Afterimage articles from March 2001

Afterimage archives from March 2001

The 2000 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Awards.(Boris Mikhailov)(Sidney F. Ray)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The 2000 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Awards awarded a total of [pound]16,000 to eight books on the art, culture, historical, technological and scientific aspects of photography. With a record entry of over 300 books from 17 countries, the...

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).(Thomas Walther's photographic collection acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) collection of Modernist Photography was recently enhanced by the acquisition of the preeminent private collection of Thomas Walther. The partial gift, partial purchase includes 328 works by 135 photographers and...

MoMA.(Museum of Modern Art opens centre for works on paper.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... MoMA also opened the Sherman Fairchild Center for Works on Paper and Photograph Conservation in January. The center is dedicated to the preservation of one million works on paper from the museum.

The White House News Photographers' Association (WHNPA).(The White House News Photographers' Association)(and the Corcoran college of Art and Design collaborate to create photojournalism program.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The White House News Photographers' Association (WHNPA) and the Corcoran College of Art and Design announced they are joining together in an educational collaboration. The WHNPA is Washington's leader in photojournalism while the Corcoran...

The Professional Photographers of America (PPA).(Student Photographic Society (SPS).)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Professional Photographers of America (PPA) has created a new association aimed at aspiring student photographers--the Student Photographic Society (SPS). Formed in August 2000 after months of discussions and focus groups, SPS gives...

The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.(P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center)(Institute of Contemporary Art)(Baltimore Museum of Art)(Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)(award for innovtive curators given to four museums.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation announces the winners of the Tremaine Exhibition Award for 2000. Totaling $350,000, the award was given to the following four institutions: P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City ($50,000); the...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum.(Cindy Bernard, Russet Lederman and Patrick Lichty awarded landscape photography innovations prize by Smithsonian and Dominion Energy Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Smithsonian American Art Museum announced its winners of the New Media/New Century Award. Cindy Bernard, Russet Lederman and Patrick Lichty have each been awarded $4000 grants for their proposed new technology projects. The Smithsonian and...

The Museum of Contemporary Photography of Columbia College Chicago.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Museum of Contemporary Photography of Columbia College Chicago named Sarah Anne McNear as its new director in December 2000. McNear was formerly curator and assistant vice president of the LaSalle Bank of Photography Collection; curator of...

The Photographic Resource Center.(Terrence Morash appointed executive director of the Photographic Resource Centre in Boston.)(Anthology Film Archives premiers films on space.)(Whitney Museum of American Art film exhibit July 2001.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Photographic Resource Center at Boston University has promoted Terrence Morash to Executive Director. Morash joined the organization as Deputy Director in Fall 2000, and was Acting Executive Director since January 1, 2001. Anthology Film...

International Film Seminars, Inc.(Frederick Wisema and Karen Cooper film award winners.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... International Film Seminars, Inc., sponsor of the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, has announced the winners of its 2001 Leo Awards. The "Filmmaker or Producer" Award has been presented to Frederick Wiseman, a non-fiction filmmaker and a proponent...

The George Eastman House International Muse.(George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film acquires photo collection of Edward Steichen.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The George Eastman House International Muse urn of Photography and Film (GEH) has acquired more than 8000 negatives and prints from the estate of Edward Steichen. GEH already holds the world's largest collection of Steichen images.

World Press Photo Contest 2001.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The winner of the World Press Photo Contest 2001 has been announced. American freelance photographer Lara Jo Regan's image of a mother and her children in their home in Texas was chosen from more than 42,000 images submitted by nearly 4000...

CLAMPART.(new modern and contemporary art gallery)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A new gallery dedicated to modem and contemorary paintings and photographs has opened in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. CLAMPART will deal with secondary art material as well as represent a number of emerging photographers.

MARIO GIACOMELLI, 1925-2000.(Obituary)
March 1, 2001... I remember it was the summer of 1995 when I visited Mario Giacomelli in his hometown of Senigallia, and perceived the contradictions of this 70-year-old man--surrounded by the aura of a world-renowned photographer living in a small town, but...

