Pete’s painting, monkey in mirror, wishbone, lenten roses, 2024 ©NMcCrary
Call for Entries
South x Southeast Gallery
Open Call
curated by
Celso González-Falla
Open to all photographers
Deadline December 15, 2025
Exhibition Online
January & February 2027
Four images for $40
Additional Images $10 each
Celso Miguel González-Falla is the President of the Sondra and Charles Gilman Jr. Foundation, Inc., Vice-President of the Gilman and González Arts Foundation, President of The Cintas Foundation, and former trustee and Chairman of the Board of Aperture Foundation from 2005-2014. Appointed by Governor Bush as a Texas Art Commissioner, he served from 1997 to 2003. Along with his late wife, Sondra Gilman, they control Soncel Financial, Inc. development of The Lakes, a 1400 acre planned community in Kingsland, Georgia.
Born and educated in La Habana, Cuba, (Colegio de Belen, Universidad Católica de Santo Tomas de Villanueva, Civil Law) González left as a Cuban political exile in June of 1961 and arrived in Texas.
Celso, along with his late wife Sondra Gilman, is an avid collector of photography.
ART news listed Sondra and Celso in 2004 as one of the top 25 photo collectors and in 2011 as one of the top 10 photo collectors. ART net listed Sondra and Celso in 2015 as one of the top 12 most influential photo collectors.
Their collection has been viewed through numerous loans and exhibitions within the US and abroad.
The three books celebrating the collection are “The Beauty of Lines” written by Tatyana Franck and Pauline Martin, published by the Musee l’Elysée in 2018. “From the Heart” The Power of Photography-A Collector’s Choice written by Adam Weinberg published by Aperture in 1998. and “Shared Vision” The Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez Collection of Photography, published in 2011 by MOCA.
Celso and Sondra’s interest in the arts extends to the theatre world. The Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation was founded in 1989 and supports lyricists and writers in American musical theater. The Gonzálezs were honored with the Theatreworks USA’s Lee Salk “Good Works” Award, Musical Theatre Works’ Award for Distinguished Contributions to Musical Theatre, and Urban Stages for work in promoting and supporting musical theater.
Celso’s main passions are Cuba and the collecting and taking of photographs. His first novel “My Lost Cuba” was published in October 2013. A translation: “La Cuba que Perdimos” was published in September 2016.
Celso resides in Corpus Christi, Texas, Kingsland, Georgia, and Manhattan, New York.
HOW TO ENTER:
Please follow these directions exactly to send your entry via email to nancy@sxsemagazine.com
- subject line: Open Call
- file name on each image: your last name your first name title of image – example: mccrarynancybigredhouse
- images should be 72 dpi, 1000 on the longest side, jpeg only
- Please zip all images into a file and attach the file to the email.
- pay for entry (see below)
- Send the email
HOW TO PAY:
Click HERE for first Four images: $40
Click HERE for additional images: $10 each
Questions? E nancy@sxsemagazine.com
Thank you
