MSU鈥檚 Department of Art kicks off Contact Visiting Artist series with acclaimed photographer
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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 renowned Canadian artist is opening the Contact Visiting Artist series hosted by 幺力视频鈥檚 Department of Art.
Free and open to all, Amy Friend鈥檚 lecture will take place Friday [Nov. 8] at 2:30 p.m. in Giles Hall鈥檚 Harrison Auditorium. The series鈥 main sponsor is the Department of Art鈥檚 photography concentration.
Dominic Lippillo, MSU associate professor of photography, said the word 鈥渃ontact鈥 in the series鈥 title has a two-fold meaning. It refers to contact sheets photographers make in the darkroom to see what they captured on a roll of film, as well as the Department of Art鈥檚 efforts to maintain relationships with artists using photography in new and exciting ways.聽
鈥淎my Friend鈥檚 work encompasses photography by employing a practice that utilizes found images and found objects, and her research pushes the boundaries of what a photograph is and what photography can be,鈥 Lippillo said. 鈥淚 would encourage anyone who is interested in photography or art to attend her lecture, especially our students.鈥
Friend鈥檚 photography has appeared internationally at festivals in the U.S., Greece, South Korea and Spain, among others. She was selected as a top 50 photographer for three consecutive years in Critical Mass, an international photography competition hosted by Portland-based arts nonprofit Photolucida.
An alumna of York University, Friend holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Windsor and is an assistant professor in the Department of Visual Arts at Brock University Niagara in Ontario, Canada.
For more information about the Contact Visiting Artist series, contact Lippillo at dlippillo@caad.msstate.edu.
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