MACARTHUR FOUNDATION GRANTS.
March 1, 2001... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $550,000 in grants to 22 local media centers and national media organizations. The awards were made to media centers in 11 states for film and video projects in three categories:...

NEA 2000 FIRST ROUND GRANTS.(National Endowment for the Arts; includes list of grants)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced its first major round of grants for the 2001 fiscal year. Eight hundred and twenty-five new grants were awarded, totaling $20,422,500--constituting 24% of the grant budget for the year....

AFFIRMATION OF THE CURATORIAL CLASS.(Seventh Havana Biennial art exhibition)
March 1, 2001... The Seventh Havana Biennial (Septima Bienal de la Habana) Havana, Cuba November 14, 2000-January 5, 2001 November 17, 2000, arrival, Central Havana At first sight, the city appears to be an enormous film noir set. Streets are...

SEE OR BE SEEN.(Second Vancouver Videopoem Festival)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Second Vancouver Videopoem Festival Pacific Cinematheque Vancouver, British Columbia November 2-4, 2000 For poets and those who read poetry, the poetic form can be relatively obscure as a discipline and as an art. Through...

THE VIEW FROM THE MOIS DE LA PHOTO.
March 1, 2001... Mois de la Photo Paris, France October 29-November 26, 2000 So what is it about Paris and photography? To be sure, Paris is one of the places where photography was invented, but what caused it to strike so many as immediately made...

TOSSED INTO THE MIX.(Mix 2000 film festival)
March 1, 2001... MIX 2000: The 14th New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival Anthology Film Archives New York, New York November 15-19, 2000 Hosted by the Anthology Film Archives (which itself is celebrating a 30-year...

SUBJECTIVITY OVERLOAD.(documentary photography conference)
March 1, 2001... Evaluating the Photography of Fact: Document, News, and Art, 1850-2000 New York University New York, New York December 7-9, 2000 An ambitious endeavor for a two-day event, New York University's (NYU) conference attempted the...

GIRLS ON THE RE-MAKE.(Julie Zando)(Josephine Anstey)
March 1, 2001... John C. Welchman has examined the practice of appropriation as both a problem and paradigm that artists and critics positioned themselves in, around or against throughout the 1990s. He defines the practice most broadly as "the relocation,...

HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY HERITAGE: GABRIEL OROZCO'$ PHOTOGRAVITY.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Photogravity by Gabriel Orozco Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 12-December 12, 1999 Photogravity by Gabriel Orozco afterword by Ann Temkin Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum...

IN BETWEEN LOST AND FOUND: THE FILMS OF MATTHEW BUCKINGHAM.
March 1, 2001... The ways in which found footage film approaches the archive is discussed by Catherine Russell as a film practice in which both "retrieval and recycling" are foregrounded. [1] Here, there is not only an engagement with historical artifacts as...

BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Uta Barth: In Between Places Henry Art Gallery Seattle, Washington November 9, 2000-January 21, 2001 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas May 12, 2001-July 1, 2001 Uta Barth: In Between Places essays by...

ARTMAKING IN A CONTESTED EDEN.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, California October 22, 2000-February 25, 2001 Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity. 1900-2000 ...

A(NA)ESTHETICS.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Between Dog & Wolf: Essays on Art and Politics by David Levi Strauss New York: Autonomedia, 1999 144 pp./$7.95 (sb) In "Take As Needed," the second essay of his collection of art criticism Between Dog & Wolf: Essays on Art and...

HIDDEN HISTORIES.(Review)
March 1, 2001... PEEK: Photographs from the Kinsey Institute edited by Carol Squiers, Jennifer Yamashiro, et. al. Santa Fe: Arena Editions, 2000 188 pp./$60.00 (hb) In 1938 zoologist Alfred E. Kinsey, a faculty member at Indiana University, was asked...

Blind Spot magazine and eystorm.com.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Blind Spot magazine and eystorm.com have formed a partnership. Blind Spat has been publishing contemporary photo-based art far eight years, eyestorm.com is a Web site that allows artists to distribute their art and produce limited edition...