University of Wisconsin-Madison Photography Courses 2009

Lisa Frank-Explore ‘A Cabinet of Curiosities’ in the Arboretum Gallery

From now through December 29, the Arboretum’s Steinhauer Trust Gallery will feature the work of Madison photographer and artist Lisa Frank.

Opening Sunday, November 22, 1-4 p.m.

Using an alternative to traditional photography called scanography, Frank digitally manipulates her subjects to evoke the dark and complex mysteries of what may seem like common items in nature— plants, mushrooms and bird nests.

Located in the Arboretum Visitor Center, 1207 Seminole Highway, Madison, the Steinhauer Gallery is open during regular Visitor Center hours-9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 12:30 – 4 p.m. weekends. 11/10/09-12/29/09

http://uwarboretum.org/news/singlePost.php?id=361&origin=news

Accidental Art: Collecting Found Photography

Steenbock Gallery, 1922 University Avenue

November 2-December 30

Opening: Sunday, Nov. 8 from 1-4, with a presentation by John Foster, St. Louis collector, folklorist and host of AccidentalMysteries.com at 2 p.m

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=83283353741&index=1

Call for Entries
84th Annual International Competition: Photography

Deadline                     
December 1, 2009

Juror
Ingrid Schaffner, Senior Curator
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

http://www.printcenter.org/pc_comp.html

"Seeds of Change" Photographic Exhibition by Michael Kienitz

Opening Friday October 16th,  

5:30 P.M to 8:00 P.M. Pyle  Center, 

702 Langdon Street

The photographs are primarily portraits of people who have borrowed as little as $16 to start their own businesses in Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

pdnedu Student Photo contest 2010

http://contest.pdnedu.com/
 

 

Former undergraduate on the cover of the Benefactor Magazine

http://www.thebenefactormagazine.com/current.html

Robert Rauschenberg’s America Signs of the Times

13, 2009–January 3, 2010

September 13, 2009-January 3, 2010

Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), who came to the fore in the 1950s, was one of the great artists of our age. He was also a prominent chronicler of American culture in the second half of the twentieth century, as evidenced in a new exhibition at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.

http://www.mmoca.org/exhibitions/exhibitdetails/signsofthetimes/index.php

Back in the World: Portraits of Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans

October 31, 2009 to January 3, 2010  |  Mayer Gallery

Nearly 30 large-format color portrait photographs will be on view at the Chazen Museum of Art in the exhibition Back in the World: Portraits of Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans. As part of its Wisconsin Stories project, Wisconsin Public Television has produced documentaries about Wisconsin veterans’ experiences in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. During production of the Vietnam project (to air in 2010), photographer James Gill took portraits of the veterans who participated in the documentary as a tribute to their service. These photographs provide insight into the veterans' memories and experiences, which they carry long after the war ends. The scale and presence of the images, combined with brief excerpts of interviews with their subjects, place them in a long tradition of art that delivers a powerful social message. The exhibition will be on view in Mayer Gallery from October 31, 2009–January 3, 2010. 

Channel 3000 interview

• GALLERY TALK with photographer James Gill, Thursday November 19, 7:00 p.m. 

http://www.chazen.wisc.edu/Exhibitions/PressRelease.asp?PID=147&date=October%2031,%202009%20to%20January%203,%202010&loc=Mayer%20Gallery

Jonas Bendisken at the PORTER BUTTS GALLERY

This exhibit showcases photographs from Jonas Bendiksen's seven years of travel around many of the lesser-known regions of the former Soviet Union, including Transdniester, Abkhazia, and spaceship crash zones on the Kazakh steppes. by bringingg Jonas Bendiksen and hisSatellites exhibit to campus we hope to illuminate areas that are largely ignored by the Western press.

http://www.union.wisc.edu/art/

Painting with Light, with Eric Curry

The following short video tutorial and artist's interview demonstrates how industrial/fine art photographer Eric Curry used the 'Painting with Light' technique to create Submarine. By creating multiple photographs all exposed by lighting different details of the same scene, and then layering those same photographs back together into a single magical image, it does seem that the sum of the parts total more than the individual frames.

http://www.americanprideandpassion.com/

Images of the Ho-Chunk

Examine 150 years of the Ho-Chunk people as documented through the lens of a camera. This exhibit features 1860's photographs by James F. Bodtker, turn of the century images by Charles Van Schaick, and recent images by Ho-Chunk photographer Tom Jones. Ho-Chunk jewelry, ribbon work, and other objects from Wisconsin Historical Museum collections complement the images.

