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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
2 for 2!
So I've been submitting more work to shows lately and recently heard that I was accepted into 2 new exhibitions! The first one is the Coalition of Photographic Arts (CoPA) 5th Annual Midwest Juried Exhibition. The juror was Chicago's own Catherine Edelman. I noticed a few other Columbia College Chicago alum will also be represented in the show: Margaret Wright, Nate Mathews, and Victor Yanez-Lazcano, along with former adjunct faculty member Jennifer Greenburg. Congrats to all!
The show will be on view Dec. 2, 2011 - Jan 21, 2012
opening reception Friday Dec. 9, 5-9 pm
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts
839 S. 5th St. Milwaukee, WI 53204
copamilwaukee.com
The other exhibition is a solo show (!) at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Student Center Gallery! Really excited about that one. I'll be showing images from my series de Pavones. This will be my first solo show of this work. Early warning on this one:
on view Jan. 9 - Feb. 9 2012
opening reception Thursday Jan. 19, 4-7 pm
Art Lounge
UIC Student Center West
828 S. Wolcott
Chicago, IL
So I've been submitting more work to shows lately and recently heard that I was accepted into 2 new exhibitions! The first one is the Coalition of Photographic Arts (CoPA) 5th Annual Midwest Juried Exhibition. The juror was Chicago's own Catherine Edelman. I noticed a few other Columbia College Chicago alum will also be represented in the show: Margaret Wright, Nate Mathews, and Victor Yanez-Lazcano, along with former adjunct faculty member Jennifer Greenburg. Congrats to all!
The show will be on view Dec. 2, 2011 - Jan 21, 2012
opening reception Friday Dec. 9, 5-9 pm
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts
839 S. 5th St. Milwaukee, WI 53204
copamilwaukee.com
The other exhibition is a solo show (!) at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Student Center Gallery! Really excited about that one. I'll be showing images from my series de Pavones. This will be my first solo show of this work. Early warning on this one:
on view Jan. 9 - Feb. 9 2012
opening reception Thursday Jan. 19, 4-7 pm
Art Lounge
UIC Student Center West
828 S. Wolcott
Chicago, IL
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
In Memoriam
Two weeks ago, my husband's best friend Nate (also the best man at our wedding) passed away. He had just turned 34, needless to say he was far too young. He had a tough lot in life and was just never quite able to keep things going on the upswing. But I remember many good times filled with the laughter of him and my husband. On many of our trips back home to Florida, Nate and Jesse would get up early with me to photograph and go fishing. Nate knew some of the best spots for both of those activities. Peace be with you Nate. You will be missed.
Two weeks ago, my husband's best friend Nate (also the best man at our wedding) passed away. He had just turned 34, needless to say he was far too young. He had a tough lot in life and was just never quite able to keep things going on the upswing. But I remember many good times filled with the laughter of him and my husband. On many of our trips back home to Florida, Nate and Jesse would get up early with me to photograph and go fishing. Nate knew some of the best spots for both of those activities. Peace be with you Nate. You will be missed.
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| Jesse and Nate fishing, December 2010 |
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| Ozello, Florida |
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Opening Reception - Friday September 9
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| Storefront Portrait, 2010 |
Walking through the Westside
An audio-visual collaboration
by Lily Mayfield and Jesse Ruff
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Juried by Mary King
"The Project" was an invitation to artists to submit work in any media that involved persons outside the typical gallery sphere in its creation and/or its exhibition--work that is interactive, interdisciplinary, and/or collaborative.
on display:
Sept. 9 - Oct. 27, 2011
opening reception:
Sept. 9, 6-9 pm
gallery hours:
Wed, Thurs, Fri 12-7 pm
Sat, Sun 12-4 pm
An audio-visual collaboration
by Lily Mayfield and Jesse Ruff
at
Juried by Mary King
"The Project" was an invitation to artists to submit work in any media that involved persons outside the typical gallery sphere in its creation and/or its exhibition--work that is interactive, interdisciplinary, and/or collaborative.
on display:
Sept. 9 - Oct. 27, 2011
opening reception:
Sept. 9, 6-9 pm
gallery hours:
Wed, Thurs, Fri 12-7 pm
Sat, Sun 12-4 pm
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Goodbye Summer... Hello Fall
I got back last week from a 2 week journey in our car with our 2 dogs. We went to North Carolina, then to Florida (making small trips all over north central Florida), then back home. Althogether, we drove over 3000 miles.
