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Conference 2008 Scheduled EventsDenver Art Museum Curator Talk | Highlighted Reception DENVER ART MUSEUM CURATOR TALK
The Denver Art Museum: An Overview of the Photography Collection Denver Art Museum SPE will offer a unique opportunity on Sunday morning at the Denver Art Museum, just a few blocks from the Adam's Mark Hotel. The Museum's Curator will give a talk about their permanent photography collection and then attendees can enjoy a discounted entrance fee to view the museum's exhibitions. Curator Talk begins at 11:00 am, FREE Inspiring Impressionism explores how impressionist artists were inspired by their artistic predecessors-a theme rarely examined in previous exhibitions. Even the most revolutionary artistic movements are grounded in older traditions. Although the impressionists' work seemed a daring rejection of what came before, they did find inspiration in artists from the Renaissance to the eighteenth century. Some revered those Old Masters, some rejected the traditions of the past, and others took their lessons and re-invented them to reflect modern life. In this extraordinary exhibition, you will see impressionist works right next to the Old Master works that inspired them. The exhibition features about 100 works of art, including 65 artworks by Impressionist painters like Monet, Degas and Renoir. Daring. Provocative. Revolutionary. The impressionists embodied all of these. But even these "painters of modern life" were influenced by the art of the past. Don't miss this stunning side-by-side exhibition of works from the impressionists and the Old Masters that inspired them. Inspiring Impressionism will be on view through May 25, 2008. About the Denver Art Museum. Founded in 1893, the Denver Art Museum opened the new Frederic C. Hamilton Building in 2006. Designed by Daniel Libeskind, the spectacular expansion rises from the ground like a titanium flower next to the North Building, designed by Italy's Gio Ponti. The Museum collection of 60,000+ objects include a world-famous American Indian art collection, European, American and Western painting and sculpture, Asian, pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial, textiles, and architecture, design and graphics.
Visit Denver's newest landmark! The Denver Art Museum's Hamilton Building is an architectural work of art. Designed by Daniel Libeskind, it will change the way you experience art and architecture. Explore the Museum's galleries showcasing a world-famous American Indian art collection, as well as art from around the world. HIGHLIGHTED RECEPTIONSMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | DENVER & EMMANUEL GALLERY RECEPTIONSCome join us for an exciting evening of art at the Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver and Emmanuel Gallery on Saturday, March 15 from 7:00 to 10:00 p! MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | DENVER - RECEPTIONsponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver and The University of Colorado Denver, College of Art & Media Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver 1840 15th Street Denver, CO 80202 www.mcadenver.org Reception: Saturday, March 15 7:00 - 10:00 p The Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver, in partnership with the College of Arts & Media, University of Colorado Denver will be hosting a reception to welcome SPE members to the community and to celebrate the powerful role that the arts play in the world today. There will be seven exhibitions on view including, Collier Schorr in the Photography gallery and David Altmejd, the popular Canadian representative of the Venice Biennale. The Museum is located in the heart of Lower Downtown (LoDo) and provides the community with innovative programs and exhibitions that inspires audiences to consider new ways of experiencing and understanding contemporary art. With a brand new building, on track to receive a gold level LEED certification for its sustainable design, and a fantastic vision, this Museum has strengthened its regional importance and has become nationally recognized. EMMANUEL GALLERY - RECEPTIONsponsored by The University of Colorado Denver, College of Art & Media Emmanuel Gallery Auraria Campus Denver, CO 80217 www.emmanuelgallery.org Opening Reception: Saturday, March 15 7:00 - 10:00 p On View: "Kids with Cameras: Photographs from Calcutta's Red Light District, Haiti and Cairo" The College of Arts and Media, University of Colorado Denver invites you to attend the opening reception of the exhibition titled "Kids with Cameras: Photographs from Calcutta's Red Light District, Haiti and Cairo." We are pleased to announce that this exhibition will include the premier of photographs from Cairo. The film "Born into Brothels" will be on view during the exhibition. The exhibition opens on February 28 and closes on April 3. Located on the center of the Auraria Campus, the Emmanuel Gallery is the focal point for the Visual Arts at the College of Arts and Media. Identified as the top art space of the year by the Denver Post's "Best of the Year 06" this vibrant and vital gallery is the historic and cultural center of the Auraria campus boasting 11,000 visitors per year. Built in 1876 the Emmanuel Gallery is Denver's oldest standing church structure and inspiring gallery space. PORTFOLIO SHARING OPPORTUNITIESSTUDENT PORTFOLIO CRITIQUES & PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO SESSIONSThe Professional Portfolio Session and Student Critiques will continue in Denver. These sessions and critiques provide a low-key environment for artists to get valuable feedback on their artistic work at no extra cost. Student Portfolio Critiques on Friday, March 14, 2008 will be reserved for student members and attendees and Professional Portfolio Sessions on Saturday, March 15, 2008 will be dedicated to professionals.