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SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 1, 2011
HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT Like a river, the photographic image runs through many artistic media. As a resource, a point of inspiration, a means to an end, a supporting element, or a final product in its own right,
ITS POWER IS UNDENIABLE. At times taking us on meandering journies, other times challenging us with swift currents, images provide a fertile soil from which artistic meaning may grow. Join us as we celebrate the photographic medium and its ability to bridge artistic media.
CARRIE MAE WEEMS, KEYNOTE SPEAKER LUTHER SMITH, HONORED EDUCATOR LAURA MCPHEE, DISTINGUISHED ARTIST
SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 1, 2011
HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO
Welcome On behalf of Greg Elliott, Chair, Department of Art and Art History, Dr. Daniel Gelo, Dean of College of Liberal and Fine Arts, and Dr. Ricardo Romo, President of UTSA, we welcome you to A River Runs Through It, the 2011 South Central regional conference in San Antonio, Texas. We are proud to host the conference and we are excited to highlight the revitalization of our BFA and MFA photography programs and facilities. The conference events will take you to a number of locations in San Antonio including the Blue Star Arts Complex, the UTSA campuses and the Southwest School of Art among others. We are also proud to welcome you to our fine city, and while the rivers are low, our spirits are high! Included in the program and welcome packet is information about the historic sites around the area as well as maps and directions on using the bus systems to get around town. We would like to extend our gratitude to all of our local and regional supporters who have donated time, products, services and funds to the conference. We hope you planned a day of sleep to catch up before getting back to your lives, you are in for a great ride!
Libby Rowe & Kent Rush CO-CHAIRS, CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Thanks A special thank you goes out to the planning committee for the SPESC 2011 conference . CO-CHAIRS Libby Rowe and Kent Rush CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY Greg Elliott COMMITTEE MEMBERS Kathy Armstrong, Laura Crist, Beth Devillier, Jenelle Esparza, Jamie Garrison, Joe Harjo, Julie Ledet-Fremin, Victor Pagona, Willie Sanchez, Jennings Sheffield, Connie Swann and Kelly Wells UTSA Photographic Arts Society, students and our many volunteers! SPE SOUTH CENTRAL BOARD MEMBERS Libby Rowe, Chair Jes Shrom, Secretary and Newsletter Editor Ashlea Shepler, Treasurer Jay Gould, Website Coordinator Amy Holmes-George, Vendor Liaison
REGISTRATION
DEMO
LECTURE
MEETING
EXHIBIT
ITINERARY SEPTEMBER 29
THURSDAY
Noon - 6pm Registration at DoubleTree Inn Lobby
5pm Street Car to Blue Star Arts Complex/ Reception at Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
6:30pm Welcome Presentation with Dan Gelo, Dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, UTSA
6pm - 9pm Tour ISTORIA exhibition at the UTSA Satellite Space and other open art spaces in the complex
BLUE STAR ARTS COMPLEX PARTICIPATING VENUES BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER 116 Blue Star
JUSTICE WORKS 113-1 Blue Star
JOAN GRONA GALLERY 112 Blue Star
STUDIO 106-B 106-B Blue Star
ISTORIA UTSA SATELLITE SPACE 115 Blue Star
PANEL
SEPTEMBER 30
FRIDAY
8am - 8:45am
Registration at UTSA Downtown Campus, Theater Foyer (Buena Vista Bldg)
8:45am - 9am
Opening Statements (Theater) with UTSA President Ricardo Romo
9am - Noon Panels and Presentations (Theater & Aula Canaria)
Noon - 2pm
Lunch and Travel to UTSA 1604 Campus
2pm - 4:30pm Demos, Grad Presentations and Informal Portfolio Viewing (Art Building)
4:30pm - 5:30pm Honored Educator, Luther Smith (Music Recital Hall)
5:30pm - 7pm Luther Smith and Member’s Exhibitions and Reception (Art Gallery)
7pm - 8pm Keynote Speaker, Carrie Mae Weems (Music Recital Hall)
8pm - 9pm
Return Downtown to Hotels
9pm Night Shoot with Victor Pagona and Informal Portfolio Viewing (Participants meet at DoubleTree Lobby)
REGISTRATION
DEMO
LECTURE
EXHIBIT
MEETING
ITINERARY OCTOBER 1
SATURDAY
8am - 8:45am
Registration at UTSA Downtown Campus, Theater Foyer (Buena Vista Bldg)