Opening Reception
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Wisconsin Historical Museum
30 North Carroll Street on the Capitol Square 
Madison, WI

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/

Elements of Photography

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
June 13 - October 4, 2009

Elements of Photography presents photographic and video works from the MCA Collection with a focus on elemental materials of nature: light and water.

http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=228#_self

James Castle: A Retrospective

October 10, 2009–January 3, 2010
Galleries 124–127

An artist who has received growing attention over the past few decades for producing a remarkable body of work without undergoing formal training, James Castle is especially admired for the unique handmade quality, graphic skill, and visual and conceptual range that characterizes his art. Bringing together over 200 drawings, books, and constructions from across the United States, James Castle: A Retrospective marks the first comprehensive museum exhibition of the artist’s work.

http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/jamescastle

On the Scene: Jason Lazarus, Wolfgang Plöger, Zoe Strauss

September 19, 2009–January 24, 2010
Gallery 188

The Art Institute of Chicago is committed to collecting and exhibiting the most dynamic new work by emerging artists. On the Scene: Jason Lazarus, Wolfgang Plöger, Zoe Strauss is the third in a series of exhibitions presented by the Department of Photography, each of which explores the diverse range of art being produced today.

http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/onthescene09

Reversed Images: Representations of Shanghai and Its Contemporary Material Culture

The Museumn of Contemporary Photography

September 25 – December 23, 2009

Reversed Images: Representations of Shanghai and Its Contemporary Material Culture examines the city of Shanghai and its development into one of the global economy’s most productive cities in the new millennium. Shanghai is known for its impressive population growth, the increasingly rapid rate of its cultural and environmental transformations, and the tension between Western and traditional Chinese values, lifestyle, and work habits.

http://www.mocp.org/exhibitions/2009/09/reversed_images.php

Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959

Milwaukee Art Museum
January 30, 2010–April 25, 2010

Abstract Expressionism, film noir, Beat poetry, and the New Journalism are all widely recognized aftershocks of World War II, representing a broad aesthetic revolution that championed spontaneity and subjective interpretation as the guiding principles of creative practice. Postwar photographers in many ways set the rhythm and tenor of this new approach, not least because the hand-held camera was naturally suited to chance discoveries and impulsive gestures.

http://www.mam.org/exhibitions/details/streetseen.php

Andy Warhol: The Last Decade

Milwaukee Art Museum
September 26, 2009–January 3, 2010
Baker/Rowland Exhibition Galleries

Andy Warhol: The Last Decade is the first U.S. museum survey exhibition to explore the work that this seminal American artist produced during the final years of his life. Warhol entered a period of renewed vigor and enthusiasm in the 1980s that resulted in what was arguably the most productive period of his career.

http://www.mam.org/exhibitions/details/warhol.php

"Welcome Home Boys! Welcome Home Signs in Post-World War II New York City" photographs by Ida Wyman

 
The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open a new photography exhibit, "Welcome Home, Boys! Welcome Home Signs in Post-World War II New York City," on Monday, August 3, 2009. An opening reception will be held from 5:00 to 6:30 the same day, with a gallery talk beginning at 5:30. The exhibit will remain on display until October 31, 2009.

For more information on the exhibit, contact Jeff Kollath, Curator of Programs and Exhibitions, at (608) 261-0541. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is a free public educational activity of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and is located at 30 W. Mifflin St., across the street from the State Capitol. For more information go to www.museum.dva.state.wi.us.

PHOTOGRAPHY EXCHANGE including

• • • BELOIT COLLEGE
    • CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY
    • FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
    • MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
    • NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY
    • ROLLINS COLLEGE
    • SHERIDAN / U OF TORONTO
    • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN- MADISON
    • UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
    • UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
    • WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
    • WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
    • YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY 
    •   
    • Please join in on the web based dialogue and make comm ents on each others work. 
    • http://photographyexchange.wordpress.com/
      

National Geographic Best Microscopic Images of 2008 Announced

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/photogalleries/best-microscope-photos/index.html

CS 4 New book

http://photoshopnews.com/feature-stories/whats-new-in-cs4-by-martin-evening/

Victorian Photocollage at The Art Institute of Chicago, October 10, 2009–January 3, 2010

http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/VictorianCollage

Kentucky Yard Sale Yields a Trove of Weegee Images

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/arts/design/03muse.html?ex=1213070400&en=279744ae5e44c566&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Scholarship to Attend Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine.

The UW Arts Faculty raised funds that established a dedicated Fund at Haystack which provides one scholarship for a UW student to attend a two week workshop at Haystack School each summer.

Typical courses include ceramics, wood, glass, fibers, metal, drawing, paper, printmaking, artist's books and mixed media.

The Scholarship pays for tuition, room and board for a 2-week workshop. You are responsible only for getting yourself there and back.

In order to apply for the Haystack scholarship you will need to submit the following to Teri Van Genderen in an envelope marked Haystack:

1) 8 JPEGs of your work on a CD/DVD (labeled with your name, medium used, dimensions.)
2) A separate image information sheet with the same information
3) First and second choice of workshop
4) A cover letter that explains your choices of workshop and why the workshops fit your specific creative directions
5) Resume

The deadline for the materials is Monday March 10th 4pm to the Art Office Front Desk.

http://www.haystack-mtn.org/

PS: This is the only scholarship that is specifically for UW Students however, you can also apply directly to Haystack for work/study scholarships. They offer quite a few scholarships every summer.

