FotoFocus Call to Artists

Hamilton, OH – The Fitton Center for Creative Arts seeks lens artists to be part of the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial. 

The theme for the regional juried exhibition - The Long View - encourages artists and audiences to think about both distance and time through imagery and the use of lens-based process.

“We’re super excited to be part of the biennial again,” said Fitton Center Director of Exhibitions Cathy Mayhugh. “It’s amazing how FotoFocus supports so many venues and so many artists.”

Prospective exhibiting artists have until February 8, 2026, to organize their materials and submit a proposal for inclusion in the exhibition. Complete details and the submission form are available on the Fitton Center website right here.

The Fitton Center is one among scores of participating venues for the 2026 Biennial and has its own theme - Milestones: Finding Our Way - for adult artists living within 150 miles of Hamilton, Ohio, to explore.

“A milestone is literally a stone on the side of the road that helps tell us where we’re going,” Mayhugh said. “But it’s also a significant moment in your life or in all of history. So milestones tell where we’re going and where we’ve been.

“It’s always exciting and interesting to see all the ways the artists realize the theme, from different ideas of what that theme means to different techniques on how they create their work within it.”

The Milestones exhibition goes on view in October of 2026. Mayhugh said she anticipates selecting 10 to 20 artists to exhibit their work. Selected artists/studio collectives will receive a modest honorarium and have the opportunity to engage with the community during multiple gallery events.

There is no fee to submit a proposal.

“In an exhibition like this - when there are so many artists and so many interpretations of the prompt - it really lets people start conversations and communicate with one another about what they’re seeing,” Mayhugh said.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is located at 101 S. Monument Avenue on the Riverfront in downtown Hamilton, Ohio.

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