Susan kae grants photographic and book works are included in numerous collections, including the george eastman house, the j. Susan kae grants photographs represent a significant collaboration of artistic and scientific. New art exhibit on display in wilson hall the oakland post. Bridget currently serves as the president of the college book art association. Susan kae grants photographic and bookworks are included in numerous collections including, the george eastman house, the j. After completing her undergraduate degree in art and art education, she received an mfa in photography and book arts from the university of wisconsinmadison. She has lectured and exhibited throughout the united states and internationally, from spain to. Photographers throughout the united states are invited to submit. I obtained a ba in journalism at texas womans university, studying photography and book arts with art department chairman susan kae grant while there. Conduit gallery is honored to present convergence, the latest chapter in susan kae grants ongoing series, night journey which focuses on dreams, memory and the unconscious.
I followed grant to the school of the art institute of chicago to study more photography. Another equally compelling part of susan kae grants art making are her book arts. Susan kae grant frosted glass encounter this phrase and those in italics below are the words o susan kae grant and are drawn whole rom the e. Phillip estlund is a 1992 graduate of douglas anderson school of the arts in jacksonville and grew up in old arlington. This retreat is about the study of bookmaking as an art form, using dreams and memories to inform the content of your own unique book. She has lectured and exhibited throughout the united states and internationally, from spain to japan. She continued her book binding studies with sally key, david lawrence and jim. If you travel along with susan kae grant on her night journey you may well emerge with far more questions than answers.
Susan kae grant susan kae grant received an mfa in. The research component of the collection consists of over 3,500 volumes documenting all aspects of book production. The books arts collection is devoted to the history and art of the book. This weeks questions with an educator features susan kae grant susan kae grant is an inventive and influential artist, educator, curator and early proponent of photographic book arts. Susan kae grant sex is interrupted abstract shadow. Arts of the book collection, yale university, new haven, ct. Susan kae grant is an inventive and influential artist, educator, curator and early proponent of photographic book arts. Susan kae grant is an artist, educator, and early proponent of photographic book arts. Fabricated images originate in the realm of imagination, and photographic artist susan kae grants new workshop inspires participants to create new work by conjuring scenarios from their minds and hearts. Her innovative studio practice and distinct personal vision represent one of the mediums more sustained and. An american photographer, susan kae grant received her mfa in photography and book arts in 1979 from the university of wisconsinmadison. Susan kae grant is an inventive and influential artist, educator, and early proponent of photographic book arts. To help prevent autospamming please enter the text andor numbers above, in order, from left to right case doesnt matter. The collection has grown through the inspiration of susan kae grant of the twu department of visual arts.
Arts of the book collection, yale university, new haven, ct boston athenaeum, boston, ma center for. Susan kae grant at galerie bmg contemporary photography. Susan kae grants photographic and book works are included in numerous collections including, the george eastman house, the j. Frank dienst, susan kae grant, judy habert, tom hager, paul karabinis, thersa segal, jay shoots, amy stein, maggie taylor, anna tomczak, jerry uelsmann, rick wagner, and mark sain wilson. She has published handmade, small limited edition books that incorporate letterpress and digital technologies on handmade papers, with photographic imagery and text. Grant put herself through school by working as a window designer for five different stores. At first glance, susan kae grant does not look like she would cast a large shadow, but her artwork and career show otherwise. Join facebook to connect with susan kae grant and others you may know. Her work can be found internationally in collections including yale university, tate britain, ucla, and the brooklyn museum. She taught at wayne state university from 19791981, and then became a professor and head of the photography program at texas womans university. View visions of an insomniac, new images in the night journey series. Paul getty museum, the minneapolis art institute, the tokyo museum of photography, the museum of fine arts. Susan kae grant, artist, professor and head of photography and book of arts at texas womens university, has a piece titled night journey on display in ous art exhibit in wilson hall. Paul getty museum, the minneapolis art institute, the tokyo museum of photography, the museum of fine arts, houston and the victoria and albert museum national library.
