Due to the high demand and reaching gallery and outdoor capacity during the past Monsoon Shows, we have made a few changes to the show this year.

They are as follows:

• The "opening night" will be two nights; Friday and Saturday, September 19th & 20th, 6-10pm. The exhibit will run for two months with closing night being Friday, October 17th 6-10pm.

• Artist will be expect to attend all three nights.

• There will be a $5 entrance fee for the general public to get into the exhibit each of the three nights. Selected artist will receive one complimentary admission for themselves and two additonal complimentary admissions for family or friends each night.

• We will have live entertainment from 6-730pm.

• The time-lapse video premiere will start at 730pm.

Monsoon Show 2025 at BRILL Gallery & Studio

Experience the Power and Beauty of Arizona’s Monsoon Season

Step into the awe-inspiring world of Arizona’s monsoon through the lens of some of the state’s most talented local photographers.

This juried exhibition at the BRILL Gallery & Studio in Phoenix showcases striking still images and captivating time-lapse videos that capture the drama and intensity of monsoon season—flash floods, towering dust storms, fierce winds, and breathtaking lightning displays.

Come see the storms like never before and hear the stories behind the shots from the photographers who brave the elements to document nature’s power in motion.

BRILL Gallery & Studio
926 E Garfield Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85006

Opening Night(s):

• Friday, September 19th, 2025, 6-10pm (Third Friday)

• Saturday, September 20th, 2025, 6-10pm

Closing Night:

• Friday, October 17th, 2025, 6-10pm

Arizona Monsoon Photography Prints to be displayed and sold in the BRILL Gallery & Studio and time-lapse videos to be projected on an outdoor screen on opening and closing nights.

Photography - Finished size to be no larger than 30x40. Finished size is the outside dimensions of your piece.

Timelapse Videos - Finished video will be in 1080p or 720p format.

This show is open to all Arizona based photographer’s both amateur and professional. Images and/or timelapse videos must be taken in Arizona during the Monsoon season running June 15th to September 30th of any year.

By entering our Arizona call to photographers and videographers you are agreeing to be added to the Brill Gallery and Studio email list for forthcoming artist opportunities. By submitting images and or videos, you agree that the images and or video are your own work, you own all rights to the images and or videos, and you take full responsibility for the content, including the likeness of recognizable individuals. The actual artwork will remain the property of the artist.

Our mission is to promote artists and their work. Should your work be selected, you grant The Brill Gallery and Studio the right to display your image and/or video on our website, on social media, and where appropriate to help promote the Monsoon Show. The Brill Gallery and Studio will always credit the artist wherever feasible. We will not use your image for any other purpose without the artist’s permission.

In consideration of selection, images and time-lapse video entries will be reviewed, selected, and curated by five local Arizona artists during selection phase.

The Brill Gallery and Studio will take a 25% commission on all sales, 75% goes to the photographer. The gallery percentage goes to help promote the monsoon show, refreshments, insurance and general maintenance of the space and website.

Sold prints must remain in the gallery through the duration of the show. Artists can supply a replacement image for the gallery if needed.

Artists decide pricing on their photographs, the gallery would then collect 25% of that price, when payment is collected. If the artist prefers, the print does not have to be for sale.

For each image and or time-lapse video selected by the jury to be included in the show, a $45 payment is required at time of selection.

Deadline to submit is Friday, August 8th, 2025.

Selected Artist and work will be notified by email no later than August 16th, 2025. Entry fee will be taken at that time.

Photography Prints – Selected artists will then be responsible for dropping off the finished, WIRED and ready to be hung photography print to the gallery by September 13th. We are proud to be partnering up again with Phx Photo Lab so if you need a local print shop we have arranged a special code to get you discounted rates on printing. That code will be provided to you if your image is selected. You are also welcome to use your own print shop.

Timelapse Videos – Selected artists will then be responsible for providing full resolution (up to 1080p) video to the gallery by email by Sept 6th, 2025. Email will be provided at time of selection.

Additional requirements - Selected artists will also be responsible for providing a portrait and an audio recording to be done in the gallery by September 13th. This can be completed when you drop of your photography. These recordings (QR code) and portraits will be presented alongside your photography.