Griffin Museum of Photography

Winter Solstice 2020

Posted on

For the eighth year, The Griffin Museum invited all of its current members to exhibit in the Winter Solstice Exhibition. From across the world, artists entered one piece to be on display for December 8, 2020 – January 5, 2021. Photographs are presented on the walls of our Main Gallery of the Griffin and display a spectrum of genres and processes. The opening reception is virtual and on Sunday, December 13, 2020 from 4-6 PM. Sales are encouraged and many artists have donated the proceeds back to the Griffin. We are so grateful for that demonstration of support.

We exhibit the work on line, on social media and feature the work for sale in the Main Gallery and on-line if the artists choose to sell. We feature those works that are not for sale in the gallery and online as well.

The reason for this yearly exhibition is to give our members an unencumbered opportunity to exhibit at least once a year at the museum. We also chose the season of giving, providing incentives for our audience to buy photographs as gifts. This year, despite the pandemic we  received a healthy number of photographers choosing to showcase work in this exhibition.

The subject matter reflects the times. Many of the photographs are of solitary moments and reflective on the natural world. In a time of social distancing this makes perfect sense. It also tells us that our members used this opportunity to go out safely, seeking refuge in the woods, garden and studio to find significant moments in time to share with the Griffin’s audience. As Dorothea Lange said and our members demonstrate on the walls of our Main Gallery, “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”

If you see a work from Winter Solstice 2020 on-line that interests you, please inquire at crista at griffin museum dot org or call the museum at 781-729-1158 to arrange a sale.

We present the photographers of the Winter Soltice Members’ Exhibition 2020 below.

Deb Arsenault, Peter Balentine, Gary Beeber, Becky Behar, Diane Bennett, Barry Berman, David Berman,William Betcher, Meg Birnbaum, Judy Brown, Valerie Burke, Joy Bush, Lisa Cassell – Arms, Sally Chapman, Sandra Chen Weinstein, Diana Cheren-Nygren, Bill Clark, Cynthia Clark, Cheryl Clegg, Byron Clemence, Cathy Cone, Anne Converse, Lee Cott, Barbara Crane, Heidi Davis, Parrish Dobson, Sean Du, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Miren Etcheverry, Kev Filmore, Dennis Geller, Stephan Goldstein, Kay Goodman, Marsha Guggenheim, Nicola Hackl-Haslinger, Law Hamilton, Kathryn Hart, Sandy Hill, Karen Hosking, Nancy Hurley, Thomas Jansen, Leslie Jean-Bart, Doug Johnson, Marcy Juran, Stefanie Klavens, Karen Klinedinst, Janice Koskey, Susan Lapides, Rhonda Lashley-Lopez, Rusty Leffel, Stephen Levin, Susan Lirakis, Jurgen Lobert, Sheila Mahaney, James Mahoney, Charles Maniaci, Dan McCormick, Yvette Meltzer, Ralph Mercer, Olga Merrill, Sally Naish, Bonnie Newman, Dale Niles, Steven Parisi-Gentile, Jaye Phillips, Ric Pontes, Robin Radin, Robert Reasenberg, JoanRobbio, Susan Rosenberg-Jones, Gordon Saperia, Sharon Schindler, Tony Schwartz, Patricia Scialo, Lisa Paulette Silberman, Sylvia Stagg-Giuliano, Dennis Stein, Eleanor Steinalder, Betty Stone, Vicky Stromee, Frank Tadley, JP Terlizzi, Stefanie Timmermann, Donna Tramontozzi, Jane Craig Walker, Guy Washburn, Dawn Watson, Jeanne Widmer, Catherine Wilcox-Titus, Julie Williams-Krishnan and Holly Worthington.

 

Prospectus

CALL FOR ENTRIES: WINTER SOLSTICE SHOW
Griffin Museum of Photography’s ALL Members Show

Exhibit dates: December 8 – January 5, 2021
Virtual Reception: December 13, 2020 from 4-6:00pm

ELIGIBILITY: This Call for Entries is open to all Member photographers. There is no entry fee.

Entrants must be members of the Griffin Museum of Photography (with expiration after 12/8/2020). The Griffin Museum invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. We accept only one image that you’ve carefully considered. Artwork submitted must be original and by the submitter. Framed images must be no larger than 16 x 20 inches framed. Frame must be ready to hang.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Work must ARRIVE at the Griffin between November 22, 2020 – November 29, 2020. The museum is closed on Thanksgiving, November 26th and the day after Thanksgiving on November 27th. Do not have your work delivered on those two days.

We are not open on Mondays. Our hours are noon to 4 PM Tuesday through Sunday. If you need something outside of those hours, call us to see if we can handle your request.

HOW TO ENTER:
Send jpg via email to crista at griffinmuseum dot org along with agreement forms. As our portal is being used for Chervinsky Scholarship submissions we are asking that you email to us  this year instead of the portal.

  1. Submit jpg file of photograph. 300 dpi rgb. more or less 4×6 inches. Name your file: your last name_your first name.jpg. We will use images for website, to plan layout, for media and possibly for catalogue if found we can handle it in time.
  2. Sale Price
  3. Title of Photograph
  4. Creation Date
  5. Medium (i.e. archival inkjet print, silver gelatin print)
  6. Size of framed print
  7. Download loan agreement on website, read, sign and return to the Griffin Museum with framed piece. Any questions email: crista at griffinmuseum dot org.
  8. Download Winter Solstice Form, print it out, fill it out and attach to back of framed piece so we don’t have to do that.
  9. Will piece be dropped off or shipped?

Winter Solstice Form to go on back of frame: print it out, fill it out, place it on back of frame.

Loan agreement word file.
Loan agreement pdf file.

If we do not receive submission before November 29th (when work is due in museum) work will not be included.

IMAGE PREPARATION:

  • Framed and ready to hang
  • Framed piece may not exceed 16×20 inches
  • Must include artist name on the back of your frame with form attached.
  • Must include complete form sheet on the back of frame

MAILED SUBMISSIONS:

  • Please include complete Winter Solstice Form and return to Griffin Museum to put on back of framed piece.
  • Label package “Winter Solstice Members’ Show 2020”
  • Must include return shipping label with package

Mail to:

Griffin Museum Winter Solstice Show 2020
67 Shore Road
Winchester, MA 01890

We will ship immediately after show so please expect to receive the package soon after the exhibition is over. (See loan agreement.)

DROP OFF / PICK UP:
The museum does not have sufficient space to store work that has been dropped off. Work can not be removed from the wall on January 5, 2020. You are responsible to pick-up immediately after the exhibition is over on January 6 or 7th, 2021 from noon – 4 PM. We need to organize 150 pieces for return.  (See Loan Agreement link for more information,

EXHIBIT PRINTS: All images submitted for exhibition must be printed and framed professionally with either glass or plexi. The Griffin Museum recognizes that some work is non-traditional and incorporates the framing as an integral part of the presentation. Artists will be responsible for shipping their framed images to the Griffin Museum in advance of the gallery show and for supplying a pre-paid return-shipping label. All must provide the signed Loan Agreement Contract and Winter Solstice Form.

SALES: All work accepted for the Winter Solstice gallery show can be for sale. The Griffin Museum will retain a 35% commission on the sale of any work with the option to give all proceeds to the Griffin Museum. Thank you so much if you choose this option.

USE RIGHTS: Artists maintain copyright on all of their work. By submission, artists grant the Griffin Museum the right to use their images for the purpose of marketing the exhibition and other Griffin Museum programs; and for reproduction online, social media and in a print exhibition catalogue. Artists grant the use of their image(s) as stated without further contact or compensation from the Griffin. Artist’s recognition is provided with any use. Submitting artists will be added to the Griffin Museum’s monthly newsletter subscriber list. They may opt out using a link on each newsletter at any time. Any questions, please email crista at griffin museum dot org

We always look forward to our members’ show. You make our everyday happen!
Thank you for being a part of the Griffin community.

Image accompanying post by Sylvia Stagg-Giuliano

Going Away from Here part two

Posted on

Statement
I have spent the last three years photographing Tangier Island off the coast of Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay which is progressively being claimed by the waters surrounding it an average of nine acres every year. Tangier is projected to be uninhabitable in 50 years if nothing is done about it. When the residents are forced to evacuate, they will spread out over Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina. We will lose an entire culture of people as unique as their dialect, and although they will still exist–the land they have called home for hundreds of years will not. This once untouched and proud crabbing community is predicted to be one of America’s first “climate change refugees.”

The very water that the residents of Tangier depend upon to survive, is swallowing them up an average of nine acres every year. Today, the island sits only 3 feet above sea level, and 1 ¼ miles wide by 3 miles long. Upon arrival by boat, it is hard to see the island off in the distance because of how low it sits to the water. Having few trees left, the only marker from the bay is the water tower of Tangier that has a crab on one side and a cross on the other. This deeply religious island has already been split by the Bay’s waters, which now seeps up through the ground below. Simple tasks like docking your boat are becoming more and more impossible. Fishermen have to tie up their boats to poles in order to prevent their boats from floating away at high tide. With erosion, the plants, trees, and protective grasses for wildlife are washing away as well. Cemeteries are overcrowded due to a lack of space to bury their dead. Tombstones and bodies are now being placed on the front lawns of loved ones’ homes more inland.

The people of Tangier and their situation have received attention from Al Gore, Donald Trump, and several media outlets including National Geographic, The New Yorker, and NPR affiliates, but the conversation of future implications still needs to be had.

I believe these photographs are an excellent route to shed light upon this concern of ongoing land loss and impending climate refugees as there is more at stake than just land when losing a place. It also means the destruction of a community, and all the things that make a community unique.

Tangier is not alone and sadly tells the tale many different low-lying cities in the US and around the world are facing in the next 80 years. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Miami, Florida; Atlantic City, New Jersey; New Orleans, Louisiana; Galveston, Texas; Charleston, South Carolina; and Virginia Beach, Virginia will all be under water by 2100. By photographing Tangier Island, I hope to inform viewers of the need to take notice now, and to think about the difficult decisions that stand before us—how will we decide who and what is worth saving? How will we choose who receives the funds necessary to survive, and who are we willing to let wash away into the water?  – HJS

Bio
H. Jennings Sheffield was born in Richmond, Virginia. She is a contemporary artist working in lens-based media, video, and sound. Sheffield received her BFA in photography and digital media from the Atlanta College of Art and her MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio in photography and new media. Her core research is highly concept-driven inspired by memory, moment and time and often utilizes familial imagery to convey both the intimacy and the diverse roles and relationships individuals play within a family unit. The methodologies utilized to create her work can take up to two years to complete. As a result, Sheffield periodically takes on landscape-driven projects that begin with just her responding to the landscape. She is interested in landscapes that tend to be fleeting. Similar to her core research, Sheffield approaches the landscapes looking for and observing changes over time.

