Candela Photographic Arts

10/15/2026

10/14/2026

You coming to bingo to win a print next Saturday? Get your tickets via candelaphotoarts.org or link in bio ✨

Join us Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 1-5pm for our first ever small print bingo event for the chance to win one of the fifteen works on view in our Bingo exhibition. Tickets for the event are first-come, first-serve and available for purchase in advance online. Limited seating to 50. A $45 ticket gets 15 rounds of bingo (3 squares per round). Double your chances with double the bingo cards for $80. $5 a la carte bingo sheets will be available for purchase each round to up your ante and win your favorite prints. We’ll also have the Tender Boys back in house serving cheap concessions!

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: All artists in this exhibition have generously given two editions of their print: one, which is framed on the wall, will be available as a prize in Candela’s inaugural Small Print Bingo fundraising event on October 24. The second edition will be entered into a print exchange with the other artists in the exhibition.

YOU COULD WIN:

Dana Bell | BROOKLYN, NY
Two Stand, One with Hand at Mouth,
from Interference Patterns, 2026
Inkjet print, 8 x 10 inches.
Edition #6 of 10 + 2AP

YOU COULD WIN:

Katie Bonzer | LOS ANGELES, CA
Let’s Circle Back, 2025
Inkjet print, 9 x 12 inches.
Edition of 2

YOU COULD WIN:

Aaron Canipe | MEBANE, NC
Neighborhood Cat,
Winston-Salem, NC, 2017
Archival inkjet print,
11 x 11 inches.
Edition of 3

YOU COULD WIN:

Jingyin Che | BLOOMINGTON, IN
Residual Matter, 2026
Archival pigment print,
9 x 12 inches.
Variable edition of 5

YOU COULD WIN:

Race Dillon | OAKLAND, CA
Night Heron Grooming, 2026
Gelatin silver print,
10 x 8 inches
Edition of 10

YOU COULD WIN:

Pat Doyen | RIVERDALE, MD
Divine Illumination, 2026
Polymer photogravure on
Hahnemühle copperplate,
12 x 12 inches.
Variable Edition of 6

YOU COULD WIN:

Andrew Ellis | BROOKLYN, NY
Nick, James River, 2023
Archival inkjet print,
9 x 12 inches.
Edition of 5

YOU COULD WIN:

Nadine Levin | SAN MATEO, CA
Homage to Francis Bacon, 2024
Inkjet print, 10 x 10 inches.
Edition of 10

YOU COULD WIN:

Cooper Lott | LOGAN, UTAH
I Wish I Could Have
Known You, 202

10/07/2026

Have you submitted to the 2027 Candelar yet? Our beloved annual calendar project is back, and the free submission remains open through Monday, October 12.

The Candelar is a limited edition set of twelve 5x7 fine art photo calendar cards printed in-house on Hahnemühle Museum Etching paper. Participating artists receive a special artist’s copy of the Candelar and a feature during their month.

Visit our homepage or visit the link in bio to submit your images for the next batch!

Already a fan of the Candelar and want to snag a copy in advance? Pre-orders can also be placed for a discounted price until October 31 via website homepage or bio link.

10/06/2026

Don’t forget to join us this Thursday, October 8, as we welcome Brooklyn-based artist and 2025 Guggenheim Fellow Tommy Kha into the space to talk about his solo exhibition, Facades.

Doors will open at 6, talk with kick off around 6:30.

Please RSVP by visiting candelaphotoarts.org or via the link in our bio. We can’t wait to see you there! 🧨

10/02/2026

On view: Facades by Tommy Kha and When Seeds are Sent For Flowers by JW Toftness. These two solo features are joined by our pilot Bingo exhibition for this evening’s First Friday Art walk. All exhibitions can be seen through October 24th.

Upcoming events:
October 8th | artist talk with Tommy Kha
October 24th | Bingo fundraising event 1-5 (tickets via link in bio). Win a framed print!

See you soon 🧨

09/15/2026

Candela Photographic Arts is delighted to introduce our pilot BINGO open call exhibition & print swap, on view from Friday, October 1 – Saturday, October 24, that will culminate in a closing day Bingo fundraiser during which each work on view will go to a new home with a photo lover!

Participating artists have given one print to be framed by Candela and won during our Bingo fundraising event, and one to be entered in a print swap with the other artists in the show.

ABOUT THE EVENT:

Join us for our first ever small print bingo event, Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 1-5pm. Doors will open at 12pm to peruse the exhibition, grab snacks and bevs from the concession table, or prepare your bingo game face. Games will begin at 1pm.

Tickets for the event are first-come, first-serve and available for purchase in advance online. Limited seating to 50. Learn more via link in bio!

