Rayko Photo Center Residency

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Due November 15, 2014

Apply for the Artist-in-Residence program at RayKo Photo Center! Our residence Program was developed to continue our support and education of fine art photographers. Selected artists will receive unlimited access to RayKo’s facilities for a six-month time period. Residents will receive significant discounts on other services at RayKo plus free workshops, tutorials, and generous staff support. Each artist’s residency will culminate in an exhibition in the RayKo Gallery. Up to three final prints from each artist will be selected for donation to RayKo’s print collection.  Applications are open to all artists working in photography. The submission deadline for the 2015 residencies is November 15, 2014. There is a non-refundable administration fee of $30 to apply. Finalists will be notified by December 1, 2014 and interviews will be scheduled during the first weeks of December 2014.

Susan kae Grant as guest speaker

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Congratulations to Susan kae Grant, who will be the guest speaker at the opening reception of a group exhibition that she will be taking part of at Oakland University on Saturday, October 11 in Rochester, Michigan.

Ann Tucker

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October 20, 2014

Ann Tucker will be speaking at Collin College on October 20, 2014 at 7pm at the Living Legends Conference Center, Section C. Tucker is the winner of the Time Curator of the Year Award and recipient of the Art Historian Life-time achievement.

Susan kae Grant in TIME

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Congratulations to our faculty adviser, Susan kae Grant, for being included in Deborah Willis’s curatorial discussion regarding “How the Past Shapes Modern Photography” on TIME lightbox.

Women’s Studio Workshop submission due dates

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Women’s Studio Workshop currently has multiple opportunities for residencies, grants and internships that are due on October 15, 2014. To learn more about these opportunities, click here.

010 TWU Student Submissions

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2014 Call for Entries

Apply to show at the 010 Gallery

Apply: Drop your application off in the box in Visual Arts Office / Room 107FAB or email to: dpdtwu@gmail.com by Saturday, October 25th, 2014. Entry form at www.twu.edu/visual-arts, under 010 Gallery.

Vote: Voting will take place in the Visual Arts Building
Tuesday, October 28th / 5-7pm
Wednesday, October 29th / 8am – 2pm
Thursday, October 30th / 9am – 2pm
Also at the Student Union
Wednesday, October 29th, 12noon – 1pm & Thursday, October 30th , 12noon – 1pm

Meet: Mandatory meeting for selected artists Tuesday, November 11th, 5pm at the 010 gallery (basement of the TWU Student Union)

Common Threads

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Reception:
11 October 2014 · 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Gallery Talk with Artists · 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM 
Congratulations to Allison Jarek, Deedra Baker and Kalee Appleton, current MFA TWU Photography candidates, and Kristina Smith, TWU alumna, for taking part in Common Threads, an exhibition on display at the Dallas Public Library.
Common Threads
Lillian Bradshaw Gallery
Dallas Public Library
Dallas, TX

Exhibition on View:

09 October – 29 November 2014

Gallery Hours:

M · Closed
T – W · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
TH · 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
F – S · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
S · 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Curated by Kalee Appleton

Artists:

Kalee Appleton, Deedra Baker, Colleen Borsh, Lynné Bowan, Brianna M. Burnett, Patricia Earl, Allison Jarek, Adriana Martinez, Tesa Morin, Irma Sizer, Dianne Smith, Kristina Smith

SMU Exhibition – Defined By Light: Photography’s First 75 Years.

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Reception and Lecture: Thursday, October 23 at 6 p.m.

Images and Objects from the Collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus in Celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Announcement of Photography

October 23 – December 19, 2014

The Jack and Beverly Wilgus History of Photography Collection exhibit will begin with materials from before the invention of photography with the camera obscura and end in the 20th century with examples from masters of photography from each era. The Collection includes thousands of historical photographs, and the focus of this show will be the first 75 years of photography. In the exhibition at the DeGolyer Library, photographic work of various subjects and processes will be displayed including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, stereographs, card photographs, negatives, books, cameras, photographic equipment, viewers, early color work and more from this world-class collection. A comprehensive catalogue also will be available to accompany the exhibit.