Exhibition Details
Words & Pictures
Online Exhibition
May 7, 2024 - January 31, 2025
Virtual Reception and Artists Talks | June 13th, 5 pm MT (4 pm PT, 7 pm ET)
Juror’s Award: Charles Ingham
Juror’s Honorable Mentions: Lindsay Buchman, Jackson Nichols, Angela Scardigno
Director’s Award: Maryam (Nilou) Ghasempour Siahgaldeh
Director’s Honorable Mentions: Melissa Kreider, Michael Pointer, Dean Terasaki
Selected Artists: Leah Abrahams, Asiya Al. Sharabi, Federica Armstrong, Darryl Baird, Lowell Baumunk, Steve Bennett, Bonnie Blake, Marisa Brown, Lindsay Buchman, Xtine Burrough, Susan Kaufer Carey, Rebecca Chappelear, Victoria Crayhon, Jane Waggoner Deschner, Brian Fouhy, Leah Frances, Beth Galton, Amy Gaskin, Maryam (Nilou) Ghasempour Siahgaldeh, Rima Grad, Sharon Lee Hart, Charlotta Hauksdottir, Adriene Hughes, Charles Ingham, Candace Jahn, Lauren Johnson, Michael Joseph, Sherry Karver, Valerie Kim, Melissa Kreider, Judith G Levy, Annie Lopez, Jena Love, Jenny Lynn, Mara Magyarosi-Laytner, Ellen Mahaffy, Andy Mattern, Benita Mayo, Eric McCollum, Jenna Meacham, Julie Mihaly, Venessa Monokian, Kris Moore, Lisa Murray, Marni Myers, Lisa Nebenzahl, Cheryl Newman, Jackson Nichols, Charlotte Niel, Robert Nielsen, Rachel Nixon, Catherine Panebianco, Cyd Peroni, Mehregan Pezeshki, Jeff Phillips, Linda Plaisted, Wendy Ploger, Michael Pointer, Steve Prezant, Jennifer Pritchard, Michael Rainey, Brandon Ralph, Victor Ramos, David Richards, Susan Rosenberg Jones, Joel Rotenberg, Don Russell, Robin Salcido, Bill Saltzstein, Beth Sanders, Kris Sanford, Elizabeth Sanjuan, Deborah Saul, Angela Scardigno, Richard Schramm, Robert Schultz, Becca Screnock, Nicolo Sertorio, Rebecca Sexton Larson, Liz Albert and Shane VanOosterhout, Christine Siracusa, Paul Sisson, Jerry Takigawa, Dean Terasaki, Lacey Terrell, Cydney Topol, Hailey Trejo, Mark Troyer, Jim Turner, Brian Van de Wetering, Harry von Stark, Robert Weil, Francine Weiss, Andrea Wenglowskyj, Thomas Whitworth, Eric Williams, Jon Wollenhaupt, Ian Wright, Douglas Yates, Jennifer Zwick
Jurors Statement
The exhibition, Words & Pictures, is a fantastic representation of how artists are using two mediums to elevate their art making, The narratives featured in this exhibition range from personal and poignant to humorous and creative with words that accompany photographs and appear In and on photographs.
Artists have incorporated text and symbols into their work since the beginning of time, but it was in the 1970’s when text and photography had a significant marriage and was at the forefront of visual culture and semiotic language. Artists such as Duane Michals, Sophie Calle, Jim Goldberg, and Carrie Mae Weems have used text to expand storytelling. Photography has returned to many of the methodologies created half a century ago, and it’s exciting to see the medium become so expansive.
There are qualities that are universal to creating a compelling photograph. The work must have an intangible resonance and a sensitivity that links together images and ideas. The photographs have to be well crafted and have power, sometimes in their simplicity and sometimes in their complexity. Most importantly, the work must have authenticity—it has to convince the viewer that it has come from a genuine place, and it needs to persuade us that there is meaning and purpose behind the effort. The ubiquitousness of photography today requires creative approaches to all genres to shift the norms and reinvigorate the medium, as evidenced by the submissions to this exhibition.
My Juror Selection Award goes to Charles Ingham. He submitted so many stellar images that it was hard to narrow it down. His work in both cinematic and intimate and he is a unique visual storyteller. For Honorable Mentions, I selected works by Angela Scardigno, Lindsay Buchman, Jackson Nichols – each artist elevating and expanding the visual experience with a particular visual persuasion.
A big thank you to all who submitted—it was a pleasure to spent time with your work and though I selected a large number of images, there were still so many photographs that I wish I could have included.
--Aline Smithson
