Publication Fellowship at Peripheral Vision Press

I'm ecstatic about being chosen as a Publication Fellow in Issue 8 at Peripheral Vision Press. There is quite an array of amazing work by so many fantastic artists, including: Liz Nurenberg, Basil Kincaid, Julie Alpert, Spooky Boobs Collective, SV Randall, Olaniyi Akindiya, Constance Mallinson, Eloisa Guanlao, Jessica Wohl, George Ian McMahon, Lauren Davies, Crystal Gregory, Donnabelle Casis, Katie Duffy, Ryder Richards, Julia Betts, Aimee Odum, Rui Hu, and Marisa Finos. To see all of the work, click here.

Peripheral Vision No. 8 will be available for pre-sale on March 16, 2018 at a price of $30. To inquire about distribution, contact Scott Gleeson at editor@peripheralvisionpress.com.

The first print volume (Issue 8) will feature:

• Twenty accomplished American artists with 5-25+ years professional experience

• 6x9 vertical paperback journal format

• 160 pages of text and full color images

• Essays, Interviews, Solo Exhibitions, Profiles, and Photo Essays

Peripheral Vision is an independent press dedicated to expanding critical dialogues about American art through visionary publication and curatorial initiatives. Launched in 2016 by Texas artist and art historian Scott Gleeson, Peripheral Vision has commissioned 183,000 words of content for 148 artists, publishing both long and short form essays, as well as interviews and artist profiles.

To learn more about Peripheral Vision, click here.

7th Annual Armstrong National 2-D Exhibition

I'm so excited and honored to be included in Armstrong State University's 7th Annual 2-D Exhibition which was juried by artist and University of North Florida Professor, Jason John. The exhibition will be on view at Armstrong State University's Department of Art, Music and Theater from December 11th to January 17th, with a reception on January 17th. Check it out if you find yourself in the area!

Over the past six years more than a thousand works of art have been submitted to this competition. Each year the judges select 30 finalists from a growing pool of talented young and mid-career artists throughout the nation whose work covers a variety of concepts and addresses different issues and technical considerations in art.

Not for the Faint of Heart at Don't Smile

I feel very lucky to be included in Don't Smile's online exhibit: Not for the Faint of Heart, which was curated by Rachael Banks. There were a lot of really creepy, cool works included - just in time for Friday the 13th! Check out all of the work here.

Some of the featured artists include: Madeline Cass, Ally Christmas, Krista Darling, Lucy Deverall in collaboration with Kasey Clarke, Lindsay Godin, Ashley Goodwin, Ani Kington, Emma Kisiel, Megan Lynch, Rebecca Memoli, Nicole Norman, Julia Rowinski, Htet San, Kate Truisi, Sloane Volpe, and Clare Welsh.

Don't Smile was able to donate $415 to Safe Place, which provides access to immediate help and supportive resources for youth in need using the submission fees collected for this exhibition.

Don't Smile's purpose is simple - to carve out a space of the internet exclusively dedicated for showcasing exceptional photography by women, both established and emerging. The world still seems to be struggling to make space for women in museums, galleries, and print. Don't Smile aims to aid in the shift to a more inclusive industry that celebrates extraordinary photographic work by women from all walks of life and backgrounds.

To learn more about Don't Smile, please visit: http://dont-smile.com/

Time Capsule for Digital Pro Lab

I'm beyond fortunate to be a part of Digital Pro Lab's Time Capsule exhibition that was curated by Scott Martin and Jenny Browne. The exhibit will be on view for the upcoming Fotoseptiembre, an International Photography Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The photographs will be on view from August 26th to October 14th, with an opening reception on August 26th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm!

Featured artists include Anita Gentry, Anne Wallace, Danielle Charles, David Rubin, Edward Leafe, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Guilherme Bergamini, Hector Garza, Jeanne Harford, Julya Jara, Kevin Washington, Mark Hiebert, Mary Lou Uttermohlen, Mary Lynn Sutherland, Matt Fisher, Megan Lopez, Nina Padilla, R Michael Berrier, and Trish Simonite.

A time capsule is traditionally a collection of objects and information gathered in an attempt to communicate with an imagined future; as such, good ones evoke the essence of a person, a place, or a particular moment in time. We like to imagine the questions the future might ask us in return: What does this say? About you? About the world? Why did you save it? How did it feel to be there?

