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Exhibition and Scholarship Opportunity with Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
PAFA is pleased to announce Crosscurrents, its first annual AICAD juried undergraduate exhibition. Rising juniors and seniors are invited to submit work for consideration. Selected artists will be chosen from over 42 schools across the U.S. and Canada and awarded with a museum exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. One student in the exhibition will be chosen to receive a full tuition scholarship to attend PAFA’s MFA Program.
Eligibility
- Students currently enrolled in their junior or senior year.
- Must attend an AICAD institution.
- No application fee is required.
- Deadline: October 14, 2016
Application Requirements
- Submitted works must be no larger than 74 inches in the vertical dimension.
- A portfolio of 3-5 images. Images can originate in any format but must be submitted digitally through SlideRoom and sent to aicadjury@pobox.pafa.edu.
- Images submitted should be in jpeg format, 12 inches on the longer side, sized at 72 pixels per inch, saved at the highest setting available (usually 10 or 12). Name your files with your last name then first name separated by an underscore followed by the number in the sequence. Example: Doe_Jane2.jpg
- Each application must also include a caption sheet for images submitted that describes Image Title, Dimensions, Medium, Date, and a concise description of work, limited to 260 characters maximum. This will be visible to the jurors alongside your image portfolio.
- Artist statement: applicants must submit a written statement that discusses your images, process, and intentions as it relates to the works shown. 500 words maximum. This can be in .doc or .pdf format. Please also list your name, attending school, and a faculty recommender. (A recommendation letter is not required.)
Selection and Notification
Chair of the MFA Program Didier William and resident critic Colleen Asper will jury the exhibition and select 5 finalists who will be considered for the full tuition scholarship. Additional application materials will be required of those artists, and notification of the winner of the full tuition scholarship will occur the evening of the opening on December 9, 2016.
International Center of Photography Teaching Assistant Positions for Youth Photo Classes
ICP at THE POINT is an ongoing collaboration with THE POINT in the South Bronx, providing a photography-based program that includes a classroom studio, black-and-white darkroom, and gallery. For more information on this partnership visit our website and see below for upcoming class dates.
Photography I in Black-and-White for Preteens
Oct 17 – Dec 19 | Mon 4–7pm
Photography I in Black-and-White for Preteens
Oct 18 – Dec 20 | Tues 4–7pm
Photography I in Black-and-White for Teens
Oct 5 – Dec 21 | Weds 4–7pm (no class Oct. 12)
Photography I in Black-and-White for Teens
Oct 6 – Dec 22 | Thurs 4–7pm (no class Nov. 24)
ICP’s Teen Academy offers youth photography classes that enrich and educate. Students can choose to enroll in 10-week Teen Academy classes or in the more intensive, year-long Imagemakers program. Classes meet at the ICP School in midtown Manhattan. Read more here and see below for the upcoming fall class dates:
Photography I in Black-and-White: Camera and Darkroom
Oct 6 – Dec 15 | Thurs 4-6:30 pm + Field Trip TBA | Pablo Lerma
Photography I in Color: Color Film and Darkroom
Oct 1 – Dec 17 | Sat 2-5pm | Liz Sales
Photography II in Black-and-White: Preparing Your Portfolio
Oct 2 – Dec 18 | Sun 3–6pm | Jaime Schlesinger
Teen Academy Imagemakers
Sept 28–June 14, 2016-17 | Wed 4–6:30pm | Lesly Deschler-Canossi
Please email cgoldman@icp.org to specify ing your course of interest. All Teaching Assistants should have experience in darkroom photography and experience/interest in working with teens.
LensCulture Call for Entries: Emerging Talent Awards 2016
Katsumi Saiki
Seeking 50 of the World’s Best Emerging Photographers
We invite you to enter our 4th annual Emerging Talent Awards, which are dedicated to discovering the best emerging photographers from all over the world. Our international jury will select 50 outstanding photographers — from all cultures, all points of view, with no age limit.
Awards will include a digital gallery exhibition at the International Center of Photography Museum in New York City, $20,000 in grants, opportunities for exposure at over 50 international photography festivals, inclusion in the upcoming photobook, The Best of LensCulture Today: 150 Contemporary Photographers, which will be distributed and sold worldwide and so much more. Don’t miss this opportunity to expose your work to a global photography community of over 2 million!
APERTURE / PARSONS Artist Talk: Yann Gross
APERTURE / PARSONS ARTIST TALK AND BOOK SIGNING: YANN GROSS
Tuesday, September 20
7:00 pm
Aperture Gallery and Bookstore
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY
$5 DONATION
This event is free for students with ID and Aperture Members at the $50 level and above.
Aperture Foundation, in collaboration with the Department of Photography at Parsons The New School for Design, is pleased to present an artist talk with Yann Gross. Gross’s photographs showcase the mysticism of humanity and the different ways in which we inhabit the world. Featuring subjects that range from young skateboarders in Eastern Africa to an Americanized community living in the valleys of Switzerland, Gross’s photographs delve deep into the notion of escapism and identity while continuously questioning our own misconceptions of culture. Masterfully constructed and controlled, his images offer insight into the lives of under-recognized societies. In his most recent publication, The Jungle Book: Contemporary Stories of the Amazon and Its Fringe (Aperture, 2016), Gross creates a visual experience of the diverse worlds that inhabit contemporary Amazonia. In the introduction, Arnaud Robert describes the disappointment of those who visit the Amazon in the hopes of finding an enchanted land: “Old-world expeditions have been replaced by all-inclusive trips and mosquito screens, the odor of the antipodes without their bitter taste.”
The Jungle Book will be available for purchase and a book signing will follow.
Yann Gross (born in Vevey, Switzerland, 1981) is a photographer, filmmaker, and designer who graduated from École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne in 2007. Gross has received numerous awards for his work, including the PHotoEspaña Discoveries Week Award (2008), Photography Award at the International Festival of Fashion and Photography, Hyères, France (2010), and LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award for The Jungle Book(2015). Gross is a member of the international artist collective Piece of Cake and the cofounder of Canal GuaTeKa, an Internet channel created for indigenous youth living in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
Image: Turtle shell cap, 2012; from The Jungle Book(Aperture, 2016) © Yann Gross
For more information, please visit the Aperture Foundation website.
Katherine Wolkoff (New BFA Photo Faculty) Launches Book “Vita Nova” at Spaces Corners at ICP Museum
ROMAN NVMERALS is a publishing collaboration started by artists David La Spina and Michael Vahrenwald. The imprint consists of a series of simple, single-signature books, consisting of a concise body of work. ROMAN NVMERALS books are affordable and printed in the US at Meridian Printing in East Greenwich, Rhode Island on an Indigo Press. The artist-funded books are printed in batches of 20–40 in order to have no backstock or overhead, serving as a streamlined vehicle to make self-publishing affordable for artists.
