May | June 2004 - Boston Photography Focus

education programs at the prc2Making it Work: Professional Development for PhotographersAn open forum with art professionals on publishing, funding, and getting the shows you want.Saturday, May 22, 2004Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, Room 224725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MAPRC Members: $95-full day; $80-3 sessions; $60-2 sessions; $35-1 sessionNon-Members: $110-full day; $90-3 sessions; $70-2 sessions; $45-1 sessionCall 617-975-0600 for reservations.Have you ever wanted to take the next step withyour work, publish a book, or find funding foryour art? Join us May 22nd when we host anextraordinary panel of guest speakers to discussthese essential topics. Discover where to findmoney in today’s economy. Hear a gallery ownerdiscuss cover letters and what makes a good orbad portfolio review. Ask a Curator the importanceof distinguishing the right institution foryour work. Learn what to consider when beginningyour own book publication. Whether youare just graduating, changing careers, or needinga refresher on promotion, this is a rare chance tospeak informally with insiders about these influentialcareer factors. Join us for one session, orstay all day to discuss, well, everything!Each session includes a 10-15 minute presentationby each speaker, and 25 minutes of audiencequestions/discussions. Coffee will be provided.SESSION 1: 9-10:15amBooks & Catalogs:Demystifying the Publication ProcessBORIS SAMAROVA graduate from the Art Institute of Boston,Boris Samarov is Digital Imaging Manager atPanopticon Gallery in Waltham. He alsofreelances as a re-toucher and digital imagingconsultant for a number of commercialphotographers in and around Boston. Manyof these freelance jobs require Boris to workon organizing and printing photographs forpublication purposes.MIKE HINTLIANBoston-based documentary photographerMichael Hintlian has appeared in major U.S.dailies and international periodicals. Michaelbegan a long-term project photographing theday-to-day life of the construction of the CentralArtery/Tunnel Project (the Big Dig) in Boston.This work has been exhibited many times andwill be published in book form in 2004. He isalso working on a project in two former Sovietrepublics as well as a third project in East Africa.HENRY HORENSTEINHenry Horenstein is a photographer, author, andeducator who has published over thirty books forchildren (A Is For?) and adultsincluding classic texts (Black and White Photography;A Basic Manual) and monographs (Creatures,Canine, Aquatics). Horenstein's work has beenexhibited Internationally and within the UnitedStates at venues such as Robert Klein Gallery,Boston, the Sarah Morthland Gallery, and, mostrecently, the Photographic Resource Center. Photographsby Henry Horenstein can be found inmany public and private collections includingFidelity Investments, Boston, MA, Fogg Museumof Art, Cambridge, MA, High Museum of Art,Atlanta, GA, and Library of Congress, WashingtonD.C., to name a few. Henry is a professor atthe Rhode Island School of Design.SESSION 2: 10:30-11:45amShow Me the Money:Researching Grants and FellowshipsCATHERINE TUTTERCatherine Tutter is Associate Director of theArtist’s Resource Center (ARC), based at theSchool of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston(SMFA). The ARC is one of the first servicecenters of its kind in the country and knownfor its comprehensive career-related resources,advising, and referral services. Her active engagementin the research of national and internationalfunding venues, fellowships, residencies,exhibitions, public art opportunities and otherprofessional opportunities is an integral componentto her role at the ARC. Catherine is also acontributing writer to artSource, the ARC’sbi-weekly on-line publication.SESSION 3: 1-2:15pmKeeping Up Appearances:Making Portfolios that CountTONY DECANEASTony Decaneas founded Panopticon, Inc. a customblack & white processing lab in Boston. Headded Panopticon Gallery, to exhibit fine photographyand later, Panopticon Press to publish thatwork. Panopticon Gallery continues to expand asit opens a new location in Kenmore Square. Tonycontinues personal photographic projects, includinga major document on Mt. Athos in Greece.He photographed his father's village of Pavlia andpublished a book by that name.DIANA GASTONDiana Gaston is the Associate Curator of theFidelity Corporate Art Collection. Formerly, shewas the Curator at the Museum of PhotographicArts in San Diego and the Associate Director ofSan Francisco Camerawork. Her reviews andessays on photography can be found in Art NewEngland, Aperture, Art on Paper, Camerawork,Contemporary, and Photograph.SESSION 4: 3-4:15pmExhibition Quality:Finding the Right Venues for Your WorkLESLIE BROWNLeslie Brown has served as Curator of the PhotographicResource Center at Boston Universityfor almost three years. Prior to coming toBoston, she worked as an associate curator at theCheekwood Museum of Art in Nashville, TNand a graduate assistant at the Austin Museumof Art and University of Texas at Austin’s BlantonMuseum of Art. Leslie also actively serves asan invited guest juror and portfolio reviewer inphotography for local colleges, associations, societies,and galleries.AMY BEAKERAmy Beaker is Assistant Director at the New ArtCenter in Newton where she assists in exhibitionsand the COP, Curatorial Opportunity Program.Previously she worked as ExhibitionsAssistant at Memorial Art Gallery of The Universityof Rochester in Rochester, New York andthe Art of the Americas department of theMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston.ARLETTE KAYAFASArlette Kayafas, a collector of contemporary artfor the last 36 years, opened galleryKayafas at450 Harrision Avenue, in the South End, inApril of 2004. The gallery, like her personal collection,puts its emphasis on 19th, 20th & 21stcentury photography. Acting as both directorand curator for the gallery, she focuses on theestablished as well as emerging artist. Currently,she represents over 30 artists and photographersincluding Jules Aarons, Estate of Harold Edgerton,Eric Lewandowski, Blake Ogden, and JoSandman. Arlette, an Overseer at the DeCordovaMuseum for the past 9 years, is the creator,organizer of the museum's annual Wearable ArtShow, now in its tenth year.PORTFOLIO REVIEWSMonthly Portfolio Reviewswith the PRC CuratorBelow you will find dates for our monthlyportfolio reviews (and corresponding call-inreservation information) with the PRC’s Curator,Leslie Brown. The reviews are 45 minutes longand scheduled on the hour beginning at 9:00 amwith the last one at 3:00pm. Reservations will beaccepted on a first-call, first-served basis. It ishighly recommended that you bring supportingmaterials (resume, images, and statement).Review Date: Monday, June 21, 2004(call in for reservations at 10 am, Friday,May 21)Guest Portfolio Reviewwith Arlette Kayafas ofGallery KayafasSee above for Kayafas’s biography.Review Date: Monday, May 24, 2004(call in for reservations at 10am, Friday,May 14)Landscapes of the Civil War.Original prints on exhibit March 11 through June 25, 2004. 67 Shore Road,Winchester, MA. For details call 781-729-1158 or visit griffinmuseum.org3