Founded in 1994, the not-for-profit organization CENTER supports socially and environmentally engaged lens-based projects through education, public platforms, funding, and partnerships.
Characterized by a community of gifted and committed photographers, CENTER has proven for the last 31 years that it can help photographers grow into their full potential. CENTER programs foster insights and actualizations that ripple and impact all involved.
The annual programs include the Project Launch Grant, Project Development Grant, Choice Awards, Multimedia Award, Santa Fe Prize, Excellence in Teaching Award, Works by Hand Award, and Review Santa Fe. Public exhibitions, educational presentations and expositions of the work are held in conjunction with the Awards and Portfolio Reviews. CENTER Awards, Grants, Review Santa Fe, and ALL other programs are open to international photographers and artists as well as national.
CENTER is generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission, New Mexico Arts, a Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, the Gumbo Foundation, the Leonian Foundation, and the support of our members.
