The Rust Belt Biennial

09/03/2021

WE ARE BACK!

Submissions are now OPEN! Deadline: December 15th, 2021 by midnight.
$4,000 in Cash Prizes

Following the success of the inaugural RUST BELT BIENNIAL in the Fall of 2019, and as we all push through the pandemic we are excited to announce the SHOW MUST GO ON - winter celebration of photography from around the globe with a special focus on work realized throughout the Rust Belt Region and industrial regions alike around the world.
We are proud to announce Hercules Papaioannou, Curator at the Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki (Greece), as the competition juror.
We are collaborating with the Mahady Gallery at Marywood University, in Scranton, Penn., where the Biennial will be held from January 29th to March 5th of 2022 (opening reception TBA).

www.rustbeltbiennial.com

Following the success of the inaugural RUST BELT BIENNIAL in the Fall of 2019, and as we all push through the pandemic we are excited to announce THE SHOW MUST GO ON - winter celebration of photography from around the globe with a special focus on work realized throughout the Rust Belt Region and in...

09/03/2021

WE ARE BACK!

Following the success of the inaugural RUST BELT BIENNIAL in the Fall of 2019, and as we all push through the pandemic we are excited to announce the SHOW MUST GO ON - winter celebration of photography from around the globe with a special focus on work realized throughout the Rust Belt Region and industrial regions alike around the world.
The Rust Belt, and its people, have known hardships and taught us all about resilience. As we make history together, coming out of once in a century pandemic, we decided to open the RUST BELT BIENNIAL to photographers and photographic work from all around the world.
We are proud to announce Hercules Papaioannou, Curator at the Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki (Greece), as the competition juror.
We are honored to collaborate with the Mahady Gallery at Marywood University, in Scranton, Penn., where the Biennial will be held from January 29th to March 5th of 2022 (opening reception TBA).
This land, its people, the pride and the struggles, the patina of the past, and above all, the histories and memories ingrained in the soil across the region. It is time to make new memories and new histories while revisiting and reevaluating old ones; It is time to start a new dialogue about the state of photography and its social, cultural, and political effects in our society; it is time to give back to the photographic community but also the region; it is time for you to join us!

www.rustbeltbiennial.com

Following the success of the inaugural RUST BELT BIENNIAL in the Fall of 2019, and as we all push through the pandemic we are excited to announce THE SHOW MUST GO ON - winter celebration of photography from around the globe with a special focus on work realized throughout the Rust Belt Region and in...

08/30/2021

We are excited to announce that submissions for the 2022 Rust Belt Biennial open in early September. As we make history together, coming out of once in a century pandemic, we decided to open the RUST BELT BIENNIAL to photographers from all around the world. We are offering $4,000 in cash prizes.

We are proud to announce Hercules Papaioannou, Curator at the Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki (Greece), as the competition juror.

Stay tuned for more information and stop by the RBB site to view the 2019 Biennial at www.rustbeltbiennial.com

07/28/2021

We are very excited to announce that the second RBB is coming back in 2022 with a new segment! More info coming soon…n the meantime take a look at work from the inaugural exhibition in 2019.

01/17/2020

For the next few days we are featuring: .Orloff who was one of the top 50 artist selected at the Biennial - enjoy!

01/15/2020

Photo by Matthew McCarthy
Untitled, Buffalo, NY 2018.

01/12/2020

Photo by Maureen Drennan: Arches, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY, 2017.

01/09/2020

Dan Farnum, Couple Under the Court Street Bridge, Saginaw, Michigan, 2015.

01/07/2020

We are continuing the new year with work from Dana Marks who was in the RBB Top 50 Category. Stop by and enjoy the work!

11/07/2019

Stop by our IG feed to view the work of some of the artists that submitted to the Rust Belt Biennial. We thank you all for your support and stay tuned...more exciting things on the horizon!

Photo by Benjamin Tankersley, Anthony's Dinner -

10/26/2019

Stop by and check out the work of Shawn Campbell. Untitled, Strange Creek West Virginia, 2018⠀

10/18/2019

The inaugural Rust Belt Biennial is over and there are more events coming down the road. In the meantime stop by our IG feed where creativity never stops.

Cary Horton, Package Liquor. St. Louis, MO 2019