Call for Works: HALFTONE Print Fair

Applications are now invited from fine art printers, illustrators, designers, photographers and any visual artists and creatives alike to submit works produced not earlier than 2022, to be displayed and sold at the annual HALFTONE Print Fair.

Submissions should include the proposed works in any technique such as screenprint, stencil, risography, lithography, etching, inkjet printing, etc., without any limitation of approach or concept. All selected works will be on display during HALFTONE, from the opening at 12 noon on Saturday 2 November 2024, when they will go on sale.

HALFTONE is an initiative by PhotoIreland hosted every year at The Library Project. The fair brings together a large selection of works by established and emerging artists, showcasing Ireland’s exciting Art scene. Visitors can enjoy a great selection of artworks from many disciplines and practices including etchings, intaglios, reliefs, screenprints, monotypes, risographs, photographs and more!

With your help, PhotoIreland has raised through HALFTONE over €87,000 for artists since 2015, supporting and promoting the practice of over 800 participating artists to date, shipping their work internationally, and contributing to public and private collections.

Deadline to apply 6pm Sunday 6th October.

Open Call for Critical Practice Reviews

Artists of all levels based on the island of Ireland and Irish artist abroad are welcome to participate in the Critical Practice Reviews organised by PhotoIreland in Dublin on the 18th October 2024 as part of the FUTURES Meet-Up programme.

A number of Access Bursaries are made available to provide an equal opportunity for all artists by facilitating and accommodating those with specific requirements and circumstances that normally prevent the artist from participating fully in their practice.

Deadline to apply 6pm Friday 20th September.

We look forward to welcoming the invited Critical Practice Reviewers:

• Anna O’Sullivan, Director and Chief Curator, Butler Gallery
• Chris Clarke, Senior Curator, The Glucksman
• Emese Musci, Curator, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center
• Henri Badaröh, Editor, FOAM Magazine
• Mariama Attah, Curator of Photography, National Portrait Gallery and Associate Curator, Deutsche Börse
• Nadine Isabelle Henrich, Curator of the House of Photography, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
• Pádraic E. Moore, Artistic Director, Ormston House
• Sara Muthi, Independent Curator and Curatorial Fellow, Irish Museum of Modern Art
• Sarah McAuliffe, Curator, Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts
• Tiago Casanova, Artist and Editor, XYZ Books

Image: FUTURES Meet Up Event 2023 at FOMU, Antwerp. Image Credit: Monday Agbonzee Jr.

FUTURES is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and the Arts Council of Ireland through the Co-Funding Award.

ENERGY: FUTURES comes to Dublin

Launch 6pm Thu 17 October 2024
Exhibition Running 18 October–10 November 2024
Meet Up 18-19 October 2024
Critical Practice Reviews 18 October 2024

PhotoIreland and the FUTURES Photography Platform launches the exhibition ENERGY: Redistributing Power and Taming Consumption, accompanied by a three-day programme of events, kindly supported by Creative Europe and the Arts Council of Ireland.

Each year, a number of FUTURES members co-curate an international travelling exhibition. The exhibition is launched at the members' respective countries accompanied by the Meet Up event that acts as a get together point for invited international and local professionals and local artists. This year's exhibition ENERGY: Redistributing Power and Taming Consumption is co-curated by members FOTODOK, PhotoIreland, and the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, with Fotomuseum Antwerpen as publishing partner.

Image: Launch night of ENERGY Exhibition at Capa Center, Budapest, 2023. Courtesy of Capa Center.

FUTURES is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and the Arts Council of Ireland through the Co-Funding Award.

Do you know what PhotoIreland does?

PhotoIreland grows the reputation of Irish artists globally through a 360 degree support system and platform for contemporary photography, activated through a diversity of projects. These include events such as PhotoIreland Festival and Halftone print fair amongst others; resources such as the PhotoIreland Collection, a specialised research library of photobooks, and Ireland’s Art Bookshop, The Library Project; via publishing with projects such as OVER Journal and TLP Editions; professional development support through networking and consultancy opportunities; and empowering early and mid-career photographers via our international partnerships, most relevantly through Creative Europe co-funded platforms such as FUTURES and Parallel.

Find out more about PhotoIreland at photoireland.org
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