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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS IN 2010
2010 PRC Student Exhibition

2010 PRC STUDENT EXHIBITION
February 12 - April 4, 2010
Opening reception:
Thursday, February 11
5:30 - 7:30pm





This eagerly-anticipated exhibition will feature work juried by the Institutional Member schools of the PRC. Come witness photo's future!



EXPOSURE: The 15th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition
April 23 - June 20, 2010
Opening reception,
Thursday, April 22, 5:30 - 7:30pm

The PRC is honored to have Mia Fineman, Senior Research Associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC as the juror for EXPOSURE 2010. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the PRC gallery, the PRC is pleased to present this special edition of the PRC's 15th annual juried exhibition. This prestigious competition is a great opportunity to view new work as well as see topics in which contemporary minds are engaged.



2010 Spring Lecture Series
form

LECTURE:
JULIE BLACKMON

Date: Thursday, March 11, 2009
Time: 7:00pm
Location: BU Photonics Center (PHO-206)
8 St. Mary's St, Boston, MA
MBTA (Green Line "B" Train - BU-Central stop)
Cost: Members $10, Non-Members $15, Full-time students $5
Free for Students of Institutional Members

Please join us on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 for a lecture by photographer Julie Blackmon. Blackmon lives and works in Springfield, Missouri. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Critical Mass Book Award in 2006, PDN's "30" in 2007, and American Photo's Emerging Photographer in 2008. Her monograph, Domestic Vacations, was published by Radius Books in 2008. Blackmon is included in numerous collections including The George Eastman House, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and numerous private collections. Blackmon appeared in the exhibition Group Portrait at the PRC in 2005, one of her first exhibitions.

Please join us on Friday, March 12th from 5:30 - 7:30pm for the opening reception of her exhibition at the Robert Klein Gallery.



LECTURE:
KENRO IZU

Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Location: BU Sargent College (SAR 101)
635 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA
MBTA (Green Line "B" Train - BU-East stop)
Cost:Members $10, Non-Members $15, Full-time students $5
Free for Students of Institutional Members

Please join us on Thursday, April 15th, 2010 for a lecture by photographer Kenro Izu. Izu moved to New York in the 1970's and soon after opened a photography studio. It was during his 1979 trip to Egypt that he became deeply moved by the sacred sites that motivated him to begin his series of sacred places around the world. His images are platinum contact prints shot with his custom-made 14x20 large format camera.

Izu has received numerous awards including the prestigious National Endowment of the Arts Award in 1984 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002. He has published nine monographs including Light Over Ancient Angkor, Sacred Places, Kenro Izu: Blue, Bhutan, and his most recent monograph Kenro Izu: A 30 Year Retrospective is due out in February, 2010.

Izu's images from Bhutan will be on display at the Fitchburg Art Museum from January 24 - March 21, 2010.



Lecture Guest Accommodations are generously provided by the Hotel Commonwealth, official hotel sponsor of the Photographic Resource Center's Lecture Series



PORTFOLIO REVIEWS at the PRC

The PRC will be offering our members an opportunity to have their work reviewed by a guest reviewer each month. Photographer and educator Neal Rantoul will be reviewing portfolios on Monday, February 22, 2010 from Noon until 4pm.



(The PRC will begin taking reservations for this session starting Wednesday, February 17th at 10am Sharp at 617-975-0600.)



PhotoSLAM!

Call for Entries for the member PhotoSLAM!
Deadline for Submissions: February 26th
Event: Thursday, March 4th, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Location: Wonder Bar, 186 Harvard St, Allston, MA
www.wonder barboston.com

Clear your schedules, photo enthusiasts-it's time for another PRC PhotoSLAM! The PhotoSLAM is a digital slide show of ALL submitted photographs-a showcase of the talent within the PRC membership. YOU choose the work to show; YOU bring your friends and narrate your entries the day of the slam; and YOU make as much noise as you can to help select the winners. Submit your photos via CD or email by February 26th to [email protected], attention PhotoSLAM! We are only accepting submissions in digital format. Limit 5 images. Images must be jpegs (labeled last name and # - i.e., Smith1.jpg), 150 dpi, no larger than 1000 pixels in either direction. All entries should include the artist's name, phone number, email, image information (title, year, media, etc.), and a brief description of the work or series. The PRC PhotoSLAM is a great chance to get feedback on new work or show your favorites, catch up with old friends or network with new ones, win fun prizes, and see the images that other PRC members are passionate about. Let your work be seen!



