EXPOSURE 2026
Exhibition & Event Registration
Be part of Alberta’s vibrant photography festival. Register your exhibition or event to be featured in our festival program and connect with a dynamic community of photographers, artists, and audiences across the province
Registration deadline: Sunday, December 7th, 2025
Michelle Bui: Naked Excess at Esker Foundation. Presented as part of Exposure 2022.
REGISTRATION INCLUDES:
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Your exhibition or event will appear in Exposure’s beautifully designed festival guide, created this year by Public Eye Studio. Thousands of guides are distributed across festival venues, galleries, and local businesses, helping audiences discover and navigate the full breadth of the festival.
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Exposure’s online reach is growing rapidly, with more than 25,000 users actively engaging during the 2024 Festival and over 15,000 new audience members added. Registered participants are promoted through our website, newsletters, and social media channels, connecting your exhibition or event with local, national, and international audiences.
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Exposure consistently attracts strong media attention, both locally and abroad. By registering, your exhibition becomes part of our official press release, opening the door to additional media coverage. Past features have appeared on CBC Radio, CTV, British Journal of Photography, AnOther Magazine, Avenue, PREVIEW, MUSÉE Vanguard of Photography Culture, and more.
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We will equip you with Exposure graphics, logos, brand guidelines, promotional materials, physical signage, and festival swag. These tools will help you establish your venue as an official Exposure exhibition or event, attract audiences, and strengthen your connection to the wider festival community.
OPEN TO ALL
We welcome everyone—galleries, artist-run centres, DIY spaces, local businesses, collectives, curators, and independent photographers and visual artists. By coming together, we can showcase a broad spectrum of perspectives, practices, and ideas, sparking new conversations and connections in Alberta’s photographic community.
217 artists shared their work in solo and group exhibitions across Alberta during the 2025 Festival.
DIVERSE REPRESENTATION
82 programs—from exhibitions and events to workshops and talks—filled 42 different locations.
VIBRANT PROGRAMMING
From laundromats to libraries, Exposure partners with inclusive, accessible spaces of all kinds.
UNIQUE VENUES
Each year, more people join the celebration, connecting artists and communities across Alberta.
GROWING AUDIENCES
REGISTRATION DETAILS
EXHIBITIONS
Registration is open to all galleries, arts organizations, DIY spaces, local businesses, artist collectives, independent artists, photographers, and curators across Alberta. If your exhibition features photo-related work during the month of February, we’d love to include it in the Festival program.
COST: $250
DEADLINE: DEC 7, 2025
RELATED EVENTS
Registered exhibitions can add unlimited related events—such as openings, closings, artist talks, or workshops. Simply submit a separate form for each event to ensure it’s listed on our website and promoted across Exposure’s channels.
COST: FREE
DEADLINE: DEC 7, 2025
STAND-ALONE EVENTS
No exhibition? No problem! Stand-alone events like talks, panels, photo walks, print exchanges, gear swaps, workshops, or community mixers are also welcome. Register to connect with festival audiences and be included in our program and promotions.
COST: $60
DEADLINE: DEC 7, 2025
CONTACT US
New to Exposure or curious about getting involved? Whether you’re registering an exhibition for the first time, looking for a venue, or offering your space as an exhibition site, we’re here to help. If you have any questions about the festival or need support with registration, just send us an email—we’d love to hear from you!
PREVIOUS EXHIBITION PARTNERS
To learn more about Exposure previous Exhibition Partners please see the following links:
Exposure 2025 Exhibition Partners
Exposure 2024 Exhibition Partners
Exposure 2023 Exhibition Partners
Exposure 2022 Exhibition Partners
Exposure 2021 Exhibition Partners
Exposure 2020 Exhibition Partners