** This opportunity remains free of charge to registered conference attendees though SPACE IS LIMITED. Participants will receive two twenty-minute sessions. Early registration is highly encouraged to participate in this program. Conference receipts indicate whether registrants are included or if the sessions are FULL. Please note that this is not the only opportunity to share work and get feedback at the conference. Casual sharing is highly encouraged throughout the conference weekend. Other stellar opportunities to share work will take place on Friday and Sunday - so plan to stick around all morning. **Regarding Portfolio Sessions & Critiques and the Sunday "Walk-Through" - Participation in professional activities will require membership beyond student level. CURATOR PORTFOLIO WALKTHROUGHFriday, March 14, 2008 7:00 - 9:30 p Changes to the Program - Please note: At the very core of SPE there is a commitment to building community and a deep understanding of the power of sharing. This year, to encourage dialogue and the sharing of artwork through out the entire conference, we have moved our Curator Portfolio Walkthrough to Friday, March 14 from 7:00-9:30 pm in the Plaza Foyer at the Adam's Mark Hotel. This change in time and day will now position this event to be one of the highlighted events of the conference. SPE invited local and member curators, collectors and gallery owners to join us on Friday evening. Separate spaces for professionals and students will be provided to encourage participation by all attendees.** We ask all participants to share tables with two or three others. Bring your portfolio to Denver and show your work to new audiences. **Participation in professional activities will require membership beyond the student level. OPEN PORTFOLIO SHARING - SUNDAYSunday, March 16, 2008 9:30 a - 12:30 p The popular Open Portfolio Sharing event will continue on Sunday, March 16, from 9:30 am -12:30 pm in the Plaza Foyer at the Adam's Mark Hotel. Please plan to take advantage of this opportunity to share your work! 2008 SPE FILM FESTIVAL SHOWCASEFriday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15, 2008 In celebration of the contributions that film and video artists have made as agents of change, SPE is pleased to expand our film program by presenting the Film Festival Showcase. These films and videos explore various contemporary issues while raising awareness of body image and youth to religion and war. The imagery and ideas presented are inspiring and challenging. The Film Festival Showcase will include the new Multicultural Caucus Film Festival, the returning Women's Caucus Film Festival as well as feature length films. Please join us! FEATURE LENGTH FILMS: Ghosts of Abu Ghraib The familiar and disturbing pictures of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison raise many troubling questions: How did torture become an accepted practice at Abu Ghraib? Did U.S. government policies make it possible? How much damage has the aftermath of Abu Ghraib had on America's credibility as a defender of freedom and human rights around the world? Acclaimed filmmaker Rory Kennedy looks beyond the headlines to investigate the psychological and political context in which torture occurred. kids + money Money talks. Teens in Los Angeles discuss money: getting it, spending it and learning to live without it. An original short film by award-winning filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield, kids + money is a conversation with young people from diverse Los Angeles communities about the role of money in their lives. From rich to poor, Pacific Palisades to East L.A., kids address how they are shaped by a culture of consumerism. A decade ago, photographer Lauren Greenfield's breakthrough monograph, Fast Forward: Growing Up in the Shadow of Hollywood (Knopf), explored the way Los Angeles youth is affected by an overwhelming
materialism that exalts image. One of the photographs from Fast Forward depicted Phoebe, a bored, tutu-clad three-year old, lying on a couch in the Barneys shoe department. Now 16, Phoebe makes a
return appearance in kids + money. Sensitive to the adverse effects of affluence, she says: In kids + money, Greenfield returns to her native Los Angeles to take the cultural temperature of a generation imprinted by commercial values. Born of the extremes of poverty and wealth that define the Los Angeles landscape, kids tell their stories in a series of interview-based "portraits." THIN The HBO documentary film focuses on four young women struggling with anorexia: Brittany, a 15 year-old who strives to be thin to gain acceptance among her peers, and whose mother has also suffered with the disease; Shelly, 25, who has been battling anorexia for six years, and who enters Renfrew with a feeding tube surgically implanted in her stomach; Alisa, 30, a divorced mother of two who struggled for decades with a relentless compulsion to purge; and Polly, 29, who has spent years in and out of treatment and often challenges