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LISTINGS: FEBRUARY Photo Events in New England

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1
The New England Institute of Art.
re[frame]. Opening Reception: 5:30-7pm. 800-903-4425. 10 Brookline Place, West Brookline, MA 02445. www.artinstitutes.edu/boston

Open Door Gallery. NY Portraits. Reception and Artist Conversation: 4-7pm. 617-350-7713. 89 South Street, Suite 101, Boston, MA 02111. www.vsamass.org

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
The Aberjona River Gallery @ The Griffin Museum.
Glimpses of Memory: Photographs by Glenna Evans. Opening Reception: 6-7:30pm. 781-729-1158. Aberjona Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 184 Swanton St., Winchester, MA 01890. www.griffinmuseum.org

Cultural Exchange Center @ Atlantic Works Gallery. Robert Hunt: I'm Coming Out - A New Journey. Opening Reception: 6:30-9pm. 617-510-7011. 80 Border St., East Boston, MA 02128. www.80borderstreet.org

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3
Boston Camera Club.
An Evening with Lewis Kemper: Hawaii and Alaska-Two Extremes (A Canon Explorer of Light Presentation). Get Together: 6pm. Program: 6:30-8:30pm. 617-232-4540. Brookline Public Library, Main Branch, 361 Washington Street, Brookline, MA 02445. www.bostoncameraclub.org

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies @ Harvard University. Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage. Lecture: 5:30-8pm. 617-495-3366. CGIS South, S216, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138. www.drclas.harvard.edu

UMASS Lowell: University Gallery. Lost in Pittsburgh. Zsuzsi Matolcsy. Artist Talk and Reception: 3-5pm. 978-934-3491. McGauvran Student Union, First Floor, 71 Wilder Street, Lowell, MA 01854. www.uml.edu/dept/art/galleries.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4
Jewitt Art Center at Wellesley College.
Look at Me. Reception: 4:45-6pm. 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02482. 781-283-2042. www.jewettgallery.wordpress.com/

MIT List Visual Arts Center. Virtuoso Illusion: Cross-Dressing and the New Media Avant-Garde. Artist Talk: 5:30pm. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. 617-253-4680. MIT List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames St., Wiesner Building E15, Cambridge, MA 02139. www.listart.mit.edu/

Montserrat Gallery. America Now. Reception: 6-8pm. 978-921-4242 x3. 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915. www.montserrat.edu

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Addison Woolley Gallery.
Victor Romanyshyn: Unframed. Opening Reception 5-8pm. (207) 4508499. 61 Pleasant Street, Portland, ME 04101. www.addisonwoolley.com

Bromfield Gallery. Daniel Feldman: Out of the Ground. Opening Reception: 6-8:30pm. 617-451-3605. 450 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02118. www.bromfieldgallery.com

Gallery Kayafas. Pelle Cass: Selected People and Sandi Haber-Fifield: Things Coming Together. Opening Reception: 5:30-7:30. 450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118. www.gallerykayafas.com

KHAKI Gallery. John Martino: Enjoy Your Visit! and Maya Dreilinger: American Expressions. Reception: 6-8pm. 781-237-1095. 460 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118. www.khakigallery.net

The Parker Room at The Footlight Club. JP to Me 2010... from Emeralds to Jewels. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. 617-524-3200. 7 Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. www.jptome.com

PhotoStop Gallery. Memories & Wanderings: Cynthia Beth Rubin; Lia Rothstein: Auschwitz 2009. Opening Reception: 6-9pm. 802-698-0320. Tip Top Media Arts Building, 85 N. Main Street, Suite 150, White River Junction, VT 05001. www.pohotostopvt.com

Vermont Center for Photography. Four Days: North American Indian Days on the Blackfeet Reservation, Browning, Montana. Photos by Evie Lovett and text by Suzanne Kingsbury. Opening Reception: 5:30-8:30pm. 802-251-6051. 49 Flat Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301. www.vcphoto.org

Walker Contemporary. Henry Horenstein: SHOW. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. 617-695-0211. 450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118. www.walkercontemporary.com

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6
The Gallery at Hallmark.
Art + Space: Collected Work from Local Artists. Opening reception: 1-5pm. 413-863-0085. Colle Opera House, 85 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01376. www.gallery.hallmark.edu

