Blog Post from John Wall

Susan Harbage Page, truly one of the South's most distinguished photographers, is having a show of her work to celebrate her being named in 2010 one of the recipients of the NC Arts Council's Artist Fellowship Award. 

This show, which includes work by other recipients of the NC Arts Council Fellowship Award in 2010, is up at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on the campus of Appalachian State University, at 423 West King St., in Boone, NC. 

 

Susan is on the faculty of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. In a long and distinguished career as a photographer, she has found a variety of ways to use her art not only to observe Southern culture but also to engage with its persistent issues. 

to read more check out John's Southern Photography Blog.

http://southphotography.blogspot.com/

North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship Award Exhibition

North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship Award Exhibition

April 6 - July 29, 2012 at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts.

Opening Reception, Friday, April 6

 Turchin Center for the Visual Arts 

423 West King St. - Boone, NC 28608

Bugs, Path and Inner Tube, Susan Harbage Page, 2011

This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.



Eighteen artists in North Carolina were awarded the distinctive honor of being named the 2010-2011 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship Awards. The awards were in the categories of choreography, craft, film and video and visual arts. In the spring of 2012, sixteen of these artists will be featured in the Turchin Center galleries with new work.
Panels comprised of artists and arts professionals with expertise in each discipline selected these recipients. Since the program's inception in 1980, more than 500 artists have received awards. "Fellowships provide financial support for artists during a crucial point in their careers," said Nancy Trovillion, acting director of the North Carolina Arts Council. "These grants give artists a chance to deepen their work and explore new ground." Each of the artists received a $10,000 fellowship.
The recipients of the 2010-2011 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship Awards include:

• Elizabeth Brim
• Phoebe Brush
• Kirk Fanelly
• Gail Fredell
• Maja Godlewska
• Christopher Holmes
• Mark Iwinski
• Young Kim
• Anne Lemanski
• Nava Lubelski
• Sean Pace
• Susan Harbage Page
• Vita Plume
• Shoko Teruyama
• Bob Trotman
• Linda Vista

The center will hold a series of Round Table Artist Presentations that are scheduled for March 28th and April 25th at 7pm followed by a reception at 8pm.

Zone of Contention: The U.S./Mexico Border  

exhibition at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

Red Shirt, San Ignacio, Texas,  2011, from the U.S.-Mexico
Border Project 2007- present. Susan Harbage Page

• Jun 16, 2012 – Sep 2, 2012
• The Leah Louise B. Tannenbaum Gallery, The Louise D. and Herbert S. Falk, Sr. Gallery 

This exhibition focuses on artists’ investigations of issues related to the U.S./Mexico border, a geographic area of much debate and contention. Through photography, sculpture, works on paper, video, and new media, subjects such as migrant labor, immigration law, national sovereignty, and border control will be examined in terms of their current social and ideological impact.  The exhibition features new and recent works by artists from the U.S. and Mexico, including Andrea Bowers (Los Angeles, CA), Blane de St. Croix (New York, NY), Todd Drake (Greensboro, NC), Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (Montreal, Canada), Nicolas Lampert & Dan S. Wang (Milwaukee, WI/Chicago, IL), Pedro Lasch (Durham, NC), Susan Harbage Page (Chapel Hill, NC), Pedro Reyes (Mexico City, Mexico), David Taylor (Las Cruces, NM), and Perry Vasquez (San Diego, CA).
Zone of Contention: The U.S./Mexico Border is organized by Xandra Eden, Curator of Exhibitions, and will be accompanied by a brochure.
Related programs:
Noon @ the 'Spoon • Tue Jul 10 @ 12pm

http://weatherspoon.uncg.edu/exhibitions/show/?title=zone-of-contention-the-usmexico-border

Creative Citizenship Conference this Weekend in Seattle

 

Guiding Lights Weekend - March 8 - 10, Seattle, Washington

The Guiding Lights Weekend is a powerful interactive conference on creative citizenship. 

Hundreds of leaders and change-makers come together from all across America. We sharpen our skills. We learn new ways to solve problems. We get inspired to reclaim our democracy. Join us March 8-10 in Seattle. 

Susan Harbage Page, Artist and the Innovation Institute, McColl Center for Visual Art 
present

Using an Artist’s Tools to Chart Your Path   Saturday, March 10, 2012
Confused about  how to be a good citizen? Perhaps, you must first ask -- how do you take care of yourself? Old ideas about the way life is “supposed” to be are useless. To peak and prosper, you must see with new eyes, tackle risks, face failure. Balance comes from integrating feelings, thoughts and actions to produce beautiful results – the wheelhouse of an artist’s life. In this session, you will work with artist Susan Harbage Page to dig deep, question myths and attack assumptions that hold you back. The day’s result will be your transformed perspective on life, work and meaningful community service.


Guiding Lights Network
http://guidinglightsnetwork.com/wk_home.php

White Box visits Carmichael Hall at UNC during Housing Development Session

The White Box Project: Seeing Privilege on Campus
Workshop with guest speaker Susan Harbage Page
Hosted by Justin Lukasewics
Parker Community Director

Housing Development Session
Carmichael Hall Ballroom
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb, 8, 2012

Portrait of Catherine Kennedy Carmichael and the White Box in Carmichael Hall

New Images from Palazzo Marignoli, Spoleto Italy

Corner, Palazzo Marignoli, Spoleto, Italy, 2012

Sheet, Palazzo Marignoli, Spoleto, Italy, 2012

Reflections, Palazzo Marignoli, Spoleto

Red, Palazzo Marignoli, Spoleto, Italy, 2012