ROMAN NVMERALS’s new releases include the following titles:
Vol. IX: Nine by Ted Partin
Vol. X: Little Discrepancies by Linda Gallagher and Brian Bauman
Vol. XI: El Camino Real by John Lehr
Vol. XII: Island Ponds by Orianna Riley
Vol. XIV: Woven Nº 4 by Tanya Marcuse
Vol. XV: Woven Nº 9 by Tanya Marcuse
Vol. XVII: Drafts: Letters Unsent by Ann Daly
Vol. XVIII: Vita Nova by Katherine Wolkoff
Vol. XIX: Garden Study by Marion Belanger
Vol. XX: Ranch House by Marion Belanger
Vol. XXI: Outside Edge by Marion Belanger
Vol. XXII: Oasis by Kristine Potter
Vol. XXIII: A Different Kind of Tension by Darin Mickey
Vol. LVII: Box of Fiction by Ann Daly
Student Interns for Gowanus Darkroom
Gowanus Darkroom is searching for interns interested in the Darkroom Monitors Program!
Gowanus Darkroom is a non profit organization focused around analog photography. Our facilities host a group darkroom for rent, film processing space, and film scanner, as well as many classes and workshops. Feel free to browse our website (www.gowanusdarkroom.com). Our volunteers learn how to run and manage a space such as this one, and become a part of a large community of passionate photographers and artists. Our volunteers are welcome to use our facilities free of charge in exchange for their services!
For more information contact:
Rachel
rachel@gowanusdarkroom.com
Founder Gowanus Darkroom
www.gowanusdarkroom.com
718 788 1751 (W)
310 291 9415 (C)
Alumna Elena Montemurro (BFA Photo ’13) Featured in i-D magazine
BFA Photography graduate Elena Montemurro was recently featured by i-D magazine for her coming-of-age photo series. You can see her feature here and visit her website here.
Freelance Photography Opportunity
Thuzio is looking for a student to photograph their bi-monthly events. The events last about 2-3 hours and often feature up-and-coming celebrities and professional athletes.
About Thuzio
Thuzio provides businesses and professionals with an all access pass to celebrity talent and influencers through a comprehensive online platform, talent procurement services and event series.
If you’re interested, please contact Adaline Fulton at afulton@thuzio.com.
Megan Paetzhold (BFA Photo ’16) Exhibits at The Aperture Foundation in “Photography is Magic”
Aperture Summer Open is an annual open-submission exhibition at Aperture Foundation’s gallery that features a wide variety of work drawn from members of our photographic community. Selected annually by a prominent curator or editor, the exhibition seeks to reveal and report on critical themes and trends driving international contemporary photographic practice. The exhibition opens the doors of the Foundation to all photographers, both well- and lesser-known, as it fosters and promotes new ideas and talent.
Paetzhold will be exhibiting work from her series Studies in: Ambylopia
Show Opening:
Thursday July 14th, 6-8pm at the Aperture Foundation
Ryan James Caruthers (BFA Photo ’16) Featured in Huffington Post Arts
“Photographer Ryan James Caruthers’ self-portrait of himself in a wrestling uniform is a stark departure from that norm. His shape is long and skinny, pale and delicate. His eyes are shut, his arms raised, his face resting somewhere between exhaustion and ecstasy. Blood drips from his nostril like a violent omen. In this striking photograph, Caruthers’ expression resembles that of St. Theresa more than the traditional classical Greek sculptures used to embody athletic masculinity. ”
Queer Photographer Revisits Traumatic High School Sports Tryouts In Stunning Series
Jess Richmond (BFA Photo ’16) Wins Grand Prize in PDN 2016 Edition of The Curator
“The Madness of Many” is a self-portrait series by Jess Richmond depicting her and her imagined twin sister, Connie. Each image is an illusion that is constructed in-camera, toying with spatial relationships, familial relationships and the picture plane.
Adrian Lam, BFA Photo Alumni, Helps Launch New High End Lifestyle Site, RealClearLife
RealClearLife is a guide to a life well lived. As the men’s lifestyle affiliate of RealClearPolitics, RealClearLife curates and creates the world’s most striking images and ideas, commissions top new content, and keeps our audience connected to the best of the world around them.
Visit RealClearLife for more information.
Jeanine Oleson, Associate Director of MFA Photo, Awarded MacDowell Fellowship
Jeanine Oleson, Associate Director of MFA Photo/Asst. Professor of Photography has been awarded a MacDowell Fellowship for Spring 2016. As a MacDowell fellow, Oleson will complete a residency at MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, the oldest and most established artist colony in the nation. She will be working on an upcoming project for the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Photography Opportunities with Coverd Photo
Coverd Photos has jobs for motivated, talented photographers. Our website describes who we are and what we do, but our model is simple – we believe that by making professional photography both easy to access and affordable, people will reimagine the way they think about and use it. We charge $200 for the first hour of photography and $100 each additional hour. We split that 50/50 with our photographers. We have a wide range of event types from youth sports to bar and bat mitzvahs and even some weddings. We are a far more reasonable option than most pros.
Whether undergrads, masters program students, or graduates, please contact:custserv@coverdphoto.com if interested.
The Pulitzer Prize Photographers, May 10
Photo Credit: Robert H. Jackson
The Pulitzer Prize Photographers
Tuesday, May 10 at 7:00 PM
Parsons School of Design, New York
Register here
In recognition of the Pulitzer Centennial, The Eddie Adams Workshop and Parsons School of Design, present an evening of Pulitzer images throughout the decades with:
Robert H. Jackson “Oswald Shot, Live to the World” 1964
John Filo “Death on Campus” 1971
John White “One Man’s Chicago” 1982
Martha Rial “Trek of Tears” 1988
Carolyn Cole “Monrovia Under Siege” 2004
Daniel Berehulak “Ebola: A Plague’s Horror” 2015
Plus a conversation with Pulitzer recipients and Eddie Adams Workshop alumni: John Moore, Adrees Latif, Ruth Fremson and Tim Rasmussen
Moderated by: Santiago Lyon, VP for Photography, Associated Press and Hal Buell, former Photo Director, Associated Press
Sponsorship is provided by Nikon, Inc. and B&H Photo
The program is organized by the Eddie Adams Workshop in collaboration and partnership with Parsons School of Design at The New School. Supporters include the Associated Press, Hal Buell Associates with encouragement from The Pulitzer Centennial Committee
Fall 2016 Elective: Sex Ed
Fall 2016, Day: Thursday, Time: 3:50-6:30
Photo Faculty Matthew Jensen Named Guggenheim Fellow
Matthew Jensen, Part-Time Lecturer at Parsons, has been named as Guggenheim Fellow in Photography for 2016. Jensen has taught in the Photography program at Parsons since 2012.
The Guggenheim Foundation’s announcement gives a comprehensive history of Jensen’s work and background:
Artist Matthew Jensen’s multi-disciplinary practice combines walking, collecting and rigorous site-specific explorations of landscapes. His projects strive to connect people to places by expanding the traditions of landscape photography to include a range of mediums and actions. Each body of work develops from time spent in publicly accessible landscapes or by examining the way different technologies transform this experience.
