Focus Point Photography Club proclaims 2026 picture contest

Annual competitors invitations photographers of all ranges to showcase their work at Tuscarawas County Center for the Arts, with proceeds supporting native arts applications

The Focus Point Photography Club, based mostly in Tuscarawas County, will sponsor its annual images contest in cooperation with the Tuscarawas County Center for the Arts, with all proceeds benefiting the middle.

Entry day is Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, from 10 a.m. to five p.m. on the Tuscarawas County Center for the Arts, 461 Robinson Drive SE, New Philadelphia. See the entry kind for added drop-off choices. Entries can be displayed within the Folland Gallery a few week after entry day and can stay on public exhibit till the closing reception Feb. 28, 2026. Entrants might select to supply their pictures on the market in the course of the exhibit, with patrons capable of retrieve purchases after the closing reception.

Photographers of all ability ranges are inspired to enter. Photos taken with both cameras or cell telephones are accepted. Entrants ought to comply with the competition guidelines listed on the entry kind and keep in mind that judges will think about the standard of presentation, together with mounting, matting and framing, together with material and composition.

The 5 contest classes are panorama/cityscape, animal/insect/nature, folks, structure—which modifications every year—and open, which incorporates any topic not coated within the different classes or pictures which can be creatively or digitally manipulated past the norm. Black-and-white pictures could also be entered in any class.

Each entry requires a accomplished entry kind and a $5 per picture money entry price. Forms can be found on the Focus Point Facebook web page at fb.com/teams/657697142019932, or by emailing j.a.murray@roadrunner.com or christy.penland@gmail.com. Those preferring to obtain a kind by mail can contact Julie Murray at 330-343-3710 to supply an tackle.

Focus Point hosts month-to-month actions, together with picture outings and workshops. Visit the group’s Facebook web page or request to affix its electronic mail listing to study extra about upcoming occasions.