Staff

jaguilera@pcnw.org

Juan G. Aguilera is the Facilities Manager at PCNW. He is an Industrial Designer from the University Autonoma Metropolitana in Mexico City . With a pre-press specialty, he has been involved in digital publishing since the darkroom days. A self proclaimed color nut, he believes color is an independent language, with a specific grammar, spelling and intonation. Juan is a teacher at heart, having taught geometry and design with students ranging from middle school to adults, he currently teaches Photoshop, color correction, camera raw and digital photography workflow in the Northwest. He is a member of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) and has attended several Photoshop World events.

hboyd@pcnw.org

Hart began studying photography at fifteen with black and white classes. Since that time he has studied color analog and digital photography at Evergreen State College, where he received his BA. In addition, Hart has participated in a year-long internship as the "Commercial Photography Lab Technician/ Manager". At PCNW Hart has been able to apply all of his experiences toward maintaining and improving both the wet and digital labs. His fascination with photography has always been the translation of light to construct a two-dimensional image.
Website:
www.hartboyd.com

jbrendicke@pcnw.org

Jennifer Brendicke began working at the Photo Center as a volunteer, and in September 2007 became a member of the staff. She has studied at PCNW since January 2006, and completed the Certificate Program in spring of 2009.

apallesen@pcnw.org

© Ann Pallesen, Chandelier, 2003

Ann Pallesen is the PCNW Gallery Director, a position she has held since 1996. She received her BFA from Colorado State University, Ft. Collins in 1993. Pallesen has curated and installed over 150 exhibitions including the work of Julie Blackmon, Camille Seaman, Elliott Erwitt, Graciela Iturbide, Chris Jordan, Mary Ellen Mark, Ken Rosenthal & Hiroshi Watanabe. She has coordinated dozens of lectures with artists and curators, and regularly appears at portfolio review events, on panel discussions and has served as a juror for several non-PCNW exhibitions. She is an active photographer herself and is represented by Benham Gallery in Seattle.

education@pcnw.org

Ashley Siple is the Director of Education at PCNW. She has an MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London and a BA from the University of Chicago. Among other places, she has worked for the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago and has contributed to projects in the Art Department of the Imperial War Museum and the Photographs section at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Her background in photography encompasses the theory and history of the medium, as well as its dissemination and display in museums, publications, and now, the web.

avanavery@pcnw.org

For ten years Annie Van Avery has been an active exhibiting photographer, educator, and has extensive non-profit management experience. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art. Core to her work is advocating for arts education in the belief that the arts provide a powerful tool for communication, community building, understanding, debate, and personal development. Annie joined PCNW as the Executive Director in 2008.

chris@pcnw.org

Chris Williams graduated from The Evergreen State College with an emphasis in film and photography in 1997. He found the Photo Center NW in 1999 and has been here ever since. Chris has been a freelance photographer while pursuing his certificate at the Photo Center. His current projects focus on the transition of twenty/thirty some things into adulthood, images drawn from classic novels and film, and a visual diary of his life.
Website:
www.chriswilliamsphoto.com