Sheffield is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Baylor University. Her photographs and work are in several collections throughout the United States and have been exhibited internationally with her latest work exhibiting at The Print Center in Philadelphia; Houston Fine Art Fair; Colorado Photographic Arts Center; Lens Culture; Living Arts of Tulsa; Cambridge University (UK), and Medien Kultur Haus Wels, Austria.

In addition to her research, Sheffield provides workshops and lectures all around the United States on topics including her artistic practices and methodologies, digital techniques in photography and considering the image in a new context, outside of the traditional roles.

View H. Jennings Sheffield’s website.  

The website for Going Away from Here.  

Link to Going Away from Here part one in our Virtual Gallery.

 

CV
EDUCATION

2011 MFA, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas (Photography and New Media)

1996 BFA, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia (Photography and Digital Media)

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2018 – Present Associate Professor of Art, Photography, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

2012 – 2018 Assistant Professor of Art, Photography, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

2011 – 2012 Temporary Full-Time Lecturer, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

2009 – 2010 Adjunct Faculty, Northeast Lakeview College, San Antonio, Texas

2006 – 2009 Instructor, The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

2006 – 2009 Adjunct Faculty, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia

1999 – 2006 Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS and HONORS

2019 Awarded two (2) Allbritton Art Institute Grants for Faculty Scholarship

2019 Awarded College of Art & Sciences Research Leave (Fall 2019), Baylor University

2019 Awarded University Teaching Development Grant, Baylor University

2018 Awarded College of Art & Sciences Summer Sabbatical, Baylor University

2017 Awarded the Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Achievement (URSA) Mentor of the Year Award, Baylor University

2016 Awarded two (2) Allbritton Art Institute Grants for Faculty Scholarship

2016 Awarded College of Art & Sciences Summer Sabbatical, Baylor University

2015 Selected as 1 of 55 international emerging photographers, alongside masters like Rineke Dijkstra, Lorna Simpson, Candida Hofer, and Tina Barney by New York’s Mus.e Magazine. Mus.e Magazine is a quarterly digital periodical that publishes the works of both up-and-coming and established photographers. Andrea Blanch, Editor-In-Chief, is a New York-based award-winning fashion, fine art and conceptual photographer.

2014 Awarded Allbritton Art Institute Grant for Faculty Scholarship (Round II), Baylor University

2014 Awarded Allbritton Art Institute Grant for Faculty Scholarship (Round I), Baylor University

2014 Awarded College of Art & Sciences Summer Sabbatical, Baylor University

2013 Awarded Mortar Board Circle of Achievement Award (teaching award), Baylor University

2013 Awarded Allbritton Art Institute Grant for Faculty Scholarship Baylor University

2012 Awarded Allbritton Art Institute Grant for Faculty Scholarship

2011 IEF Scholarship

2010 Wigodsky Endowed Scholarship

2009 Peggy and Richard Calvert Endowed Scholarship

2009 Art and Art History Graduate Scholarship

2009 College of Liberal & Fine Arts GIT Scholarship/Fellowship

2009 Sue Jockusch Endowed Scholarship

2007 Honorable Mention, Simply Photography, ArtWorks, Juried by Gordon Stettinius, Richmond, Virginia

2007 Viewerʼs Choice, Visual Arts Center of Richmondʼs Faculty Show, Richmond, Virginia

2005 The Community Foundation (Granted $10,000), Richmond, VA for the 2006 Richmond Outdoor Sculpture exhibition

2005 The Virginia Commission for the Arts Technical Grant (Granted $750) for the 2006 Richmond Outdoor Sculpture exhibition

2004 2nd Place, Simply Photography, ArtWorks, Juried by Mary Holland, Richmond, Virginia

1997 Jurorʼs Choice Award, June All Media Show, Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, juried by Danny Drotos, Richmond, Virginia

1996 One of three national winners in the Nissan Pathfinder Digital Imaging Contest, TBWA Ä Chiat Ä Day and Nissan Corporation, Los Angeles. Awarded a Casio digital camera, Sony printer, and a trip out to Los Angeles to meet with Jay Chiat and work with TBWA Ä Chiat Ä Day and Nissan North America photographing the new Nissan Pathfinder

1996 Jurorʼs Choice Award, ACA Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 Going Away From Here, November 2020, Shircliff Gallery of Art, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN

2020 Going Away From Here, September 14–October 9th, 2020, Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center, The Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas

2019 Inherited Time (collaboration with Chris Ireland), September–October 2019, College of the Mainland Art Gallery, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas

2019 Inherited Time (collaboration with Chris Ireland), August 30–September 21, 2019, Terminal 136 at the University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

2019 Inherited Time (collaboration with Chris Ireland), January–February, 2019, Carillon Gallery, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas

2018 The Collective Glitch, August 20–December 31, 2018, University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, Maine.

2018 Constructing the Psychographic, invitational exhibition, April 14–May 2, 2018, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

2016 Tethered, May 6, 2016–June 26, 2016, The Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, Colorado.

2013 A Momentary Glitch and Transitory Spaces (collaboration with Gissette Padilla), August 10–31, 2013, Red Arrow Contemporary, Dallas, Texas.

2013 A Momentary Glitch and Transitory Spaces, February 1–22, 2013, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

2013 Tethered and Transitory Spaces (collaboration with Gissette Padilla), January 10–March 28, 2013, Visual Arts Center, San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas (as part of Contemporary Art Month).

2012 Transitory Spaces (collaboration with Gissette Padilla), November 13–December 15, 2012, BOX 13 ArtSpace, Houston, Texas.

2011 Tethered, Satellite Space Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

2005 Rainy Night on the Seine 07.04.04:3D, Helena Davis Gallery, artspace gallery, Richmond, Virginia

1996 riˈflek•sh•ən: (n), Gallery 100, Atlanta, Georgia

TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2019 The Collective Glitch, February 12–March 15, 2019, Shircliff Gallery of Art, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | INTERNATIONAL

2020 6th Annual Group Show, August 1–August 30, 2020, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY. Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director & Curator: Griffin Museum of Photography

2017 Contemporary Collage, November 10–January 9, 2018, Lincoln Center Art Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado

2017 Art Through the Lens, October 14–November 25, 2017, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, Juror: Eliot Dudik, College of William & Mary and director of the Andrews.

2016 Re-Context, July 1, 2016–July 30, 2016, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado. Juror: Ariel Shanberg, curator, educator, and writer, who was the executive director of Center for Photography at Woodstock (New York) from 2003-2015.

2016 tXtMe, May 7, 2016–June 11, 2016, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California. Juror: Leisa Austin, owner of Imago Galleries.

2015 >iral: Photography in the Age of Social Media, February 7-March 14, 2015, Alison Richard Building, Cambridge University (United Kingdom), Jurors: Jon Feinstein, Co-Founder, Humble Arts Foundation; Gabriel H. Sanchez, Photo Essay Editor of Buzzfeed; Dr. Ann Kelly, Medical Anthropologist/Ebola Response Anthropology Platform, University of Exeter; Dr. Lukas Engelmann, Medical Historian, University of Cambridge; and Sam Barzilay, Co-founder and Creative Director of Photoville; and convened by Dr. Christos Lynteris, Mellon/Newton Research Fellow, CRASSH (The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at Cambridge University).

2014 The Print Center’s 88th Annual International Competition, Jurors: Julia Dolan, Minor White Curator of Photography, and Bruce Guenther, Chief Curator, Mercedes Eichholz Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, both of the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.

2013 Newspace Center for Photography 2013 Juried Exhibition, July 5, 2013–July 28, 2013, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon. Juror: Sarah Stolfa, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center.

2013 Tethered featured in an issue of Lens Culture, international refereed exhibition, Paris, France. www.lensculture.com.

2012 Houston Fine Art Fair, September 14–16, 2012, Reliant Center, Houston, Texas.

2012 Luminaria (in collaboration with Gissette Padilla), May 10, 2012, Women’s Pavilion at Hemisphere Park, San Antonio, Texas. Adjudicator for Visual Arts was Dean Daderko, curator for the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston in Houston, Texas.

2010 Luminaria, Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas

2009 Breaking Boundaries II, 2009 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China

2009 What Do You Really Need?, Medien Kultur Haus Wels, Austria

2009 Luminaria, Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas

2006 FotoFest 2006, Museum of Cultural Arts website, Houston, Texas

2006 2006 Exclusive Furniture Collection (2 images selected), Crate & Barrel

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | NATIONAL

2020 3rd Coast Biennial, September 4 – October 2, 2020, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX. Juror: Rigoberto Luna, Cofounder and Exhibitions Curator of the Presa House Gallery in San Antonio, TX

2017 23rd Texas National Competition & Exhibition, April 8, 2017–June 10, 2017, The Cole Art Center Stephen F. Austin University’s Ledbetter Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas. Juror: Benito Huerta, co-founder, Executive Director and Emeritus Board Director of Art Lies, a Texas Art Journal.

2017 PHOTO ALTERNATIVES: Where I Come From, January 17, 2017–February 17, 2017, Ohio University’s Seigfred Gallery, Athens, Ohio. Juror: Hans Gindlesberger, photographer, video, and installation artist.

2016 PAPERWORKS 2016, August 2, 2016–August 28, 2016, B J Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York Juror: Heidi Hirschl, Assistant Curator at the Museum of Modern Art.

2016 22nd Texas National Competition & Exhibition, April 9, 2016–June 11, 2016, The Cole Art Center Stephen F. Austin University’s Ledbetter Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas. Juror: Photographer and artist Abelardo Morell.

2015 The Altered Landscape (as part of FotoSeptiembre USA 2015), September 7-September 30, 2015, Clamp Light Artist Studios and Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. Juror: Photographer Tom Turner.

2012 Billboard Art Project, September 29–October 26, 2012, Digital Billboard located at 2064 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia.

2012 Intimacy & Voyeurism: 2012 SPE Women’s Caucus, March 18–31, 2012, ARTS at CIIS, San Francisco, California. Jurors, photographers and educators Joyce Neimanas and Patrick Nagatani from the University of New Mexico.

2011 In-Time Online Gallery, December 6, 2011-January 7, 2012, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, Virginia. Juror: Blake Fitch, photographer, curator and past Executive Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA (2002-2007).

2009 Rust Fest (Digital Arts and New Media Festival), June 13-July 24, 2009, McDonough Museum of Art,Youngstown, Ohio, Jurors: Panel of jurors comprised by the McDonough Museum

2005 Over the Edge, APG Gallery @ TULA Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | REGIONAL

2017 Society for Photographic Education’s 2017 South Central Chapter Juried Exhibition: THIS, THAT, or the OTHER,

October 12-October 28, 2017, Arts Center of Waco, Waco, Texas. Juror: Honored Educator and head of the photography program in the department of art at Nicholls State University, Deborah (Deb) Lillie.

2016 Artspace111: 3rd Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, June 24, 2016–August 6, 2016, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas. Juror: Eric M. Lee is the director of the Kimbell Art Museum.

2015 Ticka Arts, September-October 2015, O2 Gallery at Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas. Juror: Sonseree Gibson, Austin photographer and Founder of Ticka Arts.

