This Thursday, November 1st at 5:00 pm we will gather in the vk parking lot and head out together for a night on the town. get dressed up and come to the Art Walk in Downtown Santa Barbara. we will cruise through the art galleries and make a special stop at the Brook's photography gallery on Cota. this is a chance to expose ourselves to the local art and photography scene and should be tons of fun. we hope you all can come. for more information check out the First Thursdays Art Walk website
hereand here is some more info about the exhibit at the Brooks Gallery...
Brooks Institute will host Santa Barbara’s first Heart Gallery event. This exhibition aims to raise awareness for childhood adoption and is among 40 galleries nationwide that have already helped to place hundreds of children. These inspirational images, shot and donated by Brooks faculty and Alumni photographers, portray local area children in need of adoptive families. Founded by the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD), Heart Gallery exhibits serve as an innovative program to recruit adoptive families and raise public awareness.
For more information about the Heart Gallery:
www.sbheartgallery.org
When: Reception is Thursday, November 1, 5-8 PM
Exhibition Dates: 10/08/07 - 11/21/07
Where: Brooks Cota St. Gallery
27 E. Cota Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
first photo friday.
we can't wait to see how you answer that question through photography! you have one week. so start NOW!
notice. capure. share.
syllipsi portfolio favorites.
here are some of the top favorites from Syllipsi's portfolio. there were quite a few in the race but the top three images were all Evan Pollard's. nice job Evan.
but to show some love to the other images (and photographers) that were also loved dearly....i give you photographs by chris johnson and jessica conrad respectively.
photo fridays.
photo fridays, eh? what does that mean? well, let me tell you. this is our weekly photo challenge. we will come up with a theme for the week, and you will go out and take photos with that theme in mind. then you will submit your photos every wednesday and we will get together thursdays at 9pm to show and critique each others' work. we will pick our favorites and, on friday, we will post the week's favorite three images on the blog for a little shout out and some internet love. we will also then announce the next week's theme. got it? so fun, i know. i can't wait to see started. get pumped!
kick-off par-tay.
hey you all. so here are the details of the event this week.
thursday, 10.18.07
9:00pm.
monroe dining room.
oreos & milk.
your favorite photographs.
photography trivia.
[please submit 5 of you favorite photos you have ever taken
here by thursday at noon.]
we can't wait to hang out with you and kick-off SYLLIPSI!
post-fair thanks.
thanks for stopping by the table today at the fair. we were stoaked at the amount of interest we got from all you all. so we are gonna do this! we are so pumped. check out the posts i made earlier today about the two events this week that Brooks is putting on. you all should go if you get a chance. these will not be offical syllipsi events because they came up so quickly but we wanted to pass along the opportunity and do encourage you to go on your own if you can. aiight?
bookmark this page and make it a part of your daily routine. k? we are aiming to keep it quite updated and current. so keep coming back. stay tuned for the first offical event. see you soon.
Visual Journalism Lecture
Eli Reed & Anne Day
The Diversity of Photography: Eli Reed and Anne Day
A Brooks Special Event! In collaboration with the generous sponsorship of Olympus America, Inc.
Eli Reed is a 20-year member of Magnum Photos, one of the world’s leading photography cooperatives founded 60 years ago. Especially known for his work in El Salvador, Guatemala and Beirut, Reed has been recognized with many awards including the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Documentary Photography. He directed the video documentary “Getting Out” about gangs in Detroit.
Anne Day is a freelance photographer and writer based in New York and Connecticut. Editorial clients include TIME, Newsweek, the New York Times and the Washington Post. She has worked on seven Day in the Life books as an assignment editor and photographer. Her overseas work includes photographs
made in Haiti, Cuba and South Africa. She has been the principal photographer on several books about the architecture of the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library and the U.S. Capitol.
When: Wednesday, October 3 at 6:30 PM
Where: Holy Cross School in Ventura
Driving Directions: Holy Cross School Auditorium - Located at the Ventura Mission – downtown Ventura, - 211 E. Main St.
From the South: Take Hwy. 101 to the California exit in Ventura. Turn right onto California, then left on Main Street. Go several blocks and turn right on Palm Street. Turn left into the parking lot. From the North: Take Hwy. 101 to Ventura. Take the Ventura Ave. exit, then turn right on Main Street. The mission will be on the left about a block down the street. Turn left on Palm Street and a left into the parking lot. The auditorium is the large building behind the mission
Special workshop: Graphic Design: The Art of Every Day - A Free Special Event in Conjuction with the 1st Thursday Art Walk!
Stop by the Brooks Cota Street Gallery for a fun and interactive evening focused on Graphic Design. Check out creative product packaging, punchy logos, and other commercial artwork created by our Graphic Design students. Be mesmerized by faculty member, Rick Reason as he sketches a live model right in our lobby and shares his drawing techniques with you. (You may have seen Rick's work at this year's I Modonnari Festival at the Santa Barbara Mission.) Watch live photo touch-up demonstrations and learn Photoshop editing tips directly from Barbara Obermeier, Photoshop expert and author of Photoshop for Dummies, and more.
When: Thursday, October 4th 5-8PM
Where: Brooks Cota Street Gallery - 27 E. Cota Street Santa Barbara, CA
This free, public event is held in conjunction with Santa Barbara's 1st Thursday Art Walk event.