Walking and participation have been central to a number of Jensen’s recent projects. Walking Flatbush, is an artist-map and poster created and distributed in conjunction with Crossing Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Museum (2014). A Walker’s Guide to Chadds Ford, also an artist-map and poster, was the centerpiece of Jensen’s solo exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania (2014). Both maps combine found objects, native plants, historical research, and anecdotes with logistical information. Jensen combined community participation, walking, history, and collecting in his exhibition The Wilmington Center for the Study of Local Landscape at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (2013). The final installation provided an outlet for the work created by participants and also featured discoveries made by Jensen throughout the Wilmington park system. One series of photographs titled, Tree Love, documented the tree carvings and arborglyphs found in abundance along the Brandywine River. The age-old tradition was revealed to be a century-old subculture with thousands of carvings hiding off-trail on nearly every beech tree; a marriage proposal, poems, vulgarities, insults, countless hearts, and portraits dating as far back as 1903. Jensen designed and led artist walks in conjunction with the aforementioned exhibitions as well as for Storm King Art Center, the Municipal Arts Society, City as Living Laboratory, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Third Streaming and Elastic City.
New York City landscapes have been the subject of many of Jensen’s photographic and collection-based projects. The ongoing project Park Artifactshas been presented in various iterations in solo exhibitions on Governors Island (2010), at Wave Hill (2012), at the Queens Museum during his ArtBuilt Mobile Studio residency (2015), and in Brooklyn Bridge Park (2016). The collection contains over 6,000 artifacts found in plain sight during walks through parks. Historical objects like a Spanish Real from 1746, flint arrowheads, clay pipes, and trading beads mix together with objects as familiar as fishing lures and plastic toys. Ian Frazier, writing for the New Yorker, described the wandering process in an article titled Lost and Found (23 July 2012).
Light and landscape combine as metaphor in numerous works by Jensen. In 2009 the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired his photographic seriesThe 49 States and exhibited it in After Photoshop: Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age (2012). The photographs were derived from months of exploring small towns in the early days of Google Streetview. The series is also in the collection of the National Gallery of Art where it was also exhibited (2016). Other works like The Sun Returning, 14 Hour Sunset and Rainbow Around the Sun were exhibited together at Yancey Richardson Gallery as part of Jensen’s solo show Feels Like Real (2015).
Matthew Jensen received his B.A. in political science and fine arts from Rice University in 2002. He worked on a number of national, state, and city grassroots political campaigns prior to receiving his M.F.A from the University of Connecticut in photography and sculpture in 2008. He is a MacDowell Fellow and has participated in residencies at the Queens Museum, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Wave Hill and Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Jensen has been a part-time lecturer of photography and studio art at Parsons/The New School since 2012. He has also taught at SUNY Purchase, George Washington University and the University of Connecticut.
Photography Lecture: Paul Hill
April 12, 12.10-2.50PM
Wollman Hall, 65 W 11th St, New York, New York
This event is open to all students and faculty.
On April 12th, British photographers Maria Falconer and Paul Hill, renowned author and educator will be presenting two projects. The first, Anon, came about when they both decided to volunteer in the refugee camps on the Greek Island of Lesvos and on the border of Greece and Macedonia. The title and their photographs reflect the anonymity and depersonalization of refugees who have had to flee their countries in the Middle East and North Africa to stay alive, literally, economically, and psychologically.
The other project, titled Empty Fantasies, looks at the remains of empty photographic sets. Fantasy and illusion have always gone hand in glove in photography since its inception in 1839. Photographers have created sets in their studios and even in today’s Photoshop world, man made sets of illusion are still in photographers’ studios, because the physical nature of these spaces are still essential in the world of glamour photography in particular.
When empty, these sets seem strange and eerie, even surreal. What slices of reality are they mimicking – and for what purpose are they used? The photographs of Falconer and Hill hint at their purpose, and combined with the quotes of the users, (photographers and models) record another reality. The tension between those words and their photographs only serves to reflect how important fantasies are to our lives and how parallel universes are more tolerable than the ones we live in.
Parsons Alumni and Faculty to Exhibit in Queens International Exhibition
Sylvia Hardy (MFA Photography ’12), Magali Duzant (MFA Photography ’14) and Shadi Harouni (Faculty in Fine Arts) Exhibiting in Queens International 2016, the Queens Museum’s biannual exhibition of artists living or working in Queens, NY. The show highlights and contextualizes the artistic vibrancy of the borough through cultural productions in all media. The seventh iteration looks to the idea of thresholds and the way spaces for transition, contact, and exchange operate. These notions of borders and acts of border-crossing are also characterized by collaborations with Trans-Pecos, an alternative music venue, and Ayham Ghraowi, designer and creative director for the exhibition’s multi-outlet publishing platform.
The Opening Reception is taking place on April 10, 4PM – 8PM
Queens International 2016 is organized by guest curator Lindsey Berfond and Queens Museum Director of Exhibitions Hitomi Iwasaki.
Participants
Manal Abu-Shaheen
Vahap Avşar
Jesus Benavente and Felipe Castelblanco
Brian Caverly
Kerry Downey
Magali Duzant
Golnaz Esmaili
Mohammed Fayaz
Kate Gilmore
Jonah Groeneboer
Bang Geul Han and Minna Pöllänen
Dave Hardy
Sylvia Hardy
Shadi Harouni
Janks Archive
Robin Kang
Kristin Lucas
Carl Marin
Eileen Maxson
Melanie McLain
Shane Mecklenburger
Lawrence Mesich
Freya Powell
Xiaoshi Vivian Vivian Qin
Alan Ruiz
Samita Sinha and Brian Chase
Barb Smith
Monika Sziladi
Alina Tenser
Trans-Pecos (with 8 Ball Community, ESP TV, and Chillin Island)
Mark Tribe
Sam Vernon
Max Warsh
Jennifer Williams
Kambui Olujimi (BFA Photo ’02) Exhibits Solastalgia at CUE Art Foundation
Curated by Hank Willis Thomas
CUE Art Foundation
137 W 25th St, New York, NY 10001
Opening: April 7, 2016, 6-8 PM
On view from April 7-May 12
Kambui Olujimi presents the opening of Solastalgia at the CUE Art Foundation. The exhibition includes large-scale sculptures, silkscreens, and paintings. The works in the show reside at the intersection of numerous issues of current concern to me: the condition of New York City and the nation including gentrification, police killings (both by and of the police), as well as the challenges of commemoration and loss.
The term solastalgia was coined by Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht in 2003. Essentially it is the feeling of homesickness when one is still home. “Solastalgia is when your endemic sense of place is being violated,” Albrecht describes. Though the term originally references the psychological displacement of farmers due to climate change, I use it as a lens to examine the psychological dynamics tied to the rapidly changing five boroughs.