Each and every person amasses knowledge on a daily basis. We learn. We question. We explore and experience. With the transformation of its entire retail space into an art gallery, Digital Pro Lab will showcase 24 images from 20 international, national, regional, and local artists that will explore the theme, Time Capsule.

For more informtion, visit Digital Pro Lab or FOTOSEPTIEMBRE.

Memory at Sly Cat Gallery

I'm very excited to be a part of the Memory exhibition at Sly Cat Gallery in Cedar Hill, Texas, along with artists of varying mediums, including Laura Davidson, Christine Engebretsen, David Farrell, Curtis Frederick, Jamie Gardner, Sarah Graham, Kenna Boles Prior, David Ross, Hannah Tyler, Steve Vanderwold, and Ricky Dean Wyrick. This exhibit will be featured at the gallery until September 2nd with a reception on June 10th from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm!

For more information, check out Sly Cat Gallery!

Ours Photo Magazine

I'm thrilled to be an honoree, as well as a part of the most recent online exhibition with Ours Photo Magazine. It's an amazing online photography magazine and resource that aims to "bring female identifying photographers to the forefront of the world and be a resource for the history of female photography."

Their most recent online exhibit is ISO & Rainbows which "focuses on the vibrance, saturation and color play in the photographer's work. The subject matter is not the focus; the finished product of the photograph is."

Please take some time to check out (and bookmark!) this wonderful and necessary resource. It's filled with great information, as well as stunning imagery by female photographers from the past and present. And to top it all off, it's run by some rad SCAD ladies.

Check out their write-up about my work here.

Earth at A Smith Gallery

As always, I'm elated to be included in another A Smith Gallery exhibition with so many talented, creative, and inspiring photographers. The Earth exhibit was curated by Paula Tognarelli, the Executive Director and Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, Massachusetts. It will be running from February 3rd through March 12th, with an opening reception on February 25th from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

Still Life: The Ordinary Made Extraordinary at PhotoPlace Gallery

I am so honored and humbled to be included in the exhibit Still Life: The Ordinary Made Extraordinary at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont. My mentor and boss, Tina Weitz, will also have one of her beautiful Polaroids featured in the exhibit. All of their exhibitions feature amazing, well-crafted imagery and I'm thankful to be a part of it. The exhibit will run between January 2nd and January 27th, making it my first show of 2017!

I am honored to have juried the work for Still Life: The Ordinary Made Extraordinary for PhotoPlace Gallery. But I have to say how difficult it was because I don't think there was one image submitted that could not have gone in this exhibition. However, because of the huge number of images, only a small number of them could be selected for both exhibitions. I was greatly dismayed that so much truly excellent work had to be eliminated. It's obvious that some of the entries were from professional photographers whose work is very sophisticated, polished and technically excellent. I appreciate the care and skill that this kind of studio work requires, but I wanted to indulge images that had some magic and spontaneity - images that are poetic and playful, and not so carefully considered or contrived.

This was also a humbling experience. I was blown away by how much talent there is 'out there', and I wish everyone the best in their lives as photographers and artists.
Kate Breakey

Glass Ceilings at Anamesa Journal

I am thrilled to have a piece included in the Fall issue of New York University's Anamesa Journal. The journal features work by artists, poets, writers, and other creatives, which allows for a wide range of perspectives on the chosen topic, Glass Ceilings. It's always an intriguing combination of works and I'm so thankful to be shown amongst such a fascinating group of people. The journal will be available for view in print and online by mid-December.

Glass Ceiling is a core metaphor of the feminist movement. It is worth noting that this ceiling is singular. But what of other ceilings? For different individuals and groups in our society, the glass ceilings are many and varied. Yet all of these ceilings help constitute each other. All of them are barriers to better lives.

