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Alumni & Student News – Winter 2012

Andrej Gregov, Tacoma Museum of Glass

One of the great benefits of graduating from the Certificate Program is that the Photo Center has a life-long commitment to our alumni and even after graduation we will continue to strengthen this connection by offering special deals, information and an outlet for our graduates. Every quarter our Student and Alumni Committee gathers news and information from and for graduates of the Certificate Program. Below is a list of news, interviews and information that you might find useful. If you are interested in enrolling in the certificate program, click here.

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Artist Lecture: Suzanne Opton

Suzanne Opton

Our friends over at the Henry Art Gallery are hosting an artist lecture with Suzanne Opton this Friday, February 3rd at 7PM.

Photo Center students get in for FREE with a student ID.

Suzanne will discuss her Soldier and Many Wars photographic series. The Soldier series features young, active-duty soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, whose photographs were presented as billboards in nine American cities from 2008 to 2010. Many Wars presents portraits of veterans from American wars over the past 70 years, most of whom are in treatment for combat trauma.

Suzanne Opton was the recipient of a 2009 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum; Cleveland Museum; Library of Congress; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Zurich; and the Portland Art Museum, among others. Opton teaches portraiture at the International Center of Photography.

Artist Lecture: Suzanne Opton
Friday, February 3rd, 2012  7:00PM
Henry Art Gallery, Henry Auditorium
FREE for Students, Henry Members, and UW Staff & Faculty | $5 General Audience

Collecting photographs with Michelle Dunn Marsh


Our friends over at G. Gibson Gallery are offering a great talk on collecting photography, with  Michelle Dunn Marsh.

Saturday, January 28, 2012 – 2:00PM
Gail Gibson Gallery

300 S. Washington St.
Seattle, WA 98104

Snow Closures


Important information about snow closures:

UPDATE: ALL FRIDAY CLASSES ARE CANCELED

Photo Center building/facilities will be closed Friday January 20.

Lecture: Jesse Burke & Ariana Page Russell

We are pleased to announce a lecture night with artists Jesse Burke and Ariana Page Russell, in partnership with Platform Gallery. Join us on Friday, March 2nd at 6:30PM at the Photo Center to hear more about their latest work.

Jesse Burke, Spring Training (Ryan), 2005

Jesse Burke, Spring Training (Ryan), 2005

Jesse Burke, Spring Training (Nils), 2005

Jesse Burke, Spring Training (Nils), 2005

Jesse Burke, Spring Training (Thaddeus), 2005

Jesse Burke, Spring Training (Thaddeus), 2005

Ariana Page Russell, Seethe, 2010

Ariana Page Russell, Seethe, 2010

Ariana Page Russell, Tuck, 2011

Ariana Page Russell, Tuck, 2011

Ariana Page Russell, Fold, 2011

Ariana Page Russell, Fold, 2011

Jesse Burke was born in Connecticut in 1972 and now lives in Rumford, Rhode Island with his wife and their two daughters, Clover and Poppy. He received his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, where he is currently a professor. He photographs the natural world around him as well as the men who are part of his life, to explore notions of masculinity. His work has been exhibited extensively in New York, Tokyo, Milan and Miami, as well as other international cities. He is represented in New York City by ClampArt Gallery and by Platform Gallery on the West Coast. Some of his commercial clients include Polo Ralph Lauren, Rapha cycling, Dekline shoes, W magazineESPN magazineMen’s Health and Vogue. Decode Books published his monograph Intertidal in 2008.

Ariana Page Russell lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. In 2005 she graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle with an MFA in photography. Recently she’s had solo exhibitions at Magnan Metz in New York City, Platform Gallery in Seattle and Lisa Sette Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. She has also shown at SHOWstudio SHOP in London; Henry Art Gallery, SOIL Gallery, and Gallery 4Culture in Seattle; MEME Gallery in Boston; and Schroeder Romero and Tompkins Projects in New York City. Recent press and publications include the Huffington Post, Seattle Times, The Stranger, Photo+ Magazine in Korea, ABC News 20/20, <VISION> Magazine in China, and the monograph ‘Dressing’ published by Decode Books.

LECTURE: Jesse Burke & Ariana Page Russell
Friday, March 2nd, 2011 – 6:30PM

 

Author and Subject: Contemporary Queer Photography


Untitled (Purity) from the series On Beauty, 2010

We are proud to announce the opening of Author and Subject: Contemporary Queer Photography. This is an exhibition that the Photo Center has been planning to do for a very long time and we feel is an important homage to the diverse makeup of our community. We are thrilled to bring you queer artists whose work we admire for its courage, individuality, perspective, relevance and even humor! The artists participating in this exhibition are Kelli Connell, Katie Koti, Molly Landreth, Steven Miller, Adrain Chesser, Rafael Soldi, Chad States, Amelia ToveyLorenzo Triburgo and Sophia Wallace.

More info coming soon.

Author and Subject: Contemporary Queer Photography
Opening Reception:
Thursday, April 12th, 6:00-8:00PM

Lecture & Book Signing: Kelli Connell, Friday, April 13th, 2012, 6:30 pm
This lecture is in partnership with Decode Books Inc.

 

WA State High School Photo Competition

WA STATE HS PHOTO COMPETITION GUIDELINES 2012
DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE GUIDELINES HERE (PDF)

What is the Washington State High School Photography Competition?
An annual event designed to showcase the finest photographers in Washington state high schools.

Who can enter?
Any student grades 9-12 currently enrolled in a Washington state public, private or alternative high school.

Why enter?
Here’s an opportunity to have your photograph exhibited at the Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, win a $1700 Canon digital camera and printer system, see your photo featured on a Jones Soda bottle, shoot photographs like a pro at a Sounders FC soccer match, and bank a little prize money—cha-ching!

Deadline
All entries must be in our possession by Saturday, April 28th 2012 – 3 PM. If you’re shipping entries via post office, please use this address: Kenmore Camera PO Box 82467 Kenmore, WA 98028. For UPS, FedX, etc. and hand delivery, please use: Kenmore Camera 18031 – 67th Ave. NE Kenmore, WA 98028. ALL ENTRIES FROM A SINGLE SCHOOL MUST BE DELIVERED TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETED ENTRY FORM AND FULL PAYMENT – Absolutely no exceptions. Please mark boxes attn: Washington State Photo. For directions visit www.kcamera.com
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Club Photo 2012

Here at the Photo Center we are very excited for 2012. One of the things we are looking forward to this year is a new session of Club Photo. Club Photo is one of the most successful youth outreach programs at the Center, this after-school program works with refugee youth in Seattle and uses photography as a visual language through which the youth can learn English, tell their stories and acclimate to American culture. Club Photo is presented in Partnership with the Seattle World School and partially funded by the Seattle’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.

2012 is an exciting year for the program; Club Photo is starting strong with a new teaching artist team leading the classroom. The youth are eager to get their hands on the cameras and here at the Center we cannot wait to see them roaming our darkrooms. We are happy to see that Club Photo has also made it onto the news, click here to read a great article about the program in the Capitol Hill Times.

Join us on  celebrating our youth, and please consider making a donation if you believe in the power of photography to change lives.

If you would like to be a volunteer and work with the youth on a weekly basis, please contact us at rsoldi@pcnw.org, this small commitment can make a huge difference in making this program a success.

Image by Club Photo student