Update from the Director…
July 2023…
July is racing by, bringing the opening of our 4th Annual Spotlight Member exhibition with it. Additional Member opportunities include the launch of our long awaited Featured Member series and entry information for our 5th Juried Member Exhibition will be published in August for this annual exhibition scheduled to open in October.
Summer comes with many distractions, family obligations and vacations so we have extended the deadline for our Interlines, Lifelines & Redlines call for entries. This call is a chance to explore community, and a place to submit images of all the other interesting things you see while you are out searching for Payphones… The final deadline is August 15th and the exhibition will open on September 21st.
Our Payphone Scavenger Hunt continues to grow in the gallery… Entry is still free and available online through September. As an added incentive, Fujifilm USA is sponsoring our Membership initiative and has provided a number of cameras for us to offer as prizes for members. All Scavenger Hunt participants, who are Members or become Members will be entered into a random drawing for a new Fuji X-T5 with XF18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS Lens kit. Camera equipment will be provided direct from Fujifilm USA.
Members Wanted… We are a member supported, volunteer organization and your Membership comes with many benefits, including the opportunity to participate in our three annual member exhibitions and… this year thanks to Fujifilm USA, members have the chance to take home one of two Fuji X-T5 with XF18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS Lens or a Fuji Medium Format GFX 50s II with a 32-64mm lens. Don’t miss out… Included among the other member benefits is our monthly Print Share & Peer Review series. The next session is scheduled for August 5th, bring some prints to share and feel free to bring a friend or two…
Membership starts by registering at https://www.riphotocenter.org/registration
Details on our Membership options are outlined at https://www.riphotocenter.org/membership-info
Join us… as a Visitor or Member, visits to the gallery are free and new exhibitions open on the third Thursday of each month. Our Spotlight Member Exhibition is on view July 20th with an opening reception with the juror on July 27th and gallery talk via Zoom scheduled for August 1st.
The gallery is open Wednesdays – Saturdays Noon – 6:00pm or by appointment
Currently in the Gallery: through July 14th
Words Matter: Juried Exhibition & Sticks & Stones: by Gershon Stark
These exhibitions will close on July 14th at 6:00pm. Words Matter: Found, Created or Imagined is a juried exhibition to explore how words and images can make us laugh, polarize opinions, erect barriers or breakdown walls. This exhibition challenges your perceptions and presents a unique snapshot of this moment in time. The exhibition presents a wide selection of images culled from demonstrations, graffiti, street scenes and more conceptual projects to explore the Power of Words and Images.
Sticks and Stones by Gershon Stark explores a phrase most of us have heard as far back as we can remember…
“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me” Stark’s unique approach in his portrait sessions help to make visible lashon hara, (“evil tongue” in Hebrew) or more simply, to make visible the lasting harm words can cause.
#Payphonemaps: Scavenger Hunt – ongoing through October…
Open to photographs captured with any technology, from pinhole to cellphone cameras, and everything in between. Participation is free, but to be included in the map and exhibition, each payphone MUST be submitted with either the physical address or cross-streets, city, and zip code and if the Payphone is operational or not. Members who participate are automatically entered in a drawing for a new Fuji X-T5 with XF18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS Lens kit, provided direct from Fuji USA.
The #Payphonemaps: Scavenger Hunt is live… Join us in this challenge we are looking to draw on the talents of our Community to crowd source a map a of the remaining Payphones, or former sites of Payphones in the United States. The project is an initiative started by Eric Kunsman as an extension of his personal project, Felicific Calculus: Technology as a Social Marker of Race, Class, & Economics that we hosted here at the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts in March. Starting in March and running through October, we are curating a constantly expanding exhibition from images submitted in our Streetside Gallery and all images will be added to the map of Payphones throughout the United States on a dedicated website with image credit provided to each photographer.
The #Payphonemaps: Scavenger Hunt
Entry is free, Enter as often as you want, One Payphone location per entry.
Submit your images here: https://tinyurl.com/Payphonemaps
David DeMelim and Eric Kunsman will juror the submissions adding images from #Payphonemap to the walls of RICPA starting in March 2023 and running through October 13th. All selected images will be printed for free utilizing HiTi Dye Sublimation printers and provided free for participating individuals. At the end of the exhibition, prints will be available for pick up in the gallery, or participants can pay to have their prints shipped. Otherwise, the prints will be archived as portfolio available for viewing, but not for sale at RICPA in Providence, RI.
