Viewpoint Student Lectures: Basics of Matting Your Photographs

GENE KENNEDY & Basics of Matting Your Photographs Thursday, February 16, 2023, 7:00pm- 8:300pm All students and Viewpoint members are invited to attend the Viewpoint Photographic Art Center’s virtual lecture on Zoom. Use the following ID: 858 9383 5284 and Passwcode: 267592 to sign in on your Zoom app. There is no link because there is no advance signup. These free lectures are designed for [click to read full article]

Free Photo Artist Lecture

Viewpoint is starting up their Photography Lecture series again! The first Zoom lecture is Thursday Sept 15 from 7:00-8:30pm and the topic is Explorations with Smartphone Photography. Betty Sederquist will be the speaker.   It’s the camera you always have with you. Somehow, smartphones have grown better than our “real cameras.” In this little presentation, we hope you can...

Tips from the Pros

I read this really fascinating blog post by Darren Carroll.  He photographed Deandre Hopkins for the cover of Sports Illustrated in the middle of the pandemic. With no assistance. At all. As a photo teacher, it makes my little heart flutter. THE PHONE RANG LATE ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MY FRIEND MARGUERITE SCHROPP-LUCARELLI, THE DIRECTOR...

Medium Photo Black Artists Scholarship

Medium Photo is proud to offer the Black Artists Scholarship. This program supports the careers of Black artists through a full scholarship to attend the 2022 Medium Review and festival as a VIP guest. The Medium Review takes place in San Diego on February 10-11, 2022 at the Lafayette Hotel and Swim Club. Festival events...

Bearing Witness, Black History

Bearing Witness: Manifesting Black History from Photographic Archives. Curated by CRC Photography Professor Kathryn Mayo Ongoing Exhibit(runs through March 12, 2021)Bearing Witness: Manifesting Black History from Photographic Archives is curated by Kathryn Mayo, Professor of Photography at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, who teaches antique photographic processes and the history of photography. Mayo has been mining photographic...

Equity in Art at the Crocker

On Thursday, March 11 at 5 PM (PST), the Crocker Art Museum will conclude its “Equity in Museums” discussion series via Zoom. This time they’re focusing the conversation on spotlighting local BIPOC artists. The realities of racial and social inequity within museums and cultural institutions have long been discussed in the field. The Crocker has made a commitment to examine...