NEWS

The Annenberg Space for Photography will host a special slide show event in conjunction with the current exhibition “Water, Our Thirsty World” and The Month of Photography in Los Angeles (MOPLA).  Keller Konya’s work  "Specimens" from North America’s Most Polluted River will be included in the Annenberg Space for Photography’s slide show on Thursday, April 22nd from 7-9pm.  The Annenberg Space for Photography is located at 2000 Ave. of the Stars # 10, Los Angeles, CA 90067.


Keller Konya’s work will be included in The Story of O: Graduate Fine Arts 1989-2009, featuring new work by alumni who attended Otis College of Art and Design’s distinguished Graduate Fine Arts program between 1989 and 2009 and studied under the leadership of artist and Chair Roy Dowell. Alumni participants have been selected by a panel of five jurors: Sarah C. Bancroft, Curator, Orange County Museum of Art; Dr. Nizan Shaked, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art History, Museum and Curatorial Studies at California State University Long Beach; Meg Linton, Director of Galleries and Exhibitions, OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery; Roy Dowell, Artist and Chair, OTIS Graduate Fine Arts; and Annetta Kapon, Artist and Assistant Chair, OTIS Graduate Fine Arts.  The exhibition will be held at the Ben Maltz Gallery from April 10 – June 5, 2010 with an opening reception on Saturday, April 10 from 4-6pm.  For directions to the gallery visit: http://www.otis.edu/assets/user/MainMap.pdf

Keller Konya will present an image maker lecture entitled Typology of the Subject: Cinematic Representations of the Photographer and The Photographic Subject at the Society for Photographic Education’s Western Regional conference.  The conference will be held at The Evergreen Conference Center in Oakhurst, California, December 3rd – 6th.  More information on the 2009 SPE West conference can be found at: SPE West.

Keller-Konya received an honorable mention for the “Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award” from Center (formerly the Santa Fe Center for Photography). Log onto http://www.visitcenter.org/programs.cfm?p=Teach06Konya to read Keller-Konya’s teaching philosophy.