I came home to a class cancellation due to low enrollment (which was a real bummer) only to find out that my other class at the same school had been sacrificed to a full-time faculty member who also had a class canceled. No hard feelings, but as I am soothing my worries about finances I am realizing I will have a lot of time to work on my own projects rather than those of 4 sets of students in what would have been 4 classes. I will still be teaching 2 classes, but from now on much more blogging will be taking place!
So here are some photos I wanted to share from my trip:
I got back last week from a 2 week journey in our car with our 2 dogs. We went to North Carolina, then to Florida (making small trips all over north central Florida), then back home. Althogether, we drove over 3000 miles.
I came home to a class cancellation due to low enrollment (which was a real bummer) only to find out that my other class at the same school had been sacrificed to a full-time faculty member who also had a class canceled. No hard feelings, but as I am soothing my worries about finances I am realizing I will have a lot of time to work on my own projects rather than those of 4 sets of students in what would have been 4 classes. I will still be teaching 2 classes, but from now on much more blogging will be taking place!
So here are some photos I wanted to share from my trip:
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| Dehra in her room |
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| Jesse & Dehra |
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| Jesse at Ginnie Springs |
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| Ginnie Springs Tubers |
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| Lake Alice, Gainesville |
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| Alligator at Lake Alice, Gainesville |
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| Indiana Wind Farm |
Friday, July 22, 2011
Reframing Ruin: a Prelude to the Bloomingdale Trail
Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival
July 29 - 31
Please come join me at the Reception or stop by during the weekend to see 4 new works from my Bloomingdale Trail series!
Opening Night Reception:
2644 N Milwaukee
Chicago, IL
Friday, July 29
7-11pm
Festival Dates:
July 29-31, 2011
Friday: 4-11pm
Saturday & Sunday: Noon-11pm
Curated by Shannon Bourne
For nearly a century, freight rolled across the Bloomingdale line on Chicago’s Northwest side. Today the tracks are aligning to convert the line into a mixed-use linear park. Reframing Ruin: a Prelude to the Bloomingdale Trail features photography inspired by the trail’s urban landscape, while allowing viewers to imagine the potential it can have for Chicago once completed. Artists will share their own interpretation of the future trail, its relationship to the diverse neighborhoods it cuts through, and how we currently interact with this stretch of land. It will reveal new perspectives on a sometimes-overlooked part of Chicago’s industrial past.
Artists: Philip Bussey, Peyton Chung, Ryan Patrick Clarke, Amanda Curtis, Jodie Fisher, Kate Friedman, Kelley Greenwood, Bill Guy and Amanda Bless, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Joshua Koonce, Lily Mayfield, Sean Mcewan, Sarah Morton, James Nowak, Thomas Plum, Kevin Ponziani, Greg Sandford, Satya, David Schalliol, Eric Schumacher, Bart Shore, Igor Studenkov, Charlie Thomason, The Building Society, Yates Elementary 4th graders
2644 N Milwaukee
Chicago, IL
Friday, July 29
7-11pm
Festival Dates:
July 29-31, 2011
Friday: 4-11pm
Saturday & Sunday: Noon-11pm
Curated by Shannon Bourne
For nearly a century, freight rolled across the Bloomingdale line on Chicago’s Northwest side. Today the tracks are aligning to convert the line into a mixed-use linear park. Reframing Ruin: a Prelude to the Bloomingdale Trail features photography inspired by the trail’s urban landscape, while allowing viewers to imagine the potential it can have for Chicago once completed. Artists will share their own interpretation of the future trail, its relationship to the diverse neighborhoods it cuts through, and how we currently interact with this stretch of land. It will reveal new perspectives on a sometimes-overlooked part of Chicago’s industrial past.
