PRESS RELEASE October 12, 2012
The Northwest regional conference for the Society for Photographic Education will be located on the University of Oregon campus Nov. 1-3, 2012. Hosted by the AAA School, the Department of Art and the Photography program the three –day event leads off with keynote speaker and visiting artist Arthur Tress presenting in 115 Lawrence Hall at 6p.m.
The conference theme this year, Crossing the Divide, broadly addresses physical, ideological and metaphorical concepts present in the medium today. Considering the role of photography as a tool for documentation, expression, conceptualization and collaboration. Following the Tress lecture, there will be a reception in the Laverne Krause Gallery in Lawrence Hall in honor of the Alumni Photography Exhibition that will feature the works of than 35 MFA and BFA graduates of the photo program from a period that spans more than two decades.
On Friday the proceedings will move to the Ford Event Room at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the UO campus. The JSMA is a gracious so-sponsor of the conference on Friday. Among the highlights will be a film screening curated by current MFA candidate Ian Clark featuring a line-up of shorts films (in the words of Clark) that were…created by a unique group of artists whose backgrounds and personal histories are as varied as their aesthetic, these works have screened in festivals, museums, and alternative venues all over the world including the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, 2012 SXSW Film Festival, and the Guggenheim Museum.
Other presenters on Friday include Amjad Faur of Seattle, Justyna Badach of Philadelphia and Lucas Foglia of San Francisco. The afternoon program will conclude with a facilitated discussion between Badach and Foglio moderated by Assistant Professor Jenny Lin of the Department of Art and Architecture History. Following the days lectures will be a no-host reception in the Browsing Room of Knight Library. Dan Powell, Associate Professor of Art at the UO is the Honored Educator for this year’s conference. A selection of his prints from the archive of Special Collections will be on view during the reception, which will also feature book signings by Tress and Foglia. Justyna Badach’s participation in the conference is generously supported by the AAA Diversity Committee.
Saturday’s program includes 12 lectures/panels and image-maker presentations selected from a national call for proposals. The speakers include: David Turner, of Eugene; Michael Sherwin, West Virginia; Allie Mount, Portland, OR; Dennis DeHart of Pullman, WA; Michael Sell, Ontario, OR; Christine Garceau of Powell, WY; Philip Carpenter and David Kennedy, Seattle, WA; Blake Andrews, Eugene, OR; Christa Dougherty of Bellingham, WA; Mary Goodwin of Fairbanks, AK; Ted Heibert of Seattle, WA; Erik Palmer of Ashland, OR.
The presentations will conclude with the Honored Educator lecture at 5:00 p.m. Amjad Faur will make the introduction and Dan Powell will present his talk “I forgot my umbrella” Later that evening, from 9-midnight DJ Silva Halide (aka UO Assistant Professor Rick Silva) will perform for the crowd at the Maude Kerns Art Center at a Dance Party sponsored in part by Ninkasi Brewery and Track Town Pizza.
Other events related to the conference will be student portfolio reviews on Saturday conducted by Arthur Tress, raffle featuring an array of remarkable items including signed limited books, prints by Justyna Badach, Amjad Faur and Dan Powell, books by Tress and Foglia, and a Canon G12 digital camera courtesy of the Digital Duck division of the UO Duck Store . The JSMA has two exhibitions on view that currently include work from the permanent collection that focus on photography and include work by Arthur Tress.
The Society for Photographic Education (SPE) is a nonprofit membership organization that provides and fosters an understanding of photography as a means of diverse creative expression, cultural insight, and experimental practice. Through its interdisciplinary programs, services, and publications, the society seeks to promote a broader understanding of the medium in all its forms through teaching and learning, scholarship, and criticism. For more information go to www.spenational.org
The Northwest regional conference for the Society for Photographic Education will be located on the University of Oregon campus Nov. 1-3, 2012. Hosted by the AAA School, the Department of Art and the Photography program the three –day event leads off with keynote speaker and visiting artist Arthur Tress presenting in 115 Lawrence Hall at 6p.m.