BFA Photo Faculty and Program Director Colin Stearns’ Book “Meridian” Reviewed in Photo Eye
“If all photographs are afterimages — traces and disclosures of an ever-changing world — what is gained by foregrounding this fact? Always previous and elsewhere, images reveal people we’ve known, know or may never meet, as well as places we’ve been or may never visit. They linger, reinforce or displace memories, and come back in unexpected ways. A personal reflection on the vagaries of photographic vision, Colin Stearns’ self-described photo-novel Meridian gathers three years of peripatetic images taken in France and New York City. Modest and unassuming, the images follow the life of a young man on the move with a camera. Alone and restless, he gazes at the world from a distance and moves through a landscape of foreign cities, parks and wilderness, and the confines of anonymous hotel rooms and flats. Less romantic autobiography and more philosophical missive, Meridian points to a past that is slipping away and yet held still in mute images. ” – Adam Bell
Visit Photo Eye to read the full review
Internship with Software Studios
BFACD Faculty Highlight: Tamara Maletic
Tamara Maletic began graphic design studio Linked by Air with partner Dan Michaelson in 2005. Linked by Air specializes in the creation of design systems and technological platforms that grow with institutions. Since 2005, they’ve worked with major cultural and educational organizations, charities, artists, architects, and corporations. The studio sometimes describes its expertise as the “production of public space,” whether in the world or online. Its interest is in creating systems that work for all their constituents, and that show their health by evolving successfully over time. Along with co-creating Linked by Air, Tamara teaches Core Typography in the Communication Design department. You can learn more about Linked by Air’s work on their website, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.
Eleven different computer programs in Prada’s New York store transformed and twisted customers’ images in beautiful and fun ways as they moved past. As a vendor to 2×4.
The new identity for Columbia Books on Architecture and the City is a permanent placeholder whose aspect ratio always shifts to match the aspect ratio of the object it’s imprinted upon. The cover of the catalog displays many versions of the mark, corresponding to the different sizes of the books in the catalog.
The Away With Words app is award-winning cinematographer Christopher Doyle’s celebration of how words and images collide to form new, often ironic associations. Users are encouraged to make their own associations with Chris’s street photographs, by attaching new words and images to existing ones.
Kambui Olujimi (BFA Photo ’02) Exhibits At CUE Art Foundation and the NADA Art Fair
Opening April 7, 2016, Kambui Olujimi presents, Solastalgia, a solo show with the CUE Art Foundation. The exhibition includes large-scale sculptures, silkscreens, and paintings. The works in the show reside at the intersection of numerous issues of current concern to me: the condition of New York City and the nation including gentrification, police killings (both by and of the police), as well as the challenges of commemoration and loss.
The term solastalgia was coined by Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht in 2003. Essentially it is the feeling of homesickness when one is still home. “Solastalgia is when your endemic sense of place is being violated,” Albrecht describes. Though the term originally references the psychological displacement of farmers due to climate change, I use it as a lens to examine the psychological dynamics tied to the rapidly changing five boroughs.
Olujimi will also exhibit with collaborator Camilo Alvarex and Samson Projects for the NADA Art Fair in May and September at the Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco.
Submit Your Imagery for a Chance to Exhibit at the Hermitage Museum
Interpretations: Monumental Public Space & The Human
This exhibition will address the function of monumental contemporary and historical New York City based public spaces including museums, monuments, educational institutions, train stations, and other institutional locations. Image makers are asked to focus on aspects of scale, function, intimacy, ideas of public ownership, and the emotional and physical effect these architectural spaces may have on the humans that engage them.
Submission details: Submissions are open to all New School Students.
- Photographs must be submitted as 72 dpi jpgs at 14 inches in the longest side.
- If your image is chosen you will need to submit a 300dpi jpg at 28 inches on the longest side. We will be printing the final images.
- Videos need to be 1:00 to 3:00 long. All music needs to either be in the public domain or rights released.
- Only photographs and video will be accepted for consideration.
Submissions are due by 10pm, Saturday, March 19th, 2016
15 photographers and a selection of videos will be included in the exhibition. Selected artists will receive an email notifying them of their acceptance on or before March 28th, 2016.
Please email or wetransfer your submissions to Thomas Werner at: wernert@newschool.edu Be sure to place Hermitage Submission in the subject line for your work to be considered.
Communication Arts 2016 Photo Competition
Enter the most prestigious competition for creativity in photography, the Communication Arts Photography Competition. Any photograph first published or produced from March 2015 through March 2016 is eligible. Selected by a nationally representative jury of distinguished designers, art directors and photographers, the winning entries will be distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Photography Annual, in print and digital editions, and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work. As a service to art directors, designers and art buyers, a comprehensive index will carry contact information of the photographers represented.
Each winning entrant will receive a personalized Award of Excellence, milled from solid aluminum, and award certificates issued for firms, individuals and clients.
CA’s Award of Excellence is one of the most-coveted awards in the industry. If chosen, winning places you in the highest ranks of your profession.
http://www.commarts.com/competition/2016-photography
BFA Photo Senior Pin-Up
BFA PHOTOGRAPHY
SENIOR PIN-UP
Friday, March 11, 5PM – 7PM
66 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
Parsons BFA Photography Seniors will be pinning up their thesis work in progress. It’s a chance for them to see one another’s work, and receive feedback as they move forward in their final thesis year.
Take A Break From Midterms: Spring Breakers Bash! Wednesday, March 9
Peer Mentors / Spring Breakers Bash!
Who: Parsons First Years, AMT Undergrad Sophs and Juniors!
Join us for
Tacos + Treats
Button Making + Tie Dye
Wednesday – March 9th 3 – 4pm
University Center, 63 Fifth Ave.
Star Foundation Room
UL 102
Mark Woodward & Megan Paetzhold (BFA Photo) Discuss Transgender Transition and Gender Fluidity In “Lia” Photo Series
On Friday, March 4, 2016 BFA Photography seniors Mark Woodward (MW) and Megan Paetzhold (MP) will debut “Lia” at the No.4 Studio in Brooklyn, NY. The series depicts the transgender transition of Antonio Romero to Angelita, who goes by Lia for short. The exhibit, which was curated by Paetzhold and photographed by Woodward over a four-year period, will feature 30 prints documenting Lia’s journey through addressing the topics of transgender transitions and gender fluidity. The exhibit will show from March 4-6th.
By Terricka Johnson (TJ)
Mark Woodward and Megan Paetzhold, Photo by Nick Bridges
TJ: So, what made you want to do this project? How did you meet Lia?
MW: We were both freshmen at the New School. I knew Lia as Antonio for the first 3 months of our friendship and over the winter break when she publicly started her transition, I was captivated by that primarily from a photography standpoint. Those first few images were a really complex duality between really vulnerable and scared but also having this sort of confidence suddenly emerge.
It really interested me on a personal level and I think throughout the whole four years that’s been my ethos. It’s not so much a transgender transition. This story is more of just Lia becoming herself.
TJ: What was her reaction? Did you approach her or was it a mutual thing?
MW: She knew me as a portraiture photographer back then and I approached her wanting to shoot in the studio. Those first few images were really… I couldn’t put my finger on it – what was happening, but I knew something was happening. I was going to slowly work up the courage to ask, but she actually asked me. I think for a lot of people transitioning, they almost don’t want these moments of difficulty remembered, but what’s amazing about Lia is she’s seeing her story as very honest and wants it to be almost educational.
TJ: The first day you all shot, after you walked away from it, what was your initial thought from that day?