8:45am - 9am
General Announcements (Theater)
9am - 11am Panels and Presentations (Theater & Aula Canaria)
9am - 4pm
Vendor Fair
11am - Noon Regional Business Meeting (Theater)
Noon - 1pm
Boxed Lunch - Pick Up at Theater Foyer
1pm - 4pm Panels and Presentations (Theater & Aula Canaria)
4pm - 5:30pm
Travel to Southwest School of Art (SSA) (Navarro Campus)
5:30pm Invited Speaker, Laura McPhee (San Antonio Central Public Library - located across the street from the SSA Navarro Campus)
7pm - 9pm Student Exhibition/UTSA Grad Exhibition/Farewell BBQ Informal Portfolio Viewing (SSA - Outdoor patio)
PANEL
OCTOBER 2 8am - 8:20am
SUNDAY
Gersheim Collection Tour (Meet at the DoubleTree Hotel Lobby with Kent Rush)
8:30am Leave for UT Austin, Humanities Research Center (Carpool)
10am Arrive for the Gersheim Tour
11:30am Return to San Antonio (or head home from Austin)
1pm Arrive back to San Antonio DoubleTree hotel
Andy Bloxham, Beta 40, pigment print, 16”x 24”, 2010
PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS DOWNTOWN CAMPUS - BUENA VISTA BLDG.
SEPTEMBER 30
FRIDAY AM
THEATER - ROOM 1.326 9am - 10am Huffer Family Design Presenters: Ashlae Shepler and Leah M. Gose The collaborative work of Huffer Family Design explores pleasures in looking, whether it is simple curiosity or a more deviant perversion that causes a person to cross the boundaries of public and private life. Previous work includes peepholes, layered images, and kinetic armatures challenging expectations and revealing private scenes in domestic settings such as watching television, having sex, cooking dinner and getting dressed. This presentation will include current work exploring video installations intertwining the passage of time with physical and psychological space. About: Ashlae Shepler lives in Dallas, Texas and is the Photography Lab Supervisor for Collin College in Plano, Texas and freelance photographer and writer in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. She received her MFA from Texas Woman’s University in 2009. About: Leah M. Gose is a visual artist specializing in photography and book arts. She is an Assistant Professor at Radford University. Leah holds a B.A. in photography from the University of Colorado – Boulder and an M.F.A. in photography from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. Her current work explores memory loss through re-contextualized personal memories and appropriated family photographs. Her work has been exhibited in various venues both nationally and internationally.
AULA CANARIA - ROOM 1.328 9am - 10am Reconsidering Landscape Presenter: Jerimaiah Ariaz Reconsidering Landscape investigates our changing relationship with nature. These large-scale color photographs merge the natural and man-made environments to create a new landscape. The boundaries between these two worlds are often unclear in the resulting images. Public mural paintings most often memorialize someone or something that has come to pass. Wall painting depicting nature scenes serve the same function. Ironically, they are painted on surfaces that displace the natural world they depict. I consider these murals idyllic nods to nature and a show of dominance over the world they portray. They illustrate our distance from, yet longing for, Arcadia, the imagined rural paradise. About: Jeremiah Ariaz received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His artworks, including “Frontier”, “Shadow Root”, and “Reconsidering Landscape” explore the legacy of Manifest Destiny. Ariaz is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Louisiana State University.
PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS DOWNTOWN CAMPUS - BUENA VISTA BLDG
FRIDAY AM THEATER - ROOM 1.326 10am - 11am At The Hour of Our Death Presenter: Sarah Sudhoff Death, like birth, is part of a process. However, the processes of death are often shielded from view. Today in Western society most families leave to a complete stranger the responsibility of preparing a loved one’s body for its final resting place. Now the stain of death is quickly removed and the scene is cleaned and normalized. As Phillipe Aries writes, “Society no longer observes a pause; the disappearance of an individual no longer affects its continuity”.
