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Open to the public for gallery receptions during our city wide gallery crawl, First Fridays ICT. (We do not use messenger).

Also open to the public by appointment by contacting the gallery directly. Midwest Center for Photography is the located in Wichita’s Museums on the River District and is dedicated to exploring the medium of photography. The gallery provides the organization and presentation of exhibitions for emerging and mid-career artists.

10/03/2026

TRAVERSING TERRAIN - INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE & CITYSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

Through a range of photographic interpretations of various topographical regions, the Traversing Terrain exhibition will encompass various ways of describing and documenting the natural and man-made landscape. Images of the physical land and various interpreted aspects of the environment can be found where the city meets the country in our towns and out on the plains. Through the act of observing the landscape and cityscape we seek to capture the visual qualities of the physical terrain and intimate details of nature. Photographing to find one’s connection to a particular environment, to experience various scenes of landscape and cityscape, and to simply explore while traversing and embracing the terrain. The works presented in this exhibition will represent what it means to examine the natural, the urban, and suburban landscape through the medium of photography.

10/01/2026

SELECTED ARTISTS ANNOUNCED - PORTFOLIO PLATFORM -
2026/2027

SELECTED ARTISTS:

Barbara DeGenaro, Winterset, IA;
Kylo-Patrick Hart, Aledo, TX;
Allison Klein, Naperville, IL;
Fern Nesson, Cambridge, MA;
Wesley Pfleeger, Arroyo Grande, CA
Janet Roller-Schmidt, Elmhurst, IL,
Tom Gdisis, Kearney, NE.

The Portfolio Platform provides the focus of a streamlined online presence in this virtual gallery experience. The Portfolio Platform provides the opportunity for photographers to showcase a portfolio of photographic work prominently online while we have shifted to offer more online platforms. The portfolios are available in slide show format for patrons of the gallery to go online and view, learn about the photographers and their work through the images and biographies and artist statements, and have the opportunity to purchase photographs.

Each portfolio consists of 10 - 20 images.

Selected artists will have their work featured for a period of six months online.

PORTFOLIO PLATFORM 2026/2027 FEATURE DATES: OCTOBER, 2026 - MARCH, 2027

NEXT FEATURE DATES: APRIL - SEPTEMBER, 2027
SUBMIT TO THE NEXT FEATURE BY JANUARY 30

To view portfolios and read more please visit: www.mwcponline.com

10/01/2026

WHITE - INTERNATIONAL ACHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION - ENTRY DEADLINE - OCTOBER 1

JANUARY 2027 EXHIBITION -

Open to all photographers internationally.

White being the reflection of all light wavelengths makes it a visual sensation of all colors. White is the absence of color when viewed as a pigment, while it is physically the presence of all colors of light wavelengths. The photographs featured in the White exhibition will encompass images comprised of various chromatic colors with the emphasis being on the lightest end of the color spectrum. Varying degrees of the absence or presence of saturation, white can be approached photographically as a neutral in contrast to dark hues, or as varying shades of color with white being the dominant visual element.

Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Theme based entries are not necessary. A brief artist statement is optional. Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.

EXHIBITION DATES: JANUARY 9 - 25, 2027

Image credit: Natalie Weber

For more information regarding "WHITE" and to enter please visit: www.mwcponline.com

10/01/2026

ENTRY DEADLINE OCTOBER 1 - TEN X TEN - 17th ANNUAL SMALL WORKS SHOW -

Click the link in bio ⬆️ to enter.

TEN X TEN is an annual small works exhibition that celebrates the wide range of creative expression within the square photographic format, the interplay of images creating contrasts and similarities are exciting to experience in the unique juxtapositions of the grid format exhibition.

TEN X TEN focuses on offering affordable collectable works that are ten inches by ten inches in dimension, and sell for $200 each.

Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Theme based entries are not necessary, and a range of different images are preferred.

Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and will be offered for sale online.

Exhibition dates: November 14 - December 31, 2026.

www.mwcponline.com

09/30/2026

WHITE - INTERNATIONAL ACHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION - ENTRY DEADLINE - OCTOBER 1 JANUARY 2027 EXHIBITION - Open to all photographers internationally. White being the reflection of all light wavelengths makes it a visual sensation of all colors. White is the absence of color when viewed as a pigment, while it is physically the presence of all colors of light wavelengths. The photographs featured in the White exhibition will encompass images comprised of various chromatic colors with the emphasis being on the lightest end of the color spectrum. Varying degrees of the absence or presence of saturation, white can be approached photographically as a neutral in contrast to dark hues, or as varying shades of color with white being the dominant visual element. Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Theme based entries are not necessary. A brief artist statement is optional. Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online. EXHIBITION DATES: JANUARY 9 - 25, 2027 Image credit: Cherie Truesdell �For more information regarding "WHITE" and to enter please visit: www.mwcponline.com

09/30/2026

PORTFOLIO PLATFORM 2026 - FEATURED ARTIST: Richard Schramm, Carrboro, NC

"Military Presence"

This project was inspired by photographer Lee Friedlander’s 1976 book The American Monument. Working from the premise that nothing is more invisible than a monument, Friedlander set out to rescue from invisibility shrines to soldiers, presidents, common folks, heroes, noble causes, and grand achievements. He presents the majority of the 213 monuments pictured in the volume straightforwardly, but in his best images he puts the subject in humorous or ironic juxtaposition to its surroundings, often pushing it to the periphery of the frame or making us hunt for it by hiding it amidst ambient clutter. Thus Friedlander makes the monuments visible by emphasizing their invisibility. In so doing, he raises questions about such topics as historical memory, the purpose of monuments, the contrast between the ideal and the mundane, the story of a monument’s creation, and changing conceptions of the noble and the heroic.