MW: It’s tricky because I wish I did, like I do now: sit down in a coffee shop with my Moleskin journal and document my emotions, but I was like 18 or 19 then, so I didn’t think it would be a big project. I simply thought it might have been a couple of shoots. I just remember feeling very intrigued. Those first few images were quite androgynous.
I think when you start shooting with someone the first time, at least for me, I think I always second guess “Oh, how is our dynamic? What’s our friendship like? Do those picture show that? Do they show attention?” So I think I was thinking more after those shoot “Oh, I hope I made her feel comfortable” as opposed to “Let’s critique the images”.
TJ: You’ve been shooting Lia for how many years now?
MW: 4 and a half years.
TJ: Over that, what kind of growth have you seen in her and the way that she sees herself now?
MW: Of course the physical changes were something, which is important to show but I think the images I wanted to show from her growth as a woman weren’t so much as purely glorifying and celebrating. I wanted to show the reality of it. Even when I knew her as Antonio, I remember Antonio being quite introverted, quite guarded whereas now I think there’s just this real inner confidence because she’s wearing her heart on her sleeve.
There are a lot of people who have transitioned or are transitioning or about to transition who I think really fight demons of “Do I go for it or do I continue this performance of someone I’m not?” It’s just so brave. I work with a lot of people in the military too and yes that’s brave and rightly so that gets the amount of media it does for people who’ve served in combat or any armed forces, but I don’t think people realize that bravery is not just a physical strength. That’s a huge point I’ve learned from this. How brave it is to be vulnerable.
Lia, Photo by Mark Woodward
TJ: When you stepped into this journey what were your initial thoughts on joining everything?
MP: Well, I’ve known the project for a while. I knew Lia when she was Antonio. Mark asked me a couple of months ago.
MW: Probably January
MP: January. He brought the idea forward of me curating because we’ve worked together in the past. I was just very honored because I know how important the project is between the two of them. And I liked the challenge of presenting this story in a way that more interesting than just A to B and focusing on the physical.
It’s not about once the surgery is done: “You’re a woman”. I wanted to focus on that inner transition and go a little bit out of the linear idea of it and make it a more nuanced representation of what you expect the story to be: Beginning, Androgyny, Surgery. Making it more complex.
TJ: Did you ever reach a hard point or have to have any kind of breakthrough?
MP: You mean editing?
TJ: Throughout the whole process, between the both of you?
MP: I think last Saturday? We had a good, long 6-hour working session. Because there’s a lot of images. Which is good—
MW: It’s an archive!
MP: It’s quite the archive. When shooting for 4 and a half years you would expect that. So going from a couple of hundred images, getting it down to 30. Trying to pick the best images to tell that story is a process and it’s hard but, once you get to that point where it makes sense and there’s nothing you want to change, that’s a really good feeling.
MW: It was something for me. I was in the project too much. I think I easy to pretend with the idea that you can be emotionally removed from things, but I think that’s total BS. If you’re going to shoot intimate pictures, if you’re going to have someone drop their guard for you, you’re going to get emotionally attached and I think that’s a good thing. I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
Where she (Megan) curates, she gives you enough to understand but she makes it a much more personal reaction and I think that’s the mission objective with this show. We want people to have their own personal reaction to Lia’s transition. I don’t want people to see and just understand “Ok. This was January. This was February. This was March.”
MP: My goal whenever I’m sequencing and editing is to leave enough ambiguity for the viewer to sort of put themselves in it. And this was a really good project for that. And I think that cutting it down to it’s simplest bones to tell the story but giving you enough to grab on to makes it stronger.
MW: Yeah it was tough. This project’s been my darling.
MP: We had to kill a few photos.
MW: I think I’ve gone into from the start as it’s a friendship. Like it’s never been like “the project”. It’s always been that Lia’s a close friend of mine. We met when were at very key moments in both of our growth and development. I was 18 and she was 19. We’re both in New York City. She was studying theater at the time and I just came here to study photography.
I just think we started this whole thing at such a pinnacle moment of both of our lives and because she had such an unbelievable few years it’s always been more of a friendship. It’s been fun. It’s been really fun to just grow up with this person.
TJ: I think that’s very descriptive for a lot of people. Especially if you come to a city like New York when you can be a little bit more open about yourself. How do you think her background played into who she became and how do you think that shows in the pictures?
MP: You can see Lia’s progression in the series. You can see Marc’s progression as a photographer but you also see the progression of their friendship. And I think you have this mix of these very candid images and these studio portraits, it creates this… you don’t even need to know the background to get the story but it’s there. You can feel it.
TJ: How has your working relationship with each other kind of changed and grown through this process?
MP: We’ve worked together a lot this year. We have a good working relationship and a good friendship and I think that’s what makes it fun. I don’t work with projects I don’t like. If you’re not in it you’re not going to curate it well. This work is really strong. And giving me a pretty good amount of freedom has been helpful. It’s a collaborative effort but we have a very strict “share all of your opinions” policy and I think that’s been very beneficial.
MW: You collaborate with someone for their voice, for their style. You don’t do it for their skill set. I just trust Megan’s gut.
MP: If you like at my work and you look at Mark’s work it’s very different. But I think what’s the point of collaborating with someone who’s the same as you because you’re just going to make the same thing. When you work with someone who has a different mindset that you come up with something way more interesting than either of you could have come up with on your own.
TJ: So final question. If you had to describe the show in three words, the whole experience up to the exhibit.
MP: The show itself or the process or the series?
TJ: The whole process. Everything
MW: Layered. Honest, and Fun. It’s been really fun. And Lia’s going to be there. When I call her up I’m like “Are you sure you’re giving me all access to the images? I can show anything I want? I’m not holding anything back here”. She’s like “I want the story told”. I know seeing her in that space… yes it’s symbolic, brave and beautiful, but what fun to watch someone have this moment and have their last 4 and a half years celebrated.
Draft Magazine Call for Submissions
Draft Magazine is calling for student submissions. Submissions are open from February 1 to March 1, 2016. All students attending a university in the state of New York are eligible to apply. We are accepting all types of photo based work, including still photography images, moving images, video, digital collage, and photomontage. It does not matter when the piece was made.
Formerly reserved for Rochester Institute of Technology students, this year in the 13th edition for the first time in its history the editors are opening up submissions to all students throughout the state of New York. If accepted, students will be published in the book and have the opportunity to partake in a corresponding exhibition on May 6, 2016 at Gallery r in downtown Rochester. This night corresponds to First Friday, and all participating artists will gain exposure for their work.
Please pass this information along to students at your university who might be interested in submitting. This is a wonderful opportunity to gain recognition for your students.
Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, and to find out more information about Draft Magazine and the editors please visit our website or USEED page.
Best,
Draft Magazine
Summer Photographers Wanted!
Camp Laurel is a private, co-ed residential summer camp in Maine seeking Photographers for the summer of 2016.
Photographers are responsible for capturing, editing and posting pictures to our daily photo gallery. It’s a great opportunity for aspiring professionals to build their personal portfolio.
