Neat Place to Visit

Hobe Sound Nature Center is located right off of Highway 1 in Florida near Hobe Sound. It is free to the public. I was not expecting much when my friend took me there the other day. It seemed too close to the highway to for me to get any decent images......I was wrong.







It is a small place but worth the trip if you are in the area.

All images are property of the blogger ©marita gootee.

"The Hobe Sound Nature Center, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization, dedicated to environmental awareness and education. The Center is a cooperating association with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and located at the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, 13640 SE Federal Highway, on U.S. 1 in southern Martin County. National Wildlife Refuge passes can be obtained from the Center." This is from the their website. Be sure to go and spend a little time there. Don't forget your camera and tripod!

MSU Photography: SPESC 2012: The Creative Risk

MSU Photography: SPESC 2012: The Creative Risk: Conference Information Available Here

Mount Saint Joseph Exhibition Closes this Week

Reminder closing this week - Exhibition: Transitional Moments: Photographs by Ruth Adams and Marita Gootee Sept 23- Oct 26th at Studio San Giuseppe on the campus of The College of Mount Saint Joseph in Cincinnati OH.

Marita Gootee’s body of work titled The Journey with Sand and Water draws focus to the quiet moments lost in the sounds and actions of the present.

This exhibition is in conjunction with FOTOFOCUS a tri-state celebration spotlighting historical and contemporary photography throughout the month of OCT.

I really do not want to bring the big pieces home - so go select one for your office or living room. They are great images to mentally escape into!! The prices are the best they ever have been or will be again. I wanted to help support my old school with some profit from the sells. So help us both out! Exhibition closes on Friday!!

www.maritagooteephotography.com
www.msj.edu/ssg

SPESC is coming to MSU

The South Central Society for Photographic Education Conference that will be held at Mississippi State University from October 25-28. The conference will be co-hosted by The Department of Art and The Department of Communication to promote intercollegiate collaboration within the university by involving students, faculty, staff, and the facilities in each department, as well as the community of Starkville, with a regional chapter of a national organization. The Society for Photographic Education is a nonprofit membership organization that provides a forum for the discussion of photography and related media as a means of creative expression and cultural insight.

The South Central SPE chapter is comprised of seven states: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas, with conferences hosted by institutions of higher education for the exploration of academic discourse surrounding the medium of photography. Opportunities will exist at the conference for SPE members and MSU students, faculty, and staff to participate in this discourse with panel discussions, image-maker presentations, exhibitions, portfolio reviews, workshops, critiques, and honoring a distinguished educator.

The 2012 conference titled Nothing Ventured / Nothing Gained: The Creative Risk, will focus on the risks artists take in the conceptual and technical aspects of their work, and the challenges they overcome in their visual research. Mississippi State University’s commitment to hosting the conference will critically examine the diversity of photographic practice by addressing the three major sectors of photography: traditional, digital, and alternative processes, not only with member participation, but by inviting Keynote Speaker Todd Hido and Featured Speakers Kelli Connell, and Susan Burnstine to talk about their research.

There will be a host of events from four workshops / four major presentations / twenty-nine lectures and panel presentations / three exhibitions / two receptions / a raffle of donated artwork / portfolio reviews and a jazz party.  We will have attendees from all across the country. The SPESC Honored educator is Dornith Doherty of University of North Texas a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow.

One panel discussion will focus on photography in Mississippi High School. It is scheduled for Friday, October 26, 10:00 – 11:00am and will be made up of SPE members who will address topics related to incorporating photography and photographic technology into the Mississippi High School Art curriculum. This opportunity will allow SPE members to use their knowledge and expertise in the field of photography and higher education to address questions and concerns those high school educators and students might have about photographic education, careers in photography, photography as art, and much more. Funding for this panel is made possible through the Mississippi Arts Commission.

Because the South Central Society for Photographic Education conference will bring a unique opportunity for the faculty and students at Mississippi State University to comment on relevant contemporary concerns in the medium of photography, we are confident in the scope of the conference to be a successful academic activity that will promote Mississippi Sate University as leader in the photography community.

It is not too late. You can register onsite!
Non- MSU employee and Non-SPE member the cost is $95 for the full conference.
Non-MSU employee and SPE member the cost is $75 for the full conference.
MSU employee and Non-SPE member the cost is $50 for the full conference.
MSU employee and SPE member the cost is $40 for the full conference.

