ASMP/NC is pleased to present several
people from different creative disciplines for our interactive
panel discussion on Creativity.
We will start out with a DVD on creativity by Dewitt Jones,
former National Geographic photographer, whose work has
appeared in many ad campaigns.
Some of the questions we will address include:
Where does inspiration come from?
Where can I find fresh ideas and concepts?
How can I avoid creative block and burn out? If I get creatively
burned out, what can I do? What is style? And how can I
develop my own unique style?
Is it okay to borrow ideas and concepts for my work from
other sources?
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
6 p.m. Social & Munchies
7 p.m. Program
Photography Studio Randolph Community College 629 Industrial
Park Avenue Asheboro, NC
Pre-registration:
ASMP, AIGA, & students - $5
All Others - $10
An RSVP is helpful, but not mandatory.
Registration Forms:
None for this program
Latecomers:
For those who could not preregister, bring either cash or
a check made out to "ASMP/NC" to the door.
Greg Shelnutt Director of Visual Arts, Visual Arts (2000) Sculpture,
NC School of the Arts
Ceramics B.F.A., East Carolina University; M.F.A., University
of Georgia.
From 1988-2000, Mr. Shelnutt taught sculpture for the University
of Mississippi. In 1991, he taught for the University of
Georgia's Studies Abroad in Cortona, Italy, and in 1992,
he was a visiting artist at the Victorian College of the
Arts in Melbourne, Australia. His residencies include the
Community Council for the Arts in Kinston, N.C.; the Association
for Visual Artists in Chattanooga, Tenn.; and the New York
Mills Arts Retreat in New York Mills, Minn. In 1994, he
received a Visual Artist Fellowship from the Mississippi
Arts Commission and an Emerging Artist Grant from the Jerome
Foundation.
His work has been in more than 250 solo, invitational, juried
and group exhibitions, both nationally and abroad. In 2005,
he traveled to Auckland, New Zealand, to conduct a series
of workshops and lectures in association with The Suitcase
Show, an exhibition of 42 sculptures he curated that was
exhibited at Artstation, Auckland City's community arts
facility, and the Percy Thompson Gallery in Stratford.
Will Taylor
Visual Arts (2005) Drawing
B.F.A. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; M.F.A.
Pratt Institute
Will Taylor’s drawings and films are included in the
Drawing Center’s Viewing Program (NYC), Artists Space’s
digital slide registry (NYC), and Pierogi 2000’s Video
File (Brooklyn, NY). His collaborative works with Brooklyn
artists Jack Warren and Caleb Scott have been included in
a variety of exhibitions including the Trisha Brown Dance
Company Benefit at Pace Wildenstein (NYC). With the support
of the Combustive Motor Corporation (Brooklyn, NY), Taylor
founded the “charred and lacquered” film series
in 2001. The “charred and lacquered revival” continues
as a multidisciplinary art collective interested in promoting
innovative and challenging works of art through the adaptive
reuse of alternative spaces.
His work has been presented as the subject of public symposia
for such critics and curators as Donald Kuspit, Dan Cameron
(New Museum of Contemporary Art), Laura Hoptman (Museum
of Modern Art), and Eugenie Tsai (Whitney Museum of American
Art). At the Fourth Annual Cultural Studies Conference,
Taylor paneled a discussion entitled “A Critique of
Everyday Articulations: Globalized Subjects and Aesthetics
of Fragmented Spaces.”
Co-Moderator Chuck Egerton
Chuck Egerton teaches photography and design at Randolph
Community College's (RCC) nationally recognized Photo Program.
He believes the success of the image is not in tools or
processes, but in the photographer's vision. A BFA in Drawing/Painting
from Maryland Institute (MICA) and an AAS in Commercial
Photography from RCC lead to employment by Nortel Networks
as corporate photographer and extensive travel for their
publications. Teaching for over 15 years, he is Program
Head of Photography at RCC. Passionate about justice and
cultural unity, Chuck was awarded four grants for "CommonVisions:
Photographic Explorations of Unity in Diversity," a
community project using photography to dismantle racism
and create bridges between diverse people. A twenty-year
member of ASMP/NC Chuck served on its "revival" steering
committee and is now an enthusiastic board member.
Co-Moderator Margo Pinkerton
A former co-president of ASMP/New England, former ASMP national
board member, and former president of the New Hampshire
Art Association, Margo Pinkerton has been active in ASMP
and the arts in various capacities since the early 80's
when she started her photography business. A longtime volunteer
in many organizations, Margo has also spoken widely to ASMP
and other creative groups on copyright, business practices,
and creativity, as well as shared her photographs as guest
speaker. Her work has appeared in such journals as National
Geographic Traveler, Vogue, Caribbean Travel & Life,
GEO, numerous text and table-top books, and her images have
been juried into a number of shows. She and her husband,
Arnie Zann, work together doing advertising and corporate
work worldwide. Margo is currently co-president of the North
Carolina chapter of ASMP.
As a jump point for our discussion,
we will start out with a DVD on creativity by Dewitt Jones,
former National Geographic photographer, whose work has
appeared in many ad campaigns.
Some of the questions we will address include:
Where does inspiration come from?Where can I find
fresh ideas and concepts?
How can I avoid creative block and burn out?
If I get creatively burned out, what can I do?
What is style? And how can I develop my own unique
style?
Is it okay to borrow ideas and concepts for my work
from other sources?
How do the right and left brain contribute/inhibit
creativity?
How does the "less is more" principle help
in the creative process.
What are some good resources to help in the creative
process? (we will have a handout on this)
files,
.