This event is organized by the twu photography students. Susan kae grant susan kae grant received an mfa in photography and book arts in 1979 from the university of wisconsinmadison. Susan kae grants photographs represent a significant collaboration of artistic and scientific inquiry into the nature of dreams, memory and the unconscious. Grant holds a master of fine arts and a bachelors in photography and book arts from the university of wisconsinmadison. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover susan kae. View susan kae grants profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Her book arts flesh out the story of her journey, through a more personal and intimate art form. Mtsu will host dallasbased photographic artist susan kae grant for an oct. Paul getty museum, the minneapolis art institute, the tokyo museum of photography.
The night journey exhibit is on display at the gallery through nov. After 36 years at twu, head of photography and book arts. Emerita at texas womans university where she served as. Susan kae grant artist black rose productions linkedin. The artist and texas womans university professor talks about her work creating fine art books, the childhood roots of her vocation as an educator, and how she went into the sleep lab to chronicle her dreams through imagery. A website displaying representative examples of the photographers and illustrators represented by artist agent, jennifer butters in dallas, texas.
Since 2001, she has worked with bookbinding structures in fine art binding and as a book artist. This weeks questions with an educator features susan kae grant. I need a secret for an artist who draws heavily on autobiography as a point of departure and inspiration, what intimate realm remains wl1en the events and cbaracter. Price new from used from unknown binding, 2002 please retry inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids. She has published handmade, small limited edition books that. Her innovative studio practice and distinct personal vision represent one of the mediums more sustained and recognizable contributions to fabricated photography and book art. Michael grecco is a director and one of the top photographers in the world who has created iconic portraits of the most recognized.
The international competition 2014 includes all entries accepted for exhibition. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Since 1975 she has produced limited edition handmade books. Marilu received her bachelor of arts degree from syracuse university in new york in 1980. The work is composed of a series of intriguingly haunting largescale images that recreate the fragmented and multisensorial experience of dreaming. Her innovative studio practice and distinct personal. Susan kae grant is a texas based artist exploring dreams, memory and the unconscious for her ongoing project, night journey. Established in 2001, and organized by the graduate photography students at texas womans university and the photographic artists coalition, the annual joyce elaine grant photography exhibition provides a national venue for the exhibition of artistic expression as seen through the eye of the lens. Haunting iris prints recreate the fragmented and overlapping experience of dreaming. In 2001, susan kae grant, retired professor and head of photography and book arts, founded the joyce elaine grant photography exhibit. Mtsus baldwin gallery hosts susan kae grants night.
The medium communicates the artists message to the readerviewer by a unique form and combinations of various media. Her awardwinning project, night journey, examines the perceptual and psychological aspects of dreams, memory and the unconscious. A day in the neighborhood a trip through three new exhibits. Currently, she is the head of photography and book arts at texas womans university and as well teaches workshops annually at the. While being introduced to the works of artists whose fabricated images are as diverse in style as they are in technique, we construct our own visual realities. Susan kae grant is a fine art photographer and educator based in dallas, texas. Living artist susan kae grant obtained her mfa from the university of wisconsinmadison where she focused on photography and book arts in 1979. Night journey represents a significant collaboration of artistic and scientific inquiry into the nature of dreams, memory and the unconscious. Books written by susan grant, ritawinning author of actionpacked, science fiction romance, including the novel star series, 2176 freedom series, lost colony series, the borderlands series, otherworldly men series, conact, and once a pirate. Esther kibby received a master of fine arts degree in photography from texas womans university where she was first exposed to book arts with susan kae grant. The texas photographic societys catalog for tps 23. The baldwin photographic gallery, located in mtsus bragg media and entertainment building, will host a monthlong exhibit of grants night journey project. Her most recent book, shadowed memory was created during a 2005 residency at visual studies workshop in rochester new york. Grant started this exhibit in honor of her mother, and all proceeds from the exhibit go toward photography scholarships for students in the department of.
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