$1000 MFA Scholarship through Hotel Donaldson

The Hotel Donaldson dedicates one of their rooms to a student in a MFA program to show their work for a year along with a $1000 scholarship. If you have images of your work that we can review, please send them to:

The Hotel Donaldson
c/o Alison
1o1 Broadway
Fargo, ND 48104

http://www.hoteldonaldson.com/main.html

Saatchi Gallery looking for online student community involvement

Dear Tom

I have recently been reviewing our website www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk and it caught my attention that very few students from University of Wisconsin - Madison have joined our online student art community STUART http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/stuart/

As we continue to develop new and exciting opportunities for the artists on the site we are also hoping to ensure that students of the highest calibre are fully aware of the site and the resources it has to offer them.

We hope it provides a suitable platform for students to present their portfolio to a global audience, gathering ideas and inspiration through discussion with their peers and through the presentation of over 40,000 professional artists’ portfolios that are currently featured on the site.

I wish to highlight to yourself and your colleagues three of the more interesting sections of the site which may prove particularly useful, this includes the essays section, the crits section and the Magazine which features up to date news about exhibitions from around the world.

We recently had our first major STUART exhibition in the UK featuring the winners of our 4 New Sensations competition set up for graduating artists in conjunction with the broadcaster Channel 4. From the 20 finalists 2 Graduates’ work was acquired by the Zabludowicz Collection and many of the other students sold work to private collectors and were invited to participate in Solo and group exhibitions at professional galleries including the Alexia Goethe Gallery, Primo Alonso gallery and the Royal Scottish Academy.

We also took a selection of Saatchi Online and STUART artists to the Zoo Art fair in London providing the opportunity for the artists to sell their work commission free at this prestigious event which runs alongside the Frieze art Fair. Our aim for the next year is to continue to give our student artists similar opportunities internationally.

I wanted to double check that you received information about the site previously and ask whether you had any feedback about the site from colleagues or your students about ways to improve the site to make it a more effective learning tool. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the project

Kind regards, Phoebe

Saatchi Gallery London
PhoebeBeloe@saatchigallery.com

Art Department Digital Print Lab Hours

The Digital Print Center spring hours are:
Tuesdays 11-4
Wednesdays 1-6
Thursdays 12-4

Please sign-up in advance (sign-up sheet next to door room 6521) next to
the printer you wish to use. You may email me at mesims@wisc.edu if you
have any questions.

Thanks,
Morgan Sims
Digital Print Center P.A.

Articles and Books

Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo

Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth (based on Seadragon technology) creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip all expectation.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129

Syllabus 476 & 576

Download 476-576 Spring 2009

Syllabus 376

Download ART 376 FALL 2009

Undergraduate Reviews of Exhibitions and Lectures

This post is to be used by undergraduate students for reviews of exhibitions and lectures.

Graduate Reviews of Exhibitions.

This post is to be used by graduate students for reviews of exhibitions.

Information on how to use your flash strobes

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/02/welcome-to-strobist.html

MATERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANTHONY PEARSON

http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com/exhibitions/material-photographs/essay.html

Review: Affordable digital SLR cameras By David Pogue

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/21/technology/ptpogue21-web.php

Free Web Design Tutorials

http://www.w3schools.com/

Software Training for Students

These are free computer training classes offered to registered UW-Madison students through Doit and the CIMC. Take advantage of these while you are here and build up your resume.http://www.doit.wisc.edu/training/student/ http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/help_instruction/workshops/index.html

Student Photographic Society

http://www.studentphoto.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

Photography Composition Articles

http://photoinf.com/General/

Camera Phones Lend Immediacy to Images of Disaster

By Yuki Noguchi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, July 8, 2005; Page A16
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/07/AR2005070701522.html

University of Texas-Austin students make the first-ever bacterial photograph on a lawn of E.coli bacteria

http://www.utexas.edu/features/2005/bacteria/

New York TImes article on Philip-Lorca diCorcia

The right to photographing on the street unheld in courts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/arts/design/19phot.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

PHOTO STAMPS

Create a postage stamp you can use with your own photograph on it.  http://photo.stamps.com/PhotoStamps/?_requestid=360386

Regarding the Torture of Others by Susan Sontag

Download regarding_the_torture_of_others_by_susan_sontag.htm

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, by Walter Benjamin

This reading is for the advanced class, due November 7.Download the_work_of_art_in_the_age_of_mechanical_reproduction.doc

Diane Arbus

"Don't look Back" by John HaberDownload habers_art_reviews_diane_arbus.htm

Post your website here.

If you have a website you have built post it here.

Post your own exhibitions here

Are you currently in a show? Let us know where it is at. Post the date and place in the comments, along with a website if there is one.

Artists Websites

If you come across an artists website you like and want to share with the others please post it here.