium (archival pigment print, inkjet print, silver gelatin, cyanotype, etc.), and save this file as a Word doc or PDF.
• The link to upload your files will be sent to you in your payment confirmation email. You will receive two emails after you pay. One will have the upload link. If you don’t receive two emails, check your spam folder.

In order to submit your work you must be a current APG member. Join or Renew Now!

All entries must be completed ONLINE. Do NOT email any image files

• Complete Online Registration & Payment
• The link to upload your files will be sent to you in your payment confirmation email. You will receive two emails after you pay. One will have the upload link. If you don’t receive two emails, check your spam folder.
• Once you get this link, you must be logged into the website in order to successfully upload your work.
• Upload Files to the Dropbox link found in the payment confirmation.
• If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact – gallery@AtlantaPhotographyGroup.org