Turning 50 deserves a party! In 2025, the Center of Creative Photography (CCP) celebrates five decades of collecting with an exhibition of more than 100 photographs and archival objects drawn from its vast holdings. Picture Party brings these items together in ways that create visual “conversations” across time and place – and that also welcomes you, the viewer, into dialogue with the many ways artists have used photography, from the earliest days of the medium to today. Come join the party and discover how students, scholars, artists, and visitors gain new ideas, insights, and inspiration from the CCP’s unparalleled collection.
Picture Party: Celebrating the Collection at 50
Barbara Bosworth, Christmas Solar Eclipse in My Father's Hands, Sanibel, 2000, Gift of the artist. © Barbara Bosworth
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Chill Zone: CCP’s Summer Experience
Chill Zone: CCP's Summer Experience
June 2, 2025 - June 30, 2025 All Day Event
Step into the Chill Zone, a relaxed, self-guided space in the Center Galleries designed to help you beat the summer heat.
Funny Business: Photography and Humor
Funny Business: Photography and Humor
June 14, 2025 - January 4, 2026 All Day Event
Spanning nearly the entire history of the medium, Funny Business: Photography and Humor offers a compelling view into the ways artists have utilized visual humor not only to provoke laughter and delight, but also as a means of resistance, an antidote to the heaviness of...
Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis
Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis
August 23, 2025 - December 6, 2025 All Day Event
In Pictures for Charis, American photographer Kelli Connell reconsiders the relationship between writer Charis (pronounced CARE-iss) Wilson and photographer Edward Weston through a close examination of Wilson’s prose and Weston’s iconic photographs.