The Field Camera: Tom Rankin and Holden Richards Sweetgum by Holden Richards Horse & Buggy Press and Friends with guest musicians on the front porch.
Find out more »Artist's Talk with Eric Pickersgill and Amy Herman. In Diapositive, six artists take on found or neglected 35mm slide collections as medium and subject matter, subverting the format’s 20th century associations as didactic or diaristic storytelling tools. Once the premier medium for the communal presentation of photographic travelogues, as well as art historical instruction, 35mm slides collections are rarely built today yet they still persist and change hands, chiefly among artists, librarians, film enthusiasts, and nostalgists. Their beauty and complexity…
Find out more »The former LIFE magazine photojournalist and president of Magnum Photos discusses his recent work. Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough St.
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Click! is pleased to partner with the North Carolina Museum of Art to present a keynote talk by David Maisel: Black Maps and Other Dilemmas. In his ongoing, multi-chaptered series Black Maps, David Maisel’s aerial photographs of environmentally impacted sites explore the aesthetics and politics of radically human-altered environments. His images of open pit mines, clear-cut forests, zones of water reclamation, and military weapons testing sites frame the issues of contemporary landscape with equal measures of documentation and metaphor. Maisel’s…
Find out more »Join us every Friday at 10 a.m., at Counter Culture Coffee. They stop what they’re doing and we taste coffee together. During October Local Photographers Work will be on display during the Click! Photography Festival and we will also have an artist talk by one each Friday. You are invited to join us in this free and open-to-the-public tradition, Tasting at Ten, at the Durham Roastery and Headquarters. No coffee experience necessary. Coffees and brewing methods vary. Tours of the…
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3rd Friday, Oct 19, 5.30p Docent Tour with Regional Winners (meet at the FENCE at 102 W. Parrish St., Durham, NC); Start your 3rd Friday off with a docent tour of the FENCE, hearing directly from regional winners in front of their work on the FENCE. Afterwards, head down the street at the Durham Arts Council for a wine & cheese reception followed by the fast-paced, engaging Pechakuchas.
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Artist Statement: I became a mother in January of 2013. When I did, the lens of my world changed. As a new mother who was raising children in my own hometown—now their hometown—I found myself struck by the realization that the Durham of my childhood looks so different from the Durham of today, and that the Durham of today will invariably look quite different from the Durham of tomorrow. I could hear the conversations we would have one day—the comments…
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The Durham Art Guild presents "Sweeping the Graves," featuring photography and photography-based installation works by DAG member artist Dawn Surratt. The yearly April tradition of honoring ancestors in China is known as the Qingming or Ching Ming festival. Families sweep tombs, pray and make offerings to their deceased loved ones. This body of work combines photography and photography based installations in commemoration of the many souls this artist encountered after more than twenty years working as a hospice social worker.…
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The Durham Art Guild presents #Found—a photo installation by DAG member artist Laura Williams. #Found is a series of photographs that belong to a visual journal which was originally posted to instagram beginning in January 2017. Influenced by light and dark, the weather, and the world close and far, each image is a moment found day by day. Please note that the exact location of this exhibition and the exact opening and closing dates are subject to change since Golden…
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JP Trostle continues his exploration of chaos and light with "Signals," on display at The Atomic Fern throughout the fall. A followup to his solo shows, "Luminous Creatures" and "Light Cycles," the artist once again delves into an examination of the happy accident, and imagines how solar wind and atomic decay might look if humans could see that far into the spectrum.
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Karen Healy: A Palette of Rust and Dreams Anchored in North Carolina’s Piedmont region, A Palette of Rust and Dreams is a vignette of a train journey as seen through the eyes of a traveler. Since 2015, Karen Healy has boarded the Piedmont and the Carolinian--two trains that travel between Rocky Mount and Charlotte, North Carolina--to document the people and communities touched by North Carolina’s railroad. These intimate photographs and audio recordings explore the space between destinations as they depict…
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ANTI-NOSTALGIA, curated by Olivia Huntley & elin o'Hara slavick, is a group exhibition of artists invited to create works utilizing found photographs. Artists will explore: our relationship to the photograph as an object; memories and sentimentality; history and the familial; the vernacular and the archive. ANTI-NOSTALGIA investigates how our attraction to and/or repulsion by found photographs does not come from nostalgia, but comes from a desire to confirm, deny and transform a reality. Curator websites: http://www.elinoharaslavick.com/ https://www.oliviadavishuntley.com/
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Mark Steinmetz Looking South, Photographs from the Do Good Fund, is an elegant and quiet collection of black-and-white photographs “drawn from the artist’s decades-long career photographing the southeastern United States, primarily in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. Steinmetz’s images are imbued with an intrinsically Southern tenderness, melancholy and longing that is universally resonant”. The work is documentary in nature but he brings a sublime seeing to his subjects, captured with a nod towards beauty and dignity and very much in…
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3rd Friday, Oct 19, 6:30-8pm in the theatre at the Durham Arts Council (120 Morris St, Durham, NC) Wine & Cheese Reception. Free and open to the public. Meet winners from the FENCE Durham 2018 at a wine & cheese reception, followed by their fast-paced, engaging Pechakuchas in which artists are allowed only 20 slides, at 20 seconds each. PechaKuchas originated in Tokyo from Klein-Dytham Architecture and has expanded around the world. It's been used for work in progress to new…