Artists: Philip Bussey, Peyton Chung, Ryan Patrick Clarke, Amanda Curtis, Jodie Fisher, Kate Friedman, Kelley Greenwood, Bill Guy and Amanda Bless, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Joshua Koonce, Lily Mayfield, Sean Mcewan, Sarah Morton, James Nowak, Thomas Plum, Kevin Ponziani, Greg Sandford, Satya, David Schalliol, Eric Schumacher, Bart Shore, Igor Studenkov, Charlie Thomason, The Building Society, Yates Elementary 4th graders
Monday, July 18, 2011
de Pavones book is now published and for sale on Blurb!
The book is 12" x 12" square and hardcover with image wrap. It is 78 pages with more than 50 photographs taken over the past 3 years. I just received my copy of the book and it is beautiful!
Coming soon: small versions of the book will be available for a lower cost.
The book is 12" x 12" square and hardcover with image wrap. It is 78 pages with more than 50 photographs taken over the past 3 years. I just received my copy of the book and it is beautiful!
Coming soon: small versions of the book will be available for a lower cost.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Student Work - Spring 2011
A sampling of images from final projects
Color Photography 1 at College of Dupage:
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| Mark Wright |
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| Juli Gauthier |
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| Debbie Corpeno |
Funcamentals of Photography at College of Dupage:
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| Heather Schulze |
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| Heather Bambalas |
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| Caroline Trespalacios |
Digital Imaging 1 at Columbia College Chicago:
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| Claire Carter |
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| Herriberto Quiroz |
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| Spencer Bagley |
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Samantha Tadelman
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Returning the Gaze - Web Archive
I created an online archive of the exhibition I curated last month, Returning the Gaze: Contemporary Portraits by Women Photographers. The exhibition was on display at Northern Trust Bank from Feb. 28 - April 1, 2011, in conjunction with Women's History Month in March.
I tried to organize the archive to reflect the curation of the works in the gallery space. Initially, I thought that I would arrange the works alphabetically by artist, but I decided the juxtapositions I created in the gallery space were integral to the experience of viewing the works.
You can view the works by visiting my website lilymayfield.com, then click on "Returning the Gaze Archive". Click on individual images to view them larger with artist name and title.
Here are screen shots of the thumbnails as seen in the archive:
I created an online archive of the exhibition I curated last month, Returning the Gaze: Contemporary Portraits by Women Photographers. The exhibition was on display at Northern Trust Bank from Feb. 28 - April 1, 2011, in conjunction with Women's History Month in March.
I tried to organize the archive to reflect the curation of the works in the gallery space. Initially, I thought that I would arrange the works alphabetically by artist, but I decided the juxtapositions I created in the gallery space were integral to the experience of viewing the works.
You can view the works by visiting my website lilymayfield.com, then click on "Returning the Gaze Archive". Click on individual images to view them larger with artist name and title.
Here are screen shots of the thumbnails as seen in the archive:
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
For my Digital Darkroom class at Dominican University, I asked my students to set up a blog with either Blogger, Wordpress, or Tumblr. They are including posts about their new Blurb books as well as 5 images from their final projects. We just set these up today in class, so most have few posts as of now, but it's still fun to see what they are up to!
Karolina Aniol
http://aniolphoto.tumblr.com/
Dorothy Bugalski
http://photodobu.blogspot.com/
Nicci Cisarik
http://niccicisarik.tumblr.com/
Barbara Garcia
http://blg-ikick.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Kaplan
http://jenniferkaplanphotography.blogspot.com/
Emily Karavas
http://emilykaravas.wordpress.com/
Jennie Left
http://jennieleftphotography.wordpress.com/
Mary Peterson
http://marypetersenphotography.blogspot.com/
Sandi Rodriguez
http://srodriguez09.tumblr.com
Samantha Sanchez
http://samanthadoes.wordpress.com/
Current Reads
I am currently reading Chicago's Jewish West Side by Irving Cutler. I found this book among many others about various Chicago neighborhoods at The Chicago Cultural Center.
