Call for Artists | MANIFEST 2025 | fstop504

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Call for Artists | MANIFEST 2025 
fstop504 is excited to announce our second annual group exhibition, MANIFEST. This year's exhibition will be presented as part of the PhotoNOLA Festival at Fourth Wall, curated by Richard McCabe, Matthew Weldon Showman, and Joliet Morrill.
The Call
We are seeking narrative photography that reflects how fstop504 has influenced your practice as an artist. Subject matter could include but is not limited to architectural, landscape, or portraiture. Your work does not need to be photographed at fstop504 events, but should reflect on how fstop504 has shaped your artistic practice. 
Eligibility: Open to anyone who has attended at least one fstop504 event. If you haven’t been to an fstop504 event, you can join us for Southern Gothic at Bevolo on October 19, from 3-6pm. See past posts for more information! 
Important Dates
Exhibition Opening: December 8–end date TBD, 2025
Submissions due: Nov 3
Jury results: Nov 10
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 13, during PhotoNOLA Festival at Fourth Wall
A photoshoot will coincide with the opening event.
Consider:
Have you collaborated with someone you met at an event?
Have you revisited a venue where we hosted an event?
Have you learned techniques or approaches through our community? 
NOTE: The application will prompt you for a fee and THEN you can add your images.Richard McCabe | Curator of Photographer, Ogden Museum of Southern Art 
Richard McCabe is a curator, photographer and writer based in New Orleans. He was born in England and grew up in the American South. In 1998, he received an MFA in Studio Art from Florida State University. He has taught Photography as an adjunct professor at: Pratt Institute, New York City, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut and Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana. 
Since 2011, he has been the Curator of Photography at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. He has organized and curated over 40 exhibitions including: The Mythology of Florida, Eudora Welty: Photographs from the 1930s-40s, Self-Processing: Instant Photography, New Southern Photography, Memory is a Strange Bell: The Art of William Christenberry, Spell, Time, Practice, American, Body: The Work of RaMell Ross and Baldwin Lee.
McCabe’s thoughts and writings on photography have been published in the New York Times, Time, National Public Radio(NPR), Louisiana Cultural Vistas, Spot, The Bitter Southerner, HOTSHOE and LENSCRATCH magazine. In 2018, he contributed the introduction essay  - The Reality on the Ground for the University of New Orleans press publication: New Southern Photography: Images of the Twenty-first Century South. In 2019 he wrote the introduction essay for the Cattywampus press publication: Devin Lunsford: All the Place You’ve Got, and the essay – The North Star for the Ogden Museum publication – Memory is a Strange Bell: The Art of William Christenberry.
Matthew Weldon Showman | Partner + Director, Ferrara Showman Gallery 
Matthew Weldon Showman is partner and gallery director at FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY New Orleans as well as, an independent curator, fine art consultant, collection manager, and a collector in his own right. He received a Bachelor of Arts in the History of Art & Architecture and Anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh and Museum Studies at Carnegie Mellon University - with extensive research time spent at the Université-Paris Sorbonne, Royal College of Art (London), and Imperial College..  He currently serves as the Vice President of the Arts District New Orleans Association and Secretary of fstop504. Showman is dedicated to developing and cultivating relationships with and amongst artists, institutions, and collectors alike and seeks to share his resources with the fstop504 community. 
With over 20-years experience in museums and the fine art sector, Showman’s extensive knowledge of contemporary art has helped position his gallery as one of the premier galleries in the American South. His extensive knowledge of contemporary art has helped position the gallery as one of the premier galleries in the South. His steadfast and boundless dedication to artist development, curatorial programming, community engagement, and education culminate into much of the gallery’s growth and success. His leadership in the Arts District New Orleans has illuminated the city as an international destination for Contemporary Art and exporting it through the expansion of the gallery’s art fair participation and international presence.
Joliet Morrill | President, fstop504 
Joliet is a New Orleans photographer and community organizer. She studied art history and sociology at Mount Holyoke College and has been organizing photo walks and photography events in New Orleans for seven years. As a curator, in 2024 she launched fstop504's inaugural show, MANIFEST, and curated Abstract Sur-Real at The New Orleans Photo Alliance - a group exhibition featuring her collaborative work with Franck H. Godefroy alongside 18 national and regional artists. She also guides workshops and art classes at fstop504's community studio, Lapin's Workshop. Her work focuses on creating collaborative opportunities for creative exploration, with a focus on accessibility. Her interest in gallery and museum spaces began with an internship at the Portland Museum of Art, where she learned to spark conversations around artworks and lead guided tours. She continued this work at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, developing her culminating project, Living Objects: The Changing Faces and Functions of Art, which explored the provenance, cultural context, and evolving meanings of museum objects. After an internship in the education department at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, she spent two years at Ferrara Showman Gallery, where she gained hands-on experience with gallery operations, from exhibition installation and artwork care to managing open calls, marketing, and administrative work for a commercial gallery. All of her professional knowledge culminates in her position as President and Director of fsto504.