2013 Society of Photographic Education South Central Members’ Exhibition, September 20–October 24, 2013, College of the Mainland Gallery, Texas City, Texas.

2011 Society for Photographic Education: Selected Works from the Region, Society for Photographic Education Regional Conference, UTSA Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

2011 Public Art of San Antonio Temporary Exhibitions (PASA), Mayor’s Office, City Hall, San Antonio, Texas.

2011 Red Dot 2011, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas

2011 Collegiate Exhibition, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, Texas

2010 .ber Progressive (as part of Political Art Month), 1906 Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

2010 Red Dot 2010, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas

2010 The One, Two, Three Show, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas

2010 UTSA Fine Arts Association Art Exhibition, LoneStar Studios, San Antonio, Texas

2009 Best Pound for Pound, Gallery 118, San Antonio, Texas

2007 Art After Hours Silent Auction, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia

2007 Simply Photography, November 23, 2007-January 20, 2008, Art Works, Richmond, Virginia. Juror: Gordon Stettinius, photographer and owner of Candela Books, Richmond, Virginia.

2006 Art After Hours Silent Auction, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia

2004 VSPA Viewerʼs Choice Group Show, 49A Gallery, Newport News, Virginia

2004 Art Works All Media Show, Art Works, Richmond, Virginia

2004 The VSPA (Virginia Society for the Photographic Arts) Exhibition, Plant Zero, Richmond, Virginia

2004 Simply Photography Juried Show, Art Works, Richmond, Virginia

1997 May All Media Show, Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia

1996 Atlanta College of Art Juried Exhibition, Gallery 100, Atlanta, Georgia

1995 June All Media Show, Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2018 Telling Our Stories: Creating Maternal Identity Through Photography, national invitational group exhibition, June 5–August 4, 2018, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, Texas.

2018 In This Day and Age, national invitational group exhibition, June–July 2018, Cedar Valley College Lancaster, Texas.

2017 In This Day and Age, national invitational exhibition, March 11-April 22, 2017, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas.

2016 Ticka Arts, regional invitational exhibition, February 6-March 19, 2016, Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

2015 Family as the Vernacular, regional invitational exhibition, May 31-July 24, 2015, Lillian Bradshaw Gallery at the Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas (in collaboration with Libby Rowe and Margaret Hiden).

2014 Family Matters (revisited), national invitational exhibition, September 9–October 18, 2014, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. FAMILY MATTERS, revisited featured the works of other photographers—Daniel Coburn, Karen Miranda, Sean Black, Jess Fugan, Annie Lopez, Marivi Ortiz, and Hillerbrand + Magsamen. Elizabeth Allen, Director and Curator of ASU School of Art Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, curated the exhibition.

2014 Family as the Vernacular, national invitational exhibition, September 26-November 8, 2014, Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia (and part of Atlanta Celebrates Photography) in collaboration with Libby Rowe and Margaret Hiden.

2014 Women in Art & Academia, regional invitational exhibition, May 4–July 13, 2014, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

2014 Family as the Vernacular, national invitational exhibition, Bloch Hall Gallery, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Alabama (in collaboration with Libby Rowe and Margaret Hiden).

2013 Family as the Vernacular, regional invitational exhibition, August 23–September 30, 2013, Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Gallery, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas.

2012 Pride, Protest and the Plains, regional invitational exhibition, October 13, 2012–November 10, 2012, Red Arrow Contemporary, Dallas, Texas.

2011 2:00pm-4:00pm and 4:00pm-6:00pm from the series Tethered, Mayorʼs Office, City Hall, San Antonio, Texas

2007 Think Small Invitational, Art6, Richmond, Virginia

2007 Visual Arts Center of Richmondʼs Faculty Show, Suitable for Framing Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

2006 Think Small Invitational, Art6, Richmond, Virginia

2006 Attack of the 50 Ft. Reel, Flicker, Richmond, Virginia

2005 Think Small Invitational, Art6, Richmond, Virginia

2005 New Membersʼ Show, Artspace Gallery @ Plant Zero, Richmond, Virginia

2004 Attack of the 50 Ft. Reel, Flicker, Richmond, Virginia

2003 Attack of the 50 Ft. Reel, Flicker, Richmond, Virginia

2004 Artspace Memberʼs Exhibit, Artspace Gallery @ Plant Zero, Richmond, Virginia

2003 From LA to VA, Crossroads, Richmond, Virginia

PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Mark Watson III, Argo Group, San Antonio, Texas

R. J. Loderick, Richmond, Virginia

Blaine McCormick, Woodway, Texas

Carolyn Hulett, Richmond, Virginia

Capital One, Plano, Texas

Capital One, Houston, Texas

The Belew Collection, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

SELECT REFEREED, INVITED LECTURES, and PANEL TALKS

2020 Presented an artist talk on Going Away From Here, Shircliff Gallery, Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana (upcoming).

2020 Presented an artist talk on Going Away From Here, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA (upcoming).

2020 Presented an artist talk on Going Away From Here, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, LA (invited).

2019 Selected to Co-Chair a session with artist, Chris Ireland, titled United We Fall at the FATE’s (Foundations in Art: Theory & Education) 17th Biennial Conference, Foundations in Flux at Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus, Ohio (refereed).

2019 Presented an artist talk on The Collective Glitch, Process and Methodology, at Shircliff Gallery, Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana (invited).

2018 Selected to present panel talk with artist, Chris Ireland, titled Collaboration is Easy…and other fake news at the 2018 Society for Photographic Education (SPESC) South Central Chapter Conference at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (refereed).

2018 Presented an artist talk on The Collective Glitch, Process and Methodology, at Black Box Theatre, The University of Maine–Farmington, Farmington, Maine (invited).

2016 Presented an artist talk on Tethered, at The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, Colorado (invited).

2015 Presented lecture The Collective Glitch, Process and Methodology to Apparel Aesthetics, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Baylor University, Waco, Texas (invited).

2015 Selected to present and participate on a panel talk Searched, Collected, and Tagged at the 2015 Society for Photographic Education (SPESC) South Central Regional Conference at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma (refereed).

2015 Selected to present and participate on a panel discussion titled Untangling the Tenure Track & Promotion Process at the 2015 Society for Photographic Education (SPESC) South Central Regional Conference at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma (invited).

2014 Presented gallery talk on Tethered, at Northlight Gallery invited by Elizabeth Allen, director of Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute School of Art Northlight Gallery (invited).

2014 Presented lecture on my collection of latest works (Tethered, A Momentary Glitch, and The Collective Glitch) to undergraduate photography students at Arizona State University, invited by Elizabeth Allen, faculty associate at Arizona State University School of Art, Tempe, Arizona (invited).

2014 Presented gallery talk on Family as the Vernacular, at Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, invited by Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta Georgia (invited).

2014 Presented lecture on my collection of latest works (Tethered, A Momentary Glitch, and The Collective Glitch) to graduate photography students at SCAD-Atlanta, invited by Margaret Hiden, Adjunct Faculty at Savannah College of Art and Design (invited).

2013 Presented lecture on Family as the Vernacular, at Tarleton State University, invited by Chris Ireland, Assistant Professor, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas (invited).

2013 Selected to present and participate in the panel talk Don’t Drink the Fixer at the 2013 Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Chicago Hilton, Chicago, Illinois (refereed).

2013 Invited to present a lecture on Tethered at San Antonio College for Women’s History Week and Contemporary Art Month. Invited by the Women’s History Committee, San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas (invited).

2013 Presented a lecture on Tethered at San Antonio College to the University of Texas San Antonio’s Advanced Photography students, San Antonio, Texas (invited).

2012 Selected to present and participate in the panel talk Family as the Vernacular at the 2012 South Central Regional Society for Photographic Education (SPESC) Conference at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi (refereed).

2012 Presented a lecture and workshop titled The Magic of Pinhole, for Up Close Monday at MMoA, The Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco,Texas (invited).

2011 Selected lecturer and presenter at the 2011 Society for Photographic Education South Central Regional Conference (invited).

2002 Presented a lecture at the 2002 Society for Photographic Education Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference (invited).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

SERVICE AS PORTFOLIO REVIEWER

2020 Selected Portfolio Reviewer for Professionals and Students at the Society for Photographic Education’s national conference, 2020 Vision, Houston Texas

2019 Selected Portfolio Reviewer at the Portfolio Throwdown, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas

2012 Selected Portfolio Reviewer of Undergraduate and Graduate Work, 2012 South Central Regional Society for Photographic Education Conference, University of Mississippi, Starkeville, Mississippi

PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES

2014-Present Texas Photographic Society, Board Member, Exhibitions Committee

2011-Present Society for Photographic Education, National Member, Women’s Caucus and Multicultural Caucus

2020 Summer Sabbatical Selection Committee, Baylor University

2020 Selection Committee for proposals for the Society for Photographic Education’s national conference

2020 Vision, Houston Texas

2019-2022 Faculty Senate, Baylor University

2018-2021 Cultural Events Experience, University Committee, Baylor University

2018-2021 Core Curriculum Advisory Committee, Baylor University

2019 Summer Sabbatical Selection Committee, Baylor University

2015-2017 Texas Photographic Society, Executive Board Member, Secretary

2012-2014 Society for Photographic Education South Central Region, Board Member, Vendor Liaison

2004-2007 Artspace Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Exhibition Committee

OTHER SELECT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2017 Co-Chair, with Chris Ireland (Assistant Professor at Tarleton State University), This, That, or the

Other: Emerging Trends and Vernacular in Photography, Society of Photographic Education–South Central Regional Conference, Waco, TX. Featured Speakers Charlotte Cotton and Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison.

EXHIBITIONS CURATED and JURIED

2015 Society for Photographic Education’s Student Juried Exhibition, Lightwell Gallery in the Fred Jones Art Center, The University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK (in collaboration with Arthur Fields).

2006 Richmond Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Richmond, Virginia (in collaboration with Vaughn Garland)

2005 Richmond Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Richmond, Virginia (in collaboration with Vaughn Garland)

2004-05 Exhibition Committee and Co-Curator of artspace, Richmond, Virginia

 

 

 

Going Away from Here part one

Posted on

Statement
I have spent the last three years photographing Tangier Island off the coast of Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay which is progressively being claimed by the waters surrounding it an average of nine acres every year. Tangier is projected to be uninhabitable in 50 years if nothing is done about it. When the residents are forced to evacuate, they will spread out over Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina. We will lose an entire culture of people as unique as their dialect, and although they will still exist–the land they have called home for hundreds of years will not. This once untouched and proud crabbing community is predicted to be one of America’s first “climate change refugees.”

The very water that the residents of Tangier depend upon to survive, is swallowing them up an average of nine acres every year. Today, the island sits only 3 feet above sea level, and 1 ¼ miles wide by 3 miles long. Upon arrival by boat, it is hard to see the island off in the distance because of how low it sits to the water. Having few trees left, the only marker from the bay is the water tower of Tangier that has a crab on one side and a cross on the other. This deeply religious island has already been split by the Bay’s waters, which now seeps up through the ground below. Simple tasks like docking your boat are becoming more and more impossible. Fishermen have to tie up their boats to poles in order to prevent their boats from floating away at high tide. With erosion, the plants, trees, and protective grasses for wildlife are washing away as well. Cemeteries are overcrowded due to a lack of space to bury their dead. Tombstones and bodies are now being placed on the front lawns of loved ones’ homes more inland.

