| Curators: ---------------------------------------see their bios below Jamie Allen—George Eastman House Linda Benedict-Jones—Silver Eye Center for Photography Leslie Brown—Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA Vince Cianni—Independent Reviewer Harris Fogel—Sol Mednick Gallery & Gallery 1401 John Wesley Mannion—Light Work/Community Darkrooms Michael Mazzeo—Owner and Director/ Peer Gallery, NYC Evan Mirapaul—Private Collector Ashley Peel Pinkham—The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA Miriam Romais—En Foco Liz Unterman—Center for Photography at Woodstock Lee Wells—artist and exhibition organizer (perpetualartmachine.com) |
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| Graduate School Reviewers: ---------------see their bios below Jamie Allen—George Eastman House (MA in Photo Preseservation) Ann Chwatsky—New York University Francois Deshamps—Suny New Paltz (interested in both student and professional work) Doug Dubois—Syracuse University Danny Goodwin—University at Albany, Combined Media MFA Martha Madigan—Tyler University Jim Ramer— Parson’s School of Design/New School Sue Wrbican—George Mason University |
Jamie Allen—George Eastman House
Jamie M. Allen is Curatorial Associate in the Department of Photographs at George Eastman House. She holds a MA in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. She also studied at The University of Arizona in Tucson, where she received a BA in Art History as well as a BFA in Photography. Allen is currently working on several in-house and traveling exhibitions. Noted as the oldest museum of photography in the United States, George Eastman House is an educational institution that tells the story of photography and motion pictures—media that have changed and continue to change our perception of the world. The Department of Photographs currently produces 12 to 15 photographic exhibitions each year. These exhibitions draw upon the Eastman House’s diverse collections as well as work from up and coming photographers. George Eastman House seeks exhibitions that provide alternative viewpoints on traditional photography or are thematically interesting to our audiences. A Master of Arts in Photographic Preservation & Collections Management is offered by George Eastman House (Rochester, New York) and Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario). The joint graduate program provides an integrated curriculum of academic study and professional education that will equip students to meet current responsibilities and future demands in photographic preservation and in managing photographic collections. Its curriculum is specifically designed to deepen students' understanding of the history of the photographic medium, particularly its social, cultural, and instrumental uses, and the purposes and functions of photographs and photographic collections.
Linda Benedict-Jones—Silver Eye Center for Photography
She is interested in reviewing professional work.
Linda Benedict-Jones has served as Silver Eye Center for Photography’s Executive Director since 1999. Prior to this position she worked as the Frick Art and Historical Center’s Curator of Education and Coordinator of Photography Projects. She also worked as the Curator of the Polaroid Collection in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 1989 to 1993. Silver Eye Center for Photography is dedicated to the appreciation, promotion and education of photography as an art form and as a powerful form of visual communication. Emerging and mid-career photographers are welcome to apply for exhibitions in our New Works Gallery.
Leslie Brown—Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
Brown is interested in seeing innovative, cohesive bodies of work ready for thematic, group exhibitions. She is not as interested in viewing conventional topics or subjects—unless they challenge or extend their genres in significant ways.
Leslie K. Brown has served as Curator of the Photographic Resource Center—a non-profit gallery, library, and resource center devoted to the regional and national photographic community—for five years. During her tenure at the PRC, she has curated and overseen over 25 exhibitions. Brown received her M.A. in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to coming to Boston, Brown worked at the Cheekwood Museum of Art, the University of Texas at Austin’s museum, and the Austin Museum of Art. Besides maintaining the active PRC schedule and championing emerging artists, she regularly serves as an invited guest juror and reviewer. She is a native of Rochester, New York and the product of a Kodak family.
Ann Chwatsky—New York University
She is interested in meeting with students interested in Graduate Studies.
Ann Chwatsky is a photographer and educator. She is the Coordinator of the Art in Media Area of the Studio Art Area at New York University. Be in the heart of NYC Art World, internships, galleries, famous faculty with
NYU Dept of Art and Art Professions, Steinhardt School, has two graduate programs for students interested in Photography, Video and related arts: MFA program in Studio Art (concentration - Art and Media) Full time, two year , 55 credits MA program.. 36 credits,Art in Media concentration, 3 summer program, at least one summer in Venice and one at NYU facilities and one optional venue
Vince Cianni—Independent Reviewer
Cianni is interested in looking at a wide range of work, particularly anyone who is reviewing for possible publication, photographers who are working in a documentary mode, or professionals who might want connections or ideas of how to approach a publisher or establish an archive.
