Land the Proposal: Making Ideas Into Reality with Kei Ito 8/19

Land the Proposal: Making Ideas Into Reality with Kei Ito

This lecture introduces the methods and process of making a project proposal which can help make an idea into a tangible exhibition, event, or public engagement.

Ito will use real life examples to showcase what should be included in a project proposal, introduces the creation of a “base" artist statement, and a brief overview of the 3D modeling software SketchUp.

Saturday, August 19th at 12:00 pm MT (11:00 am PT, 2:00 pm ET) via Zoom

2.5 hours

$35 for Members, find the promo code here.

$40 for Non-Members

$30 for Student and Senior Members, find the promo code here.

Kei Ito Bio:

Kei Ito is a Japan-born visual artist based in the East Coast area who primarily works with camera-less photography and installation art. Ito received his BFA from Rochester Institute Technology in 2014 and MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2016. He is currently teaching at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in NYC.

Ito’s work addresses issues of deep intergenerational loss and connections as he explores the materiality and experimental processes of photography, specifically the idea around visualizing the invisible such as radiation, memory and life/death. His work, rooted in the trauma and legacy passed down from his late grandfather - a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, meditates on the complexity of his identity and heritage through examining the past and current threats of nuclear disaster and his present status as an US-immigrant.

Many of Ito’s artworks transformed both art and non-art spaces into temporal monuments that became platforms for the audience to explore social issues and the memorials dedicated to the losses suffered from the consequences of those issues.

Ito has participated in numbers of Artist in Residence programs offered by, MASS MoCA, the Marva and John Warnock Biennial A-I-R, CPW, the Center for Fine Art Photography, and Creative Alliance. His works are included in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Norton Museum of Art, the Marva & John Warnock A-I-R Committee, En Foco, and California Institute of Integral Studies. His internationally recognized solo and group shows can be read in reviews and articles published by Washington Post, Hyperallergic, BmoreArt, ArtMaze Magazine, Washington City Paper and BBC Culture/Art.