Join us this Wednesday for a conversation with Rafael Soldi and Keavy Handley-Byrne from Strange Fire Collective about their extensive collections of educational classroom resources Strange Fire re-imagines how their archive can bring long-lasting change to the institutions educating the next generation of thinkers. They developed tools to utilize and interpret their archive in classroom settings, […]
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LAUNCH PARTY – FotoFika 2020 AllStar Trading Cards
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 […]
Laurie Anderson last Week, Sarah Lewis This week, the Inclusive Classroom and Mental Health
Last week I watched Laurie Anderson’s first lecture (although she resisted that label) for Harvard’s Norton Lectures. She will be giving 6 in all over the course of 2021. The second lecture will take place on March 24 and I would really encourage you to sign up. She touches on so much –and does what […]
No Studio / Studio Lighting
Join us TODAY when Geoff Delanoy, Lindsay Metivier, B. Proud, E. Brady Robinson, and Elena Volkova share their strategies for teaching studio lighting photography in our virtual classrooms. Similar to last week, we’ll use the meeting more as an open forum/workshop. Each of our guests will share their thoughts on teaching studio lighting virtually. See you Soon: JANUARY 20th, […]
FotoFika Workshop January 6
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
WATCH NOW: https://vimeo.com/488528777 […]
FotoFika Dec 15th – Jonathan Molina-Garcia
For our final FotoFika of 2020, Assistant Professor, Jonathan Molina-Garcia from VCUarts will join us. Molina-Garcia was already using hybrid teaching/critique strategies in his classroom even before COVID 19 and has since incorporated innovative remote teaching and student focused engagement at both the grad and undergraduate level. Jonathan Molina-Garcia is an assistant professor of Photography […]
Ben Gest & Atget…..
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 […]
Take Aways from Terry Barrett’s Visit to FotoFika
We were so lucky to have Terry Barrett come to FotoFika on Wednesday. I’ve been a shoot-from-the hip kind of professor and I don’t think I can ever be any other kind. As Mark Klett says we are paid to think on our feet. Responding to the individual, to the moment, to what is on […]
Terry Barrett!
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 […]