Emulating Friedlander’s compositional practices, Richard has produced photographs that call attention to the once-deadly weapons that sit benignly and virtually unnoticed near our homes. He hopes to encourage viewers to ask what they mean. How does the physical, cultural, and political context of their display shape our responses to them? Are they advertisements for the military, historical artifacts, or mere curiosities? Do they celebrate peace or war? Are they symbols of security or threat?

Richard Schramm has been taking pictures for forty years, but until his retirement he was unable to devote full attention to photography.

Prints in the portfolio are digital archival prints, 12" X 16" and various, 2025, $200 each.

To view portfolio and read more please visit: www.mwcponline.com

09/30/2026

ENTRY DEADLINE OCTOBER 1 - TEN X TEN - 18th ANNUAL SMALL WORKS SHOW -

Click the link in bio ⬆️ to enter.

TEN X TEN is an annual small works exhibition that celebrates the wide range of creative expression within the square photographic format, the interplay of images creating contrasts and similarities are exciting to experience in the unique juxtapositions of the grid format exhibition.

TEN X TEN focuses on offering affordable collectable works that are ten inches by ten inches in dimension, and sell for $200 each.

Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Theme based entries are not necessary, and a range of different images are preferred.

Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and will be offered for sale online.

Exhibition dates: November 14 - December 31, 2026.

Image credits: David Carrothers, Kylo-Patrick Hart, Donald Bolak, Bonnie Johnson, Andrea London, Rion Huffman, Erin Zatrine, Deborah Ness, Tim Keane.
www.mwcponline.com

09/30/2026

WHITE - INTERNATIONAL ACHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION - ENTRY DEADLINE - OCTOBER 1

JANUARY 2027 EXHIBITION -

Open to all photographers internationally.

White being the reflection of all light wavelengths makes it a visual sensation of all colors. White is the absence of color when viewed as a pigment, while it is physically the presence of all colors of light wavelengths. The photographs featured in the White exhibition will encompass images comprised of various chromatic colors with the emphasis being on the lightest end of the color spectrum. Varying degrees of the absence or presence of saturation, white can be approached photographically as a neutral in contrast to dark hues, or as varying shades of color with white being the dominant visual element.

Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Theme based entries are not necessary. A brief artist statement is optional. Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.

EXHIBITION DATES: JANUARY 9 - 25, 2027

Image credit: Cherie Truesdell

For more information regarding "WHITE" and to enter please visit: www.mwcponline.com

09/30/2026

ENCORE RECEPTION - TRAVERSING TERRAIN - INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE & CITYSCAPE EXHIBITION - October 2, 5 - 7 p.m.

Through a range of photographic interpretations of various topographical regions, the Traversing Terrain exhibition will encompass various ways of describing and documenting the natural and man-made landscape. Through the act of observing the landscape and cityscape we seek to capture the visual qualities of the physical terrain and intimate details of nature. Photographing to find one's connection to a particular environment, to experience various scenes of landscape and cityscape, and to simply explore while traversing and embracing the terrain.

Phil Anderson, Wichita, KS; Max Benjamin Bell, Copenhagen, Denmark; Hsien-Chih Chuang, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Michael Cordone, Queens, NY; Robert Crifasi, Boulder, CO; Yunlong Dai, Arlington, VA; James Davis, Fairfield, IA; John Diephouse, Lansing, MI; Cyrus Feldman, Baltimore, MD; Timothy Gordish, Wichita, KS; Kylo-Patrick Hart, Aledo, TX; Tracie Heller, Miami, FL; Charles Hively, Brooklyn, NY; Allison Klein, Naperville, IL; Don Kline, Baltimore, MD; Darcia Kovarik, Burwell, NE; David Lancaster, Columbia, MO; Vita Levar, Palatine, IL; Milca Melendez, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Fern Nesson, Cambridge, MA; Sandra Pike, Fort Lee, NJ; Linda Robinson, Wichita, KS; Russ Rowland, New York, NY; Les Schmidt, New Orleans, LA; Richard Schramm, Carrboro, NC; William Mark Sommer, Loomis, CA, Ethan Welch, Wichita, KS.

RECEPTION: FRIDAY, 10/2, 5 - 7 P.M.

Image credits: Sandra Pike, Max Benjamin Bell, Robert Crifasi, Kylo-Patrick Hart, Tracie Heller, Michael Cordone, James Davis, Russ Rowland, David Lancaster.

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