Reviewer Bios: Please Vote

TO ALL STUDENTS!::
The following are the 18 confirmed portfolio reviewers that have stated their intent to be at our portfolio review on April 21st 2010. Next to each portfolio reviewers name, it states whether they are avialable in the morning shift (scheduled from 9a.m. to 12p.m.), afternoon shift (scheduled 1p.m. to 4p.m.), or either. There is also a small bio for almost all of the reviewers, and the others can be looked up by yourselves if you are interested.

What i need everyone to do is to send me an email, (as soon as possible, it would be greatly appreciated) telling me your top 5 choices for reviewers to look at your work. Each student will meet with 3 reviewers, for 20 minutes each.

I am trying to have this done by monday, so that i can bring in a finalized timetable for everyone by tuesday of next week, so please send me an email soon!


Veronica Gerber (afternoon shift)
Photography teacher and Head of Art Department at Atlee High School.
Veronica Gerber is a photography teacher and the head of the art department at Atlee High School. She received her MFA cum laude from the University of Michigan with a double major of graphic design and art education. She went on to receive her MIS (masters of interdisciplinary studies in art) from VCU. She was the art director at WVUE abc Michigan and WTVR cbs Richmond for ten years each and then went on to teach art at Maggie Walker Governors School and Atlee High School. She has received several recognitions for her teaching and her passion for the education and growth of young artists is incomparable.

Eric McMaster (afternoon shift)
Sculpture Professor at VCU and working artist.
http://www.rericmcmaster.com/
R. Eric McMaster received his BA from The Pennsylvania State University and went on to receive his MFA from Arizona State University. Currently McMaster is an Assistant Professor and Computer Technician for the Sculpture + Extended Media department of VCU. He has shown nationally and internationally and is included in the Ted Decker collection and Harwood Art Center Permanent Collection. R. Eric McMaster’s ideas take shape through photographs, videos, installations, performances, and sculptures. His work habits range from solo laborious stints in the studio, to elaborate productions that involve 20 or more persons. Competitive sports are the current vehicle through which McMaster’s ideas of manipulation, social hierarchies, and the individual versus the collective are brought to life.

Lee Brauer (either)
Commercial Photographer
www.leebrauer.com
Lee Brauer Photography specializes in photography of people and their spaces for the Advertising, Architectural and Corporate communities. With twenty years experience Mr. Brauer creates images that grab your attention. As a founding member of the Central Virginia ASMP he is an active leader in the photographic community. If you need photography of humongous man-made objects or the people that make or live in them give him a call.

John Henley (morning shift)
Commercial Photographer
http://www.johnhenleyphoto.com/
John Henley attended the San Francisco Institute of Art where he was inspired by places like Big Sur and fell in love with landscape photography. Currently based out of Richmond, Virginia, Henley continues to make images of beautiful landscapes but also professionally specializes in architectural photography. Not only is Henley one of the most successful commercial photographers in Richmond, but he is also well received all over the country. In addition to his job as a commercial photographer, Henley also teaches at VCU.

Isaac Harrel (either)
Art Director of Special Publications for Richmond Magazine
http://www.jpgmag.com/people/IsaacH
Isaac Harrell is the Art Director of Special Publications for Richmond Magazine, and also a "semi- professional" photographer. Harrell has worked as an art director for many different agencies around Richmond and occassionally will photographs for them as well. Isaac Harrell describes his own experience with photography as: "when I have something to say, I draw or paint. When I shoot, I try to shut up and listen."

Jeffrey Allison (morning shift)
Paul Mellon Collection Educator, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/
Jeffrey Allison has worked as the Paul Mellon Collection Educator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts since 1997. As part of his job as the Paul Mellon Collection Educator, Jeffrey travels up and down the east coast giving lectures and on everything from Parisian Art to Manuel Alvarez Bravo. He attended VCU for photography and has continued shooting and selling to this day.

Chip Mitchell (morning shift)
Commercial Photographer, President at American Society of Media Photographers
http://www.chipmitchell.com/
Specializing in lifestyle and portrait photography, Mitchell prefers black and white to color any day. He describes black and white photography as superior because it "eliminates the distraction of color." He also prides himself on being able to tell stories with his pictures, and began as a filmmaker, and managed to teach himself still photography. He is currently the president of the American Society of Media Photographers, an association of photographers who mostly shoot for commerical and publication purposes.

Chris Crumley (either)
Commericial Photographer, American Society of Media Photographers Board Member
http://www.chriscrumley.com
Chris Crumley describes himself as an "under/ over" photographer. This means that he specializes in images that are taken half above water and half over water. His underwater specialty skills allow him to have some pretty unique experiences, including working as an assistant to Annie Leibovitz during a Florida shoot. Crumley began as a computer technician before he transitioned into photography, and because of his prior computer experience excels in digital photography. He is currently working on a mermaid series.

