March 6, 2025
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8:00 pm
Society for Photographic Education Artist Reception
This exhibition offers a moment of reflection amidst significant upheaval, honoring the resilience
of artists who adapt to or distance themselves from systems of power to survive. By
documenting individual experiences and collective histories, these artists react to profound
technological, structural, social, and economic shifts. Whether exploring and disrupting colonial
narratives through family archives, scrutinizing industrial landscapes, asserting ownership of
their bodies, or rejecting patriarchy, these artists engage with current realities that bridge the
past and future.
Showcased works by national artists demonstrate a vibrant expression of processing grief,
emphasizing self-care, or experiencing confusion regarding the social and political landscape.
Their pieces draw from traditional and contemporary portraiture, landscape, and experimental
photography techniques. As we face the daunting task of processing ongoing changes, the
artists in this exhibition prompt us to consider how we confront change in an unparalleled future
and explore the various ways a photograph can provoke a strategic reaction in the face of
adversity. – C. Rose Smith, Juror
C. Rose Smith • As a photographer and photo historian, I am interested in the power of perspective, particularly
how photographers of the global majority have and continue to interrupt the Western colonial
gaze by archiving themselves and their communities using photographic processes to reveal
new truths. I am indebted to surfacing unexplored lived experiences framed conceptually within
nineteenth and twentieth-century photographs and sharing these histories with the public. As a
curator, I aim to strengthen the viewer's engagement, knowledge, and appreciation of photo art
objects through exhibitions, workshops, and collection tours.
Society for Photographic Education Mission Statement:
SPE is the leading forum for fostering understanding of photography in all its forms and related
media. SPE engages its worldwide membership and affiliated communities through a range of
supportive platforms including conferences, events, and publications
Exhibition Dates: March 4-26, 2025
Reception Date: Thursday, March 6th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 10:00am to 4:00pm and Saturday 12:00pm to 4:00pm
For information about the exhibit and the artists, please contact the gallery curator, Maria Partridge • maria@sierra-arts.org
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