Fixed Focus Fellowship 2027

A year-long Aurora PhotoCenter fellowship for up to 10 Indiana photographers ages 18–26. Fellows receive facility access, workshops, mentoring, professional-development sessions, monthly cohort feedback dinners, a $1,000 use-it-or-lose-it facility and workshop credit, and participation in a group exhibition of work made during the program.

Applicants must be Indiana photographers ages 18–26; art-school enrollment, academic training, and a particular subject, style, or working method are not required. Applicants primarily working in another medium may apply with a project incorporating photography. Submit by email up to 10 images or supporting files, a statement of interest of no more than 250 words, a short biography of no more than 200 words that includes the applicant's age, and two references. Fellows must buy their own film, paper, and materials. The $1,000 benefit is a use-it-or-lose-it credit for darkroom rental, scanning, digital printing, and alternative-process workshops charged at the member rate. Fellowship work will be included in a group exhibition and offered for sale.