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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Next PAC Meeting
The Photo Awesome Club’s next meeting will be Wednesday, February 1st January 31st, 2007 at 4:30pm. All photo students are invited to attend, and we will meet in the studio area of the 5th floor. We will discuss the following:
Monday, January 29, 2007
Video: Steve Bliss Prints on the Theta
Quicktime Version
Julian Cox at the APG
I just got the info from the APG about Julian Cox’s talk next Friday. Here it is.
“We are pleased to announce that Julian Cox, Curator of Photography of the High Museum of Art and Juror of our current show “Out of the South”, will give a talk at the APG Gallery this Friday night, February the 2nd at 7:30 p.m.”
Hope to see y’all there!
DEFOOR!
Just a reminder that the deadline for entries for the Defoor Centre show is Feb. 7. Poke the undergrads and make sure they submit too. In case you forgot:
5-10 jpegs on CD
Image list with titles and dimensions (16x20 framed max.)
Contact Info
Give CD to me or drop off at Defoor Centre to Tim Thornton. I should have flyers and cards for everyone to distribute soon. Let me know if you have questions.
Mason Murer Call
Mason Murer Call for Entries… seems like a perfect fit for us. I know I will probably email some jpegs.
April 1 - Atlanta gallery holds group exhibition
Mason Murer Fine Art is seeking innovative artwork and proposals from graduate-level artists for its second group exhibition, “Fresh Blood,” focused on new work by emerging talents. The exhibition will take place April 6 - May 5. Submit images by e-mail to kelly@masonmurer.com and rossy@masonmurer.com. For inquiries, call (404) 879-1500 or (404) 551-3900.
Video: Karaoke @ SCAD-Atlanta
Steve has a show coming up in Oakland, CA for which he needed a karaoke machine. He and Dave decided to test it out in the computer lab.
YouTube Version
Quicktime Version
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Potluck Lecture Monday Night
Monday is rapidly approaching. The Steve Bliss lecture is going to be accompanied by a Potluck dinner. So far, Steve A. is bringing popeyes. It would be great if everyone else could bring some food and/or condiments as well.
Ideas: Plates, Silverware, Cups, Soda, Fruit, Dessert, Salads, etc. Be creative!
E-mail Valentina with what you’re bringing, or comment here. vvitol20@student.scad.edu
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Video: J.D. Walsh Interview at Solomon Projects
It’s time for another video. But this time, it’s Steve’s assault-style interview. Still working out some kinks on this whole video editing thing, but I think we’re getting there.
YouTube Version
Quicktime Version
Friday, January 26, 2007
MOCA tonight
Upcoming Exhibitions at MOCA GA Midtown
Martin Emanuel, Sang-Wook Lee & Martha Whittington: Installation
January 27 - March 24, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, January 26, 2007, 6:30-8:30 pm
Free to members, $5 for non-members
Genevieve
April 21 - June 23, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, April 20, 2007, 6:30-8:30 pm
Free to members, $5 for non-members
Guest Lecture: Steve Bliss
The Photo Awesome Club will host a visiting artist lecture and potluck dinner on Monday, January 29, 2007 at 6:00pm. All photography students are invited to attend and to join the photo club. For information about what to bring to the potluck please e-mail Valentina [vvitol20 at student.scad.edu].
The visiting artist will be Steve Bliss. He will give a presentation on the work from his recent exhibition, “Boys: Captured and Positioned”.
“Boys: Captured and Positioned” is a collection of personal photographs featuring the artist’s sons. The collection shows candid, sincere moments captured without intervention. The images were created using a variety of cameras, film types, formats and digital resolutions.
Bliss has been photographing his sons, ages 7 and 10, their entire lives. The show addresses the boys growth while detailing the Savannah environment in which they were born and raised. Bliss credits his sons as his inspiration, as well as the work of photographer Emmet Gowin.
Bliss earned an M.F.A. in photography at Ohio University and a B.A. in studio art at the University of New Hampshire. Bliss is a professor at SCAD and has served as the dean of Communication Arts since 2005. He was chair of the photography department from 2001–05.
Link: Pot-luck instructions
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Opening Tonight, Thursday 6pm
There’s an opening at The Contemporary tonight at 6pm. The work is printmaking by a SCAD prof named Larry. We should go and support him and see the cool work.
