A Life in Art: The Realities and the Economy
Student Seminar 2010
with Mary Virginia Swanson and Susan kae Grant, moderated by Dennis Keeley
Thursday, March 4, 2009, 9 am to 12 noon
Open to Volunteers and Scholarship Recipients Only
Back by popular demand and moderated by Dennis Keeley, the purpose of this year's student volunteer / scholarship seminar is to graciously and enthusiastically introduce participants to the SPE community while providing insight into careers in photography which emphasize education, networking, career choices, opportunities for artists, activism, and professional practices. This intensive workshop focuses on strategies for preparing yourself for life as an artist in today's economy. Discussions will address structures for making work, creating networks and getting your work into the public arena, print sales, licensing existing work, and securing commissions to create new work for clients. Open to student volunteers and scholarship recipients only.
| Dennie Keeley |
Moderator
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Dennis Keeley has worked as an artist, photographer, teacher and writer for more than 25 years.
His work has been exhibited in numerous one person and group shows and he is
published internationally in books and studies concerning urban circumstance and condition. His photographs in the book Looking for a City in America: Down These Mean Streets a
Man Must Go Getty Publications, won numerous awards. In addition to being the current chair of the Photography and Imaging Program at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena,
he is also the Western Regional Co Chair of the Society for Photographic Education and sits on the boards of the Los Angeles Music Center and the Angel's Gate Cultural Center.
In 2005 Mr. Keeley spoke at the United Nations NGO Conference about utilizing photography as a tool in peace building and non violent conflict resolution.
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| Susan kae Grant |
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Susan kae Grant is a Professor and Head of the Photography &
Book Arts program at Texas Woman's University and teaches workshops annually at the International Center for Photography in NYC. She was the recipient of the 2005 & 2003
SPE Freestyle Crystal Apple Teaching Award and the Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award from the Santa Fe Center for Photography. She has exhibited her work and lectured
at museums and galleries nationwide and is represented in numerous collections including the George Eastman House, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, J. Paul Getty Museum
Library, Houston Museum of Fine Arts and Victoria and Albert Museum. Her on-going body of work "Night Journey" is the culmination of research conducted in a sleep laboratory on
dream,. memory and the unconscious.
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| Mary Virginia Swanson |
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Mary Virginia Swanson makes it her goal to help photographers find the strengths in their work and identify appreciative audiences in today's marketplace. Swanson has a diverse
professional background, having coordinated educational, publication and exhibition programs for a wide range of institutions and businesses, and is considered an expert in the area
of marketing and licensing fine art. Her workshops and lectures have proven to aid countless photographers in moving their careers to the next level.
Swanson contributes articles to many print and on-line publications, including PND and PDNEDU, Digital Journalist, Nueva Luz, and teachingphoto.com among others. Swanson
maintains a popular blog about opportunities for photographers at www.marketingphotos.wordpress.com, and she is the author
of THE BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY: PRINCIPLES and PRACTICES.
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