These large-scale color photographs capture and fully illuminate swatches of bedding, carpet and upholstery marked with the signs of the passing of human life. The fabrics which are first removed by a trauma scene clean up crew, are relocated to a warehouse before being incinerated. I tack each swatch to the wall and use the crew’s floodlights to illuminate the scene. The images are my attempt to slow the moments before and after death to a single frame, to allow what is generally invisible to become visible, and to engage with a process from which we have become disconnected.
About: Sarah Sudhoff is a fine-art photographer and educator based in Texas. Her work has exhibited internationally and nationally and her images have been featured in print and online. In 2009 Sudhoff had her first solo show, Repository, open at Art League Houston in Houston, Texas followed by her first international show, Rx, at In Plain Sight Gallerie in Montreal, Canada. In 2010, Sudhoff’s ongoing series, At the Hour of Our Death debuted at De Santos Gallery in Houston, Texas during Fotofest.
AULA CANARIA - ROOM 1.328 10am - 11am Under a Calm Surface Presenter: Dominic Lippillo In this exploration of domesticity, the American working-class home is approached as a site of secrecy and security. Through the use of photography and video, carefully crafted scenes are depicted as minimal theatrical settings where strange occurrences border paranormal states and natural conditions to create a stage for the new American Gothic. Familiar artifacts and relics are used throughout the imagery to present the framework of family inhabiting forlorn spaces and questioning if ordinary objects have the potential to trigger a sense of the uncanny. About: Dominic Lippillo earned an MFA in Photography from Ohio University in 2009. He has shown his work nationally and internationally in juried, and solo shows. In 2010 he received a grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission for his project Fifteen Homes. He is an Assistant Professor of Art at Mississippi State University.
Dominic Lippillo, Stacked Furniture, C-Print, 20�x30�, 2009
PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS DOWNTOWN CAMPUS - BUENA VISTA BLDG
FRIDAY AM THEATER - ROOM 1.326 11am - Noon Experiments in Symmetrical Photography Presentor: Neal Cox I will deliver an image-cased lecture surveying my work with pinhole cameras based on geometric designs, from the past six years. I will focus on both the cameras as well as the photographic compositions generated by the cameras. About: Currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, Mr. Cox teaches photography, printmaking, drawing, and digital media. His work is centered on designing systems as a way of creating images that employ elements of chance and serendipity.
Neal Cox , Centennial Park, gum bichromate, 11�x14�, 2011
AULA CANARIA - ROOM 1.328 11am - Noon Pristine to Extreme: Photographs of plastic in the ocean Presentor: Teresa Van Hatten-Granath For my sabbatical from Belmont University in the spring of 2011, I proposed to study/photograph plastic in the ocean. This came to fruition as a 2-week journey in the Chilean Wilderness aboard a marine research vessel. I was fortunate to view nature as it should be, free of floating plastic and debris. Upon my return to the US, I interviewed Judith and Richard Lang. This couple has been collecting plastic on the same stretch of beach in California for over 10 years. They have created amazing artwork out of the hundreds of pounds of waste they have accumulated. I collected plastic and other materials from the same stretch of beach. This lecture will include both photos from the pristine Chilean Wilderness as well images of the beach plastic I have collected. About: Teresa is an Associate Professor at Belmont University where she teaches photography/digital imaging. She has exhibited widely in the US and overseas and was awarded a Tennessee State Arts Commission Grant for 2010 for her sculptural photographic books and the Green Bag Lady project. Green Bag Lady is an eco-friendly art project started in 2008. More at: http://www.greenbaglady.org/
Teresa Van Hatten-Granath (detail), Farewell, My Lovely, silk, ink, thread, wool, paper, metal, gold leaf, glue, 12” x 8” x 14”, 2010
GRADUATE PRESENTATIONS MAIN CAMPUS - ART BLDG - LECTURE ROOM - 3.01.18A 2:30PM - 4PM (Runs concurrently with Demos)
FRIDAY PM
Camera and Curtain Presenter: Ashley Feagin I believe photography, of all the visual mediums, has one of the closest connections to the stage. For my body of work “Clean” I have incorporated techniques gleaned from my theatre background. By applying this method, I have found resounding similarities between the camera and stage when constructing a narrative and more specifically character development. I will briefly address the concept of method acting and chart similarities within the work of contemporary artists who work in a similar manner. About: Ashley Feagin’s work combines her passion for photography and her background in theatre. By embracing the theatricality of the frame, Feagin places herself within the image to investigate human cognition. Feagin received her BA in Photography from McNeese State University and is currently pursuing her MFA at Louisiana Tech University.