For samples of work that our photographers produce, please check out our website, www.camplaurel.com. A few good areas on our site to review are the Yearbook Archives, Films and Staff Experience sections.
If you are interested in this type of position, please contact me at tim@camplaurel.com or call 800-327-3509. To apply online, visit our website at www.camplaurel.com.
BFA Photo Senior Mark Woodward Shows “LIA” at No.4 Studio in Brooklyn
LIA — Photographs by Mark Woodward
March 4th—6th, 2016
No.4 Studio 195 Morgan Ave, #204 Brooklyn, New York 11237
Opening reception from 6-9pm Friday, March 4th
Artist’s talk, 3.30pm Saturday, March 5th
We are pleased to announce Lia, an exhibition of 30 prints by photographer Mark Woodward, documenting the four year transgender transition of Antonio Romero to Angelita, Lia for short. This series of photographs are a quiet, sensitive, portrayal of Lia’s complex journey from male to female. Through this collaboration the photographer and subject have developed a friendship that has allowed Woodward to honestly capture deeply personal moments of challenge, success, joy, and contemplation. In doing so he has avoided the more obvious images that are traditionally shown when addressing transgender transitions and gender fluidity. The exhibition is curated in collaboration with fellow Parsons student Megan Paetzhold, a curator, photographer and writer based in New York City. Mark Woodward, a British and American citizen, was born and raised in Hong Kong. He currently splits his time between New York City and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Mark’s website: markwoodwardphotography.com
Mark’s Twitter: @mwoodwardphoto
Aperture / Parsons Artist Talk: Dru Donovan
Aperture Foundation, in collaboration with the Department of Photography at Parsons School of Design, is pleased to present an artist talk with Dru Donovan. (more…)
Internships for Photography Students
Red Hook Labs
Red Hook Labs is seeking interns to assist in the following three departments: Studio, Production, and Gallery/Social Media. Red Hook Labs is a public benefit corporation, started by co-founder of Art + Commerce Jimmy Moffat, that is a full functioning photography studio, operating production company, and venue space for events and gallery exhibitions. Some of our recent clients include Chanel, DKNY, Miu Miu, L’Oreal, Dior, and American Vogue.
Production
-Checking photographer, h/mu, stylist options
-Location scouting
-Bookings (cars, catering, vehicles, etc)
-Assisting on set
-Billing
-Production inventory
Studio
-Manage bookings
-Updating contact list
-Studio inventory
-Setting up cleaning, bill payments, etc
-Studio upkeep (cleaning, stock, etc)
Gallery / Social Media
-Researching artists, gallery vendors, etc
-Assisting in all aspects of gallery show production (framing, printing, etc)
-Pulling content for social media
-Updating website
-Coordinating email blasts, promotional materials, and more
-Archiving work
The ideal candidates are highly organized, problem solvers, self motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
The applicant must be available two-three days a week (9:30am-4:30pm). This is not a paid position but transportation (monthly metro card) + lunch will be provided.
To apply for the Production internship, please send over letter and resume to: helena@redhooklabs.com.
To apply for the Studio internship, please send over letter and resume to: simon@redhooklabs.com.
To apply for the Gallery internship, please send over letter and resume to: sabrina@redhooklabs.com.
Photographer’s Forum 36th Annual Spring Photography Contest
1st PLACE :: $2,000 cash award plus…
• Sigma 24-35mm F2 DG HSM | Art lens ($999)*
2nd PLACE :: :: $1,500 cash award plus…
• Sigma 24mm 1.4 DG HSM | ART lens ($849)*
3rd PLACE :: :: $1,000 cash award
4th PLACE AWARDS (x5) :: Five $125 awards
200 HONORABLE MENTIONS
All Honorable Mentions will be listed in the November 2016 issue of Photographer’s Forum magazine and will receive a certificate of outstanding merit.
The top 16 winning photos will be published in the November 2016 issue of Photographer’s Forum. All contest finalists will be published in the hardcover book Best of Photography 2016 (December 2016).
- Early entry fee is $4.95 per photo uploaded or postmarked on or before April 15, 2016
- Final entry fee is $5.95 per photo uploaded or postmarked on or before May 20, 2106
- Rights remain with photographer.
- Subject matter is open.
Call for Submissions: THE FENCE
THE FENCE offers a unique opportunity for photographers to present powerful photography in the public realm, and share their work with millions of people when/where they least expect it. By re-contextualizing the use of large format outdoor photographic displays normally reserved for advertising, THE FENCE becomes more than a showcase for photography – it becomes a shared public experience.
Website: http://fence.photoville.com/
5th Year | Exhibitions in 5 Cities | $5,000 Cash Prize + A Leica T Camera Package
Cost of Submission: $40 per series (6 images)
Submission Deadline: March 7, 2016
Aperture / Parsons Artist Talk: Torbjørn Rødland
Aperture Foundation, in collaboration with the Department of Photography at Parsons The New School for Design, is pleased to present an artist talk with Torbjørn Rødland. Rødland’s photographs explore the symbolism of cultural mythologies and human nature. By staging common objects such as cotton buds, ropes of sausages, and high-top sneakers with the human body, he creates surreal images that elicit discomfort despite their ability to project a calm indifference toward the peculiarities depicted. In discussing the title of Rødland’s most recent publication, Torbjørn Rødland: Sasquatch Century (2015), Milena Hoegsberg, chief curator of Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, writes, “The term [Sasquatch] has a cadence that is both foreign and familiar… [Rødland] is invested in neutered symbols, or more precisely in reconfiguring symbols or motives that have undergone shifts in values or that have been partially drained of their cultural power.”
Location:
Aperture Foundation
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
New York
Date:
Tuesday, February 16
7:00 p.m.
$5 donation
FREE for Aperture Foundation Members and students with valid ID
More information
aperture.org/events
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Charina Endowment Fund, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Inc., and the Board of Trustees and Members of Aperture Foundation.
LHSA Student Photo Contest
LHSA invites all interested student photographers to help celebrate and enrich our Spring Shoot meeting in New York City, April 13-16th at the New York Hilton Midtown. The Student Photo Contest is an open competition (no restrictions as to subject matter, color or monochrome, type of camera, digital or film) Interested photographers are invited to submit up to two (2) total, hi resolution, electronic images in JPEG format to info@lhsa.org.
Submissions must be sent via email and shall be accepted no later than 12:00 pm CST, March 15, 2015.
All entries must have been shot in 2015 – 2016 and shall be the work of the photographer. The student will retain ownership of the images. Images will be judged by acclaimed photographer, Peter Turnley and will be announced during the meeting on Saturday, April 16th at 3:00 PM. Winners will be notified by e-mail or telephone.
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place winners will be notified before the LHSA Spring Shoot meeting and will be invited to attend our annual meeting in New York at their expense.