The people of Tangier and their situation have received attention from Al Gore, Donald Trump, and several media outlets including National Geographic, The New Yorker, and NPR affiliates, but the conversation of future implications still needs to be had.

I believe these photographs are an excellent route to shed light upon this concern of ongoing land loss and impending climate refugees as there is more at stake than just land when losing a place. It also means the destruction of a community, and all the things that make a community unique.

Tangier is not alone and sadly tells the tale many different low-lying cities in the US and around the world are facing in the next 80 years. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Miami, Florida; Atlantic City, New Jersey; New Orleans, Louisiana; Galveston, Texas; Charleston, South Carolina; and Virginia Beach, Virginia will all be under water by 2100. By photographing Tangier Island, I hope to inform viewers of the need to take notice now, and to think about the difficult decisions that stand before us—how will we decide who and what is worth saving? How will we choose who receives the funds necessary to survive, and who are we willing to let wash away into the water?  – HJS

Bio
H. Jennings Sheffield was born in Richmond, Virginia. She is a contemporary artist working in lens-based media, video, and sound. Sheffield received her BFA in photography and digital media from the Atlanta College of Art and her MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio in photography and new media. Her core research is highly concept-driven inspired by memory, moment and time and often utilizes familial imagery to convey both the intimacy and the diverse roles and relationships individuals play within a family unit. The methodologies utilized to create her work can take up to two years to complete. As a result, Sheffield periodically takes on landscape-driven projects that begin with just her responding to the landscape. She is interested in landscapes that tend to be fleeting. Similar to her core research, Sheffield approaches the landscapes looking for and observing changes over time.

Sheffield is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Baylor University. Her photographs and work are in several collections throughout the United States and have been exhibited internationally with her latest work exhibiting at The Print Center in Philadelphia; Houston Fine Art Fair; Colorado Photographic Arts Center; Lens Culture; Living Arts of Tulsa; Cambridge University (UK), and Medien Kultur Haus Wels, Austria.

In addition to her research, Sheffield provides workshops and lectures all around the United States on topics including her artistic practices and methodologies, digital techniques in photography and considering the image in a new context, outside of the traditional roles.

View H. Jennings Sheffield’s website.  

The website for Going Away from Here.  

Link to Going Away from Here part two in our Cloud Gallery.

 

CV
EDUCATION

2011 MFA, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas (Photography and New Media)

1996 BFA, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia (Photography and Digital Media)

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2018 – Present Associate Professor of Art, Photography, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

2012 – 2018 Assistant Professor of Art, Photography, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

2011 – 2012 Temporary Full-Time Lecturer, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

2009 – 2010 Adjunct Faculty, Northeast Lakeview College, San Antonio, Texas

2006 – 2009 Instructor, The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

2006 – 2009 Adjunct Faculty, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia

1999 – 2006 Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS and HONORS

2019 Awarded two (2) Allbritton Art Institute Grants for Faculty Scholarship

2019 Awarded College of Art & Sciences Research Leave (Fall 2019), Baylor University

2019 Awarded University Teaching Development Grant, Baylor University

2018 Awarded College of Art & Sciences Summer Sabbatical, Baylor University

2017 Awarded the Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Achievement (URSA) Mentor of the Year Award, Baylor University

2016 Awarded two (2) Allbritton Art Institute Grants for Faculty Scholarship

2016 Awarded College of Art & Sciences Summer Sabbatical, Baylor University

2015 Selected as 1 of 55 international emerging photographers, alongside masters like Rineke Dijkstra, Lorna Simpson, Candida Hofer, and Tina Barney by New York’s Mus.e Magazine. Mus.e Magazine is a quarterly digital periodical that publishes the works of both up-and-coming and established photographers. Andrea Blanch, Editor-In-Chief, is a New York-based award-winning fashion, fine art and conceptual photographer.

2014 Awarded Allbritton Art Institute Grant for Faculty Scholarship (Round II), Baylor University

2014 Awarded Allbritton Art Institute Grant for Faculty Scholarship (Round I), Baylor University

2014 Awarded College of Art & Sciences Summer Sabbatical, Baylor University

2013 Awarded Mortar Board Circle of Achievement Award (teaching award), Baylor University

2013 Awarded Allbritton Art Institute Grant for Faculty Scholarship Baylor University

2012 Awarded Allbritton Art Institute Grant for Faculty Scholarship

2011 IEF Scholarship

2010 Wigodsky Endowed Scholarship

2009 Peggy and Richard Calvert Endowed Scholarship

2009 Art and Art History Graduate Scholarship

2009 College of Liberal & Fine Arts GIT Scholarship/Fellowship

2009 Sue Jockusch Endowed Scholarship

2007 Honorable Mention, Simply Photography, ArtWorks, Juried by Gordon Stettinius, Richmond, Virginia

2007 Viewerʼs Choice, Visual Arts Center of Richmondʼs Faculty Show, Richmond, Virginia

2005 The Community Foundation (Granted $10,000), Richmond, VA for the 2006 Richmond Outdoor Sculpture exhibition

2005 The Virginia Commission for the Arts Technical Grant (Granted $750) for the 2006 Richmond Outdoor Sculpture exhibition

2004 2nd Place, Simply Photography, ArtWorks, Juried by Mary Holland, Richmond, Virginia

1997 Jurorʼs Choice Award, June All Media Show, Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, juried by Danny Drotos, Richmond, Virginia

1996 One of three national winners in the Nissan Pathfinder Digital Imaging Contest, TBWA Ä Chiat Ä Day and Nissan Corporation, Los Angeles. Awarded a Casio digital camera, Sony printer, and a trip out to Los Angeles to meet with Jay Chiat and work with TBWA Ä Chiat Ä Day and Nissan North America photographing the new Nissan Pathfinder

1996 Jurorʼs Choice Award, ACA Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 Going Away From Here, November 2020, Shircliff Gallery of Art, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN

2020 Going Away From Here, September 14–October 9th, 2020, Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center, The Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas

2019 Inherited Time (collaboration with Chris Ireland), September–October 2019, College of the Mainland Art Gallery, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas

2019 Inherited Time (collaboration with Chris Ireland), August 30–September 21, 2019, Terminal 136 at the University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

2019 Inherited Time (collaboration with Chris Ireland), January–February, 2019, Carillon Gallery, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas

2018 The Collective Glitch, August 20–December 31, 2018, University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, Maine.

2018 Constructing the Psychographic, invitational exhibition, April 14–May 2, 2018, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

2016 Tethered, May 6, 2016–June 26, 2016, The Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, Colorado.

2013 A Momentary Glitch and Transitory Spaces (collaboration with Gissette Padilla), August 10–31, 2013, Red Arrow Contemporary, Dallas, Texas.

2013 A Momentary Glitch and Transitory Spaces, February 1–22, 2013, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

2013 Tethered and Transitory Spaces (collaboration with Gissette Padilla), January 10–March 28, 2013, Visual Arts Center, San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas (as part of Contemporary Art Month).

2012 Transitory Spaces (collaboration with Gissette Padilla), November 13–December 15, 2012, BOX 13 ArtSpace, Houston, Texas.

2011 Tethered, Satellite Space Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

2005 Rainy Night on the Seine 07.04.04:3D, Helena Davis Gallery, artspace gallery, Richmond, Virginia

1996 riˈflek•sh•ən: (n), Gallery 100, Atlanta, Georgia

TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2019 The Collective Glitch, February 12–March 15, 2019, Shircliff Gallery of Art, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | INTERNATIONAL

2020 6th Annual Group Show, August 1–August 30, 2020, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY. Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director & Curator: Griffin Museum of Photography

2017 Contemporary Collage, November 10–January 9, 2018, Lincoln Center Art Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado

2017 Art Through the Lens, October 14–November 25, 2017, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, Juror: Eliot Dudik, College of William & Mary and director of the Andrews.

2016 Re-Context, July 1, 2016–July 30, 2016, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado. Juror: Ariel Shanberg, curator, educator, and writer, who was the executive director of Center for Photography at Woodstock (New York) from 2003-2015.

2016 tXtMe, May 7, 2016–June 11, 2016, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California. Juror: Leisa Austin, owner of Imago Galleries.

2015 >iral: Photography in the Age of Social Media, February 7-March 14, 2015, Alison Richard Building, Cambridge University (United Kingdom), Jurors: Jon Feinstein, Co-Founder, Humble Arts Foundation; Gabriel H. Sanchez, Photo Essay Editor of Buzzfeed; Dr. Ann Kelly, Medical Anthropologist/Ebola Response Anthropology Platform, University of Exeter; Dr. Lukas Engelmann, Medical Historian, University of Cambridge; and Sam Barzilay, Co-founder and Creative Director of Photoville; and convened by Dr. Christos Lynteris, Mellon/Newton Research Fellow, CRASSH (The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at Cambridge University).

2014 The Print Center’s 88th Annual International Competition, Jurors: Julia Dolan, Minor White Curator of Photography, and Bruce Guenther, Chief Curator, Mercedes Eichholz Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, both of the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.

2013 Newspace Center for Photography 2013 Juried Exhibition, July 5, 2013–July 28, 2013, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon. Juror: Sarah Stolfa, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center.

2013 Tethered featured in an issue of Lens Culture, international refereed exhibition, Paris, France. www.lensculture.com.

2012 Houston Fine Art Fair, September 14–16, 2012, Reliant Center, Houston, Texas.

2012 Luminaria (in collaboration with Gissette Padilla), May 10, 2012, Women’s Pavilion at Hemisphere Park, San Antonio, Texas. Adjudicator for Visual Arts was Dean Daderko, curator for the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston in Houston, Texas.

2010 Luminaria, Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas

2009 Breaking Boundaries II, 2009 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China

2009 What Do You Really Need?, Medien Kultur Haus Wels, Austria

2009 Luminaria, Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas

2006 FotoFest 2006, Museum of Cultural Arts website, Houston, Texas

2006 2006 Exclusive Furniture Collection (2 images selected), Crate & Barrel

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | NATIONAL

2020 3rd Coast Biennial, September 4 – October 2, 2020, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX. Juror: Rigoberto Luna, Cofounder and Exhibitions Curator of the Presa House Gallery in San Antonio, TX

2017 23rd Texas National Competition & Exhibition, April 8, 2017–June 10, 2017, The Cole Art Center Stephen F. Austin University’s Ledbetter Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas. Juror: Benito Huerta, co-founder, Executive Director and Emeritus Board Director of Art Lies, a Texas Art Journal.

2017 PHOTO ALTERNATIVES: Where I Come From, January 17, 2017–February 17, 2017, Ohio University’s Seigfred Gallery, Athens, Ohio. Juror: Hans Gindlesberger, photographer, video, and installation artist.