Keeping It Cool: Writing with a Photographic Eye, Photographing with a Narrative Voice Presenter: Diane McGrurren This summer I will be traveling from Cool, Texas to Cool, California to Cool, Iowa and back again. 4500+ miles of the open road and the American Dream, documenting all the details, oddities, landmarks and forgotten spaces in-between. As a continuation of my most recent work, “Between Here and Cool,” this road trip will push the boundaries of Cool in true documentary style. By documenting my thoughts, expenses, and experiences through image, text, and found objects my work coupled with similar work from other great documentarians’ road trips, notably Ruscha, Evans, and Frank will illustrate the use of image and text to create written narratives we “see” and visual narratives we “read.” About: Diane McGurren is a writer and photographer living in Fort Worth, Texas. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Dallas where she also serves as a member of the photography faculty. Diane belongs to the Ghost Town Arts Collective and the 500X Gallery also in Dallas.
Aftermath Presenter: Dan Snow I am very interested in my father’s career as a police officer. I have a strong passion to understand the darker side of humanity, and how people like my father are there to protect us from these horrors. I approach the crime scenes I am photographing as both as a investigator and an artist. When I visit these places I find some kind of beauty in them, but left with this haunting feeling that is forever there. This feeling is what “Aftermath” is trying to show; the emotional stain that has been left behind on the landscape. About: Dan Snow was first introduced to photography while attending classes at Northwest Arkansas Community College where he received an Associate of Applied Science degree in graphic design in 2003. In 2009 he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in photography from the Art Institute of Colorado in Denver, and was awarded the Certificate of Excellence. Snow is currently working towards his MFA in photography at the Louisiana Tech University School of Art.
Bernd and Hilla Becher: A Theory of Representation Presenter: Dana Statton This presentation of my thesis paper which deals with the work of Bernd and Hilla Becher, recontextualizing their photography within the context of representation and repetition. Their work questions the authentic while striving to present the real. However, photography as a “medium of truth” is unreliable; as a rule photographers use the frame and their point of view to direct the viewer to a specific conclusion. I propose that through the Becher’s use of repetition, the familiar becomes unfamiliar and similarities disfigure what we think we know. About: Dana Statton received her BA from Washington and Lee University in 2009 and is currently pursuing her MA in Art History and MFA in Photography at Louisiana State University. Her art historical research focuses on issues of representation and reality by questioning the “truth” of the camera.
DEMOS
UTSA MAIN CAMPUS - ART BUILDING (Runs concurrently with Grad presentations)
FRIDAY PM All Demos: 2pm - 3:15pm and 3:15pm - 4:30pm Carpentry Suitable for Framing
Woodshop | 1.01.34
Presented by Deb Lillie In this workshop, you’ll learn to make frames for your photographs using basic equipment available in most art program wood shops. By cutting your own frame molding from 1” stock, you can make custom frames for your work and save substantially on cost… especially if the wood you use is recycled! In addition to a step by step demo on the process, this workshop will include a discussion of materials, tools, and safety procedures. Participants will receive a handout detailing the process, and a supply list. About: Deb Lillie has been scavenging wood for her frames since 1995, when she built the work in her MFA thesis show at LSU. She currently teaches at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Solar Plate “photogravure”
Print Studio | 2.01.12
Presented by Dennis Olsen Using a digital, inkjet positive transparency (in grey scale no less) Professor Olsen (our intaglio specialist in the printmaking program) will demonstrate the plate making and printing process for making (Dan Weldon’s) Solar Plate (photo polymer) “photogravure” prints. Solar Plate is eco-friendly and virtually non-toxic especially when printing with water based inks. About: UTSA Professor, Dennis Olsen received his M.A. degree from UCLA in 1967 and in that year was awarded a Fulbright grant to study printmaking in Italy. In the past two years his work has been shown in 24 exhibitions nationally and internationally, including 6 purchase awards.
