Kim Beil – Good Pictures

Kim Beil joins FotoFika TODAY. In this talk, Kim Beil introduces her Fotofika assignment, “Good Pictures Break the Rules,” with a visual tour of aesthetic rules that have been overturned in photography since the 20th century. She argues that breaking the rules can be a radical act: a rejection of the stylistic status quo can […]

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FotoFika – Strange Fire Collective – 3/17/2021

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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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