Bio
Samantha is a photographer and arts administrator based in Denver, Colorado. She is the Executive Director & Curator at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center. She received her BFA from Alfred University School of Art & Design in 2002 and her MFA from Lesley University College of Art & Design in 2009.
Photo Credit: Grant Leighton
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Group Exhibitions
2016 Home, Juried by Kevin Miller, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2015 Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Juried by Aline Smithson, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2015 Juried Members Shows, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
2015 Photo-Synthesis: SW Voices, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO 2014 Cell Phone Photography III: Moving Past the Camera, Texas Photographic Society, Johnson City, TX 2014 ICEBREAKER 5, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO
2014 One by One (special mention), Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO 2013 Red Handed 6, Tenn Street Art, Denver, CO 2013 Photo-Synthesis, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO 2013 Travelers on Tenn 4, Tenn Street Art, Denver, CO
2013 Objectified, Lesley University’s Washburn Hall Gallery, Cambridge, MA 2012 SPESW Member Show, Juried by Jim Robischon, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO 2011 MFAconnects@POSTAIB.edu, The Art Center in Hargate Gallery at St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH 2011 The Digital & Darkroom Print Event, Open Press, Ltd, Denver, CO
2011 Can You See Me Now: Photos Made on Phones, ArtSpace at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK 2011 The Sketchbook Project, Art House Co-op, Traveling Exhibition 2011 MFAconnects@POSTAIB.edu, Fourth Wall Projects, Boston, MA 2010 Art Prize Exhibition, Riverview Arts Center, Grand Rapids, MI 2009 Phot09raphy Show, Salem Arts Association Gallery, Salem, MA 2009 MFA Graduate Exhibition, Art Institute of Boston Main Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 Boston Young Contemporaries, Gallery 808, Brookline, MA
2008 Artists’ Choice Exhibit, Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
2002 BFA Exhibition, Harder Hall Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Education
2015 Certificate in Arts Development & Program Management, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2009 Master of Fine Arts, Lesley University College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Alfred University School of Art & Design, Alfred, NY
Scholarships/Awards
2013 Newberger Scholarship Fund, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
Professional Development
2018 Uncertain Times: Borders, Refuge, Community, Nationhood, SPE National Conference
2015 Flash Powder Projects, Flash Powder Retreat
2015 Atmospheres: Climate, Equity and Community in Photography, SPE National Conference 2014 A Collective Vision, SPE Southwest Regional Conference 2014 Collaborative Exchanges: Photography in Dialogue, SPE National Conference
2013 Digital Image Processing with Adobe Lightroom 2013 Get Smart, Colorado Art Education Association (CAEA) Art Conference 2013 Letters to an Emerging Artist, SPE Southwest Regional Conference
2013 Conferring Significance: Celebrating Photography’s Continuum, SPE National Conference 2012 Delusion, SPE Southwest Regional Conference 2012 Advanced Placement Studio Art Training, Cherry Creek Summer Institute 2012 Intimacy and Voyeurism: The Public/Private Divide in Photography, SPE National Conference
2011 Science, Poetry, and the Photographic Image, SPE National Conference 2009 Digital Studio Workshop: Photoshop, The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston 2009 Charting a Course for the Arts and 21st Century Learning, Arts Education Partnership
2008 Agents of Change: Art and Advocacy, SPE National Conference 2008 Modern Age Symposium, Fogg Art Museum 2006 Digital Storytelling, The Oxbow School 2006 Sculpture Toolbox for Educators, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
2006 Media Teacher’s Workshop, The Maine Photographic Workshops
Copyright
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