The Arts Company
presents
SouthLight Salon’s
Southern Light Photography Exhibit & Festival
The South Through Eight Lenses and a QR Code
Overview:
The Arts Company’s presentation of SouthLight Salon’s Southern Light Photography Exhibit and Festival is a Nashville first. Special photography events, expert panel discussions, master class presentations that include a street photography excursion, a juried Portfolio Review that morphs into its own exhibition within an exhibition are all a part of the Salon’s Festival activities.
See the details below:
Schedule of Events & Program Descriptions
Friday Jan. 6 2012 – (5:30-7:00 p.m.) Exhibit Preview
Nashville Arts Magazine Introduces: The SouthLight Salon
Paul Polycarpou of Nashville Arts Magazine will host a panel discussion on
- the importance of forming an Art Salon in Nashville;
- personal insights into the Southern Light photographs,
- the rationale of introducing QR Code technology into art making
Wine and snacks served
Free Admission. By Reservation Only.
Saturday Jan. 7th (5:30-8:30 p.m.)
Southern Light Exhibit Opening Reception
- Meet the eight photographers
- Look, Scan & Enjoy!
Wine and Snacks served
Free Admission
Saturday Jan 14th – Salon Saturday (2:00-4:00 p.m.)
Sylvia Plachy, Special Guest
Questions & Answers will follow the presentation.
Free Admission. Refreshments. By Reservation Only.
Saturday Jan 28th – Salon Saturday (2:00-4:00 p.m.)
Taking it to the Streets!
Robert McCurley of SouthLight Salon will give a presentation on Street Photography including a brief history of the genre, examples of street photography, philosophies and techniques used by the Masters and how to overcome the fear of photographing strangers.
Following the presentation, SouthLight Salon Members will take participants on a 2-hr. street photography excursion in Downtown Nashville to apply what they have learned.
Free Admission
Friday Feb 3rd – Collectors’ Night (5:30-6:30 p.m.)
The Art of Collecting Photography
Why should you collect photographs? How do you start or add to an art collection? What attracts the connoisseurs of art? Two prominent art collectors will discuss what draws them to photography, what criteria they use to discern something collectable and other insights into the acquisition of photographic art.
Wine and Snacks served
Free Admission. By Reservation Only.
Saturday Feb 4th SouthLight Salon 2012 Juried Portfolio Review and Exhibit (10 am. – 8:30 pm.)
photographers to present their body of work to be reviewed and critiqued, and to
receive guidance for future artistic and commercial career development. The
portfolio review will only accept eight photographers, who will meet with a panel
comprised of SouthLight Salon Members and The Arts Company owner, Anne
Brown. Each attendee will be assigned five one-on-one 20-minute reviews with
members of our esteemed panel of photography professionals.
If accepted in the portfolio review, your work will be exhibited that night at The
Arts Company during Art Crawl! This unprecedented opportunity provides a
venue for your images to be seen by hundreds of art lovers including many
prominent professionals in Nashville’s art community.
PHOTOGRAPHERS. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION IS FREE.
Accepted participants will be sent further information on how best to deliver your
presentation and how to make the most of your review.
Why Participate in a Portfolio Review? – by Mary Virginia Swanson
From my perspective, there are three main reasons you should bring your work
to a portfolio review event:
First: The process of applying and preparing to attend is a valuable experience.
Writing about your work, editing your work for a 20-minute review session, and
preparing a printed piece or CD sample with your imagery to share with others
attending are activities that in themselves will lend clarity to your work.
an experience that can’t be matched. The standard model is a 20-minute session
with each reviewer; the number of sessions offered depends on the length of the
event. The number of times you will share your work goes beyond these formal
sessions, as you will share work with other photographers too. Through having a
dialogue about your work, your clarity about and commitment to your bodies of
work comes from attending a portfolio review event.
Third: Beginning relationships. Portfolio review events provide an opportunity for
you to to share your work and ideas with your peers and industry professionals,
be it discussing craft or intention/audience in your twenty-minute session. It is of
course your responsibility to follow up with those reviewers who encourage you
to keep them posted on the evolution of your project.
