Greetings ICON attendees and speakers,

We’re excited to invite you to participate in this year’s juried gallery show as part of ICON13, happening this July in Baltimore.

This year’s exhibition, Viewfinder, explores perspective and how we frame the world around us.

A viewfinder is the tool you look through to compose an image. It’s a decision-making device: what to include, what to leave out, and how to shape what’s seen. It’s also a curated lens, like the handheld ViewFinder, offering a sequence of images shaped by a specific point of view.

For this exhibition, Viewfinder acts as a guiding idea rather than a strict theme.

We invite you to submit work that reflects how you see. Whether that’s personal, observational, political, surreal, quiet, loud, or somewhere in between. Show us something that feels like your specific lens on the world.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Please fill out the submission form and upload your artwork for consideration.

• You may submit up to 2 entries
• Files must be 300 DPI, 24 inches on the longest side
• Label files: Firstname_Lastname_Title (not final_final2_REAL.jpg)

ELIGIBILITY

Open exclusively to all ICON13 attendees and speakers.

DEADLINE

Entries must be received by June 13.

SELECTION & JUDGING

Work will be selected by a jury of ICON organizers and guest reviewers.

Selections will be based on:

• Strength of perspective
• Creativity and originality
• Technique and overall impact

EXHIBITION DETAILS (FOR SELECTED ARTISTS)

To make participation as easy as possible, all selected work will be professionally printed, framed, and installed by the ICON team. No shipping or framing is required on your end. A small production fee will be collected from accepted artists to cover these production costs.

Exhibition details:

• Location: Fanny Fox Decker Gallery at MICA (first floor of the Fox building, to the right of Cafe Doris)
• Dates: Friday, July 17, from 8 to 10 p.m.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ICON reserves the right to reproduce accepted entries for promotional purposes, including catalogs, press, social media, and web.