February 2026 | Riney Gallery, Friends University
The Riney Gallery invites photographers of all experience levels to submit non-digital and alternative process photographs for Snapshot, a month-long exhibition celebrating hands-on, analog, and experimental photography.
This open call welcomes Wichita photographers, Kansas artists, and Midwest creatives working in film photography, alternative processes, darkroom printing, experimental photo, concert photography, folk documentation, DIY aesthetics, and underground visual culture.
Whether your work captures live music, subculture, rural grit, analog portraiture, street photography, zines, archives, or handmade image-making, Snapshot is built to showcase work that favors process, texture, community, and raw presence over polish.
Emerging artists, students, self-taught photographers, and established professionals across the Great Plains and Midwest region are encouraged to submit work that documents real scenes, real people, and real energy through non-digital methods.
Open Call for Artists:
Snapshot: An Analog & Alternative Photography Showcase
At a Glance
Exhibition Size: 38–50 works
Artist Limit: Up to 2 submissions per artist
Accepted Framed Sizes:
Min: 8 × 10
Max: 20 × 24
Preferred: 11 × 14 to 16 × 20
Framing: Must be fully framed and hang-ready
Matting: Encouraged under 16 × 20
Delivery: Selected works must be delivered to Friends University, Wichita, KS by January 23, 2026
To submit, complete the online submission form below.
Gallery + Exhibition Work
I work at the intersection of organization and art, shaping quiet rooms into places where work can fully breathe. As the current Gallery Manager for the Riney Fine Arts Gallery at Friends University, I coordinate exhibitions from initial planning through final install, supporting artists through each phase of the process.
My experience spans solo and group exhibitions, catalog production, title card design, and full administrative coordination for artists and faculty. I approach each show with an eye for pace, clarity, and intention, aiming to make the gallery feel considered from the first wall measurement to the final light cue.
The present show features the artists of Gallery 12, a longstanding Wichita collective.
My role includes:
• Artwork intake and documentation
• Title card creation and data verification
• Spatial planning and layout
• Installation and lighting
• Final exhibition photography and presentation
For More Information Please Visit
https://www.friends.edu/finearts
https://www.wichitagallery12.com
Currently Managed Exhibition: Riney Fine Arts Gallery, Friends University
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CityArts — Detour Wichita Exhibition
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Keeper of the Plains Installation & Bank Celebration Gallery
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Local Exhibitions & Community Events
Ongoing involvement with Wichita’s creative spaces through pop-up shows, collaborative installations, and support roles for independent artists and small venues.
Past Involvement
Additional Experience
• Installation of more than 70 individual works for group shows
• Creation of title cards, catalogs, and digital archives for exhibitions
• Gallery turnover, patching, painting, and layout resets
• Consulting with artists on presentation and flow
• Multi-gallery coordination for deadlines and pickup schedules
Submit Show Proposal
Email a brief show description and 5–10 samples of your work for consideration. Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis for gallery opportunities I curate or support.
I’m especially drawn to work rooted in surrealism, street art translated into fine art spaces, social commentary, macabre narratives, satire, abstraction, ceramics, non-digital photography, printmaking, poster design, and experimental or process-driven practices.
I gravitate toward artists who balance concept with craft, who aren’t afraid of humor, tension, grit, or contradiction, and whose work reflects lived experience, subculture, or cultural friction.
If your work blurs lines between gallery, gig poster, zine, protest, folklore, or artifact, it’s likely aligned with the kinds of exhibitions I enjoy shaping.
My curatorial interests foreground surrealism, abstraction, social practice, socially engaged commentary, satire, and the macabre, alongside ceramics, non-digital and alternative process photography, printmaking, and poster-based graphic work.
I am particularly interested in practices that translate vernacular, street-based, or subcultural visual languages into formal gallery contexts, as well as work that engages with process, materiality, cultural memory, humor, and critical narrative.
Across disciplines, I prioritize projects that balance conceptual clarity with technical discipline and that position visual work as a mode of cultural record, reflection, and inquiry.