Documentary and fine art photographer Vincent Cianni graduated from Penn State University, attended the Maryland Institute College of Art, and completed his graduate work at SUNY New Paltz. Cianni teaches photography at Parsons School of Design, NYC. The photographs from We Skate Hardcore, published by NYU Press and the Center for Documentary Studie have been widely reproduced in photo journals and anthologies and his photographs have been exhibited nationally and internationally including LACMA, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Photographers’ Gallery, London; the 7th International Photography Festival in Mannheim; the George Eastman House; and the Griffin Museum. He is represented by Verve Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. His recent projects include photographing people with HIV/AIDS in New Orleans after Katrina and a collaborative project with oral historians on a Pennsylvania coalmining town.
Francois Deschamps —Suny New Paltz
He is interested in reviewing student and professional work
Francois Deschamps is a photographer and book artist who has produced over 10 artists’ books including the following: The Return of the Slapstick Papyrus (Visual Studies Workshop, 1986), Particle Theory (Nexus Press, 1992), Memoire D’un Voyage en Oceanie (University of Auckland, 1995), Sombras Rojas (Visual Studies Workshop, 1999) and most recently The Pet Quartet (2004). His photographs are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as two artists fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts. In 2002, he was awarded a residency at the Cite Internationale Des Arts in Paris. In 2004 he was included in the exhibition “Pieced Together: Photomontages from the Collection” at the Art Institute of Chicago. He is currently a full professor in the Art Department at the State University of New York in New Paltz, NY.
Doug Dubois—Syracuse University
He is interested in reviewing for the Syracuse MFA program
Doug DuBois received an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. He is an associate professor at Syracuse University in New York. Doug DuBois’ photographs are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in NY, SFMOMA in San Francisco, J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
The M.F.A. graduate program in art photography is designed for individuals who are committed to making art with photography as a primary medium. Through an intensive study that includes tutorial and group critique and courses in history, theory, and criticism, students are encouraged to achieve professionalism in their field. Graduate students benefit from the department's close association with Light Work, a nonprofit organization on campus that sponsors visiting artists and exhibitions in the Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery
Harris Fogel—Sol Mednick Gallery & Gallery 1401
He is reviewing work for possible exhibition at the Sol Mednick Gallery and Gallery 1401. He would prefer to view work that is fully realized and ready for exhibition.
Harris Fogel is an Associate Professor of Photography, Director of the Sol Mednick Gallery and Gallery 1401, and Coordinator of Photography in the Media Arts Department at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. The Media Arts Department offers programs in Photography, Film, Animation, and Digital Video, and houses two gallery spaces. The Sol Mednick Gallery and Gallery 1401 offer a year-round schedule of contemporary exhibitions of photography.
The Sol Mednick Gallery was founded in 1978 by then-Department Chair Ray Metzker, and is named after the founder of The University of the Arts Photography Program, Sol Mednick. It is the only endowed gallery for the exhibition of contemporary photography in Philadelphia. Harris Fogel has directed the Sol Mednick Gallery since 1997 and he founded Gallery 1401 in 1999. The Media Arts Department, home to the photography, film, digital video, and animation programs at the university, operates the galleries. In 2001, the Sol Mednick Gallery recieved the prestigious Photo Review Award for service to photography.
Danny Goodwin—University at Albany, Combined Media MFA
He is reviewing work for the U. Albany Combined Media MFA program. http://www.albany.edu/finearts
Danny Goodwin is a NY-based artist working primarily in photography and video installation. He received an MFA from Hunter College in NYC and a BFA from the University of North Texas School of Art. He is currently Associate Professor of Art and the new Chair of the Art Department at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His work has been widely exhibited, including such venues as Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Momenta Art, Art Resources Transfer, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York, as well as the California Museum of Photography, Proposition Gallery, Belfast, Ireland, and Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
The University at Albany is one of the four comprehensive research and graduate centers of the State University of New York. The Art Department faculty is comprised of nationally recognized, practicing professional artists and art historians who are dedicated to teaching. Faculty members have received many grants and awards, including Guggenheim, Prix de Rome and Fulbright fellowships. Our graduate program, comprised of thirty to forty graduate students, is highly selective with students coming from all regions of the United States and abroad.
