2020 Drexel Photo High School Contest Virtual Exhibition |
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The 20th year of the Drexel Photography High School Contest was certainly different, but high schoolers from all over the country wowed us with their stunning photographic work nonetheless. The whole event was virtual - from submitting images to judging and finally displaying the selected artists online. Congratulations to all the young artists!
The winning images can all be viewed here.
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1st Place Image by Leila Janney from Maryland |
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Two Alumni Awarded 2021 Individual Artist Fellowships from the NJ State Council on the Arts in Photography |
Michael Froio, alum and adjunct, and Nicole Schwartz, alum, have each been awarded an artists fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in 2021 to continue their photographic work.
The New Jersey Individual Artist Fellowships are competitive awards to New Jersey artists in 12 different disciplines granted solely on independent peer panel assessment of work samples. The anonymous process is focused on artistic quality, and awards may be used to help artists produce new work and advance their careers. This program is carried out in partnership with the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, created in 1966, is a division of the NJ Department of State. The Council was established to encourage and foster public interest in the arts; enlarge public and private resources devoted to the arts; promote freedom of expression in the arts; and facilitate the inclusion of art in every public building in New Jersey. To learn more about the Council, please visit www.artscouncil.nj.gov.
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Celebrating alumnus Jason Varney's new work for The New York Times and Burpee Seed Company |
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Alumni, Faculty and Student News
Jahna Auerbach, alum, recently finished an NEH grant-funded project at PAFA as an assistant archivist. The project was to archive the John Rhoden papers. Jahna's team made an artist portal where visitors can learn more about John Rhoden. Jahna lead the digitization of the project and contributed to the design and writing of the portal. Jahna was the head of researching the life, art, and family of Richenda Rhoden.
Andrea Modica, professor, has several platinum prints included in an exhibition at the Museum of the University of West Virginia, to coincide with their exhibition Walker Evans American Photographs. The exhibition is titled In conversation with Walker Evans: Four Photographers and runs from January 22-April 25. Included in the exhibition are a group of photographs from her January 1 series of Wenches, a faction of the Philadelphia Mummers.
On March 5th, Andrea Modica will be giving a talk via zoom on Evans' influence of her photographic work. To register: Modica Artist Talk via Zoom
Andrea Modica also has work in the recent publication of FOTONostrum, a Spain-based magazine.
Peter Murray, alum, has started a new job as lead photographer at Spartina 449. He recently photographed the chef and owner of The Grey for the cover of the spring issue of The Local Palate. The Grey won a James Beard award in 2019 and were featured on the Netflix show, “Chef’s Table”. Peter also shot the spring cover of Savannah Magazine.
Nikki Sherman, alum, was hired in November as Assistant Track Photographer for EQUI-PHOTO. The company does the photography for Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pa., and Monmouth Park in Long Branch, NJ.
Jason Varney, alum, has been doing Interiors work for Allbirds, Image Library for Burpee Seed Company, Packaging work for Campbell's Soup, Lookbook for Robert True Ogden Lighting, Interiors for Stokes Architecture, Interiors for new boutique hotel, The Arch. Editorial Features for The New York TImes and Smithsonian Magazine.
Cassandra Wang, alum, shot for a Hawaiian restaurant in the East Village called Noreetuh which are featured in a 9 page spread in Athleisure magazine pages 88-97.
She photographed:
helped to report the Philly Fighting COVID vaccine scandal for Washington Post
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Alumni, please don't forget to let us know what you are doing. We would love to hear (and feature) any exhibitions, new work, contests, articles, or anything else that you have been doing. Send us an email with your news today.
Sincerely,
Paul Runyon, Sr
Program Director
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Drexel Photography Program
www.drexelphotography.com
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