TylerPhoto

Three open photo courses to consider and share

Three spring semester photo related courses still have plenty of openings available and we are looking for a few more students to make sure they run. If you or a classmate still need to register - or if you have a Tyler friend looking for a class - please spread the word as soon as possible. All have undergraduate and graduate openings (please contact Byron directly for grad registration info). The classes are:

Photographic Lighting ART 3604 (CRN 41468) or 5604 (CRN 41469) with Sam Fritch, Fridays 9 - 2:30. At the core of any commercial or fine art photographer's practice is an in-depth understanding of lighting. This course is a thorough investigation of artificial lighting techniques (strobe and continuous) both in the studio and on location. Additional topics include advanced methods of exposure and the different approaches required in lighting for digital and film based images. A final portfolio is required. This course is repeatable for credit. This can be repeated for credit. 

Photobooks: Making & Understanding ART 3610 (CRN 44840) or with Adjunct Professor Daniel Kraus. The course is scheduled for synchronous online sessions Tuesdays & Thursdays 4 - 6:30pm. It is a new special topics course and qualifies as an elective in the major or a general studio elective.

Throughout photography’s history artists have used the photo-book to share their personal lives, shine a light on misconceptions, and immortalize their work. In this class students will craft their own photo-books while learning the history and contemporary issues on photo-books. Students will learn how to edit, sequence, title, and bind their own photography books using pictures or projects they’ve already conceptualized. Podcast assignments, photo-book reviews, lectures, video demonstrations, workshops, will round out the course.

Please reach out to Daniel via email with any questions: tug07230@temple.edu

Optics and Light ART 3610 CRN 41775 with Jessica Julius, MW 10:40 - 1:10

In this course, students will explore phenomena of optics and light through the use of glass. They will learn how to create optical objects such as water lenses and prisms, investigating how they transform and extend vision. Students will also learn how to create their own glass lenses and manipulate existing lenses. use of glass optics in distortion, reflection, image making, and installation will be explored and we will employ various light sources in combination with glass to make immersive environments. No glass experience is required for this course. It is a special topics course and qualifies as an elective in the major or a general studio elective.

Open Call for Photographs - Michener Museum

The Michener Art Museum is seeking images from Bucks County, Philadelphia, and the greater Delaware Valley region that capture the many meanings of “essential work” in 2020, as we strive towards better health and a more equitable future. 20-25 images, selected by a committee of local community and cultural leaders, will be displayed in the exhibition, Essential Work 2020: A Community Portrait, on view from March 19-July 11, 2021.

We’re looking for creative approaches to the call and no professional photography experience is necessary to apply. You can find more information about this project and access our submission webpage here. We’re eager to see what our community values as impactful during this challenging year.

Adrienne Neszmelyi-Romano
Director of Interpretation and Innovation

MICHENER ART MUSEUM
138 South Pine Street
Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901
215.340.9800 x111

Reminder - submit work to Temple Sights!

We've received very few submissions for Temple Sights (see posting below). There's still time to enter! It's a great opportunity to have your work reviewed and possibly selected for a very generous CASH PRIZE. 

Please note, this contest is open to all Temple students, grad and undergrad.

Byron

Call for Student Submissions (with cash prizes!): Temple Sights

Temple University Alumnus Seth Goldblum is sponsoring a call for Temple student submissions of photographs of Temple University. Awards will be given to the top three entries; $500 for first place; $250 for second place; $100 for third place. Once selected, the first place winner will need to provide a printed exhibition quality version no larger than 40” x 40". The sole requirement for content is that the photographs be of places on, or around, the Temple University campus. The content of the photographs can determine their size, and whether it is a single image or a series of smaller related images intended to be shown together.

Seth is happy to get on a Zoom call with any student interested in participating to share why he's doing this, why Temple is important to him, and to give an idea of the space where the winning piece will be hung. If talking with Seth is of interest, please contact Byron Wolfe (byron.wolfe@temple.edu), Tyler Photography Program Head, who will coordinate a meeting.

The deadline for submissions Wednesday, December 2 at 5:00 PM.

To enter, please submit directly to this link: https://www.dropbox.com/request/02pNE9GRs5XnVymJL19V and upload a single folder labeled with your name that contains jpeg files that are no larger than 2000 pixels in any direction. Also include a single text file that includes your name, contact information, proposed final print size(s), media, and titles. Please limit your submission to no more than five images. For contest questions, please contact Byron (byron.wolfe@temple.edu).

InLiquid Call for Entries for Wind Scholarship

As a catalyst for young artists launching their careers, the InLiquid Wind Scholarship creates unique opportunities for exhibitions, marketing, and connections to improve their career trajectories. InLiquid is inviting applications for their first ever Wind Scholarship for the year 2020-2021. This award, generously funded by the Dina Wind Foundation for the Arts, provides one year of a benefits with InLiquid, including promotion and career services, for five excellent visual artists under the age of 30. The applicants will be reviewed by a panel of jurors from the Greater Philadelphia arts community.

Apply here: https://airtable.com/shrhoWFTYalkZiSj8

Application deadline: October 31, 2020
Notification: December 1, 2020

Membership Benefits:

-  Extensive profile on InLiquid’s website, receiving over 100,000 unique views annually.