When a still image needs to move. Computer Lab | 1.01.24 Presented by Jennings Sheffield As photography has evolved and changed through the years, so has the way in which we present our images. No longer are we as photographers constrained by the boundaries and limitations of the matte and frame. In this presentation, Jennings Sheffield will present how to combine the still image with moving images and bring the art of photography out of its traditional limitations and into the world of new media. Utilizing files provided by the presenter, Mrs. Sheffield will teach photographers how to build masks in Adobe Photoshop and then import them into Final Cut Pro and combine the still images with the moving images. About: Jennings received her BFA from the Atlanta College of Art and her MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is an international artist with her latest work exhibiting in Luminaria, San Antonio, TX; Breaking Boundaries II, Pingyao, China; Rust Fest, Mc Donough Museum of Art, Youngstown, Ohio; What Do You Really Need?, Medien Kultur Haus Wels, Austria; Red Dot 2011, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX. She currently teaches photography and Photoshop at Baylor University.
Carbon Transfer Printing
Photo Lab | 1.01.20
Presented by Joe Harjo Using the only commercially availabel carbon tissues in the world made by Bostich and Sullivan, UTSA grad student/artist/ photographer, Joe Harjo will demonstrate the sensitizing of carbon tissue (pigmented gelatin on paper backing), its exposure to a large format film negative, its sandwiching to the final receiving paper and subsequent development to create an elegant and long scale photographic image on archival paper. About: Joe Harjo is a third year graduate student at UTSA. He received his BFA from University of Central Oklahoma. Joe’s work is included in Emerging Talent at the Southwest School of Art. He is a co-curator of ISTORIA at the UTSA Satellite Space.
Art Building woodshop 1.01.34
computer lab 1.01.24
1 photo lab 1.01.20
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Carpentry Suitable for Framing | 1.01.34 (Woodshop) When a still image needs to move. | 1.01.24 (Computer Lab) Carbon Transfer Printing | 1.01.20 (Photo Lab)
2 Solar Plate “photogravure� | 2.01.12 (Printmaking Studio) 3
Night Shoot Primer | 3.01.07 (Photo Classroom) Graduate Student Presentations | 3.01.18A Informal Portfolio Reviews | 3.01.18B
2 printmaking 2.01.12
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3.01.18A
3.01.18B
Local Restaurants Blue Star Brewing Company, 210-212-5506 Local brew and burgers. Located at the Blue Star Arts Complex. El Mercado/Historic Market Square Find street vendor tacos, restaurants like La Margarita and Mi Tierra. You can’t miss the roving mariachis here. Located a short walk away from downtown UTSA campus. sanantonio.gov/marketsquare El Mirador, 722 S. Saint Marys St., 210-225-9444 Family owned Mexican restaurant for over 38 years. Voted “Best Caldo” by locals. Guenther House, 205 E. Guenther, 210-227-1061 A Southern Living top 5 pick for breakfast. Don’t miss those biscuits and country gravy! Il Sogno, 200 E. Grayson St., 210-223-3900 Italian restaurant from famed chef, Andrew Weissman, located at the revitalized Pearl Brewery. La Fritte, 728 S. Alamo, 210-224-7555 The most authentic Belgian bistro this side of the Alamo. La Gloria, 100 E. Grayson, 210-267-9040 Inspired by interior mexican street food, this place is right off the new riverwalk expansion at the Pearl Brewery. La Tuna, 419 E. Cevallos #2, 210-212-5727 Across the tracks from the Blue Star Arts Complex, La Tuna has great food, cold beer and a ton of beer caps out back. Liberty Bar, 111 South Alamo St,210-227-1187 Celebrating 25 years and now located in a renovated convent, the Liberty Bar offers great brunch, lunch and dinner.
Taxis Two to six people can ride the taxi for the price of one. Approximate fares, not including tips, to the downtown business district from the airport range from $24 - $26; Northwest Area (near SeaWorld) $39-$41; Westin La Cantera Resort $33-$35. San Antonio offers multiple taxi services. Here are two: Yellow Cab 210-222-2222 Rivercity Taxi, 210-444-2222
Street Cars Downtown travel is a breeze on the streetcar, an open air, authentic reproduction of a rail streetcar which traveled the streets of San Antonio more than 50 years ago. Four streetcar routes stop at top sights like the Alamo, the Spanish Governor’s Palace, La Villita, Sunset Station, the Southwest School of Art, the Institute of Texan Cultures, the King William Historic District and downtown shopping. The downtown streetcar station at Convention Plaza provides convenient access for travelers. Order a streetcar pass online or purchase one at the Visitor Cente (across the street from the Alamo). When you get in town, pick up a streetcar brochure in your hotel lobby. Information provided by visitsanantonio.com. Visit the website for more San Antonio visitor information.
