FEATURED ARTISTS for
JULY
2006:
Saturday and Sunday | July 29 and 30, 2006
Presentations begin promptly at 1:30 pm & 3:30 pm
Jeff
Rowe
Photographer
Austin, Texas
Big Bend Night Magic Magic
Jeff has been camping out in the beautiful wilderness of Big Bend. He is ready to show us the results of his intensive focus on nighttime photography there.
My interest in photography as fine art began at the the University of
Oregon where I studied with the late Bernard Freemesser, in
the mid 1970s. I met and saw the work of photographers such as Gene
Smith, Brett Weston, Morley Baer, as well as other outstanding
photographers. I began my work with view cameras working primarily in
black and white at this time. I enjoyed both classical landscape work
and abstract work. This work was straight photography in the vein of the
“West Coast School”. I moved to Austin in 1978. In 1980 I entered the
world of commercial photography. My work included editorial photography,
PR., product photography and the photography of artwork. My business
also processed black and white film, and made prints for professional
photographers, archives, businesses and amateurs. I sold this business
in June of 2005. I currently still enjoy view camera work and have
begun using digital cameras.
Colleen
Gardner
The Selah Bamberger Preserve
Johnson City, Texas
One of the most popular speakers at the 2005 ARTS Encounters, when she spoke about bees, Gardner, Assistant Executive Director of the Bamberger Ranch Preserve returns to share information about bats, specifically, the amazing Chiroptorium of the Bamberger Preserve. She will be discussing the importance of bats not only to our natural environment, but to our agricultural environment as well. Of the 34 native bat species to Texas, all but two are insectivorous and eat enormous amounts of bugs each night. Colleen will be showing a short slide show on Texas' diversity of bats with a discussion of how each species benefits us in different capacities, as well as discuss the purpose and the results of the Bamberger Ranch's world's only man-made bat cave which is designed to house 1 million Mexican Free tailed bats. Colleen will also have two bat species with her, the two species most commonly found in Hill Country caves: Mexican Free tailed bat and the Cave Myotis bat, and she will discuss how both of these bats are excellent neighbors for us to have.
Michael Maguire and Susan Dunkerley
Waco, Texas
Michael Maguire is an artist known primarily for his work in clay. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin and grew up in Big Horn, Wyoming. Michael resides in Waco, TX with his wife, Susan Dunkerley. He teaches art at McLennan Community College. Susan Dunkerley is a photographer teaching in the Department of Art at Baylor University in Waco, TX. She was born in Galveston, TX and raised in Columbia, Missouri. Susan and Mike have built artists’ careers from very different materials and processes. In conjunction with their exhibition at the Kirchman Gallery, (the opening reception follows ARTS Encounters), they will discuss how each has been influenced by the other’s artwork and approaches to making work.
For further information, visit
www.Benini.com or call 830-868-5244.
The events are free of charge and open
to all.