2016 PAPERWORKS 2016, August 2, 2016–August 28, 2016, B J Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York Juror: Heidi Hirschl, Assistant Curator at the Museum of Modern Art.

2016 22nd Texas National Competition & Exhibition, April 9, 2016–June 11, 2016, The Cole Art Center Stephen F. Austin University’s Ledbetter Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas. Juror: Photographer and artist Abelardo Morell.

2015 The Altered Landscape (as part of FotoSeptiembre USA 2015), September 7-September 30, 2015, Clamp Light Artist Studios and Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. Juror: Photographer Tom Turner.

2012 Billboard Art Project, September 29–October 26, 2012, Digital Billboard located at 2064 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia.

2012 Intimacy & Voyeurism: 2012 SPE Women’s Caucus, March 18–31, 2012, ARTS at CIIS, San Francisco, California. Jurors, photographers and educators Joyce Neimanas and Patrick Nagatani from the University of New Mexico.

2011 In-Time Online Gallery, December 6, 2011-January 7, 2012, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, Virginia. Juror: Blake Fitch, photographer, curator and past Executive Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA (2002-2007).

2009 Rust Fest (Digital Arts and New Media Festival), June 13-July 24, 2009, McDonough Museum of Art,Youngstown, Ohio, Jurors: Panel of jurors comprised by the McDonough Museum

2005 Over the Edge, APG Gallery @ TULA Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | REGIONAL

2017 Society for Photographic Education’s 2017 South Central Chapter Juried Exhibition: THIS, THAT, or the OTHER,

October 12-October 28, 2017, Arts Center of Waco, Waco, Texas. Juror: Honored Educator and head of the photography program in the department of art at Nicholls State University, Deborah (Deb) Lillie.

2016 Artspace111: 3rd Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, June 24, 2016–August 6, 2016, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas. Juror: Eric M. Lee is the director of the Kimbell Art Museum.

2015 Ticka Arts, September-October 2015, O2 Gallery at Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas. Juror: Sonseree Gibson, Austin photographer and Founder of Ticka Arts.

2013 Society of Photographic Education South Central Members’ Exhibition, September 20–October 24, 2013, College of the Mainland Gallery, Texas City, Texas.

2011 Society for Photographic Education: Selected Works from the Region, Society for Photographic Education Regional Conference, UTSA Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

2011 Public Art of San Antonio Temporary Exhibitions (PASA), Mayor’s Office, City Hall, San Antonio, Texas.

2011 Red Dot 2011, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas

2011 Collegiate Exhibition, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, Texas

2010 .ber Progressive (as part of Political Art Month), 1906 Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

2010 Red Dot 2010, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas

2010 The One, Two, Three Show, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas

2010 UTSA Fine Arts Association Art Exhibition, LoneStar Studios, San Antonio, Texas

2009 Best Pound for Pound, Gallery 118, San Antonio, Texas

2007 Art After Hours Silent Auction, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia

2007 Simply Photography, November 23, 2007-January 20, 2008, Art Works, Richmond, Virginia. Juror: Gordon Stettinius, photographer and owner of Candela Books, Richmond, Virginia.

2006 Art After Hours Silent Auction, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia

2004 VSPA Viewerʼs Choice Group Show, 49A Gallery, Newport News, Virginia

2004 Art Works All Media Show, Art Works, Richmond, Virginia

2004 The VSPA (Virginia Society for the Photographic Arts) Exhibition, Plant Zero, Richmond, Virginia

2004 Simply Photography Juried Show, Art Works, Richmond, Virginia

1997 May All Media Show, Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia

1996 Atlanta College of Art Juried Exhibition, Gallery 100, Atlanta, Georgia

1995 June All Media Show, Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2018 Telling Our Stories: Creating Maternal Identity Through Photography, national invitational group exhibition, June 5–August 4, 2018, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, Texas.

2018 In This Day and Age, national invitational group exhibition, June–July 2018, Cedar Valley College Lancaster, Texas.

2017 In This Day and Age, national invitational exhibition, March 11-April 22, 2017, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas.

2016 Ticka Arts, regional invitational exhibition, February 6-March 19, 2016, Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

2015 Family as the Vernacular, regional invitational exhibition, May 31-July 24, 2015, Lillian Bradshaw Gallery at the Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas (in collaboration with Libby Rowe and Margaret Hiden).

2014 Family Matters (revisited), national invitational exhibition, September 9–October 18, 2014, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. FAMILY MATTERS, revisited featured the works of other photographers—Daniel Coburn, Karen Miranda, Sean Black, Jess Fugan, Annie Lopez, Marivi Ortiz, and Hillerbrand + Magsamen. Elizabeth Allen, Director and Curator of ASU School of Art Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, curated the exhibition.

2014 Family as the Vernacular, national invitational exhibition, September 26-November 8, 2014, Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia (and part of Atlanta Celebrates Photography) in collaboration with Libby Rowe and Margaret Hiden.

2014 Women in Art & Academia, regional invitational exhibition, May 4–July 13, 2014, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

2014 Family as the Vernacular, national invitational exhibition, Bloch Hall Gallery, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Alabama (in collaboration with Libby Rowe and Margaret Hiden).

2013 Family as the Vernacular, regional invitational exhibition, August 23–September 30, 2013, Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Gallery, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas.

2012 Pride, Protest and the Plains, regional invitational exhibition, October 13, 2012–November 10, 2012, Red Arrow Contemporary, Dallas, Texas.

2011 2:00pm-4:00pm and 4:00pm-6:00pm from the series Tethered, Mayorʼs Office, City Hall, San Antonio, Texas

2007 Think Small Invitational, Art6, Richmond, Virginia

2007 Visual Arts Center of Richmondʼs Faculty Show, Suitable for Framing Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

2006 Think Small Invitational, Art6, Richmond, Virginia

2006 Attack of the 50 Ft. Reel, Flicker, Richmond, Virginia

2005 Think Small Invitational, Art6, Richmond, Virginia

2005 New Membersʼ Show, Artspace Gallery @ Plant Zero, Richmond, Virginia

2004 Attack of the 50 Ft. Reel, Flicker, Richmond, Virginia

2003 Attack of the 50 Ft. Reel, Flicker, Richmond, Virginia

2004 Artspace Memberʼs Exhibit, Artspace Gallery @ Plant Zero, Richmond, Virginia

2003 From LA to VA, Crossroads, Richmond, Virginia

PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Mark Watson III, Argo Group, San Antonio, Texas

R. J. Loderick, Richmond, Virginia

Blaine McCormick, Woodway, Texas

Carolyn Hulett, Richmond, Virginia

Capital One, Plano, Texas

Capital One, Houston, Texas

The Belew Collection, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

SELECT REFEREED, INVITED LECTURES, and PANEL TALKS

2020 Presented an artist talk on Going Away From Here, Shircliff Gallery, Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana (upcoming).

2020 Presented an artist talk on Going Away From Here, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA (upcoming).

2020 Presented an artist talk on Going Away From Here, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, LA (invited).

2019 Selected to Co-Chair a session with artist, Chris Ireland, titled United We Fall at the FATE’s (Foundations in Art: Theory & Education) 17th Biennial Conference, Foundations in Flux at Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus, Ohio (refereed).

2019 Presented an artist talk on The Collective Glitch, Process and Methodology, at Shircliff Gallery, Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana (invited).

2018 Selected to present panel talk with artist, Chris Ireland, titled Collaboration is Easy…and other fake news at the 2018 Society for Photographic Education (SPESC) South Central Chapter Conference at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (refereed).

2018 Presented an artist talk on The Collective Glitch, Process and Methodology, at Black Box Theatre, The University of Maine–Farmington, Farmington, Maine (invited).

2016 Presented an artist talk on Tethered, at The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, Colorado (invited).

2015 Presented lecture The Collective Glitch, Process and Methodology to Apparel Aesthetics, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Baylor University, Waco, Texas (invited).

2015 Selected to present and participate on a panel talk Searched, Collected, and Tagged at the 2015 Society for Photographic Education (SPESC) South Central Regional Conference at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma (refereed).

2015 Selected to present and participate on a panel discussion titled Untangling the Tenure Track & Promotion Process at the 2015 Society for Photographic Education (SPESC) South Central Regional Conference at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma (invited).

2014 Presented gallery talk on Tethered, at Northlight Gallery invited by Elizabeth Allen, director of Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute School of Art Northlight Gallery (invited).

2014 Presented lecture on my collection of latest works (Tethered, A Momentary Glitch, and The Collective Glitch) to undergraduate photography students at Arizona State University, invited by Elizabeth Allen, faculty associate at Arizona State University School of Art, Tempe, Arizona (invited).

2014 Presented gallery talk on Family as the Vernacular, at Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, invited by Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta Georgia (invited).

2014 Presented lecture on my collection of latest works (Tethered, A Momentary Glitch, and The Collective Glitch) to graduate photography students at SCAD-Atlanta, invited by Margaret Hiden, Adjunct Faculty at Savannah College of Art and Design (invited).

2013 Presented lecture on Family as the Vernacular, at Tarleton State University, invited by Chris Ireland, Assistant Professor, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas (invited).

2013 Selected to present and participate in the panel talk Don’t Drink the Fixer at the 2013 Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Chicago Hilton, Chicago, Illinois (refereed).

2013 Invited to present a lecture on Tethered at San Antonio College for Women’s History Week and Contemporary Art Month. Invited by the Women’s History Committee, San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas (invited).

2013 Presented a lecture on Tethered at San Antonio College to the University of Texas San Antonio’s Advanced Photography students, San Antonio, Texas (invited).

2012 Selected to present and participate in the panel talk Family as the Vernacular at the 2012 South Central Regional Society for Photographic Education (SPESC) Conference at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi (refereed).

2012 Presented a lecture and workshop titled The Magic of Pinhole, for Up Close Monday at MMoA, The Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco,Texas (invited).

2011 Selected lecturer and presenter at the 2011 Society for Photographic Education South Central Regional Conference (invited).

2002 Presented a lecture at the 2002 Society for Photographic Education Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference (invited).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

SERVICE AS PORTFOLIO REVIEWER

2020 Selected Portfolio Reviewer for Professionals and Students at the Society for Photographic Education’s national conference, 2020 Vision, Houston Texas

2019 Selected Portfolio Reviewer at the Portfolio Throwdown, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas

2012 Selected Portfolio Reviewer of Undergraduate and Graduate Work, 2012 South Central Regional Society for Photographic Education Conference, University of Mississippi, Starkeville, Mississippi

PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES

2014-Present Texas Photographic Society, Board Member, Exhibitions Committee

2011-Present Society for Photographic Education, National Member, Women’s Caucus and Multicultural Caucus

2020 Summer Sabbatical Selection Committee, Baylor University

2020 Selection Committee for proposals for the Society for Photographic Education’s national conference

2020 Vision, Houston Texas

2019-2022 Faculty Senate, Baylor University

2018-2021 Cultural Events Experience, University Committee, Baylor University

2018-2021 Core Curriculum Advisory Committee, Baylor University

2019 Summer Sabbatical Selection Committee, Baylor University

2015-2017 Texas Photographic Society, Executive Board Member, Secretary

2012-2014 Society for Photographic Education South Central Region, Board Member, Vendor Liaison

2004-2007 Artspace Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Exhibition Committee

OTHER SELECT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2017 Co-Chair, with Chris Ireland (Assistant Professor at Tarleton State University), This, That, or the

Other: Emerging Trends and Vernacular in Photography, Society of Photographic Education–South Central Regional Conference, Waco, TX. Featured Speakers Charlotte Cotton and Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison.

