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Mary Virginia Swanson teaching
Finding Your Audience: An Introduction to Marketing Your Photographs
Lecture by
Mary Virginia Swanson and Susan kae Grant
November 12, 2009 at 6:00pm
Free and open to the public
Light Work will be presenting a lecture by renowned photography consultant and educator Mary Virginia Swanson and internationally recognized artist and photographer Susan kae Grant. Swanson will begin the lecture by discussing the most effective steps artists can take to promote their artwork, including the use of websites, blogs, self-promotional materials, and more. Swanson's presentation will be followed by Grant who will discuss her Night Journey exhibition, including taking a project from conception to exhibition, and the option for artists to travel their own exhibition. While the presentations and examples given are specific to photographers, they have relevance for artists working in all disciplines.
Mary Virginia Swanson's expertise and advice has helped countless photographers move their image making and their careers as artists to the next level. Swanson is well-connected in the fine art, editorial, and commercial arenas, and has informed and inspired many artists towards building on the strengths of their work within the fine art, commercial, documentary, and licensing markets. In addition to presentations at almost every major photography conference, Swanson has given educational presentations at Pratt University, in Brooklyn, NY; New England School of Photography in Boston, MA; School of Visual Arts in New York, NY; New York University's Tisch School of the Arts; Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; and the International Center for Photography in New York, NY, among other important institutions.
Internationally renowned artist Susan kae Grant will lecture on inspiration and motivation for the working artist. According to Grant, "Night Journey represents a significant collaboration of artistic and scientific inquiry into the nature of REM sleep, dreams, memory, and unconscious." The installation, which takes up an entire room, combines photographic murals printed on chiffon fabric and the sound of whispered phrases, all combined to mimic the overlapping experience of dreaming. Night Journey has traveled to twelve venues so far.
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Grant is represented in numerous collections, including the George Eastman House, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the New York Public Library, and the Victoria and Albert Museum National Library. Grant teaches photography and bookmaking at Texas Woman's University; lectures at museums and galleries, internationally; and has exhibited her work in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Japan. She also teaches at the International Center of Photography in New York City.
Additionally, Swanson and Grant will present a workshop and review portfolios for a select group of Syracuse University photography students on Friday, November 13, 2009. This program is supported by Division of Student Affairs Co-Curricular funding.
Light Work is a non-profit, artist-run organization dedicated to the support of artists working in photography and electronic media. Light Work is a member of CMAC, the Coalition of Museum and Art Centers at Syracuse University.
For more information about this event, please contact Jessica Heckman at Light Work/Community Darkrooms, 315-443-1300 or jhheckma@syr.edu.
Above: Flying Tiger, Susan kae Grant