OPEN CALL: BINGO February 2027
CHEEK TO CHEEK:
the return of the Small Print Bingo & Print Exchange at Candela
Submit your images through November 17 for the chance to participate in our 2027 Valentine’s bingo exhibition.
OPENS JANUARY 8, 2027 • BINGO DAY FEBRUARY 13
Help us kick off 2027 programming with the return of Bingo at Candela! This time, we’re looking to our favorite commodified February holiday for the open call prompt.
Cheek to Cheek explores intimacy through touch, gesture and form. For this call, we are looking for interpretations of touch and fresh takes on the photographic tradition of the nude – particularly, the beloved bottom.
Share your hugs, kisses, caresses, and spaces between, or share your favorite derrière. Unconventional, experimental, and playful images of all forms of love and booty are welcome. Check out images from Candela history for inspiration:
The Bingo exhibition is unique in that it functions as an exhibition, a fundraiser for Candela Photographic Arts’ operations as a 501(c)3, and a print exchange for participating artists. Selected artists mail in two editions of their printed image. Candela provides a small, standard sized frame (and mat if needed) for prints on view in the Bingo exhibition. The framed works are treated as a donation and will go home with lucky winners on the exhibition’s closing Bingo Day. The second edition of the image is entered into a print exchange with other participating artists and is mailed out at the end of the exhibition.
The November Call: Prompts for your consideration
Inspiration from the 2023 Candela publication, Memory Orchards.
* BUT(T): a small butt disclaimer: we ask that you keep your butts thoughtful, playful, and/or conceptual. Candela isn’t interested in nude imagery that feels exploitative or needlessly vulgar.