Analog – FotoFika

LAUNCH PARTY – FotoFika 2020 AllStar Trading Cards

Posted on February 23, 2021 (February 23, 2021) by John Freyer

Join us this Wednesday for an impromptu launch party to celebrate the start of our Kickstarter campaign. We are raising money to support the publication of photographs from all student participants in the 2020 Allstar FotoFika Trading Card project. We’ll unveil and unbox the BETA deck and officially launch the campaign. Please share with family and friends: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spenational/fotofika-2020-all-stars-trading-card-projectWe’re inviting all our 134 […]

Q&A from the Jan 6 Workshop

Posted on January 13, 2021 (January 13, 2021) by Anne Massoni

FotoFika Awesome people! I’ve consolidated down the Q&A from our workshop. I hope you’ll find it helpful. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Q: Fewer assignments and fewer prints does not seem unusual during this time. What strategies might you be employing to still have rigor in your classroom? Or can you? Does less […]

FotoFika Workshop January 6

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Betsy Schneider

Reminder– We will be having a FotoFika Workshop on January 6 at 4PM EST to talk about teaching darkroom photography with reduced, distanced or non-existent class darkroom time. Online, Hybrid and Traditional all have their challenges and advantages and I am hopeful that once Covid no longer dictates our teaching we will emerge with more […]

Ben Guest & Atget Studio- 12/2/20

Posted on December 9, 2020 (December 9, 2020) by John Freyer

WATCH NOW: https://vimeo.com/488528777 […]

Ben Gest & Atget…..

Posted on November 29, 2020 (November 29, 2020) by John Freyer

This Wednesday Ben Gest will be joining us to continue our conversation about critiques, he’ll be introducing us to his critique software – Atget Studio. Atget Studio provides a simple digital platform that makes a back-and-forth exchange between creator and teacher fast and effective. Ask questions, share your art and receive critical and clear feedback […]

Terry Barrett!

Posted on November 16, 2020 (November 16, 2020) by John Freyer

Please join FotoFika this week as Anne, Betsy and John host Terry Barrett for “Interactive Crits”an informal discussion of rationales and strategies for studio critiques during troubled times. 4pm EST – Wednesday, 11/18/20 Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/93761631388 Terry Barrett is the author of books on criticism and aesthetics including Criticizing Photographs and CRITS. A new edition […]

Critique

Posted on October 28, 2020 (October 28, 2020) by Betsy Schneider

My thinking about critique was piqued for three (and then more) reasons this fall. Before the semester started in a meeting with John and Anne, Anne suggested we watch this video, The Room of Silence addressing ways in which some BIPOC students feel in critiques. I began to think a lot about race and critiques. […]

Summer Workshops For Preparing for continued uncertainty in Fall 2020

Posted on May 27, 2020 (June 16, 2020) by Betsy Schneider

I will be offering 4 workshops this summer, details for RSVPing will be forthcoming as we solidify. Workshops will take place on Wednesdays but unlike the regular FotoFika slot, we will meet from 2 to 4 (EDT). The dates and general topics are as follows: Workshops will be participatory and emphasize problem solving and solutions […]

181 Cards and Counting!

Posted on May 12, 2020 (May 12, 2020) by John Freyer

The FotoFika Allstars trading card project is closing in on 200 submissions to date. We have students from around the world including China, Australia and New Zealand. Becky Senf, Anne, Betsy and I have reached to our network of artists, curators and programers and can confirm the participation of the following list of AWESOME (which […]

Now What?

Posted on May 12, 2020 by John Freyer

This week on FotoFika, Stephanie DeMer will join us to talk about strategies for establishing healthy work/live/creativity balance during COVID 19. DeMer is the Iowa Idea Visiting Assistant Professor in Photography at The University of Iowa, she holds an MFA in Photo + Film from Virginia Commonwealth University and as part of sustaining her artistic […]