To become a SPE member go to: https://www.spenational.org/members/join
We can take check / cash or credit card. Checks should be made out to SPE [Society for Photographic Education]. This rate includes all presentations, workshops on Friday and Saturday, all receptions, the scholarship raffle, jazz night and the Sunday morning portfolio review. Registered attendees can bring a guest to Jazz nigh for $20.00.
Thursday night registration will be at the VAC starting at 5pm. Friday it will be in the student union starting at 8am.
If you wish to attend you can complete the form below and return it to Professor Marita Gootee at mgootee@caad.msstate.edu. We will then have your tag printed prior to registration.

WE ARE MSU PHOTO

Mississippi State University has a new Photography Concentration

This year PHOTO entered a new era. We are now a new Concentration in the Department of Art. Once we were under the umbrella of Fine Arts as an emphasis in the Department of Art. We were one of seven sharing room under that umbrella. But now we have our own curriculum. Yes – WE OWN OUR CURRICULUM! Photography now stands independent along side with Graphic Design and Fine Art. We are a bridge between the commercial and the creative. It has taken over 25 years to reach this point but this is possible due to you, the photography student –You, the PH Alumni. Your exhibitions are impressive – your work is exceptional! YOU ARE PHOTO!

This semester Photo is hosting the Society for Photographic South Central Regional [SPESC] Conference Oct 25-28th. We are one of eight regional conferences in the country! https://southcentral.spenational.org/conference/schedule

I hope each Photography student both past and present attends the SPESC for this is the OUR conference!

For those who are presently students in PHOTO, the conference should not be missed! MSU Student enrollment forms with a discount just for ART students are in the Main Art Office. Complete it and return it to me. This is all PHOTO and you should attend if you are serious about Photography. Become a SPE student member and submit work to be exhibited in the Colvard Union. Email me for details. This is for SPE student members only.

I hope each of you becomes a student member of SPE and becomes more involved with SPE. [ https://www.spenational.org/members/join ] Volunteering and having SPE membership helps create professional connections that will last for years. SPE student members can apply for scholarships. MSU PHOTO students have received these scholarships to attend National and Regional conferences and I hope we will receive more! But it can’t happen if you are not a member. The national SPE conference will be in Chicago in March 2013 and I hope that MSU PHOTO will be represented at the National.

This it OUR TIME! We are in control of our destiny. The future is ours and how the new PHOTO concentration develops is up to YOU!

·      Who are the students of this new PHOTO concentration?

·      What kind of program will it be?

·          One that is active and informed?

·          One where students embrace research and value technique?

·      Is the Mississippi State University Photography Concentration going to grow a national reputation?

What happens depends on YOU the PHOTO Student.

·      Be active in your art!

·      Exhibit your Photography!

·      Be proud of your program!

·      Respect the labs and maintain the equipment!

·      Be focused on your visual research!

·      Read about photography – not just surf photos on the web!

·      Be inspired!

·      Create work that inspires!

·      Be focused on your future!

·      Enroll in professional memberships and online Professional communities such as http://www.linkedin.com.

Be proud to be part of this new concentration. Show your excitement by demanding the best from yourself. Do not fear putting your photography out for others to see and critique. Know that you were selected to be in this concentration! Remember you are talented!   YOU ARE PHOTO!!

WE ARE PHOTO!

LET’S PUSH THIS PROGRAM FURTHER!

SPESC at MSU

Nothing Ventured/Nothing Gained:

The Creative Risk

When: October 25-28 Where: Mississippi State

Featured Speakers: University

Susan Burnstine Oct. 25

5-7pm@Giles Audiotorium

Dorinth Doherty Oct. 26

12-1:30pm@McComas Theater

Todd Hido Oct. 26

4:30-5:30pm@McComas Theater

Kelli Connell Oct. 27

5:30-6:30pm@McComas Theater

Co-Hosted By: The Department of Art

The Department of Communication

Mississippi State University

Sponsors: Department of Art

Department of Communication

College of Architecture, Art and Design

College of Arts and Sciences

Shakouls Honors College

Harrison Lecture Series

Office of the Provost

Mississippi Arts Commission

Holmes Cultural Diversity Center

Jazz Night:

October 27, 8-11pm@Chester House

performing: El Rio Trio

Workshops:

