Photography Contest for 2015 Iowa Humanities Festival
Contest Entries Due Feb. 15, 2015
This year’s theme is “The Elusive Prairie” and the festival’s organizers are currently accepting submissions for a photo contest.
They say:
The prairie states are often described as flyover country — a vast expanse that is faceless and nameless and perceived, if at all, from a great distance. As a result, much of the specificity about the contemporary prairie, its history, ecology, future, people, adaptation, flora and fauna, is hard to grasp. As part of the Iowa Humanities Festival 2015, we hope that photographers can provide images that reveal elements that may be unseen by others, but that can provide a more complete picture of today's prairie.
About the Contest
Finalists' work will be highlighted at the festival and online.
Submissions are due by February 15, 2015.
This contest is open to amateur and professional photographers who are residents of Iowa and prairie states bordering Iowa (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota).
About the Sponsors
Grinnell College Center for the Humanities is co-sponsoring the festival with:
- Des Moines Art Center
- Des Moines Public Library
- Humanities Iowa
- Salisbury House
- Center for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities Iowa State University
- Drake University Center for the Humanities
- Mt. Mercy University
- University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.