EXHIBITIONS CURATED and JURIED

2015 Society for Photographic Education’s Student Juried Exhibition, Lightwell Gallery in the Fred Jones Art Center, The University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK (in collaboration with Arthur Fields).

2006 Richmond Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Richmond, Virginia (in collaboration with Vaughn Garland)

2005 Richmond Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Richmond, Virginia (in collaboration with Vaughn Garland)

2004-05 Exhibition Committee and Co-Curator of artspace, Richmond, Virginia

 

 

 

A House with No Walls

Posted on

Statement
“I come from here.  Here, meaning the grass and stones beneath a person’s feet, the ground upon which they are raised. Because that will never change, regardless of who happens to be ruling at any particular moment. Here pins each person to something solid against which they can always reference themselves, no matter how weird or confusing things get, the way a drunk puts his toes on the floor beside the bed to try to stop the swirls.”

Inara Verzemnieks: Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming on the War Roads of Europe

The historian Eagle Glassheim describes the region where I grew up as an area with “crossroads, a liminal space filled with ends, beginnings, and crossings.” Once called the Sudetenland when inhabited by German-speaking population, later the Borderlands although the borders remained shut, the narrow stretch of land along the Czech-German frontier has changed names, forms, and identities throughout history. Left depopulated after the 1945 expulsion of people with German roots; the traditionally agricultural area was left open to the communist vision of modernization through heavy industry. Newcomers from other parts of the country and the Eastern Bloc were encouraged, or forced, to move in. Among them was my maternal grandfather who settled his family in a house left empty by the fleeing Germans – the house where I grew up. Several decades after the destruction of Czech-German settlements and records, more towns and villages were demolished to make way for lignite coal mining. Today, the land still carries the scars of environmental exploitation, depopulation, displacement, and erasure of memory.

Driven by a need to re-familiarize myself with the landscape of my childhood after years of absence, I explore locations connected to familial past and discover that many of them have transformed beyond recognition. Guided by contemporary and historical maps, personal narratives, and above all, by the landscape and architecture itself, I search for clues that reveal what is no longer there. In an overgrown forest, I seek wrinkled and twisted fruit trees that point to a long-lost human presence. I scan the landscape for vast meadows that cover past fields or trace the bed of a stream that used to meander through the town where my father grew up. In towns and cities, I examine the walls of old buildings that carry layers of forgotten history.

Intended to be a book that combines text and images, A House with No Walls explores the Czech Borderlands as a real and an imaginary place, a repository of memories, a place that speaks of its changing identities and histories otherwise lost.

Bio
Anna Mikušková grew up in the Czech Republic and is currently based in Maine and upstate New York. Before turning to visual arts, she received an MFA in English literature from Masaryk University in Brno. Mikušková studied photography at Maine College of Arts and Maine Media Workshops. For six years, she apprenticed silver gelatin printing with Paul Caponigro – a cooperation that culminated with several group and two-person exhibitions. Currently, she is an MFA candidate in the Photography and Related Media program at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Her work is held in private collections in the United States and the Czech Republic and has been exhibited in galleries across Maine and New York. In 2020, she was awarded the  RIT William A. Reedy Memorial Scholarship and the Pfahl/Richard Stanley Scholarship. Her essays were published in Maine Arts Journal and in the British journal On Landscape.

CV

Education      

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Photography and Related Media, 2021 MFA candidate

Independent study with master printer Paul Caponigro, Cushing, ME, 2013 – 2019

Maine Media Workshops & College, Rockport, ME
Professional Certificate Class with Elizabeth Greenberg, 2014- 2015
Workshops with Lydia Goetze and Neil Parent, 2010-2013

Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Traditional Black and White Photography, 2013

Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Rep.
MA, English Language and Literature, 1999 – 2005

Experience

RIT Wallace Library, Rochester, NY
Library assistant, 2020-present
Promoting library resources, services, workshops and events focusing on the School of Photography Arts and Sciences

RIT William Harris Gallery, August 2019-January 2020
Gallery Assistant
Installation and deinstallation, gallery preparation, reception and tear down

Immigrant Resource Center of Maine, Lewiston, ME, 2018 – 2019
Coordinator
Program was an anti-bias program aimed at increasing trust and understanding between long time Americans and immigrants

Steve Wessler, Human Rights, Education and Advocacy, MDI, ME
Assistant
Responsible for research, editing and proofreading, 2012-2019

The Little Dog Coffee Shop, Brunswick, ME
Food Program Director, Baker, Barista 2010 – 2019

Douglas Payne J Attorney at Law, Brunswick, ME
Office assistant 2011

111 Maine, Café & Catering, Brunswick, ME
Breakfast Chef, Server, Caterer, 2006 – 2010

Language School “Slune”, Brno,  Czech Republic
Teaching ESL 2005


Volunteering Positions

Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, Portland, ME
Assisting clients with completing immigration forms.  2014-2015

Harbor Works Gallery, Harpswell, ME
Greeting and guiding visitors, exhibition installation and tear down, 2011

UBECI, Quito Ecuador
Helping an NGO run childcare center provide care, 2010
attention and basic education to street children

Languages
Czech, English, Spanish

Selected Exhibitions

The Light We Share: Paul Caponigro, Ni Rong, Eleanor Owen   Kerr, Dirk McDonnel and Anna Mikušková, Cove Street Arts,  Portland, Maine, November 2019 – February 2020

RIT Art Out, Bevier Gallery, juried by Margot Muto Rochester Institute of Technology, Henrietta, NY, November 2019

Collective Work II: Paul Caponigro, Ni Rong, Eleanor Owen Kerr, Dirk McDonnel and Anna Mikušková, Gallery at 162 Russell Avenue, Rockport, Maine, July 2019

Kennebunk River Club 63st. Annual Art show,  Kennebunk, Maine, August 2018

Reflections on Silver:  Paul Caponigro and Anna Mikuskova, Frank Brockman Gallery, Brunswick, Maine, April 2018,

Migration Experience: April 2018, UMVA Gallery, Portland, Maine

Arrival: Work by and about New Mainers: September-November 2017, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, Maine

Kennebunk River Club 62st. Annual Art show,  Kennebunk, Maine, August 2017, Honorary mention

 Kennebunk River Club 61st. Annual Art show, Kennebunk, Maine, August 2016, Honorary mention

 3artists, 3visions at 3fish: Heath Paley, Kim Stone, Anna Mikuskova,  curated by Susan Porter, 3Fish Gallery, Portland Maine, 2016

A House With No Walls: Kerry Michaels, Anna Mikuskova, and Mary Woodman, Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth, Maine, 2016

Open Regional Photography Show: juried by Bruce Brown, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine, 2015

Connections: Solo Exhibition, Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Maine, 2015

Structures: Group Exhibition with Maine Traditional Film Photographers, Ballard Center, Augusta, Maine, 2015

Art 2015:  juried by Britta Konau, April 2015, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine

Black & Whites and Tones of Gray: juried by Tina Ingraham, February, 2015, River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine

Selected Scholarships, Awards and Publications

RIT William A Reedy Memorial Scholarship,  2020
RIT  Pfahl/Richard Stanley Scholarship, 2020

Kany, Daniel. “Former CMCA space fills need for photo shows,” Maine Sunday Telegram, August 4, 2019.

Kany, Daniel. “In Brunswick, two gifted practitioners of the art of gelatin silver printing,” Maine Sunday Telegram, April 15, 2018. 

Anna Mikuskova; “Origin Stories,” April 2018, Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly, 

“New Mainers Speak,” March 2018, WMPG 90.9 and 104.1 FM,

Anna Mikuskova: “The Northern Exposure,” November 2017, On Landscape

“Kennebunk River Club 62st. Annual Art show,” Kennebunk, Maine, August 2017, Honorary Mention

 “Kennebunk River Club 61st. Annual Art show,” Kennebunk, Maine, August 2016, Honorary Mention

“Art 2015” juried by Britta Konau, April 2015, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine, Best Traditional Photograph

 

 

The Day After Yesterday: Portraits of Dementia

Posted on

Statement
In 2020, 50 million people are living with dementia globally. In the United States, one in three seniors suffer with Alzheimer’s or dementia at the time of their death. The US government, through Medicare and Medicaid, will spend approximately $305 billion annually to care for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia. There is an additional $250 billion shouldered by family members and unpaid caregivers. Six million people in the US have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. It’s estimated that only 1 in 4 people with the disease are diagnosed which means it’s possible that 24 million people in the US are living with dementia.

And yet despite the millions of individuals and families affected, dementia is often a taboo subject with limited public awareness or discourse. A diagnosis can become a mechanism for segregating those affected from society, making it easy to see only the label instead of the individual.

The typical narrative about dementia tends to focus on the clinical diagnosis or medical status of an individual, and is all too often depicted using fear, despair and vulnerability. This narrow and incomplete view of dementia quickly becomes a powerful means to distance oneself from their humanity. By focusing only on the narrowest of views, that narrative does little to change the stigma of those living with the disease. In many ways, showing the stereotypical perspectives only makes it easier to continue ignoring the burgeoning health crisis and the individuals themselves.

The goal of this [body of work] is to de-stigmatize those living with dementia. To use empathy as a means for connection and understanding. To tell a more complex and complete story of those living with the disease and its affect on their families and loved ones.

To give the audience courage to act in ways large and small, you must  show the whole story – the fear, loss and despair, but also the love, connection, dignity, and powerful humanity that always remain – in the subjects, in the care-partners, and in the families and communities. That is the only path to evolve the narrative and have a positive social change.

Bio
Trained as a journalist, Joe Wallace has been a portrait photographer and storyteller for twenty years. Like many, Joe has a deeply personal connection with dementia. His maternal grandfather and hero, Joe Jenkins, had Alzheimer’s. His maternal grandmother Elizabeth Ponder (Bebe) had vascular dementia. And in recent years, his mother Barbara has begun her journey with the disease.

Joe was frustrated by the common, one-dimensional narrative of dementia – futility, despair, and loss. These are real and important elements of the dementia journey, but by focusing only on the narrowest of views, do very little to change the stigma of those living with the disease. In many ways, showing the stereotypical perspectives only makes it easier to continue ignoring the burgeoning health crisis and the individuals themselves.