Oct.26,8-10am,Digital Workshop@TBA

Oct.26,1:30-3:30pm,Mono Printing,

Prof. Linda Seckinger@Briscoe Hall

(Printmaking Lab)

Oct.27,9-11am,Silkscreen Printing,

Asst.Prof. Jude Landry@Briscoe Hall

(Silkscreen Lab)

Oct.27,2-4pm,Anthotype Process,

Rachel Rushing@Briscoe Hall

(Photography Lab)

Portfolio Reviews:

Oct.28,10-noon@Stafford Hall (Rooms 200,100a,&100b)

Reviewers include but not limited to:

Richard McCabe : Photography Curator, Ogden Museum of Art

John Langston, Art Director, University Press of Mississippi

Beth Batton,Curator of the Collection and Public Programs, Mississippi Museum of Art

Exhibitions(Oct.16-Nov.2):

Nothing Ventured/Nothing Gained: The Creative Risk

Featuring work by Todd Hido, Kelli Connell,

Susan Burnstine, and Dorinth Doherty

Location: Department of Art Gallery, McComas Hall

Reception: Oct. 26, 5:30-7:30pm

SPE Members Show & Antiquarian

Avant-Garde Photography

Works by the North Texas Alternative

Process Group

Location: Visual Arts Center

Reception: Oct. 25, 5:30-7:30pm

SPE Student Members Show

Location: Colvard Student Union

Go to Register today! Click HERE!

Society for Photographic Education South Central Regional Conference at MSU

The South Central Society for Photographic Education Conference that will be held at Mississippi State University in the fall of 2012, from October 25-28. The conference will be co-hosted by The Department of Art and The Department of Communication to promote intercollegiate collaboration within the university by involving students, faculty, and the facilities in each department, as well as the community of Starkville, with a regional chapter of a national organization. The Society for Photographic Education is a nonprofit membership organization that provides a forum for the discussion of photography and related media as a means of creative expression and cultural insight.

The South Central SPE chapter is comprised of seven states: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas, with conferences hosted by institutions of higher education for the exploration of academic discourse surrounding the medium of photography. Opportunities will exist at the conference for SPE members and MSU students and faculty to participate in this discourse with panel discussions, image-maker presentations, exhibitions, portfolio reviews, workshops, critiques, and honoring a distinguished educator.

The 2012 conference titled Nothing Ventured /Nothing Gained: The Creative Risk, will focus on the risks artists take in the conceptual and technical aspects of their work, and the challenges they overcome in their visual research. Mississippi State University’s commitment to hosting the conference will critically examine the diversity of photographic practice by addressing the three major sectors of photography: traditional, digital, and alternative processes, not only with member participation, but by inviting Keynote Speaker Todd Hido and Featured Speakers Kelli Connell, and Susan Burnstine to talk about their research.

Thursday 10/25/2012
10 - noon workshop with Susan Burnstine
SPE student volunteers 6 -7 Susan Burnstine, Featured SpeakerGiles Auditorium 7-9pm Reception, Visual Art Center
Exhibition Title: SPE Members’ Exhibition and
Antiquarian Avant-Garde Photography:Works by the North Texas Alternative Process Group
October 16-November 2
  FRIDAY 10/26/201212- 1:30pm Dornith Doherty, Honored Educator Presentation and ReceptionMcComas Theater
 4:30 – 5:30 KEYNOTE:  Todd Hido, McComas Theater
 5:30 – 7:30pm McComas GalleryExhibition Title: Nothing Ventured /Nothing Gained: The Creative RiskDornith Doherty, Susan Burnstine, Kelli Connell and Todd Hido  Saturday 10/27/2012
5:30  -6:30pm: Featured Speaker: Kelli Connell, McComas Theater
 8 – 11pm       Jazz Party, SPESC Event
Hotel Chester, Downtown Starkville SUNDAY 10/28/201210-12 Portfolio Reviews in Stafford HallPortfolio Registration and directions in entry of Stafford“Walk through” Portfolio sharing in upstairs hallway of StaffordProfessional Level and Student Level  / 20 min slots[regional curators and editors are expected to be reviewing]

Marita Gootee, SPESC Co-Chair

Professor of Art

Dominic Lippillo, SPESC Co-Chair

Assistant Professor of Art

Wendy Roussin, SPESC Co-Chair

Assistant Professor of Communication