"How Are You? Photography and Isolation" Online Group Discussions Underway

During a time of social distancing and sheltering in place, many photographers lose the essence of their art, which is real-time, face-to-face connection with subjects that move them. TC Photo is offering a way to maintain contact. Twice a week we are gathering in an open group discussion involving photographers and others interested in how photography can help us cope with the isolation imposed by this enormously challenging global pandemic.

The meetings take place on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. (U.S.A. Central Time). Participants in the meetings will have access to a password-protected bulletin board on TC Photo’s site for posts from group members and links related to the conversations.

TC Photo’s director George Slade facilitates the discussions and manages the bulletin board. There is no fee to participate.

Join our mailing list to receive notifications and gain access to the bulletin board.

SITE VISIT Andrea Shaker ~ A Conversation @ FilmNorth

Join us on Sunday January 12 from noon to 2 p.m. at FilmNorth in St. Paul for a conversation about Andrea Shaker’s eloquent exploration of her Lebanese ancestral roots and a home where she has never lived.

Come see the collaborations she has utilized, including some distinctive printing by Keith Taylor, to approach an understanding of place.

Listen to George Slade’s December 5 “Art Hounds” comment on the exhibition (starts at 1 minute, 30 seconds)

Jeff Millikan's elegiac installation at the Bell Museum

When Jeff Millikan focuses on nature the results are surreal, eloquent, and more than a bit subversive. His solo exhibition Collecting Memory inaugurated the Bell Museum's gallery in its brand new building in Falcon Heights.

For the past six months, as the Bell Museum has moved to its new home in St Paul, Jeff Millikan has been investigating the galleries and collection rooms, exploring the museum’s vast reservoir of objects, artifacts and scientific specimens. As the museum has worked to preserve, move and re-interpret its dioramas and other displays, Millikan has discovered and captured unexpected views and connections. A polar bear and snow geese peer out from their translucent wrappings. Small dioramas are freed from their confining windows and float as if in space. As an artist-in-residence, Millikan has also explored the museum’s scientific collections. Expect to see preserved snakes, fish, insects and birds in contexts that will make us question our relationship to nature.

As a participant in the Bell’s Resident Artist Research Program, Millikan has worked with both the public and research collections of the Bell. He has taught photography at the University of Minnesota for the last 35 years and is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Art Department.

Here's a small collection of views of Jeff's images and installations from the show, which was up from July 14 to September 2.

 

 

Collecting Memory was on display at the beautiful new Bell Museum from July 14 to September 2

Link to Bell Museum

jeffmillikan.com