Artist’s Talk – Jeannie O’Connor: Framing Identity

Artist’s Talk, Saturday, June 28th starting at 3:15pm
(William Rhodes’ Talk to follow at 4 pm)

Please join us to hear from Jeannie O’Connor about her photographic work in Framing Identity. Open to the public, all are welcome to attend this free event.

Setting the scene while letting go of the photographic moment, O’Connor handed her subjects control of their identity in this series of self-portraits with chalkboard drawings by Creative Growth Artists.

Completed in 2016, O’Connor invited the participation of Creative Growth Artists in making a series of Chalkboard Drawing Self Portraits. Expressively exuberant, the drawings form the back drop for each Artists’ portrait, capturing their sense of self and providing a glimpse into their creative experience, largely free from self judgement and oppressive expectation.

Three Photo Tex prints, including an unusual 96″ x 4″ image strip, anchor the exhibition, setting the scene of the self portrait experience O’Connor developed. Other photos include Platinum Palladium prints on watercolor paper and eight Archival Pigment prints on Baryta Photographique, with a selection of 4×5 photos available, printed on Hahnemule watercolor paper.