Suntek Chung (either)
VCU sculpture alumni, accomplished artist
http://www.suntekchung.com/
Suntek Chung is an accomplished artist who attended both VCU and Yale University. He currently teaches in the VCU sculpture department, and was recently interviewed by Art in America. Through most sculpture and photography Chung explores the east-west divide by utilizing religious and cultural iconography. Suntek's work is both humerous and intellectual and is steadily climbing further and further into artworld fame.

Ed Pollard (either)
Museum photographer for the Chrysler Museum of Art anhttps://docs.google.com/a/mymail.vcu.edu/Doc?docid=0AVAl9TxJVXAMZGZnZGJicl83ZHNrNjR2Y3M&hl=end art photographer
http://www.chrysler.org/
Ed Pollard graduated from the University of Virginia with an english degree and then moved to New York City where he taught himself photography. In New York he assisted several fine art gallery photographers and got the chance to meet famed artists such as Robert Frank. He moved to Richmond and then to Norfolk, VA where he now resides as the museum's photographer. He continues to make art on an almost daily basis, likens his work to that of the new topographers- but gets most of his artistic inspiration from cinema.

Ashley Kistler (afternoon shift)
Director of the Anderson Gallery
http://www.vcu.edu/arts/gallery/
Ashley Kistler is and has been a very prominent figure in the Richmond art scene since the 1980s. She has served as the curator of modern arts for the VMFA, worked as the director for the Visual Arts Center in Richmond, and is currently the curator of the Hand Workshop Art Center and the director of the Anderson Gallery. Ashley has also organized, curated and juried over 100 shows.

Christian Detres (either)
Project Manager for Vice magazine
http://www.viceland.com/
Christian Detris has contributed to Richmond Arts through his positions at RVA magazene where he has worked since 2005. He worked as the marketing and sales director and also as the brand director. He had prior editing experience including his job as a fashion editor for Chew On This magazine. He currently is working as the project manager for Vice magazine, which is dedicated to indie and youth culture with a lot of importance placed on current art trends.

Francis Thompson (morning shift)
Capital 1 Art Buyer


Maggie Smith (either)
Curatorial Administrator for Quirk
http://www.quirkgallery.com/homepage.php
Maggie Smith is not only a well known Richmond artist, but also currently holds the position of curatorial administrator for Quirk gallery. Maggie's art is "quirky" mixed media and creates such things as felted plant life. She has exhibited in all of the important galleries of Richmond.


Robert Hobbs (morning shift)
http://roberthobbs.net/biography.html
Art Historian
In addition to his position at VCU, Robert Hobbs has taught at Yale and Cornell. As an art historian, he specializes in modern and post modern art. He is widely published, and has curated many exhibitions which include shows at the Whitney and the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Dan Currier (afternoon shift)
http://www.dancurrierphotographer.com/
Photojournalist
Dan Currier is a freelance photojournalist who formerly taught at VCU. Some of his clients include Richmond Times Dispatch, People, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Getty Images. Currier says that "t he idea of finding and telling stories of unique people in their varied social situations has always been [his] goal."

Susan Worsham (afternoon shift)
http://susanworshamphotography.com/
Susan Worsham is a fine art photographer who grew up right around the corner at 15 Bostwick Lane in Richmond, Virginia. She has been recently receiving great recognition and accolades for her work in "Some Fox Trails In Virginia." Susan speaks about her series:

"This series of photographs is taken in and around Virginia, the place in which I grew up. The title comes from a book written by my father's ancestor, to show the lineage of the Fox family in Virginia. For my own purpose, it acts as a metaphorical map, of the rediscovered paths of my
childhood home.
At the age of 34, I came back to Virginia to care for my mother, who died shortly after my return. As the last of my family passed, I turned my lens to old friends, and their new families. I photographed the house in which I grew up. The man that lives there now houses snakes in my father's old office, and rests them in my old bedroom, while he changes their cages. My mother always promised that there were no snakes in my room, and now that she is gone, there are. A hearse sits in my childhood driveway, representing the passing of my father, and suicide of my brother.
These photographs are not meant to be purely autobiographical, but rather representations
of how I view things, based on my own experiences, and those of the people that I have met along the way. My boyfriend Michael, stands on the street I grew up on, bridging the gap between past and present. Lynn, the first stranger that ever sat for me, continues to pose for me, along with her son Max. I have been photographing her for sixteen years now."

Gordon Stettinius (morning shift)
http://www.eyecaramba.com/
Gordon Stettinius is a working and established fine art photographer from Richmond, Virginia and is currently being represented by the Robin Rice Gallery in New York City. Gordon obtained a B.A. in Studio Art at The University of Virginia. Gordon is an adjust Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, Freelance Photographer and Board Member at the 1708 Gallery. His resume is extremely impressive boasting publication, grants, exhibitions, and awards...

The sooner you get to me, the easier this whole process goes, so please send me (MICHAEL ARCHER) an email with your top 5.

Thanks again guys!

Thanks to Exhibition/Review group!

Posted by Michael Archer.