The Contemporary
535 Means Street NW
ATL (obviously)
link
Let meet downstairs at 5:45pm!!! See you then.
Also, I will be going to the Defoor Centre tomorrow to drop off my cd. If anyone else has one they want me to take while I’m going, bring them tonight or give them to me tomorrow at school… just fyi!
Friday Openings
Were you worried there wouldn’t be anything to do this weekend? Well worry no more! A few items for your consideration:
- Solomon Projects
Video installations by J. D. Walsh
Opening: Friday, Jan. 26, 6-8pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, Jan. 27, 2pm
- Mason Murer Projects
Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by Gerry Hull, Phil Ralston, Holly Farrell and Beth Filson
Artist Reception: Friday, Jan. 26, 7-10pm
It is important to note that Mason Murer Projects is located in Buckhead and is an offshoot of Mason Murer Fine Art. “Projects” is located at 325 E. Paces Ferry Rd. Directions from SCAD.
Let’s meet at the 5th floor computer lab on Friday at 5:45pm and head to Solomon Projects first. From there we can go to Mason Murer Projects, and anywhere else if more openings come up.
Monday, January 22, 2007
For our gathering on January 29th
According to what we talk during the last Photo Awesome Club meeting, I’ll be taking care of the food’s organization for the S. Bliss talk next Monday… well, I want to suggest you guys—if y’all agree—to give me a contribution in $$$ an I’ll buy everything. The suggested contribution is $8 per capita.
I made my little research and Publix offers great party platters at very convenient prices (I’ve tried them and they are great). Just drop a line to tell me if you guys agree and I’ll begin the collections process.
UPDATE: We decided on a mixed scheme: those who want me to buy food for them, fine, you can give me the $8. And those who want to bring something along, please feel free to do it but make sure to email me (vvitol20@student.scad.edu) and tell me what you’re planning to bring so we can make sure we’ll have a varied menu.
Thanks!
APG Push Pin Show
I got the info for the upcoming show at the APG Gallery. I heard that it is super super popular among the gallery’s shows. So be prepared and I’ll make sure to keep you posted on anything regarding this. BTW, it’s a good chance to sell your artwork if interested. Membership for students is $25.
Please spread the word at SCAD!
Valentina,
Please let your fellow photographers know of the APG Upcoming Push Pin Show:
Push Pin Opens on Friday February 9, 7:30 -10:00 p.m.
Bring your un-matted images to the Opening and pin them up in the gallery.
$10 fee unless you become a new member or renew your APG Membership.
No more than three (3) 16”x20” prints (or equivalent amount of wall space) allowed per photographer. All work can be for sale. *APG does not charge commission on sales from the Push Pin Show.
The show will be up until February 18th.
Many thanks,
Lily
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Video: Allen Peterson
Map of Atlanta Galleries & Museums
I created a map of most of the galleries and museums we most often visit as a group tonight. Hopefully we can use this as a resource to find directions more easily. If you have a gallery, museum or something else that relates that you’d like me to add, just leave a comment.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Friday Night Events
Okay, so there are 2 things going on this friday evening.
The first is jazz and food at the High Museum (i think it starts at 6 and should not be that expensive for students).
The second is a show by The Bridge at:
The 5 Spot
1123 Euclid Ave NE
starts at 10pm!
You can find out more about The Bridge at www.thebridgemusic.com… They were recently named the Best Band and Best Album winners in the Baltimore City Paper. They were also featured in the Baltimore Sun. They bring a unique style to the “jamband” scene. The concert is sure to rock!
So let’s go! :)
clickclique
hey guys…my friend stephanie recently started a little photo group called clickclique. its basically an online group (no physical meetings) but she tries to organize a show roughly once every one to two months. look at the website at…www.clickclique.org
if you want to contact her directly her number is- 404-791-2738
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Hey Hot Shot - Winter 07
Just got the Winter edition invite for Hey Hot Shot at Jen Bekman…
“We are currently (http://www.heyhotshot.com/enter) accepting entries for the Winter Edition. The deadline? Tuesday February 6, 2007 @ 9pm.”
Monday, January 15, 2007
Photos
Hey I posted the photos from Eye drum and the grad mixer. check them out!