Joe feels strongly that to give the audience courage to act in ways large and small, you must to show the whole story. The artist must not be afraid to show not only the fear, loss and despair, but also the love, connection, dignity, and powerful humanity that always remain – in the subjects, in the care-partners, and in the families and communities. That is the only path to evolve the narrative and have a positive social change.

Visit Joe Wallace’s website.

Photography Atelier 32

Posted on

Photography Atelier is a 12-session portfolio and project building course for emerging to
advanced photographers offered through the Griffin Museum of Photography. Now in its 23rd year, the Atelier class 32 was led by photographer Meg Birnbaum with assistance from photographer Susan Green.

Exhibiting photographers Photography Atelier 32 are Kevin Belanger, Adrien Bisson, Simone Brogini, Lawrence Bruns, Julia Cluett, Edie Clifford, Miren Etcheverry, Michael Fager, Sarah Forbes, Claudia Ruiz-Gustafson, Conrad Gees, Matthew R. Kaufman, Michael King, Shelby Meyerhoff, Maria Verrier and Jeanne Widmer.

The work created during this 5 month class is listed below.

Kevin Belanger – A Long Desire
“I retired from the Postal Service into a world of anxiety and longing. This project is my attempt to cope with the circumstances that define this new reality”.

Adrien Bisson – Alone Together
“In this project I am telling the story of three months in which my wife and I sheltered in-place during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.”

Simone Brogini – Within a Bubble
“Inspired by the events of the current COVID-19 pandemic, I began to photograph the emptiness of our neighborhood and how this condition has impacted our family’s life.”

Lawrence Bruns – Line, Form and Texture
“In this gallery presentation I focus on high contrast black and white images as opposed to my usual style of using realistic color photography.”

Julia Cluett – Inviting Calm
“This project emerged as an emotional response to the unsettling changes introduced by the coronavirus pandemic. These images suggest a refuge of calm found in the natural world while inviting viewers into more intimate spaces and personal rituals of centering.’

Edie Clifford – The Walter Baker Chocolate Mills
“I grew up in Milton in the 1940s-1960s and these imposing brick buildings that were built by my great great uncle in the late 19th century along the Lower Falls of the Neponset River were part of my childhood adventures.”

Miren Etcheverry – Oh My Goddess
“Oh My Goddess is a celebration of the women in my extended family….All my family is in southern France, including my ninety-something mother and her ninety-something bffs, my aunt, my cousins and their loved ones.”

Michael Fager – The Song of the Mystic
“My photography is an exploration of the natural world, both its beauty and the impacts humans have on it. This work is a view of the natural world in an urban landscape.”

Sarah Forbes – Illuminating the Invisible
“This work explores the transitions in nature that are invisible to the naked eye: the long silky hairs that cover an emerging leaf to deter hungry insects or the veins on a wing-like pod that help cut through the air as it spins in the breeze to create a new sapling.”

Claudia Ruiz-Gustafson – Suspended World
“These images were created intuitively and spontaneously in my home during the statewide lockdown as my days were blending with one another while I was feeling a growing sense of sadness and depression.”

Conrad Gees – Los Habaneros
“The images in this body of work grew out of, and helped me to develop, a deeper understanding of Havana and its people. Havana is truly a city of resilience.”

Matthew R. Kaufman – Shimmering
“In the midst of my continuous struggle with grief and reorienting myself for an uncertain future,  bereft of anchors, I found myself on Martha’s Vineyard sequestering from the Covid-19 virus. Marl Pond became my refuge.” 

Michael King – Fish Market
“In these photographs of the Catania Fish Market (La Pescheria) in Sicily I portray the opening beat [of the market].”

Shelby Meyerhoff – Paper Playroom
“I was inspired to create sculptures out of ordinary paper products when the coronavirus arrived in the Boston are.”

Maria Verrier – Liminal
‘Inspired by the mythical quality of Hiromi Kakimoto’s images, this series explores the complicated layers of subconscious emotion.’

Jeanne Widmer – Grace Notes
“Up to three months ago my photography usually focused on creating a story in a Todd Hido-type atmospheric scene or a Suzanne Revy-inspired childhood moment. …..The virus has brought much sadness but also renewed moments of gratitude. Bringing my camera on daily walks, I began noticing new details…”

—————————————————————————-

In addition to guidance and support in the creation of a body of work, the class helps prepare artists to market, exhibit and present their work to industry professionals. Participants engage in supportive critical discussions of each other’s work and leave with a better understanding of how to edit and sequence their own work as well as help others do the same. Instruction in the Atelier includes visual presentations based around 4-5 assignments which are designed to encourage experimentation in both subject matter and approach. Students learn how to prepare for a national or regional portfolio review. Students learn the critical importance of writing an effective artist statement and bio. Any method or medium of image making is welcome although digital photography is recommended for the first half of the class when work is assigned each week. For information about the exhibiting artists of Atelier 32 and to see more of their images visit www.photographyatelier.org.

For information about upcoming classes: www.griffinmuseum.org, under Programs then Education or email crista at griffinmuseum dot org. The Photography Atelier has its own website. You may see all of the ateliers here including Atelier 32.

The Atelier was conceived by Holly Smith Pedlosky around 1996 and later taught by Karen Davis and then Meg Birnbaum. The workshop was previously offered at Radcliffe Seminars, Harvard University and Lesley Seminars and in the Seminar Series in the Arts, The Art Institute of Boston (AIB), both at Lesley University.

Gallery hours by appointment: Tuesday – Sunday: Noon – 4PM

Zoomorphics

Posted on

Artist Statement
I start by painting on my own body, to transform myself into a new creature: a blue-ringed octopus, an owl, or a monarch butterfly. Then, alone in my studio, I set my camera on the tripod and pose. Although it’s make-believe, it doesn’t feel like I’m pretending. The emotions of this new creature well up inside me. I let my body move in unexpected ways. I am expansive, and I do not constrain myself.

In my life outside the art studio, it is harder to be playful with my appearance. As a woman, I am acutely aware of which facial expressions are acceptable. I am aware of the meanings of different hairstyles. I know what a woman’s clothes say about her. (And I can never quite make mine say something true about me. Getting dressed always feels like pretending.)

I live near the woods and treasure my morning walks there. Among the plants and animals, I am not self-conscious. I am at ease just as I am, part of an interconnected web of life that transcends any social construct. Perhaps that is why I turn to the natural world for inspiration in my work. The creatures that I become are hybrids, both human and non-human. They are beyond gender, and when I inhabit them, I am free. -SM

Bio
Shelby Meyerhoff is a multidisciplinary artist based in Winchester, Massachusetts. She works with a variety of media, including photography, painting, sculpture, and body art, often combining multiple techniques to create her images. Meyerhoff lives near the Middlesex Fells, a 3,400-acre nature preserve north of Boston, and draws much of her inspiration from the plants, animals, and fungi found in her local area. Before becoming a fine artist, Meyerhoff worked in nonprofit communications, promoting environmental initiatives.

She has studied visual arts at the Griffin Museum of Photography, the New England School of Photography, and MassArt.

Meyerhoff’s work has been exhibited at venues across the country, including the Griffin Museum of Photography (MA), the Mosesian Center for the Arts (MA), the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (GA), and the LH Horton Jr. Gallery at San Joaquin Delta College (CA). Her Zoomorphics series has also been featured in UU World, the national magazine of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

View Shelby’s Website.

Cani di Roma

Posted on

Statement and Bio
My first formal introduction to photography came after college. That first summer I enrolled in a class at the New England School of Photography, aka NESOP. My instructor, Barry Kiperman, who had spent time with Walker Evans while at Yale, insisted that I take a weekend workshop with a guy named Gary Winogrand. By Monday I was looking to sell my car so that I could buy a Leica. By the time I had (almost) completed the two year program at NESOP I was assisting numerous Boston photographers, starting my own commercial studio, and shooting on the street whenever possible with yes, a Leica. Forty-five years later, after the commercial work, after the teaching, I still prefer the street.

Since 1973, I have been returning to Rome, Italy. There was the summer school and fall semester at Trinity College; the travel passes from my wife, a Delta flight attendant; and the 2004 high school semester with my youngest daughter, after the fire that destroyed my studio. Now, that same daughter has been living in Rome for over a decade. Not that I ever needed an excuse, but it is a delight to visit family (often with family) and spend multiple weeks photographing my favorite city. The ever present dogs in Rome have always found their way into my photographs, but in the last few years the dogs have become principle actors. One year ago, Paula reviewed a book I produced of Roman photographs: “Roman Haikus: I-III”. Knowing of her love of dogs, I also brought along a small box of dog photographs from Rome. After viewing the Haikus, she looked through the box of 5×7 dog prints and said, “I want to show these next year, this size, no frames, and in this room.” And here we are. Thank you Paula! – RA

CV
HONORS & GRANTS

2016 – The Outwin: American Portraiture Today – The National Portrait Gallery, DC

2014 – Critical Mass 200 2014 – Invitation to host portfolios at ArtPhotoIndex.com 2014 – Juried entrant at Review Santa Fe 2014 – Invitation to host portfolios at LensCulture.com

2013 – New England Photography Biennial

2013 – Photography Fellowship Grant – Massachusetts Cultural Council

2011 – New England Museum Association | Second Place Book Awards Jeremiah Lee Mansion: A Photographic Tour by Rick Ashley 2009 – Juried entrant at Review Santa Fe

1995 – Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Arts Grant 1990 – Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Arts Grant

1986 – New York Art Directors, Gold Pencil Award for “AIDS, It takes all kinds”, TV PSA

EXHIBITIONS

2020 – Marblehead Museum & Historic Society, “From the Ashes”, Surviving photographs from the 2003 School Street Fire: The Marblehead Portrait Project and Marblehead Celebrates, Marblehead’s Annual Parades and Public Events. February 1 – April 30

2018 – Ackland Museum of Art, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, “The Outwin: American Portraiture Today” June 1, 2018 – August 26, 2018

2018 – Artis―Naples, The Baker Museum, Naples,Florida, “The Outwin: American Portraiture Today” January 31, 2018 – May 6, 2018

2017 – Marblehead Museum & Historic Society, “Off Season” – The Jeremiah Lee Mansion October 1 – November 15

2017 – Virginia Carten Gallery, “Bartlett’s Garage”, Marblehead MA, November 1 – 30

2017 – Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO “The Outwin: American Portraiture Today” October 6, 2017 – January 7, 2018

2017 – The Gallery UPSTAIRS, Orleans, MA, Neal Rantoul & Rick Ashley, June 8 – July 10

2017 – Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX “The Outwin: American Portraiture Today” June 8 – September 10

2017 – Griffin Museum of Photography, Lafayette Gallery, “Aviary” group exhibit, March 21 – July 21

2017 – Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington “The Outwin: American Portraiture Today” February 4 – May 14

2016 – National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian, Washington, DC “The Outwin: American Portraiture Today”. March 12, 2016 – January 8, 2017

2016 – Marblehead Arts Association – Ballroom Gallery “Marblehead’s Horrible Parade and the Kids that Love it”, October 1 – November 13