Clark Gallery. Dave Jordano: Faith and Fury. Opening Reception: 4-6pm. 781-259-8303. 145 Lincoln Rd., Lincoln, MA 01773. www.clarkgallery.com

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7
Griffin Museum.
Glimpses of Memory: Photographs by Glenna Evans. Artist Talk: 3pm. 781-729-1158. Aberjona Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 184 Swanton St., Winchester, MA 01890. www.griffinmuseum.org

Marblehead Art Association. Fran Gardino: Down by the Riverside. Reception: 2-4pm. 781-631-2608. 8 Hooper St., Marblehead, MA 01945. www.marbleheadarts.org

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9
E.P. Levine.
ASMP presents Sports Shooters: Damien Strohmeyer and Rob Seale. Social: 6pm; Program: 7pm. 617-951-1499. 23 Drydock Ave, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02210. www.asmpne.org

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10
La Galeria at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts.
LINDA HIRSCH: CUBA: Hilos de Esperanza y Renovaci�n/Threads of Hope & Renewal. Charla: 6-8pm. Artist Talk: 6-8pm. 617-927-1737. 85 West Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118. www.villavictoriaarts.org

Contemporary Art Gallery @ ALMA. Ballad of Life. Opening Reception and Talk: 2-4pm. 617-926-2562. 65 Main St., Watertown, MA 02472. www.bostonphotographycenter.com

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11
Grossman Gallery and Anderson Auditorium @ SFMA.
Student Annual Exhibition. Opening Reception: 5-7pm. 617-369-3718. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 230 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115. www.smfa.edu

MassArt. Selections 10, featuring the work of 25 MassArt faculty members who are newly hired or returning from sabbatical. Artists Talk: 5pm. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. 617-879-7333. Bakalar and Paine Galleries, first and second floors of South Building, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115. www.massart.edu

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Howard Yezerski Gallery.
Boston: Combat Zone 1967 - 1978, Roswell Angier, Jerry Berndt, John Goodman. Reception: 6-8pm. 617-262-0550. 460 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118. www.howardyezerskigallery.com

13Forest Gallery. Alone | Together: Jeffrey P. Heyne and Dorthea Van Camp. Opening Reception: 7-9pm. 781-641-3333. 167A Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, MA 02474. www.13Forest.com

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14
Mobius.
EL's Salon: The Importance of Theory in the Artmaking Practice. Discussion: 3-6pm. 617-638-0020. 725 Harrison Ave, Suite One, Boston, MA 02118. www.mobius.org

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Garner Center at New England School of Photography.
Eva Timothy. Opening Reception: 7-9pm (Snow date: Feb 24, 7-9pm). 617-437-1868. 537 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. www.nesop.com

Boston Center for the Arts - Mills Gallery. Amalgam and Different Kind of Monster. Artist Talk: 6-8pm. 617-426-8835. 551 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116. www.bcaonline.org

Harvard Art Museum. Lecture: Twins When They Began to Take Modified Milk, In-Sight lecture by Michelle Lamuni�re, Department of Photographs. Lecture: 6:30-7:30. 617-495-4544. Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138. www.harvardartmuseum.org

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19
PRC Gallery at The Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT.
Lori Nix. Reception with the artist: 5-6:30pm. 617-975-0600. 77 Mass Ave, 6-304, Cambridge, MA. www.prcboston.org

The Chazan Gallery at Wheeler. A Group Show with Brook Hammerlee. Reception: 5-7pm. 401-421-9230. 228 Angell Street, Providence, RI 02906. www.wheelergallery.org

Axiom Gallery for New and Experimental Media. Collision 15. Opening Reception: 6-9pm. 617-676-5904. 141 Green St., Boston, MA 02130. www.axiomart.org

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23
Harvard Art Museum.
Lorna Simpson in Conversation with Robin Kelsey and Helen Molesworth. Lecture: 6-7pm. 617-495-9400. Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138. www.harvardartmuseum.org

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Brookline Arts Center.
Deanna Christo: Color Photography...Mostly Flowers. Photo Discussion Salon: 6:30pm. 617-566-5715. 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline, MA 02446. www.brooklineartscenter.com

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Gallery Seven.
FLOR-ILLUSIONS: Photographs by Vera Kaufman & Robert Moll. Reception: 7-9pm. 978-897-9777. 7 Nason Street, Maynard, MA 01754. www.gallerysevenmaynard.com



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