-  An exclusive profile on InLiquid’s ever-growing Artsy.net web page, where collectors from across the globe can view and purchase work

-  Inclusion in the New Now group exhibition.

-  Increased contacts with curators, collectors, and fellow artists.

-  Career development workshops to help you apply for residencies, professionally document your work, market your work, and more.

-  Promotion of your work through InLiquid’s newsletter to over 7,000 subscribers.

Additional Scholarship Benefits:

-  Review and feedback from influential curator panelists

-  Winners receive special press release and marketing of award-winners

-  Individual blog spotlight stories on each winner

-  Additional group exhibition of winners.

-  Private reception with award recipients, jurors, and the Wind family

 

Art, Wellness, Resilience

Art<>Wellness<> Resilience is a partnership BA in the Art Therapy program and Drexel University’s Art Therapy & Counseling program.

Come join this weekly art making workshop designed to strengthen your knowledge and implementation of wellness and coping skills and build a sense of community with fellow students. You will be able to create art and discuss personal areas of need and strength. The workshop is facilitated by two second year Drexel University graduate students to assist Tyler students through mental and emotional fatigue related to COVID and other factors!

Tuesdays 12-1 pm thru the end of the semester

Interested? For Zoom Link and Password and resources contact:
Hanna Lee hl687@drexel.edu

From more information contact: michaela.herr@temple.edu

Marc Williams at UPENN's Institute for Contemporary Art Open Video Call!

Marc Williams, a senior photography major at Tyler, has work in the ICA's Open Video Call 2020. This is a great accomplishment (congratulations, Marc!). His video is being premiered on September 14th and he will give a livestream talk on September 16th with the exhibition curators. Links follow below.

From Loved Ones Premieres on Monday, September 14,12 PM: https://icaphila.org/exhibitions/ovc2020/

Artist interview: Wednesday, September 16,  6 - 7 PM: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95264127229

I hope you can tune in to see the video and to attend the talk on Wednesday evening.

Byron

OPEN LAB HOURS & RESERVATIONS

Open lab hours are now available in the Photo area. The photo spaces are only available to students actively enrolled in photo courses and appropriately trained in equipment and safety procedures. Every space throughout the program requires advanced registration to insure that we don't exceed maximum occupancy and can maintain safe physical distancing. Anyone not enrolled in a class must receive special permission from Byron Wolfe (byron.wolfe@temple.edu).

It's a simple online registration system that you can access through this link: tyler.temple.edu/room-reservations. The link is permanently available in "THE STUDIO" category in the column at right as the OPEN LAB RESERVATIONS link.

To reserve a space, navigate to "Photography," and choose the room you wish to use (the most commonly used digital labs are B30S and B30T). Identify the specific area where you want to work, then look at the schedule for times blocked out in green. Click on the green blocks to reserve. Different spaces have different increments of time available. If a given time doesn't have a colored block, that means it is unavailable for a booking.

Once you've made your selection, scroll down and select the blue "Submit Times" button.

If you'd like further guidance, this pdf has more information. Download Tyler Room Reservation

Byron

 

 

Dr. Erin Pauwels zoom-talks cabinet cards this Thursday night!

Before there was Facebook, instagram, Polaroid, or even Kodak Brownie cameras, cabinet cards ruled the world of photographic social media. Tyler's very own Dr. Erin Pauwels has been involved in an exhibition and newly published book about 19c cabinet card photography. She's going to be part of a zoom exhibition talk this Thursday night from 7:00 - 8:30 PM EST. Dr. Pauwels will join prominent photography curators John Rohrbach from the Amon Carter Museum of Art and Britt Salveson from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The talk is being held in conjunction with the exhibition Acting Out: Cabinet Cards and the Making of Modern Photography.

Participation is free, and registration is required.

Byron

Welcome back - Fall 2020!

Dear Photo students,

Welcome back! 

It’s great to finally start to see familiar faces (or at least portions of faces!) after our abrupt switch to online last spring. If you’ve had a class in the Photo Area this week, you’ve no doubt seen the dramatic changes to the Lower Atrium gallery (with new lights!). Construction began in May, and it made for a messy summer and we really only gained access to Photo last week so we’ve been working feverishly to clean up from the spring semester and get up and running for fall. When you see Jille, please be sure to thank her for all that she has been doing. If you haven’t been in the photo area yet, pause in the atrium to look around and see what has been accomplished. There’s still more work to be done as we’ll be getting a glass entrance and doors.

You’ll also notice other changes in school which you’ve no doubt been hearing about for weeks; your schedules are different, how you access things is different, the number of people in any one area is very different, and the way we interact is now different. You’ll see hand gel and wipes all around, and of course we all have to social distance at all times and wear masks. The photo faculty and staff have been working extraordinarily hard all summer long to prepare for the best possible educational experience whether that’s online or in person. I ask that you please do all that you can, individually and collectively, to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and keep each other safe and healthy, and to insure that we can continue to access our classrooms and studios. Our spaces have maximum occupancy signs and designated zones for working. For everyone's sake, please follow the guidelines as established.

Soon, we’ll be sharing and open lab schedule and the method for how you’ll be able access the photo area. There’s a school wide reservation system that’s still being polished. As soon as it’s ready, we’ll let everyone know, and offer some form of a tutorial.

Byron Wolfe, Photography Program Head