CHROMALUXE X LUCIE FOUNDATION
$3000 FINE ART SCHOLARSHIP

 

ChromaLuxe, a leading brand of print media, is offering a scholarship through the Lucie Foundation in support of Fine Art Photographers. This scholarship is open to both emerging and established artists.

This scholarship was open to both emerging and established artists.

2020 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT ANNOUNCED!

WINNING RECIPIENT:

 

Jess T. Dugan: Every Breath We Drew

Online now, interview and gallery of Jess T. Dugans winning body of work. Click here to view. 

Interview

SHORTLIST

HONORABLE MENTION:

Danielle Amy: I have stories to tell
Isadora Romero: Extremophiles
Catherine Hyland: Earth Changes

SHORTLIST:

Mauren Brodbeck: Interplay, Enmeshment, and Matter
Sanwal Deen: Postcard Dreams
Barbara Diener: The Rocket’s Red Glare
Mohammad Rakibul Hasan: The Last Savings
Samuel Trotter: Wish You Weren’t Here
Alexandra Tsubota: A Brilliant Flash of Light

JURORS

CLAARTJE VAN DIJK

HEAD OF EXHIBITIONS, FOAM

Claartje van Dijk is head of exhibitions at Foam in Amsterdam where she started in 2020 and has worked on the exhibition, Vivian Maier – Works in Color (2020). Previously, she worked at the International Center of Photography (ICP) for nearly 12 years as Assistant Curator, Collections. At ICP, Claartje managed the museum’s collection and was a curator on numerous exhibitions, including Winning the White House: From Press Prints to Selfies (2016), Perpetual Revolutions: The Image and Social Change (2017),Elliott Erwitt: Pittsburgh (2018) andYour Mirror: Portraits from the ICP Collection (2019. Independently, Claartje juried various exhibitions, including PDN: The Curator Award, Critical Mass and the Carriage Barn Annual Photography Show. Claartje was previously the Management and PR Assistant at Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder in Amsterdam. She studied Art History and Museum Studies at the University of Amsterdam.

DREW SAWYER

PHILLIP LEONIAN AND EDITH ROSENBAUM LEONIAN CURATOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, BROOKLYN MUSEUM

Drew Sawyer is the Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Curator at the Brooklyn Museum and a contributor to Aperture, Artforum, Mousse, and OSMOS, among other publications. His recent exhibition includes JR: Chronicles (2019), Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989 (2019), Garry Winogrand: Color (2019), and Liz Johnson Artur: Dusha (2019). Sawyer holds a Ph.D. in Art History and Archaeology from Columbia University.

MICHELLE DUNN MARSH

PUBLISHER OF MINOR MATTERS BOOKS

Michelle Dunn Marsh is the publisher of Minor Matters Books, which she co-founded with Steve McIntyre in 2013. Previous positions include Chief Strategist and Executive Director at Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle; senior editor at Chronicle Books in San Francisco; consultant to Jim Marshall Photography LLC; and deputy director of Aperture Foundation. She received tenure as a professor of graphic design at Seattle Central Community College.

She has worked with publishers and cultural institutions throughout the United States developing publications, exhibitions, and public programming, highlighting masters and underrepresented voices in the field. She proudly served on the national YoungArts panel from 2013–2020, and as its chair 2015–2020, selecting and mentoring future leaders in the field. Though primarily known as a book designer and editor, she has also curated significant exhibitions over the last decade.

A graduate of Bard College and lifetime member of its Board of Governors, Dunn Marsh also completed her MS in Publishing at Pace University, and has lectured internationally on visual literacy, the artform of photography, and visual book publishing.

HOW TO APPLY

WHO CAN APPLY:

The Lucie Emerging Scholarships are open to emerging photographers 18 years and older, worldwide.  We define “emerging” as any photographer enrolled as a student, in the first five years of their photography career, or does not earn the majority of their income from photography.
The Lucie Foundation Fine Art Scholarship Scholarship is open to both emerging and established photographers.

WHAT IS REQUIRED TO APPLY:

Please read the following information carefully to make sure your application material is complete.
Incomplete applications will not be considered:

  • Project Proposal. This proposal should include the following:
    • Project Start and End Dates
    • 250 Word Description of your project
    • Your Plan for completing the project (i.e. how you intend to approach the project and how you intend to use the scholarship money)
    • Five Goals that you plan to accomplish while working on the project (e.g. producing 20 new images, making 5 prints, etc.)
  • A one-page biography and/or CV
  • Twenty digital images

USE & OWNERSHIP:

The photographer must be the sole author and owner of the copyright of photos entered in to the competition. Copyright and all other rights remain that of the photographer. Any photograph used by Lucie Foundation shall carry the photographer’s credit line.