Center Space Gallery
May 1 – July 11, 2026

The 46th Annual Cerro Gordo Photo Show, sponsored by the Safford and Lena Lock Photo Endowment Fund, is now open in the Charles H. MacNider Art Museum’s Center Space Gallery.

Sixty-two photographic entries were received from residents in Cerro Gordo County and from those attending the spring or summer semesters at North Iowa Area Community College.  Thirty-six photographs by twenty artists were chosen for exhibition by a panel of judges.

Area residents whose work was chosen for this year’s show are: Alec Heggen, Brad Janson, Wendy Janson, Dennis Nettifee, Margo Underwood, and Lisa Wolf of Clear Lake; Tyler Bartholomew, Emily Belt, Haylie Cox Estep, David Crippin, Mila W. Fullerton, James Fullerton, Lisa Grouette, Kyle W. Lucas, Jim Rose, Kathryn D. Skellenger, Melissa M. Summerfield, Helena Torres, and Abraham Wolf all of Mason City; Alanna Davison of Plymouth.

An opening reception and awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 7, starting at 6 p.m. The cash award winners will be announced at 6:30 p.m.  $125 will be awarded to the entry selected as Best in Show.  For the second award, $75 will be given, and the third award will be $50.  Honorable mentions will also be announced. Continuing this year, artists entering the Cerro Gordo Photo Show for the first time had the option to select the First Time Entrant category.  Photographs in this category will only be judged against other first-time entrants and have the opportunity to win a $50 prize.    The opening reception is free and open to the public.

The 46th Annual Cerro Gordo Photo Show will be open to the public through Saturday, July 11, during regular museum hours.  Admission is free of charge.