SouthLight Salon Juried Portfolio Review Registration
Registering for the SouthLight Salon 2012 Portfolio Review is a two-step process. First,
you will need to provide the following information:
Your First Name
Your Last Name
Street Address, City, State, Zip Code
Email Address
Phone Number
Tell us about your photographic experience.
Artist’s Statement (Please insert a paragraph or two of context that will enable us to
fairly evaluate your images. If you would to include titles, please reference those here.)
Second, you’ll need to submit 6-8 jpegs for consideration. (These
images should be representative of your working style. They don’t necessarily have to
be the images you will present in your review.)
Your jpegs should be no wider (or taller) than 1200 pixels. Please name your images
sequentially, as follows: “lastname_firstname_01.jpg” You may include titles for these
photographs in your artist’s statement.
Include your information as described above and images in an email message to
jatnip@ciacreative.com with the email subject “Portfolio Review Images”. Your images
must be received before January 15th at 11:59pm.
SouthLight will notify successful applicants on or before January 22nd. Payment for the
review will be accepted at that point. If you have any questions, please email:
jatnip@ciacreative.com. Thank you!
Saturday Feb 11th – Salon Saturday (2:00 – 4:00 p.m.)
A Film A Poem A Photo
Art inspires Art. You see it all the time in movies inspired by books, in dances choreographed for musicals and in photographs created from live performances. Robert McCurley of SouthLight Salon challenged two experienced and very talented Nashville poets, as well as himself, to create original poetry inspired by his photographs in the Southern Light exhibit. Poets Randy Foster and Amy E. Hall will join Robert in creating a live listening experience guaranteed to provide a unique perspective on one of the most revered historical events of the American South. Come, listen and be transported to unexpected places in the minds of soldiers and Presidents and discover what lurks in the shadows of battlefields lost long ago to progress and commerce. This will truly be a one-time performance you will not want to miss.
This integration of art forms continues with SouthLight Salon’s Art Film Matinee. Presented by the Arts Company and sponsored by the Nashville Film Festival.
One has to believe that sometimes the problem with attending an art film screening is due to simply not knowing which ones are worth seeing. Very careful considerations have been made to assure that this movie is one that shouldn’t be missed.
Admission is free.
Saturday February 18th – (6:00-8:30 p.m.)
Southern Light Photography Exhibition and Festival Closing Celebration
Come and celebrate the Grand Finale of the Festival that broadened the art gallery experience with a photography salon premier, insights and stories from art experts and superstars, guided street photography excursions, a portfolio review turned exhibit, the integration of poetry, film and photography and a little Bar Code that may transform art. Mingle with the photographers, presenters, gallerist and other Festival attendees over a catered meal and a glass of wine. Come on! Take off your slippers, get out of the house and join us in this wonderful party that celebrates the fact that art is alive and well in the South.
Free Admission. By Reservation Only.
About the Salon
SouthLight is a group of established and well-regarded photographers. Their individual works are published, collected and exhibited throughout the USA and the world. They have come together to form a Salon where an exchange of ideas, techniques, critiques and learning take place.
SouthLight is establishing itself as an expert resource for the photographic and art community through lectures, workshops and exhibitions. Recently, SouthLight mounted an exhibit of photographs depicting the Harpeth River Watershed. The intention was to bring awareness to a Middle Tennessee treasure that deserves preservation against pollution and overdevelopment. SouthLight welcomes such opportunities.
The genesis of the name is an indication that photographic art is alive and well below the Mason-Dixon Line.
A common Artistic Statement binds the SouthLight photographers:
• We participate in a model of art, which is holistic; a meeting of the conscious and unconscious, thought and emotion, spiritual and material, private and public.
• We endeavor to make art that is the visible manifestation, evidence and facilitator of the soul’s journey.
• We make photographs as a quest for authenticity and a plea for the rediscovery of connection.
SouthLight photographers are:
Jerry Atnip
Nick Dantona
David Robert Farmerie
Robert McCurley
Mark Mosrie
Jerry Park
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