CONTEST RULES:
- Up to two (2) images may be submitted in jpeg format compressed no larger than 2 megabytes and no larger than 1024 pixels in the longest dimension
- Images may be in monochrome or color and must have been shot in 2015 – 2016
- Submissions shall be sent via e-mail to info@lhsa.org, attention STUDENT PHOTO CONTEST 2016 in the subject line
- Images must be accompanied by an electronic Cover Sheet that includes:
- Each image shall be labeled A and B, if two images are submitted
- Name – address – phone # – e-mail of the entrant
- Image data should include a title, camera model and lens used
- Aperture and shutter speed and ISO if known
WINNING ENTRIES:
- First Place winner will receive a one-year Print Membership to LHSA – The International Leica Society. In addition, an interview and first place image will be published in the Viewfinder.
- Second through Fourth place winners will receive a one-year Digital Membership. All winners will have their image published in the Viewfinder.
- Winners will be invited to the Spring Shoot meeting. The Student Registration ($30 – Saturday only) will be the responsibility of the winner(s) You may register at: http://lhsa.org/events/default.aspx.
- If the entrant is attending the meeting, please notify LHSA by e-mail.
- Images will only be used by LHSA for the contest. Images may be displayed at the Spring Shoot, “Viewfinder magazine”, LHSA web site or other information sources.
- Images shall remain the property of the photographer
Register to attend the LHSA Spring Shoot · April 13-16, 2016 · New York City
$30 Student registration (Sat. only) · Got to lhsa.org and register today!
Photo Contest: This is What Equality Looks Like to Me
This is What Equality Looks Like To Me — Photo Contest
CUNY ISLG’s Equality Indicators team developed a framework for measuring equality in Economy,
Education, Health, Housing, Justice, and Services. Equality, as we define it, is everyone having the same
outcomes regardless of disability, sexual orientation, gender, age, race, ethnicity, immigration status,
place of residence, and other characteristics.
Our framework is based on a data‐driven approach to measuring equality.
But we know data cannot tell the whole story.
That is why we are inviting you to share a photo that captures what equality looks like to you.
Who Is Eligible To Participate
Anyone is eligible to participate. Only one photo per contestant please.
The Rules
1.) Photos must be original (no downloading photos from Google free images) and under no
copyright restrictions
2.) Photos should be recent (taken in 2015)
3.) Entries should be high resolution in JPEG format
What You Will Win
1st Prize – An Ipad, An Equality Indicators T‐Shirt or tote bag, and Annual Report for NYC 2015
2nd Prize – An Equality Indicators T‐Shirt or tote bag
3rd Prize – An Equality Indicators Annual Report for NYC 2015
All winning photos will be posted on the Equality Indicators website.
Judging Criteria
Photos will be judged on how well they capture population groups and/or themes that are included in
the Equality Indicators study. Winning pictures should be thought‐ and/or emotion‐provoking.
The Population Groups
12 groups who are likely to experience inequality in NYC:
• Children under 18
• Immigrants
• Individuals currently in jail or on probation
• Individuals living in poverty
• Individuals with a physical or intellectual disability
• Individuals with less than a high school diploma
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals (LGBTQ)
• Racial and ethnic minorities
• Religious minorities
• Seniors 65 and over
• Single parents
• Women
The Themes
Six thematic areas were explored in the indicator study:
• Economy
• Education
• Health
• Housing
• Justice
• Services
Deadline for Entry
December 18, 2015
How To Enter
Email your photo to equality@islg.cuny.edu
Include:
• Your Name
• Your Email Address
• Your Phone Number
• Your City & State
• One sentence about your photo
Be sure to follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn for updates about the contest.
Good Luck!
Triangle Arts Artist-in-Residency, Parsons BFA Photo Student Lior Tamim, Opening Event 12/3
Lior Tamim, BFA Photography Senior
Lior Tamim, BFA Photography Senior at Parsons, is an artist-in-residence at Triangle Arts Association in New York City. He will be in residence there in November and December, working on his site-specific installation work. Tamim incorporates a wide variety of media including photography, video, performance, painting, and sculpture. Join him and fellow artist resident Pia Mannikko for their opening event on Thursday, 12/3.
Building Bodies: Pia Männikkö & Lior Tamim Thursday December 3 from 6–9 pm
Triangle Arts Association
20 Jay Street, Suite 318
Brooklyn, NY, 11201
Image: Pia Männikkö and Lior Tamim, Building Bodies, 2015.
Triangle artists-in-residence Pia Männikkö and Lior Tamim invite you into their studios to see works-in-progress that explore the limits of the human form.
Pia Männikkö constructs installations and photo collages that document and abstract the body as organic entity. Her practice explores the presence of the physical form as well as its interaction with the surrounding environment. Tamim transforms his studio into a vibrant red cube which serves as backdrop for an ongoing performance of the artist as body-builder. His collaborative and sitespecific installation negotiates complex questions about masculinity and power. Realized during their residencies at Triangle, the works on view by these two artists ask us to ultimately consider the body as malleable material. Pia Männikkö graduated from the Glasgow School of Art’s Sculpture and Environmental Art Department in 2010 and earned an MFA in Sculpture from the Finnish Art Academy in 2014. Her materials and methods are diverse—from everyday objects, textiles and clay to photography and video. Männikkö´s installations and sculptures have been presented in various exhibitions and art happenings, among others Mänttä Art Festival and Rovaniemi Art Museum in Finland, OpenART biennale in Örebro, Sweden, Armory Gallery in Sydney, Australia, Kraftwerk der Rathenau-Hallen, Berlin, Germany and The Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, Scotland. Männikkö is an artist-in-residence at Triangle Arts Association through the support of the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York.
Lior Tamim is a visual artist living and working in New York City whose projects are installation-based and site specific, as each dictate unique rules and methodologies. He incorporates a wide variety of media including photography, video, performance, painting, and sculpture. He studied art and photography at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem and at Parsons, The New School, New York. Tamim is currently training to be a body-builder while he is in residence at Triangle from November—December 2015.
Triangle Arts Association is a NYC based non-profit arts organization founded in 1982 to support international and U.S. artists. Triangle’s core initiatives: Residencies, Workshops and Public Programs are centered on dialogue, experimentation and the creation of community around art. www.triangle-arts-association.org
For more information, visit TAA’s website.
MFA Photography Alumni Book Release
MFA Photo Alum Magali Duzant announces the release of her first artist book, I Looked & Looked, published by Conveyor Editions. The book will be launching at the NY Art Book Fair at PS1 this week ( Sept 18-20 ).
She’ll be doing a signing on Saturday, September 19th at 3 pm ( Conveyor Editions, Table Q05 ).
“The book has been a labor of love and I’m so excited to be able to share it. On September 25, 1923, Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz wrote each other love letters containing a description of the full moon. Inspired by the synchronicity of this romantic exchange, I asked twenty individuals to describe the full moon on October 29, 2012, from their vantage points across the country. The surprise of Hurricane Sandy led to wildly varying accounts of a single sky. I Looked & Looked weaves these narratives together with a series of my images in a lyrical reflection on the natural world as a source of interconnectedness.”
The book will be available for purchase here : www.conveyoreditions.com
An official release party will coincide with the 3 year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy next month, details and invitation to come.
In addition, she will have a limited edition print available at Conveyor’s table.
