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SoA Permaculture Garden (click on photos for larger view)

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Susana Raab, Award Winning Photographer, Visits SoA

Susana Raab, the award winning photographer, visited SoA on Monday night and presented her work to a full room. Here are some photographs from the event:

If you missed Raab's presentation, visit her website <http://susanaraab.com/> to see images from her personal and editorial work.

The lecture was sponsored by Focus Group <http://focusgroupgmu.wordpress.com/>, the GMU photography student organization.  Text and Photos by Christen Boggs, Instructor of Photography,
Focus Group Faculty Co-Advisor.

Graduate Thesis Exhibition: Freedom of Fear

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF ART

“FREEDOM OF FEAR”

ERDEN ZIKIBAY

GRADUATE THESIS EXHIBITION

WHO: Erden Zikibay, MFA candidate in George Mason University’s School of Art

WHAT: “Freedom of Fear” is Zikibay’s graduate thesis exhibition, and it features 3D animation, motion graphics, and new media installations. The artist looks at the themes of race, religion, and resistance in the history of the United States and explores a diverse group of people, ranging from Harriet Tubman to Osama bin Laden. Zikibay employs new media to question the status quo and to reflect upon the human condition. This exhibition attempts to make sense of the historical complexities and contradictions surrounding ideology, power, and struggle.

WHERE: Fine Art Gallery, Room 1001, Art and Design Building, George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

WHEN: April 30 – May 4, 2012

Opening Reception & Artist Talk: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 7-9 p.m.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: An artist from Kazakhstan working in the greater Washington, D.C. area, Zikibay is currently an M.F.A. candidate in New Media Art at George Mason University. He has a B.A. in Digital Arts from GMU.

To view Zikibay’s portfolio, please visit www.zikibay.com.
For more information, please contact ezikibay@gmail.com.

Focus Group presents Susana Raab, Artist, Editorial and Commericial Photographer

Susana Raab, the award winning photographer, is giving a lecture at 8PM on Monday, April 23rd, in room 1005 in the Art and Design Building. It is free and open to the public.

Raab's work has received recognition from numerous sources including the IPA/Lucie Awards, American Photography24, Photo District News, The Camera Club of New York, PhotoEspana, the White House New Photographers' Association, The Ernst Haas/Golden Light Awards, PhotoLucida's Critical Mass, and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities. Her photographs are exhibited nationally and internationally. Raab's clients and publications include The New York Times Travel Section, The Washington Post Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal. She has four personal projects; Cholita, Consumed, Off-Season, and A Sense of Place.

The lecture is sponsored by Focus Group, the GMU photography student organization.