6
Un/Seen:
The Alchemy of
Fixing Shadows
February 15–April 14, 2019
Leslie and Johanna Garfield Galleries
The earliest photographic processes were simultaneously science, art, and magic. Nineteenth-
century photographic and proto-photographic processes—silhouettes, daguerreotypes, tintypes,
ambrotypes and cyanotypes—allowed for innovative ways of presenting and shaping images of the
world, a toxic labor that left a great deal unseen. Today, these practices offer contemporary artists
new tools for telling stories about the ways past and present intersect—about bodies, desires,
communities in the shadows, striving to be seen—revealing hidden patterns in the process.
This exhibition was curated by students in AH601 Introduction to Museum Studies: Theory &
Methods, taught by Sarah Anne Carter, curator and director of research at the Chipstone
Foundation, and produced in collaboration with the Chipstone Foundation. Included are images
from the Baker/Pisano Collection and the work of several contemporary artists who experiment
with historic photographic practices.
The Russell and
Paula Panczenko
MFA Prize
April 26–June 16, 2019
Leslie and Johanna Garfield Galleries
The Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize is awarded annually to an outstanding MFA student in
the art department as chosen by an outside juror. The program is supported by funds from the Russell
and Paula Panczenko Fund for an Outstanding MFA Student and the Russell Panczenko Fund for
Excellence in the Visual Arts. The winning MFA candidate works with museum staff to mount an
exhibition of new work.
This year’s juror is Alison Ferris, director of curatorial affairs at the Des Moines Art Center. Ferris
oversees the curatorial, registration, and installation departments that produce approximately 15
exhibitions per year, and manages the care and conservation of the 5,500-object collection. She works
closely with the director on acquisitions and is part of the leadership team that guides the vision of the
Art Center. Previously Ferris was curator at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and the Bowdoin
College Museum of Art. Ferris holds an MA in art history from Binghamton University, NY, and a BA
in art history from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.