Upcoming Exhibitions in Australia
Duzant will also be in Australia for two exhibitions in Tasmania and Sydney as well as a Visiting Artist position at Parramatta Artist Studios, and running an abbreviated version of Live Streaming Sunset for the Parramatta Lanes Festival alongside video work by the Australian artist Ella Condon.
Find out more at magaliduzant.com.
Photographer / Videographer Wanted
The Parsons MFA Fine Arts program is looking for an independent, self-driven, part-time photographer and videographer for 9 hours a week. Applicants would need to be available to shoot stills and video of Fine Arts Special Events, Lectures, and Artists visiting studios. Imagery will be posted to the Fine Arts website. Also, applicants would need to be free to work Wednesdays from 3pm to 8pm with an additional four hours post production and upload to a storage device; comfortable shooting both high quality still photos of guest speakers in formal lecture setting and informal studio environments; Experience with recording audio/video of lectures taking place each Wednesday in Kellen Auditorium.
Please send resume to Leslie Henkel at henkell@newschool.edu
PUSH PULL- PARSONS MFA PHOTOGRAPHY THESIS EXHIBITION Opening Reception: 8/26
PUSH PULL
PARSONS MFA PHOTOGRAPHY THESIS EXHIBITION
On view August 11 through September 9, 2015
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries
Parsons The New School for Design
Opening Reception: August 26, 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Parsons The New School for Design presents PUSH PULL, an exhibition of thesis work from its MFA Photography program in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center. Works include photographs, computer-generated imaging, 3D imaging and printing, video, and installation pieces.
Dongli Huang from Chinatown Project 2015
The exhibition features thesis work by Marco Bell, Shiang-Jiun Chen, Qiren Hu, Dongli Huang, Dongmin Lee, Rosana Liang, Ashley Middleton, Kelsey O’Brien, Masahito Ono, Melissa Preston, Matthew Scerbak, Emily Shevenok.
Under the direction of James Ramer, the studio-based Parsons MFA Photography program brings visionary students together with some of the artworld’s most influential photographers. Students are encouraged to develop their individual vision in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment and to explore related technologies, focusing on the relationship between concept and production.
For more information about the thesis exhibition, please visit http://amt.parsons.edu/thesis/Mfaphoto2015.
Marco Bell, “Shop n Save’s parking lot”, From the series Bolivar, New York 2015
Parsons The New School for Design is one of the leading institutions for art and design education in the world. Based in New York but active around the world, the school offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the full spectrum of art and design disciplines. Critical thinking and collaboration are at the heart of a Parsons education. Parsons graduates are leaders in their respective fields, with a shared commitment to creatively and critically addressing the complexities of life in the 21st century. For more information, please visitwww.newschool.edu/parsons.
The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center is an award-winning campus center for Parsons The New School for Design that combines learning and public spaces with exhibition galleries to provide an important new downtown destination for art and design programming. The mission of the Center is to generate an active dialogue on the role of innovative art and design in responding to the contemporary world. Its programming encourages an interdisciplinary examination of possibility and process, linking the university to local and global debates. The center is named in honor of its primary benefactor, New School Trustee and Parsons Board of Governor’s Member Sheila C. Johnson. The design by Rice+Lipka Architects is the recipient of numerous awards, including an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects. For more information please visit www.newschool.edu/sjdc.
General Information:
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
Parsons The New School for Design
66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street, NYC
Gallery hours: Open daily 12:00 noon – 6:00 p.m. and late Thursday evenings until 8:00 p.m.
Closed all major holidays and holiday eves.
Admission: Free
For more information, please contact 212.229.8919
or visit www.newschool.edu/parsons/sjdc.
CAMERA WORK MFA Photo Alumni Show Closing Reception September 2nd
AMT and the MFA Photography program present CAMERA WORK, an exhibition of work from Parsons MFA Photography Alumni, and part of our celebration of 10 years of the MFA Photography program!
Running from June 26 – September 2, 2015 at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center and Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery.
The artists in this exhibition are all “photographers,” which is to say they have all received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the photography program at Parsons School of Design, but none of them chemically transcribe the world onto film. Rather, they use various digital imaging and video processes to create their works; what they have in common is the camera, even if only the one on their iPhone. These artists’ enduring employment of the lens as a fundamental tool to make their art positions them within the photographic tradition and their varied practices as “photography.” Their art is camera work.
Including the work of: Jun Ahn, Berk Çakmakçı, Alison Chen, Xiao Chen and Yichen Zhou, Bobby Davidson, John Deamond, Nathan Harger, Erik Madigan Heck, Brigitte Lustenberger, Joy McKinney, Charlie Rubin, José Soto, Keith Telfeyan, and Marie Vic.
Curated by Sarah Hasted and Joseph R. Wolin. This exhibition is presented with the support of the MFA Photography program in the School of Art, Media, and Technology.
PUSH / PULL: MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition 2015 Closes September 9th
On view: August 10 – September 9
66 Fifth Avenue New York, NY
Opening Reception: August 26, 6:30 – 8:30pm
View and download the catalog featuring artist interviews here
Artists:
Marco Bell
Shiang-Jiun Chen
Hu Qiren
Dongli Huang
Dongmin Lee
Rosana Liang
Ashley Middleton
Kelsey O’Brien
Masahito Ono
Melissa Preston
Matthew Scerbak
Emily Shevenock
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @ParsonsMFAphoto
Use our hashtag: #pushpull2015
Parsons MFA Photography Open Studios on Friday, July 24th, 6-8 PM
BFA and MFA Photo Students Exhibit in St. Petersburg, Russia
On June 4th, faculty member Thomas Werner opened the exhibition, “The Museum: Within and Without”, as part of an international collaboration with the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This was the7th joint project with the Hermitage and one of our best. Parsons MFA and BFA students; Andrea Ibarra, Amanda Strukus, Ashley Middleton, Kalman Pool, Kelsey O’Brien, Kyle Meyer, Margaret Friedman, Marissa Fey, Martim Passos, Sarah Yee, Sofia Colvin, Varvana Mikushkina, Umber Majeed, Veronica Constabile, and Yuner Shao participated in the exhibition. Kyle and Yuner joined a post opening discussion regarding the exhibition via skype.
“The Museum: Within and Without” explores not only architectural representation, but the museum and the city itself as a context for conceptual exploration. Andrea Ibarra’s photographs take quotidian architectural spaces and recontextualize them as beautiful and elegant abstractions. Amanda Strukus has utilized imagery found on Google search to create idealized social spaces that are a reflection of societies frequent desire to present altruistic representations of the everyday. Kelsey O’Brien and Ashley Middleton use the city as a stage to question our role in a contemporary urban context. Alternately, the urban spaces in Kyle Meyer’s photographs deal with the area between life and death. Each of these young artists, as well as the others in this exhibition, ask us to consider a specific social or cultural aspect of our lives and our societies. Many of these themes are universal, resonating across both our cultures, others are specific to the urban spaces within our respective communities. All of the imagery in the exhibition serves as a stepping off point for the larger social, technological, and art cultural conversations taking place in both our countries, which has always been one of the strengths of this collaboration.
