West Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Tim Hossler

Saturday, November 04, 2017 @ 9:30am, Lake Room, Granlibakken Conference Center

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As the former in-house art director for renowned editorial photographer Annie Leibovitz, Tim Hossler helped Ms. Leibovitz create her most memorable images, books and exhibitions of the late 90's through the early 2000's. Hossler holds a degree in Architecture from Kansas State University (1993) and a MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art (2005). He was the Director of Design at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) and the Art Director of The Wolfsonian-Florida International University in Miami Beach. Hossler currently teaches visual communications and photo culture at the University of Kansas. His research is focused on working with artists, photographers and cultural institutions to create narrative work. In 2011/2012 he collaborated with British fashion photographer Tim Walker and art director Ruth Ansel to create Walker's book and exhibition Story Teller (Muir et al., 2012).