Events

Afterimage, Sept-Oct, 2003

CALIFORNIA

Event: Art Methods and Materials Show 2003, primarily for painters, also offers workshops in creativity, digital imagemaking, image and emulsion transfer, mat cutting, portfolio presentation, marketing artwork, website development, and working with galleries. Oct. 9-12. Pasadena Conference Center, Pasadena, CA / (800) 337-2106 / www.art-methods.com.

Event: Open Studios 2003, Weekends, Oct. 4-26, San Fransisco. Open studio tours of the studios of over 650 artists of all disciplines, including Photography, installation, and new media. Each artist will also have 1 piece exhibited at SomARTS Gallery, 934 Brannan St., San Francisco. Contact: Daniella Delvos 9415) 575-9304 / www.sfopen-studios.com.

ILLINOIS

Event: Photography sale. Museum quality photographs from ninety 20th Century masterworks of the Unilever Collection. Proceeds to support the creation of "Unilever and Youth in Focus", a comprehensive photo and imaging program for students. Sept.19-21. Includes works by Bernice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Robert Maplethorpe, alfred Stieglitz, Brett and Edward Weston, among many others. Nixon Art associates, Inc. 333 North michigan Ave., Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60601 / www.nixonart.com.

Lectures and Discussions: Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs., Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Washington St., presents: "Brainstorm: Lectures and Art Discussions." First Thursdays, 12:15 p.m., through Dec. "Intersections: A Meeting Place for Diverse Ideas on Contempoorary Culture and the Arts," monthly, Sept. - June, 6 p.m., Fifth Floor Meeting Room.

MAINE

Workshops: Horizons, The New England Craft Program, offers an array of photography workshops in such locales as Massachusetts, Utah, Italy, France, and Ireland. For a catalog contact Horizons, 108-P N. Main St., Sunderland 01375 / (413) 665-0300 / fax 665-4141 / email: horizons@horizons-art.org / www.horizons-art.org.

MISSOURI

Symposium: German Art Now, an international symposium, running in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, will examine the impact of German art in the 2nd half of the 20th Century. Oct. 16-17. St. Louis Art Museum. $40 members, $55 non-members. (314) 655-5476 / www.slam.org.

NEW MEXICO

Lecture and Demonstration Series: The Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos is presenting a series of lectures, demonstrations, and a book artists' studio tour, in conjunction with its Art of the Book in the Southwest exhibition. Through Oct. 12. (505) 758-2462 / www.millicentrogers.org.

NEW YORK STATE

Event: Broadcasting Career Fair, Rochester, NY Marketplace Mall, Oct. 8, 4-7 PM. for careers in radio/TV news, commercial production, etc.Free. Contact: Richard Novick, (585) 456-8888.

Film festival: High Falls Film Festival, Rochester, NY, Nov. 5-9. Showcases work by women. (585) 258-0401 / www.highfallsfilmfestival.org.

Film and video festival: 11th annual Imageout, Rochester's Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival. Oct. 3-12. 274 North Goodman St. Rochester, NY 14607 / (585)271-2640 / email: imageout@rochester.rr.com / www.imageout.org.

Symposium: The Photographic Historical Society of the George Eastman House presents PhotoHistory XII, the 12th triennial symposium on the history of photography, Sept. 19-21. The event includes lectures, as well as tours of the George Eastman House and the International Museum of Photography and Film, and a photographica trade show and sale, with photographic equipment, images, books, emphera and memorabillia. To be held at the George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, NY, 14607, which is within walking distance of Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. Contact PhotoHistory XII, P.O. Box 10434, Rochester, NY 14610 / www.tphs.org.

NEW YORK CITY

Event: AIPAD (The Association of International Art Dealers) has scheduled the annual Photographty Show for Feb. 12-15,2004 at The New York Hilton, Midtown, NYC. (202) 986-0105 / email:aipad@aol.com / www.aipad.com.

Film and Video: American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, NY, presents Jeremy Blake:Moving Images and his new abstract video piece, 1906, and other works, through Sept.30. Lecture and discussion with the artist and Carl Goodman, Curator of Digital Media & Director of New Media Projects, Sept. 25, 7PM. www.movingimage.us.

Film and Video: American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, NY, presents Kings of the Road, Set.19-21; LeCercle Rouge, Sept 27-28; From the Dream Life: American Movies and the Mythology of the 1960's, a series, Sept 13-28. www.moving image.us.

Film and Video: Third World Newsreel, 545 8th Ave., a non-profit organization, offers sales and rentals of award-winning films and videos on black history, women's studies, Asian/Pacific diaspora, Latina studies, Africana studies, health, and gay and lesbian issues. Synopses and prices available at www.twn.org.

OREGON

Conference: NAMAC (National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture) presents MALI (Media Arts Leadership Institute) 2003, Navigating the Waves of Change, Sept. 27-Oct.1, at the Silver Falls Conference Center, near Portland. MALI is an intensive experiential workshop designed to encourage visionary leadership in the media arts world. Contact NAMAC 145 ninth St., Suite 250, San Francisco, CA 94103.