*DoubleTree - Yellow Line pick up in front of hotel. Transfer to Blue Line on S. Flores St. *Holiday Inn - Walk to Blue Line pick up on S. Flores St. Thursday Night head South on West side of street. Saturday Night head North on East side of street.
PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS DOWNTOWN CAMPUS - BUENA VISTA BLDG
OCTOBER 1
SATURDAY AM
THEATER - ROOM 1.326 9am - 10am Looks Who’s Talking: Connecting with Social Media Presenter: Ashlae Shepler Panel: Arthur Fields, Nate Larson + Marni Shindelman, Irby Pace Social networking is a current phenomenon that has become the topic of many academic conversations. Such networks are no longer for people and their friends, but now serve to target upand-coming audiences for artists, professionals, businesses and educational institutions alike. The panel will examine the growing trends of social media and new media in art, how social networks are used for marketing and public presence, and integrating social networks in the classroom with particular focus on uses of Facebook. Members of the panel will share research on advantages and disadvantages of such methods, and reveal underlying and sometimes surprising motivations for using such networks as opposed to other traditional methods of information sharing and marketing. Presentation will include slide lecture, question and answer session, and Skype video-conferencing with panel members unable to travel.
Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman (left), from Geolocation. Arthur Fields, from Technically Connected.
AULA CANARIA - ROOM 1.328 9am - 10am You Are What You Eat Presenter: Mark Menjivar Mark will be talking about his project You Are What You Eat and how he has used exhibitions in traditional and non-traditional venues to promote community partnerships, engagement and participation. The exhibit has traveled to over 12 cities in the past 3 years and in each city has developed unique partnerships with organizations and institutions.
Mark Menjivar, Carpenter/Photographer | San Antonio, TX | 3-Person Household | 12 Point Buck shot on family property. | 32” x 40”, 2008
About: Mark Menjivar is a San Antonio based artist and photographer whose projects explore social issues while emphasizing dialogue and interaction. His work has been featured internationally and exhibited in galleries, universities and non-profit spaces across the country including the San Antonio Museum of Art, Southwest School of Art University of Wisconsin, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art and Houston Center for Photography. His project You Are What You Eat won Director’s Choice in CENTER’s 2009 Project Competition and was named a Critical Mass Top 50 by Photolucida.
PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS DOWNTOWN CAMPUS - BUENA VISTA BLDG
SATURDAY AM THEATER - ROOM 1.326 10am - 11am Solomon’s House Presenter: Sarah Cusimano Miles The photographs from the body of work, Solomon’s House, explore the collections repository of the Anniston Museum of Natural History in Anniston, Alabama. Specimens are taken from the dark storage where they reside, on shelves, in bottles, and in drawers, and bathed with light to illuminate the often disturbing and exquisite elegance of the accumulated and warehoused organisms. By portraying these objects through the tradition of the still life, the artist explores ideas of cultural decadence and beauty in stasis. In addition, these photographs are comprised of numerous single frames combined to construct high-resolution composite images. This allows for the capture and portrayal of the subject in a manner that goes beyond that which is possible through a single exposure. In this way the image exists as a double construction; once as the objects are assembled to be photographed, and again as the frames are combined to form the final image. This presentation will explore the evolution of the body of work, Solomon’s House, including a demonstration of the construction of the composite images. About: Sarah Cusimano Miles lives in Gadsden, Alabama and is currently a faculty member at Jacksonville State University where she has contributed to the transition of the traditional film-based photography program to a digital-based curriculum. She has a BS in Psychology and an MFA in Photography from the University of Alabama.