Find out more »Photoshop Bootcamp (Ages 14 & up) Our Introductory “Level 1” Photoshop workshop is ideal for both those new to Photoshop and more experienced users who want to dramatically improve their Photoshop skills and abilities in a one-day workshop format. Students must have a basic knowledge of PC Windows or Mac. Computers provided with Adobe Creative Cloud. Students are welcome to bring their own personal laptop but must have their own Adobe Photoshop software or subscription. Roylee Duvall, Instructor 18FA830.1 Saturday,…
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WetPlate Collodion Students will be introduced to the intricacies of the WetPlate Collodion Process through hands-on training by Chris Morgan. Students will discuss the safety, chemistry, equipment, and techniques over a 2 day span. From mixing chemistry to creating images with various cameras, students will get their hands wet with the entire process. Students are welcome to bring their own cameras for use, if they are wetplate compatible. A materials fee of $60 is due to the instructor and will…
Find out more »The web of family has been a constant source of inspiration for artists and documentarians. Folklore, oral storytelling, and material objects are passed down from generation to generation. Language transforms as families migrate and relocate to urban, suburban, and rural settings. Much of the time, photo albums are tucked away in basements or drawers and remain untouched. In this workshop, we’ll look at examples of family documentary as new and seasoned family researchers embark on their own investigations. Informed by…
Find out more »Photography Before Kodachrome: The One Hundred Year Search for Color While black and white defined fine art photography for many years, initially the lack of color in photographic images was seen as a serious deficiency by photographers and viewers alike. For most of its history, the remedy was to add pigment in a range of imaginative, often brilliant ways, while waiting for technology to solve the riddle of permanent color. This exhibit will present an array of vintage photographs with…
Find out more »WetPlate Collodion Students will be introduced to the intricacies of the WetPlate Collodion Process through hands-on training by Chris Morgan. Students will discuss the safety, chemistry, equipment, and techniques over a 2 day span. From mixing chemistry to creating images with various cameras, students will get their hands wet with the entire process. Students are welcome to bring their own cameras for use, if they are wetplate compatible. A materials fee of $60 is due to the instructor and will…
Find out more »The web of family has been a constant source of inspiration for artists and documentarians. Folklore, oral storytelling, and material objects are passed down from generation to generation. Language transforms as families migrate and relocate to urban, suburban, and rural settings. Much of the time, photo albums are tucked away in basements or drawers and remain untouched. In this workshop, we’ll look at examples of family documentary as new and seasoned family researchers embark on their own investigations. Informed by…
Find out more »Panel discussion / gallery talk with curators Olivia Huntley and elin o’Hara slavick and local artists in the exhibition, including Ben Alper, Deepan Mukhopadhyay and Ann Pegalow Kaplan Anti-Nostalgia is a group exhibition of artists invited to create works utilizing found photographs. Artists explore: our relationship to the photograph as an object; memories and sentimentality; history and the familial; the vernacular and the archive; and alternative and interventionist narratives. A photograph provides both a historical and unattainable reality. Anti-Nostalgia investigates…
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Authors reading essays from Mothers & Strangers, a UNC Press anthology edited by Samia Serageldin and Lee Smith.
Find out more »Artist's Talk with Jean Shin. Artist Jean Shin will be speaking about her creative process and share stories behind the scenes making her large scale installations and public works. In the context of the current work on view, made out of 35mm art history slides, she’ll discuss the role of photography, material obsolescence, and the archive in her practice. Jean Shin is nationally recognized for her monumental installations that transform everyday objects into elegant expressions of identity and community. For…
Find out more »Artists Reception: Chris Ogden: Stones Echo - Visual Poems Written on Quarry Walls
Find out more »Artist Reception: October 26 from 6-8 with juror comments at 6:30. Exhibition runs from October 26 - December 14
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Saturday, Oct 27, 5-7p starting at the FENCE (meet at 102 W. Parrish St., Durham, NC) Bring a camera and your walking shoes to the world’s largest photography public art exhibit. Learn about top quality photography from around the world in a docent-led tour. Then, pick out your favorite artist’s work that speaks to you and figure out how s/he uniquely sees the world and what photographic styles/methods they used to communicate their vision (eg, framing, points of view, equipment, timing,…
Find out more »Be inspired by photographs in the exhibition Candida Höfer in Mexico, and take your own photos of the Museum campus. Print and alter pictures on site to create a mixed-media work of art. Free art-making activities for all ages. No reservations needed. East Building, NC Museum of Art
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After the talk, visitors are invited to see the Steinmetz exhibit at KONTEK Systems which is a short walk away. Mark Steinmetz Looking South, Photographs from the Do Good Fund, is an elegant and quiet collection of black-and-white photographs “drawn from the artist’s decades-long career photographing the southeastern United States, primarily in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. Steinmetz’s images are imbued with an intrinsically Southern tenderness, melancholy and longing that is universally resonant”. The work is documentary in nature but…
Find out more »3rd Friday, Nov 16, 6:30p-7:15pm at the FENCE (meet at 102 W. Parrish St., Durham, NC) Come uniquely experience the FENCE at night under moon, candle, flashlight. The world-class photos are particularly spotlighted and will shine brightly on this 3rd Friday event. Sign up and more details at TheFenceDurham.com
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