The conference theme this year, Crossing the Divide, broadly addresses physical, ideological and metaphorical concepts present in the medium today. Considering the role of photography as a tool for documentation, expression, conceptualization and collaboration. Following the Tress lecture, there will be a reception in the Laverne Krause Gallery in Lawrence Hall in honor of the Alumni Photography Exhibition that will feature the works of than 35 MFA and BFA graduates of the photo program from a period that spans more than two decades.
On Friday the proceedings will move to the Ford Event Room at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the UO campus. The JSMA is a gracious so-sponsor of the conference on Friday. Among the highlights will be a film screening curated by current MFA candidate Ian Clark featuring a line-up of shorts films (in the words of Clark) that were…created by a unique group of artists whose backgrounds and personal histories are as varied as their aesthetic, these works have screened in festivals, museums, and alternative venues all over the world including the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, 2012 SXSW Film Festival, and the Guggenheim Museum.
Other presenters on Friday include Amjad Faur of Seattle, Justyna Badach of Philadelphia and Lucas Foglia of San Francisco. The afternoon program will conclude with a facilitated discussion between Badach and Foglio moderated by Assistant Professor Jenny Lin of the Department of Art and Architecture History. Following the days lectures will be a no-host reception in the Browsing Room of Knight Library. Dan Powell, Associate Professor of Art at the UO is the Honored Educator for this year’s conference. A selection of his prints from the archive of Special Collections will be on view during the reception, which will also feature book signings by Tress and Foglia. Justyna Badach’s participation in the conference is generously supported by the AAA Diversity Committee.
Saturday’s program includes 12 lectures/panels and image-maker presentations selected from a national call for proposals. The speakers include: David Turner, of Eugene; Michael Sherwin, West Virginia; Allie Mount, Portland, OR; Dennis DeHart of Pullman, WA; Michael Sell, Ontario, OR; Christine Garceau of Powell, WY; Philip Carpenter and David Kennedy, Seattle, WA; Blake Andrews, Eugene, OR; Christa Dougherty of Bellingham, WA; Mary Goodwin of Fairbanks, AK; Ted Heibert of Seattle, WA; Erik Palmer of Ashland, OR.
The presentations will conclude with the Honored Educator lecture at 5:00 p.m. Amjad Faur will make the introduction and Dan Powell will present his talk “I forgot my umbrella” Later that evening, from 9-midnight DJ Silva Halide (aka UO Assistant Professor Rick Silva) will perform for the crowd at the Maude Kerns Art Center at a Dance Party sponsored in part by Ninkasi Brewery and Track Town Pizza.
Other events related to the conference will be student portfolio reviews on Saturday conducted by Arthur Tress, raffle featuring an array of remarkable items including signed limited books, prints by Justyna Badach, Amjad Faur and Dan Powell, books by Tress and Foglia, and a Canon G12 digital camera courtesy of the Digital Duck division of the UO Duck Store . The JSMA has two exhibitions on view that currently include work from the permanent collection that focus on photography and include work by Arthur Tress.
The Society for Photographic Education (SPE) is a nonprofit membership organization that provides and fosters an understanding of photography as a means of diverse creative expression, cultural insight, and experimental practice. Through its interdisciplinary programs, services, and publications, the society seeks to promote a broader understanding of the medium in all its forms through teaching and learning, scholarship, and criticism. For more information go to www.spenational.org
Additional information follows:
Links to Arthur Tress
Links to Justyna Badach from Philadelphia, showing at Blue
Links to Lucas Foglia
http://lucasfoglia.com/ His work
"Natural Order" was recently published by Nazraeli Press (located in
Portland, by the way).
Links
to Dan Powell
Conference
registration is open to all and available on line at: https://northwest.spenational.org/conference
For
more information contact Terri Warpinski, Chair (tlw@uoregon.edu); Brooks Dierdorff ), co-chair
(brookyd@aol.com); or Meg Branlund, GTF Admin Assistant (branlund@uoregon.edu)
Or
send email to SPE_NW2012@comcast.net
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