PROJECT STATEMENT The Whispering Dark I had an unusual upbringing that has transformed how I see the world and understand the past. Owing to my father’s job as Director, we lived in the founder’s apartment on the 4th floor of the Gardner museum in Boston. I grew up surrounded by...
PROJECT STATEMENT Bere’shith (In the Beginning) “Bere’shith” is the first Hebrew word in Genesis and means “in the beginning.” This work is my story of starting again after considerable loss in my life, which warranted a reflection on the larger meaning of cycles, death, and renewal. Coming through this pain...
PROJECT STATEMENT The House Next Door When my reclusive neighbor of many years disappeared and died in her house, there were no friends or family to claim anything that remained: her body, her possessions, or even her memory. It seemed she was simply going to disappear. Who had she been?...
Jennifer Pritchard in collaboration with Patrick Corrigan and DALL-E PROJECT STATEMENT An Ambiguous Place Patrick and I placed An Ambiguous Place at the intersection of philosophy and metaphysics. Over a condensed timeframe, we set daily probing prompts for Dallé – anthropomorphized into a character in our story, exploring liminal topics...
Jacque Rupp is a documentary and fine-art photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Michael Honegger is a visual artist born in Germany with a B.A. in History & Spanish from Duke University, a M.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Professional Certificate in Visual Arts from Maine Media College. His practice as a fine art and documentary photographer explores the performative nature of self-portraiture, the complexities of memory and family and an investigation of the ironies of American culture with an expatriate’s eye.
Wayne Swanson – Honorable Mention
Expired Palms Expired Palms documents the battle between two non-native species — the Canary Island palm and the South American palm weevil. The Canary Island palm is an iconic symbol of Southern California, yet it is not universally loved by locals because it is not an authentic expression of the...
SameSource – Honorable Mention
Reinterpreted Our culture is rife with contradictions about how we deal with sex, sexuality, nudity, and the relationship between these things and fine art. I find no more appropriate well from which to pull forth conversation than the great works of fine art nude painting. In this series, I have...
Olivia Phare – Honorable Mention
Genesis In 1990, 90% of Americans identified as Christian, yet in the last three decades more than 20% of them have left the church. I am one of them. My father started a non- denominational congregation when I was nine years old. Hardline evangelicals, we were politically conservative biblical literalists,...
Catherine Panebianco – Honorable Mention
How to Draw a Perfect Circle How to Draw a Perfect Circle is a series in progress. It explores perfection, control and the hold it’s had on my life. I am the classic “good girl,” socially and academically successful, smart and driven, pretty and kind but also, a people pleaser. Growing up, I had no...