AULA CANARIA - ROOM 1.328 10am - 11am Traces: The History of Flint Presenter: Trish Simonite My work deals with the history of the region in England called East Anglia where I grew up in a poetic and metaphorical way, rather than relating to a specific history. I have used flint (the geological stone) as a metaphor for the enduring qualities of the landscape in contrast to the landscape itself as it changes throughout the season and throughout time. About: Trish Simonite is British but lives in Texas. She teaches photography at Trinity University, San Antonio. Her work has been exhibited in the U.S.A. and in Europe, has been published in books and magazines and is in private and public collections. Her work in Honky Tonk, at the Bluecoat Gallery in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Sarah Cusimano Miles, Brown Bear (Ursus Arctos), pigmented ink print mounted on aluminum, 24� x 30�, 2010
PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS DOWNTOWN CAMPUS - BUENA VISTA BLDG
SATURDAY PM THEATER - ROOM 1.326 1pm - 2pm Flux and Flow: Embracing Change in Work and Art Presenter: Ansen Seale Today, the possibility for making a living as a working artist are broader than ever. The arc of Ansen Seale’s career has been one of innovation, keeping pace with technology, and exploiting skills learned in the commercial world for use in the art world. Seale’s approach to making a living and making art is one of total integration. About: Ansen Seale graduated from Trinity University in 1983 with a double major BA in Studio Art and, what was then called Journalism, Broadcasting and Film (now Communications). Since then, he has been busy running a multimedia, photography and design company as well as building a career as a fine art photographer.
2pm - 3pm Portrait of a Mother Presenter: Joy Christiansen Erb The image-maker presentation I am proposing for the SCSPE 2011 regional conference is titled, Portrait of a Mother. This presentation will focus on a series of images exploring subjects of motherhood, family, illness and the struggle that exist between all three. These photographs examine the changing body and lifestyle of a new mother and the disease and altered body of a sick child through self-portraiture and personal narrative. About: Joy Christiansen Erb currently resides in Youngstown, Ohio, where she is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Youngstown State University. She received an M.F.A. degree from Texas Woman’s University and a B.F.A. from Miami University. Current and recent exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Tallahassee, FL, Trois Gallery, Atlanta, GA and Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. C
AULA CANARIA - ROOM 1.328 1pm - 2pm Classroom Project Design in a Digital Environment Moderator: Doug Clark Panelists: Teresa Van Hatten-Granath, tba This panel will address how different educators are designing projects that have proven to be effective in our ever-changing digital environment. Panelists will be chosen to represent a broad range of programs throughout the region, and a variety of methodologies. About: Doug Clark is an Associate Professor of Photography and Digital Imaging at Jacksonville State University. He is an exhibiting artist whose work explores the natural and social landscape through mixed media and digital imaging. He received his MFA in Photography and Digital Imaging from Central Washington University in 2005.
2pm - 3pm Fictional Photography Presenter: Andy Bloxham In presenting my work, I introduce the idea of reality or the perception of reality. I am a fictional storyteller and I use this mindset when making work to produce a collection of selfcontained narratives. Each photograph refers to a larger story containing a buildup and conclusion, but the viewer only receives one glimpse of the event. This isolation invites the viewer to meet my imagination halfway, producing a tale that is free to deviate in a number of directions and an escape from reality, albeit thinly veiled. About: Andy Bloxham received an MFA from Louisiana Tech University. His images have appeared in numerous publications and exhibitions. He’s an assistant professor of photography at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and a faculty member at the Maine Media Workshops.
PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS DOWNTOWN CAMPUS - BUENA VISTA BLDG
SATURDAY PM 3pm - 4pm Foto Fest Understanding the Phenomena of the International Photography Festival and Portfolio Review Presentors: Marta Sánchez Philippe & Vinod Hopson The idea began as an informal gathering of photographers and photo-enthusiasts in a small city in Provence. From that original festival in Arles, the model has grown in scale and scope, setting into its current form – city-wide events for the professional artist, art expert and the public at large. The proliferation of Photography Festivals has quite literally changed the landscape of the medium, affording opportunities for exhibition, interaction and education that did not exist before on such a large and public scale. Learn about some of the world’s best photography festivals and the opportunities they present. About: Marta Sánchez Philippe is the International Projects Coordinator and Meeting Place Coordinator for FotoFest International in Houston, TX. She grew up in Mexico City, where she studied English Literature. Prior to FotoFest, Marta worked as a freelance editor and literary translator in Mexico. She regularly conducts presentations and workshops on how to prepare an artist portfolio for a portfolio review or presentation to art galleries. About: Vinod Hopson is an artist and writer. He has worked with FotoFest International in Houston, TX since 2001. In 2006, he and co-curator Jennifer Ward, organized the FotoFest exhibition Native Sons. His art reviews have been published online and in international magazines. His art performance piece The Rise was highlighted as among the Best of 2006 by the online art journal Glasstire. He was born in New Jersey and has lived in Houston since 1996.