#NewEnglandPayphones will also curate a separate collection for us to feature the Payphones in New England. This will also be presented at the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts and will be published by BookSmart Studios, as limited addition Artist Book.
Full Details and Entry form for this free exhibition can be found at #Payphonemaps: Scavenger Hunt
Call For Entries – Interlines, Lifelines & Redlines
The deadline for this Call is August 5th. Interlines, Lifelines & Redlines is a call to explore Community, and a place to submit images of all the other interesting things you photographed while you were out searching for Payphones… Again, Fuji USA has provided a Fuji X-T5 with XF18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS Lens and a Fuji Medium Format GFX 50s II with a 32-64mm lens to offer as prizes for participating members.
Building on work done for the FSA and what might be for some, a new way of seeing, we are looking to explore or document the, structures or situations that consciously or unconsciously assign value or status of a neighborhood. This is an open ended call for all images to explore, document, comment or reflect on how we inventory the world around us.
Interlines: Lifelines, Redlines & Social Markers looks to capture the present through a wider lens, to explore and question what you see in your community, what you see in neighboring communities. “Good Neighborhoods” “Bad Neighborhoods” As we discuss infrastructure on a national level, what landmarks, signposts or stores do you use to evaluate need, health, or affluence of a community? This is a call to explore social markers… to start conversations… to ask the question, is your fear real?
Interlines, Lifelines, Redlines:
Social Markers of Race, Class & Economics
Entry is open through AUGUST 5TH.
Exhibition: September 21st.
Next in the Galleries – Opening July 27th, with a Gallery Night Preview July 20th
Fourth Spotlight Member Exhibition
This popular Member exhibition provides that rare opportunity to show a collection or series of images to tell a story or present a unified idea. This Call provides an opportunity for our members to share a small body of work, and is a great opportunity to launch a new project without the expense of mounting a solo exhibition.
This Years exhibition presents work from: Bill Gore, Hannah Latham, Diana Cheren Nygren, Sue Palmer Stone, Susan Swirsley & Carrie Usmar, representing a cross-section of members, including some long time members, some new members and a few of our student members.
Comments and a preview of work submitted will be provided in a live Zoom group review session with Juror, Emily Belz.
A selection of projects, including all the works selected for exhibition, will be discussed in this open session.
Thank you to all the members who submitted their work for consideration and congratulations to the six members selected to be featured in this year’s exhibition.
and… We are launching our Featured Member Series:
This is a dedicated exhibition space in the gallery to present work from a selection of Members. Long anticipated this project was planned to launch in 2020…
Our First Featured Member is: Reed Pike
Reed is an active member and can often be found at our monthly print share events or gallery sitting. His early inspirations included the work of the members of the f64 Group, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham. After studying photography at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and six years as a photographer in the U.S. Navy, Reed stopped taking photographs for over 25 years.
It wasn’t until he bought an iPhone, that photography was “new” and fun again. Reed currently uses an iPhone and Fujifilm cameras in his work. He focuses on “dramatic” black and white images and recreating the “film” look when working in color. Reed’s goal with his images is to tell a story that captures the emotions of the being “in the moment.”
Print Share:
Our next Print Share & Peer Review session is scheduled for August 5th.
These peer review sessions are open to interested in sharing and commenting on work with fellow members and enthusiasts. Bring your prints to this monthly event which is generally scheduled for the Second Wednesday of each month and starts at 6:30pm. Check the events section on our website for more information and updates.
Individual Portfolio/Project Reviews:
Individual feedback opportunities are available on an ongoing basis in four different formats for 2023. These review sessions can be used to preview new work, share ideas and explore future directions or projects in development. Appointments can be scheduled online for Zoom or in person sessions at www.riphotocenter.org/portfolio-reviews-and-consultations
Registration is open for our annual 20 minute individual Member review sessions.
We are also offering 45 minute one on one sessions open to the public via zoom or in person at the Gallery
New for 2022 we will also be offering “Lunch with the Director” for those interested in a more immersive conversations about your work and your goals. Lunch is included with these two hour more casual sessions. Questions can be directed to gallery@riphotocenter.org
Currently Available Online:
All of our exhibitions are available on the RICPA website, past exhibitions can be found here https://www.riphotocenter.org/category/exhibits/past
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