Bingo at Candela continues our mission to support photographic artists and photographic collectors through sharing work, discovering new artists, and growing art collections.

See you at bingo 🧨

08/28/2026

NEXT WEEK: Candela is excited to announce the openings of solo features for artists Tommy Kha (Tommy Kha) and JW Toftness (JW Toftness).

THURSDAY, September 3, 6-8: Exhibition Preview & Artist Talk with Savannah-based artist, JW Toftness

FRIDAY, September 4, 5-8: First Friday Art Walk Opening

THURSDAY, October 8, 6-8: Artist Talk with Brooklyn-based artist, Tommy Kha

Link in bio to learn more & RSVP to artist talks.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITIONS

Kha’s exhibition, Facades, features a continuation of Kha’s practice of collaborative, multi-generational work wherein the artist is both photographer and performer. The artist’s photographs take the form of living collages, forgoing digital manipulation in favor of physical layering in-camera in the form of cut outs, mark making, masks, and wallpapers.

Toftness’ When Seeds Are Sent for Flowers presents a selection of brand new images alongside works from Toftness’ MFA thesis, To Redecorate a Dream, focusing on human relationships with technology and on slippages between perceived and mediated realities.

Both exhibitions will be on view through Saturday, October 24.

A special thank you to Higher Pictures for helping us bring Tommy’s work to RVA!

08/19/2026

SUBMISSION OPEN THROUGH 8/28:

Candela Photographic Arts is delighted to introduce our pilot BINGO open call exhibition and tiny print swap, featuring fiteen small photographic works which will be on view from October 2 – October 24, and will culminate in a special closing day bingo fundraiser during which each work on view will go to a new home with a photo lover!

This is a tight turnaround, so take note of important dates:

Submissions close: August 28
Roster announced: September 3
Print delivery deadline: September 22
Exhibition opens: October 2
Final day/ Bingo event: October 24

Link in bio to submit!

Juried artists will send two editions of their unframed print to Candela: one, a donated* print, will be framed in a standard frame and be available to win for our first Bingo Day. The other unframed print will be lovingly shipped to another participating artist in the Bingo show through a randomized print swap.

WHAT TO KNOW:
*exhibition prints will be treated as an “in kind” donation to Candela Photographic Arts and will help support programming fundraising efforts through our bingo event
- submission to the exhibition and print swap is free
- Candela will provide frames for exhibition works, and shipping for unframed print swap works
- submissions need to have two available editions for participation (one to contribute to bingo, one to swap with another artist). Variant editions count!
- submitted works must be 12” or less on the longest side.

While we are thrilled to support the practice of each featured artist and promote sales of work where we can, it may be good to note that this particular exhibition and print swap is philanthropic and community-focused in nature and may not be a great fit for artists looking for big sales opportunities! That’s okay! We know! We still love you! If this isn’t your jam, other upcoming submission opportunities include our Candelar open call at the end of September and our UnBound16! open call in January 2027.

Stay tuned for more details about our Bingo event on October 24! See you soon 🧨

08/08/2026

It’s the final day to see UnBound15! before the gallery takes a little break for our September openings by Tommy Kha and JW Toftness!

The gallery is open today from 12-5. Swing by in person to see these works and enter our $10 raffle to feed Big Penelope and win Candela goodies! All entries get a Penelope sticker. We’ll draw the winner at 8pm. :)

Stay tuned for an announcement about this year’s Collection acquisitions and honorarium recipients!

08/01/2026

DON’T FORGET! Join us tonight, Saturday, August 1, from 6-10pm for our first summer fundraising party as a 501c3! The beloved annual “UnBound! party” becomes CANDELAFEST and helps support all operations as Candela Photographic Arts.

For lovers of vintage Candela, back alley chicken is back, with legendary Terry Brown passing the sacred torch to our crop-topped Tender Boys! The scavenger hunt returns better than ever with haiku clues and sweet sun, moon, and fried egg prizes! Fried pickles and bubbly bevs! Delicious smoothies provided by SOMEWHERE GOOD, spun tunes by Don Chirashi, and baked treasures by Lisa Makes Pie! There will be a giant interactive hen of divination! Opportunities to win handmade, photographic, and event-related prizes with at the raffle table! For the first time, we’ll also be sharing our Collection acquisitions and honorarium recipients at the party! We’ll be crowning a Deity of the Hour! We’ll have fresh Candela and Tender Boys merch up for grabs! The mischief never ceases!

Come party with us to support photography! Tickets available at the link in bio or by visiting candelaphotoarts.org/candelafest.

See you tonight! 🧨🐓