This is why Anamesa has opted for the theme of our fall 2016 issue to be "glass ceilings" - an acknowledgement of multivalency when it comes to the systemic limitations applied to certain groups of people. What do we mean by "glass ceilings?" Glass ceilings are the social structures that hinder marginalized factions' ability to succeed at an institutional level while guarding the privilege and stability of those above the ceilings. Further, those affected by institutional oppression know about surviving under glass ceilings. Our society claims that all people are entitled to their lives, that they have the right to make their own decisions about how they want to live those lives. Our society insists that all people can seize the opportunity to better their own conditions, as well as the lives of their children. How do we truly live up to these claims on a societal and individual level and how do we discuss glass ceilings in life and across academic disciplines?

Glass ceilings pervade our culture, although they are often ignored. We must identify them in so that we might shatter preconceived notions that reinforce such despotic conditions. We must look both outward and inward. In this way, we will begin to know our personal and collective glass ceilings.
Anamesa Journal

Light at A Smith Gallery

I am beyond excited to be included in the Light exhibit at A Smith Gallery in Johnson City, Texas. There are so many talented photographers who are participating and they all have entered some really stunning work. I'm so humbled to be a part of this wonderful group. The exhibit will be up from November 4th until December 11th, with an opening reception on November 24th from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

Photo Méthode Gallery

For the past 5 months I have been working as the Gallery Assistant for Photo Méthode Gallery and the director, Tina Weitz. During this time, Tina has very generously put a selection of my work on the gallery's walls, the official webpage, and in the online store.

I'm beyond thrilled to have my work displayed alongside all of the accomplished artists and photographers that are featured, currently including Christa Blackwood, Tami Bone, Peter Brown Leighton, Fran Forman, Kevin Greenblat, David Johndrow, Michael Kirchoff, Nancy Mims, Hannah Neal, Amanda Smith, Sally Weber, Tina Weitz, and Shelley Wood.

Please take some time to check out some of our brilliant photographers either online or at the gallery space housed in Flatbed Press and Gallery in Austin, Texas. There are also pieces from each artist available in the online store!

Photo Méthode is an exploration of photography gallery located in the Flatbed Building on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Austin, Texas. Featured are print processes and artworks of local and national photographers set in an industrial warehouse filled with galleries and artisans including Flatbed Press and Gallery, CamibaArt, and Gallery Shoal Creek.
Tina Weitz

Photo Méthode Gallery
(512) 294-9550
2832 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Austin, TX 78702

Hours During Exhibitions:
Wednesday - Friday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday, 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
By Appointment

Flight at PhotoPlace Gallery

I'm very honored to be a part of PhotoPlace Gallery's upcoming exhibit, Flight. There are so many poignant works in the final selection and I'm humbled to be among this group of talented photographers. If you happen to be in or near Middlebury, Vermont between June 8th through July 1st, please stop by and check out the show!

When was the last time you had a flying dream?

Flying dreams are connected to lucid dreaming. It is not clear how or why lucid dreams occur, but the phenomenon is fascinating because it incorporates self-awareness and control, which are elements of wakefulness, into dreaming. (When I was around 12, I began having intensely realistic flying dreams – I swear I was flying! I could escape the bad guys by jumping off the rooftop and projecting myself into the troposphere!) Children have lucid dreams more frequently than adults do, which suggests that lucid dreaming might be a natural phenomena occurring in a developing brain. I miss this experience as an adult.

Within the work submitted to this exhibition, I first looked for images that prompted an immediate visceral feeling of flying – photographs that creatively expressed the joy of flight. Jurying these images was a treat in that the subject of ‘flying’ was the constant, so I was enjoyably submerged in this ethereal topic – so, thank you to those who submitted work! The consideration of the craft, concept, and execution of the photograph was simultaneous criteria for image selection. Each single image had to be strong enough to stand on it’s own, aside from thematic elements, and exemplify something of the artist’s voice. Lastly, consideration of how the images would work together when hung as a group in a gallery space was a factor – a variety of visual genre was important.

Details in some of the imagery stick with me – the glint of light through a dragonfly’s wings exposing the cellular structure that enables flight, carnival ride wind blowing the blond curls of a child away from her head, a hot air balloon sandwiched between a full moon and a desert landscape, a yellow scarf floating through the stratosphere. A hawk soars above the famed Ranchos de Taos church; Vaux swifts swoop in formation, darkening the sky. Children gather on the lawn at dusk, jumping and turning in the air, capturing the feeling of flight for just three seconds.
Laura Moya

http://photoplacegallery.com/flight/