the Center's policies and procedures. The camera follows these women to places most have never ventured: one-on-one and group therapy sessions, emotionally wrought mealtimes, early morning weigh-ins, heated arguments with staff, and tense encounters with family members. In following their stories, we come to learn that each woman's fight for recovery is unique. Some will sabotage their own treatment; others will make significant strides; and still others will make progress only to discover that their insurance will not cover the long-term care they need to truly get well. What emerges is a portrait of an illness that is frustrating in its complexity and devastating in the pain it inflicts on its sufferers and those who care for them. Unflinching and incisive, THIN offers an experiential and emotional journey through the world of eating disorders and, ultimately, provides a greater understanding of their complexity: that they are not simply about food or body image or self-esteem, but a tangle of personal, familial, cultural and mental health issues. The film premiered on HBO November 14, 2006. War Photographer A Film by Christian Frei A film about the American photographer James Nachtwey, about his motivation, his fears and his daily routine as a war photographer. If we believe Hollywood pictures, war photographers are all hard-boiled and cynical old troopers. How can they think about 'exposure time' in the very moment of dread? Swiss author, director and producer Christian Frei followed James Nachtwey for two years into the wars in Indonesia, Kosovo, Palestine... Christian Frei used special micro-cameras attached to James Nachtwey's photo-camera. We see a famous photographer looking for the decisive moment. We hear every breath of the photographer. For the first time in the history of movies about photographers, this technique allowed an authentic insight into the work of a concerned photo-journalist. Manufactured Landscapes - A feature documentary by Jennifer Baichwal Edward Burtynsky is internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of nature transformed by industry. Manufactured Landscapes - a stunning documentary by award winning director Jennifer Baichwal - follows Burtynsky to China, as he captures the effects of the country's massive industrial revolution. This remarkable film leads us to meditate on human endeavor and its impact on the planet. WOMEN'S CAUCUS FILM FESTIVAL They Call Me Muslim From France and Iran, two tales of the hijab. Samah, a Muslim teenager in Paris, wears the headscarf by choice, struggling with the 2003 French "anti-veil law." K, a young mother in Tehran, is forced to wear the hijab by the Islamic regime. But she wears it her own way. Pink Bloque: Anti-War Documents On the Pink Bloque Unjustified Tour, these Radical Cheerleaders meet a soldier just back from Iraq. At first confrontational, the encounter ends in smiles and thanks. Exposing Homelessness Armed with 35mm cameras and instruction in the art of black and white photography, three formerly homeless women draw from their personal experiences to expose the issue of homelessness. Diverse in age, race, class, and citizenship status, the women succeed in challenging the homeless stereotype and empowering themselves in the process. Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night Director, Sonali Gulati, USA/India, 27 min. A Women Make Movies Release, Distributor: Women Make Movies, www.wmm.com, 212-925-2052 Told from the perspective of an Indian living in the U.S., the film journeys into India's call centers, where telemarketers acquire American names and accents to service the telephone-support industry of the U.S. The film incorporates animation, live action, and archival footage to explore the complexities of globalization, capitalism and identity. Jaywalking Director, Kathy Huang & Leigh Lucobucci, USA, 9 min., Distributor: Kathy Huang, info@kathyhuangfilms.com, 650-814-1017 Guided by drag king star Jay Walker, the video takes a look at the humor, freedom, complexities, allure and politics behind women dressing and performing as men. With appearances by other veteran and novice performers, the video paints a rich picture of an artistic and revolutionary movement. Black and White Director, Kirsty MacDonald, New Zealand, 17 min, A Women Make Movies Release, Distributor: Women Make Movies, www.wmm.com, 212-925-2052 At birth in 1952, Mani Bruce Mitchell was assigned the gender "male." At age eight surgery revealing that "he" had ovaries, and "Bruce" was renamed "Ruth" and reassigned the gender "female." In boldly expressing her own intersex identity through the medium of art, Mani defies the categories of "male" and "female" and provokes debate over the rigid notions of masculinity and femininity. God Sleeps in Rwanda Director, Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman, USA, 28 min, A Women Make Movies Release, Distributor: Women Make Movies, www.wmm.com, 212-925-2052 The 1994 Rwandan Genocide left the country nearly 70 percent female, handing Rwanda's women an extraordinary burden and an unprecedented opportunity. Girls are attending school in record numbers, and women now make up a large part of the country's leadership. Working with two cameras and no crew except for their translator-a genocide survivor herself-the filmmakers uncover incredible stories. MULTICULTURAL CAUCUS FILM FESTIVAL
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