Link
Video: First Video!
After going to the graduate mixer tonight, I decided to finally edit a little bit of the video I’ve been shooting the past couple of days. Thanks to Vivienne from the Animation department for helping shoot a bit. I edited this in iMovie, and it was my first time ever, so I’ve already learned a lot of what to do, and what not to do. So the next will be much better, hopefully.
Quicktime Version
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Websites
Hey,
I know a lot of us are working on new websites. I came across a list of PDN’s picks for best websites of the year. Just some food for thought perhaps…
juliafullerton-batten.com
thomasbroening.com
chrisbaileyphoto.com
randalford.com
stevegiralt.com
erikalmas.com
CD CLUB
Hey Guys,
I wanna start a new club here at school. I’m calling it the CD CLUB. Every week one person will make a mix cd of songs they like for everyone in the club. We don’t have to have any meetings just as long every one gets a cd. I think it will be a great way to get to know everyone better and if we have 5 people in the club everyone will 24 cds for free. Let me know who’s interested.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Camera Obscura in Atlanta
Hey Kids,
It’s hilarious that the name of this AWESOME band is Camera Obscura. I’m planning to go and see them. Anyone interested? Tickets are $14 something…please, if you feel like going tell me tomorrow so we can arrange and purchase the tickets together.
Info:
Starts at 8:00pm
The Earl
488 Flat Shoals RD, Atlanta, Georgia 30316
Link
Thursday, January 11, 2007
So You Wanna’ Teach?
Well if you’re in the MFA program, there’s a pretty good chance you’re interested in teaching. And if you want to teach at the university level, you should be going to CAA’s (College Art Association) 95th Annual Conference in NYC, February 14-17, 2007 Why go? Here’s how it works:
Every year at the Conference, there is a Career Fair where MFA candidates who are approaching graduation (read: they are in their last year) and those individuals who have already attained an MFA go to network and interview for the (VERY very few) positions that are currently open throughout the country. Thing is, apparently it’s a good idea to go the year before and see how it all works, as to be better prepared when it’s your turn for real. And did I mention it’s in New York? That doesn’t exactly suck.
So I’m putting this out there now: who is going? We need to start making some commitments so we can double/triple/quadruple up on hotel rooms and/or find alternate places to stay, not to mention find a way there.
If you’re still not sure how big this is, talk to Steve. If you are ready to commit to attending or are at least contemplating it, leave a comment below and let’s get the ball rolling.
Links:
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Next PAC Meeting
The Photo Awesome Club’s next meeting will be Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 at 4:30pm. All photo students are invited to attend, and we will meet in the studio area of the 5th floor. We will discuss the following:
- Membership
- Upcoming shows
- Gallery walks
- This web site and how to use/access it
- Becoming an official SCAD organization
- Anything else you want… bring comments and suggestions
- Photo Trips (suggested by Valentina)
Jackson Fine Art Opening Jan 12, 2006
The opening for Jackson Fine Art’s upcoming shows, Ingar Krauss, Portraits & Harry Callahan, Women Lost in Thought, will be this Friday, January 12th, 2006 from 6-8pm.
We plan to leave the school no later than 5:35pm. Be there or miss out on some art and networking.
Calls for Entry from the CAA web site
After combing the CAA web site’s “Opportunities” section today, I plucked out the Calls for Entry that caught my eye. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it’s a starting point:
I would encourage everyone to look through each of those, as there are some significant people and places involved. Please let me know if this is helpful by leaving a comment. If no one really needs it, I won’t bother with posting these again. However, if it helps, I’d be more than happy to continue.
Alt Process Call for Entries
For those of you in the Alternative Process class this quarter (or those who have created alt process pieces), there is currently a call for entries by the Tilt Gallery in Phoenix, Arizona.
The show is called “Photography Re-Imagined” and the juror is France Scully Osterman who, together with her husband Mark Osterman, managed to revive the wet-plate collodion process for the masses, and now teaches it in workshops both on location and in the pair’s Rochester home/studio.
Download the Prospectus (PDF)
Julian Cox Lecture @ APG
Julian Cox, curator of the High Museum, and recent juror of the Out of the South group show will speak at the Atlanta Photography Group Gallery on February 2nd at 7:30pm.
