CANDELAFEST!

The First-ish Annual Pagan Chicken Party & Summer Fundraiser

Our (reintroduced) annual summer party to support photographic artists

As Candela Photographic Arts celebrates our first summer as a 501c3, we’re expanding the spirit of our annual UnBound! fundraising party to CANDELAFEST!. Partygoers will experience the celebration they know and love with a fresh aim to garner financial support for Candela programming and operations for the coming year.

Join us on August 1, 2026 from 6-10pm for The First-ish Annual Pagan Chicken Party & Summer Fundraiser as we prepare for another year of artist labor and collective possibilities. The evening welcomes the return of the beloved back alley fried chicken, live performers, raffle prizes, mildly mischievous activities, interactive pagan goddesses, and other ritual absurdities.

exhibiting artist honorariums

publications

free public artist lectures

artist memberships

emerging artist mentorship

• exhibiting artist honorariums • publications • free public artist lectures • artist memberships • emerging artist mentorship

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