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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                               207-985-4802  

April 2, 2024                                                                                  cwalker@brickstoremuseum.org

PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST OPENS AT THE BRICK STORE MUSEUM

KENNEBUNK, MAINE – The Annual Brick Store Museum Photography Contest returns after an eight-year hiatus! The Contest is now open for submissions, until the close of the contest on May 15, 2024. Photographs can be entered in one of five categories: “Kennebunk,” “Travel,” “Nature,” “Abstract,” or a special category for Youth (12 or under). Winners will be selected from each category. Each participant may submit a maximum of three entries. Three talented artists from the southern Maine community will serve as the judges for this event. The Museum typically receives over 100 images for consideration.

With the Contest’s motto of “Capture Culture,” the Museum asks amateur photographers of all ages to participate in the documenting of our world in the 21 Century. Edith Barry, the founder of the Brick Store Museum, was an artist and world traveler. In over sixty years of her travels, she photographed the places she visited - as close as Kennebunk, and as far as Singapore. Now, it's your turn. What should be captured on film today? One hundred years from now, what images do you want to define our culture and world?

Photographers of all ages are invited to enter up to three photographs. Each entry must consist of a digital image and entry form. Every image entered will appear on the Brick Store Museum’s website for viewing. Winning photographs, including “Visitor’s Choice,” will be displayed in the Museum’s Patsy Bauman Contemporary Gallery this summer. For more information on the contest and rules, please visit https://brickstoremuseum.org/engagement/bsmphotocontest/ or call the Museum at 207-985-4802.