APG’s gallery is located at 75 Bennett St NW, Space B-1 in the Tula Arts Center. The Out of the South group show is on view until February 2nd.
In related news, APG is also holding their 2007 Push Pin Show soon as a fundraising event, for those interested.
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Winter Mixer
Hey Kids,
Just to remind you all that there has been a winter mixer planned for Graduate Students from all departments to meet and get to know each other. It has been planned for Sunday, January 14 at 7 p.m.
There is also a new SCAD-Atlanta grad student blog:
http://scadgradblog.blogspot.com
See ya there!
Monday, January 8, 2007
SCAD Student Run Art House Opening in Decatur
Please join us for a night of sweet art and tasty snacks at Art House’s Offical/Unoffical grand opening. Just because we have been open for a month dosent mean we cant have a party! So please come for free wine, soda refreshments great art and some awesome music! A good time will be had by all! More Info on art house and about the event at www.arthousecoop.com
Time and Place
Date: Saturday, January 13, 2007
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Art House
Street:111 New Street Suite B
City: Decatur, GA
Contact InfoPhone: 404.377.7050
Email: info@arthousecoop.com
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Central City Tavern
Hello Everyone be at the Central City Tavern at 7ish TONIGHT! Jan 7
For food, drinks and to celebrate Dave’s and everyone who had a birthday over the break.
Carla’s was November 28
Walker’s was December 5
Dave’s is Jan 7
Central City Tavern
1900 Peachtree Rd NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Eyedrum Opening: Tomer Duwek
I have a couple of announcements today, so I’m posting them both at the same time.
The first is an update on our evening out on Saturday night, January 6. Unless you guys object, Steve has suggested an opening at Eyedrum. The artist is Tomer Duwek and the show is called The Holy Pin. It will be in “the small gallery”, as they put it on their web site and the opening begins at 6pm.
Duwek’s large scale luminescent images are collected via a pinhole camera left out overnight for 8-10 hours. The negatives are scanned and subtly enhanced by computer, then printed on canvas and stretched onto frames.
We should meet between 5:15-5:30pm and plan to depart no later than 5:35pm from SCAD-Atlanta. We’ll meet at the lower level of the parking garage, as usual. After the opening we can all grab a bite to eat and catch up. Come with restaurant ideas.
Artist’s Talk: Jason Fulford
Atlanta native Jason Fulford will be speaking at Marcia Wood Gallery on Tuesday, January 16 at 7:30 pm. This event is important because of Fulford’s role in the world of photography book publishing/self-publishing:
J&L Books, founded in 2001 by Jason Fulford and Leanne Shapton, has published work by numerous artists and authors including David Shrigley, Marcel Dzama, Gus Powell, Adam Gilders, Micheal Northrup and Micheal Schmelling. The non-profit company has won critical and popular acclaim for its series of accessible and original art and photography books. J&L is dedicated to providing an outlet for quality work which might not otherwise be seen. The output of this small publisher succeeds in displaying both a strong statement of aesthetic from the two founders, and a voracious and inspiring enthusiasm for a wide range of subject matter and visions.
I’ve followed Jason’s work for a couple of years, and I like the show, but I’m especially interested in learning more about his work with J&L. Because this is on a Tuesday night, it might cause a schedule conflict for some people, but I hope we can all make it out.
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Last Chance for Goodbye
The break is almost over and quite frankly, I’m going to HELLA sad to leave home. Enjoy these last few days with friends, family members, pets or just total silence. This is a picture of my home, Durham, NC. The Duke Lacrosse case is finally over, gang violence is slowly decreasing and our football team at NCCU has just been declared the Black College National Champions for football. It was a great break. See everybody soon.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Pre-Winter Quarter Get-Together
The Winter Quarter begins in less than a week, and while most of you have been off in various parts of the country (and world), a few of us have pretty much stayed in Atlanta. So who will be back this weekend? I would assume no one is flying in Sunday evening, no?
So if you’re available, say, Saturday night (Jan. 6) around 8pm, what’s say we get together and go out… dinner, drinks, etc.? You can either respond here with a comment or e-mail me (my school e-mail is wpicke20@…) and we’ll make plans. It nothing materializes, no big deal. Either way, I look forward to seeing you guys again soon.
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