2016 – Laura’s Center for the Arts, “Perspectives on Inclusion”, Hanover, MA, March 29 – April 30

2015 – Virginia Carten Gallery, “Open Spaces”, Marblehead MA

2015 – The Gallery at The School of Design at Mount Ida College “New Visionaries”

2014 – Griffin Museum of Photography Virtual Gallery, 20th Juried Exhibition, Juror: Aline Smithson

2014 – Flash Forward Festival/Boston, Fall Back, Spring Forward at the Photographic Resource Center curated by Francine Weiss, PHD

2014 – New Art Center, 2013 MCC Fellowship Recipients Exhibition, Newtonville, MA

2013 – Danforth Museum of Art, Photography Biennial, Framingham MA, Juror: Francine Weiss

2013 – Panopticon Gallery, “Michael” in Dress Up, Boston MA

2012 – Virginia Carten Gallery, “94 Pleasant Street”, Marblehead MA

2011 – Panopticon Gallery, Instant Connections curated by Jim Fitts, Boston MA

2011 – Chase Young Gallery, “Studio Diptychs” photographs with Bernd Haussmann, painter, Boston

2010 – Gallery Kayafas, “Prom Couples” Special Edition Books with Original Prints, Boston

2010 – RayKo Gallery, “Prom Couples” (Por)trait Revealed, San Francisco CA

2010 – Griffin Museum of Photography, “94 Pleasant Street” 16th Juried Exhibition Juror: Jorg Colberg ,Winchester MA

2010 – Gallery Kayafas, “Prom Couples”, Boston MA

2009 – Photographic Resource Center, “Prom Couples” Exposure 2009 Juror: Russell Hart, editor of American Photo

ONLINE & PRINT PUBLICATIONS

2020 – Marblehead Magazine, Winter “Rick Ashley captures a town’s history”

2017 – IlPost.it Con chi vai al ballo di fine anno? (Prom Couples)

2016 – What Will You Remember, Elin Spring Photography Blog, O Superman

2014 – FeatureShoot.com Conceptual Portraits of a Man with Down Syndrome Reference Art History and Superman 

2014 – VisualNews.com This Super Man With Down Syndrome Is Not Camera Shy

2014 – TheMighty.com Photo Series Challenges Preconceived Notions About People With Down Syndrome

2014 – ufunk.com

Michael – Magnifiques portraits d’un homme atteint du syndrome de Down

2014 – aplus.com Artist Takes Photos Of His Brother-In-Law In The Superman Outfit We can all be superheroes if we want to be. 

2014 – Wonderzine – Moscow Arts & Culture Magazine: Prom Couples in America 

2014 – Huffington Post: Photographer Rick Ashley: Altering Perceptions Through Portraiture 

2013 – Elin Spring Photography Blog: Rick Ashley update: Elizabeth City, NC 

2013 – photoweenie.com: Rick Ashley Introduces Superman to Inges, Manet, Sargent, and Hopper

2013 – Wonders of Photography, by Dennis Curtin, gallery of photographs

2013 – Elin Spring Photography Blog: Agent Provocateur?

2012 – WickedLocalMarblehead.com (print & online) Arts & More: The Y gone by, exhibition review

2011 – Photo District News, July; “What Collectors Want” by Holly Hughes

2011 – Jeremiah Lee Mansion: A Photographic Tour by Rick Ashley, published and sold through The Marblehead Museum 

2010 – SalemNews.com (print & online) A New View of Lee Mansion, photography book by Rick Ashley

2010 – WickedLocalMarblehead.com (print & online) Arts & More, photography book by Rick Ashley

2009 – The Photo Review, online exhibition, 2009 Everyday People, “Prom Couples”

2009 – Flash Flood: 13 Favorites from 2009 Review Santa Fe , “Prom Couples”

2001 – Digital Desktop Studio Photography, co-author with Dennis Curtin, published by Shortcourses

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2013 – Kelby Worldwide Photowalk leader, Rome, Italy 2012 – Artist in Residence at Boston University’s Center for Digital Imaging Arts

2012 – Kelby Worldwide Photowalk leader, Marblehead, MA 2008 – Adobe Lightroom Expert Certification

2007 – Trained teaching assistants for Adobe Lightroom release at Photoshop World/Boston

2006 – 2010: Program Director, Photography Department, Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts

2005 – 2011: Instructor of photography at the Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts

2004 – present: Workshops and lectures on digital photography

1983 – 1986 Co-Owner, New Reelism Video Productions Writing, producing, and shooting, specializing in sports marketing and TV spots.

1986 recipient of New York Art Directors One Show Gold Pencil, Hatch and Clio awards, with AIDS PSA commercial airing on the Super Bowl

1979 – present: Commercial photographer

EDUCATION

1977-1979: New England School of Photography 1972-1976: Trinity College, BA Religion 

Palm Springs Modern Dogs at Home

Posted on

Statement
In good times and bad, our best friends are there for support, therapy, and unconditional love. Especially now–where would we be without our dogs? Although the so-called modernists of Palm Springs embrace the serenity of life in post WWII America, the sometimes-harsh realities of contemporary life are impossible to ignore. These mid twentieth century re-enactors are often transplants, enjoying the Palm Springs lifestyle with their dogs and friends as their chosen family. The beautiful climate, wide-open spaces, and clean décor make the perfect home for their desert pets that are as lovingly groomed and cared-for as their surroundings.

For the many years that Palm Springs has been my second home, I’ve been documenting the endlessly intriguing lifestyle beyond its resorts. As a Chicago native, my fascination and appreciation for this desert oasis is magnified and unwaning. The community has welcomed my camera and me into their homes, perfect odes to mid century modern American design. The dogs of the house often follow me around and wander into my camera frame, adding warmth and life to the image as they do to their homes. In these pages I have put these precious pups in the spotlight where they belong. NB

Bio
Born in Chicago, Nancy Baron is now based in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California. In her fine art documentary photography she uses portraits, landscapes, and architectural photographs to record the world nearby with a hopeful bias.

Nancy’s prints have been exhibited in group and solo shows internationally and are held in public and private collections. Her photography has been published in notable magazines and newspapers worldwide, including The New York Times, Madame Figaro, W Magazine, Architectural Digest, The Telegraph Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Fast Times, Mother Jones, and on the Apple, CNN, and BBC websites.

Baron’s two monographs, The Good Life, Palm Springs and Palm Springs and The Good Life Goes On are published by Kehrer Verlag and are held in various museum libraries, including MOMA, LACMA, the Getty, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, and The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin.

Nancy’s third monograph, Palm Springs Modern Dogs at Home, published by Schiffer Books, is available at the Griffin Museum of Photography.

CV
Monographs

2020 Palm Springs Modern Dogs at Home, Schiffer Publishing

2017 Beautiful Trailertown, Self-published

2016 Palm Springs > The Good Life Goes On, Kehrer Verlag

2014 The Good Life > Palm Springs, Kehrer Verlag

Solo Exhibition

2020 Into the Light, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Los Angeles, CA

2019 Into the Light, Temple Israel of Hollwyood, Hollywood, California

2016 Beautiful Trailertown, Paul Kaplan Designs, Palm Springs, California

2016 Beautiful Trailertown, Spot Photoworks Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2015 The Good Life > Palm Springs, Gallery 446, Palm Springs, California

2014 The Good Life > Palm Springs, dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, California

2012 The Good Life > Palm Springs, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California

Group Exhibitions

2019 Photoville L.A., Los Angeles, CA

2017 American Desert Dreams, Kehrer Galerie, Berlin
2017 The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO

2016 The Billboard Creative

2015 Old and New, dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, California

2014 Structure, Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

2014 Six shooters, Venice Arts Center, Venice, California

2014 Wet and Dry, Gallery 446, Palm Springs, California

2014 !CLICK! UC Riverside, Palm Desert, California

2014 Photo L.A. for ASMPLA

2013 Picture Society, Denver, Colorado

2013 Photo L.A. for Verge, a Duncan Miller Project, Los Angeles, California

2012 Six Shooters, Seaver Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2012 Dot.Com. GuatePhoto Festival, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2012 Les Rencontres Photographie, Arles France

2012 Photo L.A., for Gallery 825, Santa Monica, California

2011 Multiple Exposures, Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

2011 Summertime, Duncan Miller Projects Gallery, Santa Monica

2011 Gem, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California

2011 About Face, Hous Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2010 Summer Mix: Images by LACMA’s Photographic Arts Council, LA, CA

2010 Les Rencontres Photographie, Arles, France

Publications and Press

2019 Telegraph Magazine

2019 Lenscratch

2017 Next Liberation, France

2017 CNN

2016 W Magazine, Holiday gift list

2016 Musee Magazine

2016 Port Magazine, UK

2016 PDN Photo of the Day

2016 LA Weekly

2016 Wall Street International

2015 Inspirato Magazine

2015 Conde Nast Traveler

2015 Palm Springs Life

2015 Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Switzerland

2015 Newfound Journal

2014 New York Times, Sunday Review, Exposures

2014 Denver Post – listed in Favorite Photogaphy Books of 2014

2014 American Photo Magazine – listed as one of the best photo books of 2014

2014 BBC News

2014 Ritz Carlton Fall Magazine

2014 PDN Photo of the Day

2014 Juxtapoz Magazine

2014 Architectural Digest, Italy

2014 Mother Jones

2014 Slate.com 

2014 Lenscratch

2014 Eichler Network

2014 Interview Magazine, Germany

2014 Fast Company

2014 It’s Nice That

2013 dwell.com, August 15

2013 Le Journal de la Photographie May 3

2013 LENSCRATCH, January 24

2013 Times Quotidian, February 11

2012 Lost in E Minor, August 30

2012 LENSCRATCH, May 15

2012 La Lettre de la Photographie, May 7

2011 Times Quotidian, January 4

2011 The Times Quotidian, July 5

2010 Esquire Russia, December 3, 2010

Honors

2016 Director’s Honorable Mention for Portraits, Center for Fine Art Photography

2015 Palm Springs Photo Festival Slide Show Finalist, I Went to the Dogshow

2014 American Photo Magazine lists The Good Life > Palm Springs as one of best books of  year

2014 Denver Post names The Good Life > Palm Springs one of best of year

2014 Palm Springs Photo Festival, Slide Show Finalist, The Good Life > Palm Springs

2013 Palm Springs Photo Festival, Slide Show Finalist, Freeway Phobia

2012 Palm Springs Photo Festival, Slide Show Finalist, Now it’s a Church

2010 TAG California Open Exhibition 2010, Honorable Mention

2010 Palm Springs Photo Festival, Slide Show Finalist, Palm Springs Life

2009 International Photo Awards, First Place, People – Weddings, Vegas, I Do

2007 Palm Springs Photo Festival, Slide Show Finalist, Vegas, I Do

Professional Organizations

American Society of Media Photographers

Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles

Texas Photographic Society

College of the Canyons Photography Department Board Member

View Nancy Baron’s Website

MENU