CALL FOR ENTRY
2026 Open Regional Photography Exhibit
Important Dates:
Exhibit opens Thursday, March 12th with a Judge’s Talk at 5:00 PM, followed by a reception.
Both events are FREE and open to the public.
Read about this year’s judge, Susan Seubert, below.
Download the entry form HERE.
Photographers from across northeast Oregon and southeast Washington are reminded to submit work for this year’s Open Regional Exhibit at the Pendleton Center for the Arts. Date for drop-off of artwork is Saturday, March 7, 2026 from noon to 4:00 PM. The exhibit opens in the East Oregonian Gallery on Friday, March 12th with a Judge’s Talk and Award Ceremony at 5:00 PM followed by a reception. Both events are free and open to the public.
This year marks the 54th anniversary of the event, which brings beginning, emerging and established artists together to share their best work. Adults 18 and over may enter up to two photographs and a special teen category is available for artists 13-17 years old. Even numbered years, like this one, feature photography only. During odd years we invite any medium except photography.
While the exhibit is not juried, there are some limitations on size and weight which are outlined in the ENTRY FORM
An invited judge will award over $1000 in cash prizes in the adult and teen categories. Visitors to the gallery also have an opportunity to vote for their favorite work and the winner will be awarded the $200 Jacqueline Brown People’s Choice Award, made possible through the generosity of Katherine Brown and Andrew Picken.
The exhibit will be on view through April 24. Admission to the gallery is always free. More information is available by calling 541-278-9201
Susan Seubert works in both fine art photography and commercial and editorial photography. Her commercial work has earned her awards from the North American Travel Journalists Association, and she is a recent recipient of a Life Magazine Alfred Eisenstaedt Award. She spends much of her time traveling around the world shooting for clients like USAA, Staples, Norwegian Cruise Lines, and Lindblad Expeditions as well as National Geographic Traveler magazine and The New York Times. She is a National Geographic Photography Expert and travels with the National Geographic Expeditions aboard their ships.
Her artwork has been included in the Portland Art Museum’s 1999 and 2001 Biennials, the 2009 Tacoma Art Museum’s Northwest Biennial and selected as a finalist for the 2011 Contemporary Northwest Artist Awards. Seubert was selected to be one of only 24 participants in Portland2012: A Biennial of Contemporary Art and she was also invited to show her work at the European Cultural Center in “Personal Structures,” an official collateral exhibition curated by the Global Art Affairs Foundation at the 2017 Venice Biennale.
Seubert holds a BFA in photography from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and currently lives in Portland, Oregon and Maui, Hawaii.
Her commercial work may be viewed at https://www.sseubert.com and her fine art photos may be viewed at https://www.seubertfineart.com.