This book details the 50 year period from 1910-1960 when Lawndale (my neighborhood) was a Jewish community. Many of the massive churches located on Independence and Douglas Boulevards were originally synagogues. Even now, on closer inspection I can see traces of the former Jewish occupants on the houses of worship in the form of engraved stars of David, or yiddish writing. There are many old photographs in this book that I find endlessly fascinating. It restores the community to its former glory in my mind and instills hope in me that the neighborhood might eventually return to a community full of locally owned businesses, and people working together for prosperity and peace.
On another note, one of my students at Columbia, Heriberto Quiroz, has photographs that are included in a brand-spanking-new Chicago neighborhood book put out by Arcadia Publishing entitled, Chicago's Pilsen Neighborhood. I can't wait to check out this new book too. Heriberto lives in Pilsen and has been documenting his community for some time now. What an accomplishment for a young photographer!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Returning the Gaze:
Contemporary Portraits
by Women Photographers
on view now!
reception and cocktail event Thursday March 17th,
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Northern Trust Bank
50 S. LaSalle St
Chicago, IL
curated by Lily Mayfield
reception & cocktail event:
March 17, 2011
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Artists:
Caitlin Arnold, Shasta Bady, Sarah Baranski, Kris Brailey, Suzette Bross, Patty Carroll, Alicia Chester, Stephanie Dean, Latrice Dixon, Mary Dritschel, Alexis Ellers, Sarah Faust, Kaitlin Fletcher, Laura Friedlander, Deborah Guzman Meyer, Anni Holm, Gwynne Johnson, Shannon Johnstone, Edna Lanieri, Elizabeth Libert, Leila May, Lily Mayfield, Tammy Mercure, Carisa Mitchell, Jennifer Ray, Katie Reagan, Katie Swietlik, Susan Tennenbaum, Katherine Walters, Kate Wichlinski, Rachel Wolfe, Krista Wortendyke
*postcard image by Kate Wichlinski
reception & cocktail event:
March 17, 2011
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Artists:
Caitlin Arnold, Shasta Bady, Sarah Baranski, Kris Brailey, Suzette Bross, Patty Carroll, Alicia Chester, Stephanie Dean, Latrice Dixon, Mary Dritschel, Alexis Ellers, Sarah Faust, Kaitlin Fletcher, Laura Friedlander, Deborah Guzman Meyer, Anni Holm, Gwynne Johnson, Shannon Johnstone, Edna Lanieri, Elizabeth Libert, Leila May, Lily Mayfield, Tammy Mercure, Carisa Mitchell, Jennifer Ray, Katie Reagan, Katie Swietlik, Susan Tennenbaum, Katherine Walters, Kate Wichlinski, Rachel Wolfe, Krista Wortendyke
*postcard image by Kate Wichlinski
Show closes April 1. Hope you are able to stop by during the reception or anytime during the month of March, Mon-Fri, 9-5.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Best explanation of the difference between collections and smart collections in Adobe Bridge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTSu7xoWWXY
I have collected many textbooks over the years as a Digital Imaging instructor at Columbia (and now Digital Darkroom instructor at Dominican University), but I have never found a thorough explanation of how collections and smart collections work differently, or why you might use one over the other.
I thought some other digital imaging nerds might be wondering about this too, so check out the youtube tutorial posted above!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTSu7xoWWXY
I have collected many textbooks over the years as a Digital Imaging instructor at Columbia (and now Digital Darkroom instructor at Dominican University), but I have never found a thorough explanation of how collections and smart collections work differently, or why you might use one over the other.
I thought some other digital imaging nerds might be wondering about this too, so check out the youtube tutorial posted above!
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