Museums & Galleries ONE9ZERO6 GALLERY 1906 S. Flores
MCNAY MUSEUM OF ART 6000 North New Braunfels
ANARTE GALLERY 7959 Broadway, #4
PUBLIC ART TOUR www.publicartsa.com
ARTPACE 445 North Main Avenue
REM GALLERY 219 E. Park Ave
BILHAUS ARTS 210-383-9723
RENDON GALLERY 733 S. Alamo
DAVID SHELTON GALLERY 1115 S. Alamo, Ste 2211
SAN ANGEL FOLK ART 110 Blue Star
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE EXHIBITIONS www. fotoseptiembreusa.com
SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART 115 Blue Star
GALLISTA GALLERY 1913 S. Flores
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART 300 Augusta
GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER 1300 Guadalupe
WITTE MUSEUM 3801 Broadway Street
HARRY RANSOM CENTER IN AUSTIN, GERNSHEIM PHOTO COLLECTION 21st and Guadalupe Street Austin, Texas 78712
Ashley Feagin, Merit and Mark from the series Clean, pigmented ink jet print, 20” x 24”, 2010
LECTURES UTSA ARTS BUILDING - 2ND FLOOR - MUSIC RECITAL HALL (Music Recital Hall is located across from the Art Gallery)
September 30 4:30pm - 5:30pm Luther Smith, Honored Educator “I Blame My Teachers”
September 30 7pm - 8pm Carrie Mae Weems, Keynote Speaker “Social Studies 101”
SAN ANTONIO CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY - 600 SOLEDAD (Located downtown, across from the Southwest School of Art)
October 1 5:30pm Laura McPhee, Invited Speaker “River of No Return”, Artist Talk
CONFERENCE EXHIBITIONS UTSA SATELLITE SPACE, BLUE STAR ARTS COMPLEX 115 Blue Star, San Antonio, Texas, 78204 (Downtown)
September 29 6pm - 9pm ISTORIA Curated by UTSA Graduate Students, Julie Ledet-Fremin, Beth Devillier, Jamie Garrison and Joe Harjo. Julie Blackmon, Boar Head, pigment ink print, 22” x 22”
UTSA ARTS BUILDING - 2ND FLOOR - ART GALLERY September 30 5:30pm - 7pm Luther Smith: A Photographic Survey Member’s Exhibition, Selected Works from the Region
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART
300 Augusta, San Antonio, Texas, 78205 (Downtown)
October 1 7pm - 9pm Laura McPhee, River of No Return SCSPE, Student Exhibition UTSA Graduate Student Exhibition, Emerging Talent
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SPECIAL THANKS PRESIDENT RICARDO ROMO, President, UTSA DR. DANIEL GELO, Dean, College Of Liberal And Fine Arts, UTSA DR. SCOTT SHERER, Associate Professor Of Art History, UTSA BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART WHITE HOUSE CUSTOM COLOR MICHAEL MEHL, FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA
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Places of Interest THE ALAMO 300 Alamo Plaza
ARNESON RIVER THEATRE www.lavittita.com/arneson
AZTEC ON THE RIVER www.aztecontheriver.com
MARKET SQUARE 514 W. Commerce
PEARL BREWERY 200 E. Grayson THE RIVERWALK SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN 555 Funston
SAN ANTONIO ZOO 3903 N. St. Mary’s Street
SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS & THE MISSION TRAIL SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL 115 W. Main Plaza
SIX FLAGS FIESTA TEXAS 17000 IH-10 West
SPANISH GOVERNOR’S PALACE 105 Military Plaza
TOWER OF THE AMERICAS 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way