U. Albany offers both Master of Fine Arts (60 credits) and Master of Arts (30 credits). Graduate students take required credits in an area of specialization (MA 12 credits; MFA 24 credits): Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, or Printmaking. Combined Media students fulfill the studio concentration requirement by selecting two studio areas from the following offerings: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking, Photography, Digital Imaging. Students are provided with a private studio space and spacious, well-equipped common work areas and exhibition spaces.
Albany and the Upstate New York area are home to a broad range of visual arts institutions and within easy driving distance of the major cultural resources of New York City and Boston. A dynamic Visiting Artist program brings well-known artists and critics to campus for public lectures and individual critiques with students.
John Wesley Mannion--Light Work/Community Darkrooms
He is interested in reviewing professional artists who are interested in the Light Work residency program.
Since 1973, Light Work/Community Darkrooms (LW/CD) has provided direct support to artists working in the mediums of photography and digital imaging through exhibitions, lectures, classes, artist residencies, publications, and other related projects. Each year LW/CD invites 12-15 artists to participate in its residency program. John Wesley Mannion has been the Digital Imaging Lab Manager at LW/CD for the past five years where he has worked with the Artists-in-Residence as well as other artists in the production of their digitally produced photographs. Alessandra Sanguinetti, Suzanne Opton, John Pfahl, Neal Rantoul, Martin Weber, John Trotter, Dawoud Bey, Deborah Willis, and Lonnie Graham are a few of the artists who have worked with Mannion. He has
extensive experience in the production of fine art glycée prints. Mannion also teaches photography for Syracuse University in the School of Visual and Performing Arts and the School of Information Studies.
Martha Madigan—Tyler University
She is interested in reviewing for the Tyler MFA program
For more than thirty years Martha Madigan has explored a variety of photographic materials from the earliest cyanotype process to the latest technology in digital color photography. A Professor at Tyler School of Art,
Temple University, Philadelphia, Martha Madigan has actively exhibited in this country and abroad. Her work is represented in many museum collections and she has received numerous awards of distinction including a National
Endowment for the Arts grant and a Leeway Grant for Excellence in Photography. Martha Madigan is represented by Jeffrey Fuller Fine Art, Ltd., Philadelphia, and Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York. Tyler is one of the first schools in the nation to offer an MFA degree. The fine art program within a major university has an interdisciplinary focus with an emphasis on critical theory as well as professional studio art practice. Students have an opportunity to gain undergraduate teaching experience with at least one semester of T/A support. The intimate seminar environment allows the MFA candidate to develop their personal vision. Facilities include 24 hour access to a state of the art large formal digital print studio, as well as semin-private graduate studios, graduate darkroom, and a studio for historical processes. A variety of approaches and points of view toward fine art photography and interactive new media are encouraged. For further info: admissions office at: www.temple.edu/tyler
Michael Mazzeo—Owner and Director/ Peer Gallery, NYC
Whatever the process or genre, Michael is interested in seeing contemporary work that is intelligent, inspired, and visionary.
Michael Mazzeo is a gallerist, educator and photographer based in New York City. His gallery, Peer, has provided exhibition opportunities for dozens of emerging and established photographers since opening its doors in Chelsea in October of 2005. Peer exhibitions and artists have been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New York Sun, The Village Voice, The Photo District News, NY Arts and in numerous online publications. Since founding the gallery, Michael has been invited to review artists’ portfolios for The Center of Photography at Woodstock, The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), The 2007 Photolucida Conference, The School at ICP, and The Society for Photographic Education. This year alone, Peer has awarded solo exhibitions to four photographers introduced to us at these events and many other artists have been included in recent group shows at the gallery. Despite his interest in antiquarian processes, Michael believes that process and technique are only a means to an end. George Santayana wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This is especially true in art. Without the knowledge of what has come before, artists risk producing work that is redundant and irrelevant.
Evan Mirapaul—Private Collector
Evan Mirapaul lives a life immersed in the arts. He studied theviolin in a conservatory setting from high school through college and moved on to a successful orchestral career that culminated in a principal position in the Pittsburgh Symphony. He left the PSO to finish his studies at Indiana University after which he founded the
Elements String Quartet. He retired from the violin in 2004.His journey to photography began on a trip with his brother in 1989 where they saw the exhibit “On the Art of Fixing a Shadow,” celebrating the 150th year of photography at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. Photography has become his passion. He serves on a number of museum committees: ICP, Guggenheim, MOMA, and the Steiglitz Society at
the Met. His method is inquiry- to research as much about a photographer and genre as possible. He shares his enthusiasm for photography on his blog fugitivevision@blogspot.com. Travel has been a catalyst for this collector. Increasingly it has become Mirapaul’s goal to seek out photographers and galleries wherever he goes, and conversely, his trips have centered on the quest of finding wonderful photographs.
