Walker Evans – Cantor Arts Center

The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford currently has a wide range of work by Walker Evans up including Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, his subway portrait series entitled Many Are Called and the Polaroid SX-70 shots he took later in his life.

Exhibition: Feburary 1st – April 8th, 2012
Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 11am – 5pm & Thursday, 11am – 8pm
For more information: http://museum.stanford.edu/

There will also a lecture giving by Jeff L. Rosenheim, Photo Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, about the exhibition.

Date: 5:30pm, February 9th, 2012
Location: Cantor Arts Center

And Stanford MFA candidate Adam Katseff discusses his work and Walker Evans as part of the Cantor’s monthly series of graduadte students’ gallery talks.

Date: 2:00pm, February 9th, 2012
Location: Cantor Arts Center

Spring 2012

The Spring 2012 semester has started. Students are trying to add into classes and the facilities are almost in place to support a new semesters worth of art. Check back here for news on current shows and events soon. Walking through the art building I noted there are several shows which incorporate photography, I don’t know if they are, “Photography” shows.

End Of The Semester

Hey everyone, it’s the end of the semester and that means Class Photo Shows.

Image & Idea is taking place in Galleries 2 and 3. The show will be up December 5 – 7th from 12pm – 5:45. There will also be an opening reception on Tuesday night at 6pm. It will feature the work of Emmanuel Barrales, Christopher Beezer, Craig Bessette, Hoyin Chan, Lily Chavez, Enchia Chow, Mitchell Dasalla, Heshan Ekanayake, Sherwin Gonzales, Maylin Jacobo, Lily Liu, Tani Mitsch, Alex Nguyen, Greg Oxsen, Tristan Schulz, Tim Surth, Julian Tongol, Nadja Villegas, Sean Whitmore, Nora Xu, Sara Bauer, Evan Calvert, Keumhee Lee, Allan Maye, Donald Miguel, Belen Morales, Stanley Olszewski, Hyun Pak, Sarah Pannell, An Park, Bradley Parker, Dejon Phillips, Maria Piva, Bethany Ruiz, Victoria Scoville, Paulina Showwalter, Cliff Nichols, Andrew Tran, Carlos Valdez, John Wilhelm and Shang Yu

Hedwig Heerschop’s Alternative Process class has a show in Gallery 5 that will be up from December 5th – 8th from 10am – 5pm and a reception at 6pm on Tuesday. Featuring the work of Brittney Cathey, Cesar Delgadillo, Sieglinde Van Damme, Jojo Guiterrez, Shinae Kim, Lizzi Kresteller, Anthony Larussa, Adrian Lopez, Kat McDonald, Mark Pinto, Carolyn Sutton, Andrew Tran & Rostislav Tsvetanov.

Also Barbara Boissevain’s Photo 110 class has a show entitled Mystery Blvd is currently in the Black Gallery and features street-themed photography. Just like the rest of the shows there will also be a reception, which means Tuesday night at 6pm with packed with photographs and food.

Alec Soth Lecture – SFMOMA

Alec Soth will be talking at SFMOMA as part of the Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Lecture Series and was made possible by California College of the Arts and Pier 24. This will definitely be a packed affair and the doors will be opened early at 6:30 pm, so get there early.

Date: 7 pm, November 29th, 2011
Location: The Phyllis Wattis Theater at SFMOMA

For more information: http://www.cca.edu/calendar/2011/lecture-alec-soth

Photographic Threads – Photo 112 Group Show

Over the course of two and a half months, the students of Julia Weber’s Color Photography class worked collaboratively on a project titled Photographic Threads. The idea behind this project was to create a thread of images that started with William Eggleston’s iconic photograph Memphis.

The first student had three days to take a picture that was inspired by Eggleston’s image. That student would then send it to a second student who was given the task of taking a photograph inspired by the preceding image. This thread continued until each person in the class had taken a picture. Whether it was color, object, atmosphere, or mood, the connection between the images could be concrete or abstract.

Works by Allison Ricigliano, Katie Bauer, Joel Valencia, Richard Chung, Sarah Pannell, Jesse Barbon, Morgan Anderson, Christian Faragalli, Alicia Aldama, Sarah Bauer, Joaquin Barreto, Chan Mon Min Htin, Judy Chen, Jackie Phung, Samantha Wendland, Carole Cheng, Jessica Boaz, Justin Molina, Jasmine Ferrer, Megan Groden & Ashley Dix.

Exhibiton: November 28th – December 2nd, 2011
Reception: 6 – 8 pm, November 29th
Location: Gallery 5 (Art Building)

Here & There – BFA Show

Ajay Fay is having his BFA show entitled Somewhere Between Here & There during this Thanksgiving short week. The show will only be up for two days, November 22nd and 23rd, in Gallery 3 but there will be a opening reception Tuesday, November 22nd at 6:30 pm.

Dates: November 22nd – 23rd, 2011
Reception: 6:30 – 8 pm, Tuesday, November 22nd
Location: Gallery 3 (Art Building)

Website: http://ajayfay.com/
For more information: http://www.facebook.com/events/289013241119708/

Public Art, Urban Infrastructure and Metaphorical Space: The Case of Floating World

San Jose State Professors Robin Lasser and Anthony Raynsford will be discussing public art, urban infrastructure and metaphorical space in a lecture at the Museum of Los Gatos. They will be discussing Lasser’s public art installation, Floating World, which was commission by the City of San Jose’s Public Art Program and part of the 2010 ZERO1 Biennial.

Date: 6 – 8 pm, Thursday, November 17th
Location: 4 Tait Avenue, Los Gatos, CA 95030
Tickets: $15 non-members & $10 members

For more information, check out: http://www.museumsoflosgatos.org/museumsoflosgatos.org/Events.html

Cuny Janssen at CCA

In collaboration with Pier 24 and SF MoMA, CCA will be having photographer Cuny Janssen give a lecture at their SF campus on Wednesday, November 16th at 6 pm. The lecture is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.

Date: 6 – 8 pm, Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Location: California College of the Arts – San Francisco Campus

For more information: http://www.cca.edu/calendar/2011/lecture-cuny-janssen

2011 SPE West Conference

The Society for Photographic Educators – West 2011 Conference is taking place at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz this year. The featured speaker is Liz Cohen and our own Brian Taylor is being honored for his many years as a photograph educator.

Dates: November 18 – 19th
Location: Cabrillo College

For more infomation, check out: http://spewest.org/

Hometown Novovolynsk – BFA Show

For her final and BFA gallery show, Oksana Zhuravel showcases her photographic documentation of her hometown of Novovolynsk, Ukraine. It will be up in Gallery 5 from November 14th to 18th, with a reception on Tuesday November 15th at 6 pm.

Dates: November 14 – 18th, 2011
Reception: 6 – 8 pm, Tuesday, November 15th
Location: Gallery 5 (Art Building)

Website: http://oksanazhuravel.com/
For more information: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111717592274658