Ashley Peel Pinkham—The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
She is interested in reviewing student work
Ashley Peel Pinkham is the National Conference Planner for the Society for Photographic Education and Assistant Director of The Print Center in Philadelphia. She received her BFA in Photography from The University of the Arts. Ms. Peel Pinkham was formerly the Co-Executive Director for the Philadelphia Center for the Photographic Image and now resides on its Advisory Board. The Print Center is a nonprofit art gallery that exhibits and sells original, contemporary printmaking and photography since 1915. The Print Center has been supporting new artists, new processes and new collectors for over 90 years.
Jim Ramer-- Parson’s School of Design/New School
Miriam Romais—En Foco
Ms. Romais is least interested in reviewing nudes, commercial, advertising or stock photography
Miriam Romais is the Executive Director for En Foco and the Editor for Nueva Luz photographic journal. Prior to that, she served as its Managing Director for 13 years, in addition to being a photographer and curator. En Foco is a non-profit photography organization, founded in 1974 to nurture, publish and exhibit photographers of Latino, African, Asian, Pacific Islander and Native American heritage. The publication Nueva Luz is national in scope and is the premier magazine in its field. The annual New Works Photography Awards program selects three photographers per year from a national call for entries who receive an honorarium and photo-related materials to create new work. Ms. Romais offers publication and exhibition possibilities, also comments on general presentation. Ms. Romais is most
interested in reviewing in-depth fine art and documentary work by serious emerging and mid-career photographers of African, Asian, Latino, Native American and Pacific Islander heritage.
www.enfoco.org
Liz Unterman—Center for Photography at Woodstock
Liz Unterman joined the CPW staff as Education Coordinator in June 2007 after earning her MFA in Photography from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For the past three years she has served as Director of the Student Union Gallery at UMass where she has organized and received funding for numerous events including lectures by visiting artists Gregory Crewdson and Laurie Anderson, group exhibitions, and a project which selected images from the UMass archives were reprinted and exhibited. Unterman has curated numerous exhibitions at UMass as well as a group exhibition at Rhode Island School of Design's Sol Koffler Gallery. The Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) is a not-for-profit; artist-centered organization dedicated to contemporary photography and related media. Founded in 1977, CPW works to bring forth new voices, bold ideas, and foster dialogue in and through the photographic arts.
Lee Wells—artist and exhibition organizer
He is interested in reviewing student and professional video work.
Lee Wells is an artist, exhibition organizer and consultant currently living and working New York. His artwork primarily questions systems of power and control and has been exhibited internationally for over 10 years, including the 51 st La Biennale Di Venezia, Art Basel Miami Beach Video Lounge, 2nd Moscow Biennale, Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinatti, the Museo d'arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto and the PS1 Contemporary Art Center in New York. He is a co-founder and director of IFAC-arts, www.ifac-arts.org, an alternative exhibition and installation program for artists and curators. He is also a co-founder of interactive installation and video portal [PAM] the Perpetual Art Machine. www.perpetualartmachine.com. His projects and exhibitions have been written about by various national and international art and news publications to include: The New York Times, Art Newspaper, The Washington Post, Art in America, Art Forum and Art Net.
Sue Wrbican—George Mason University
She is interested in reviewing for the George Mason MFA program
Sue Wrbican teaches Photography at George Mason University. In January 2007 she exhibited her work “The Impala Diaries” at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. She has been working collaboratively with Mary Carothers since 2000 on an infinite project entitled “TireFire.” They have created a prototype of a frozen car with the University of Michigan’s Mechanical Engineering Department. Wrbican received a Mathy Fellowship from GMU to spend the Spring of 2008 to work on the full-scale project in Michigan. The Photography program at George Mason University offers BA, BFA and MFA degrees. A faculty of established, mid-career and emerging artists from the surrounding areas of DC, VA and MD provide unique perspectives fostering an independent vision in each student. GMU’s photography facilities house traditional, alternative and the latest in digital equipment, allowing students to pursue a full range of educational options. Situated within Virginia’s largest University, George Mason is located in the Metro DC area in close proximity to many national resources such as the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institute and the Hirschhorn Museum.