garie waltzer
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Amusement Park, Coney Island, New York 2006 © Garie Waltzer
Ah, I miss Syracuse. (Never thought I would say that.) I miss Light Work, the darkrooms, and the great staff.
While working there for pretty much my whole time in Syracuse, I really loved the opportunity to see the artists that took up residencies there. Love seeing the prints getting freshly printed after the hours laboring over color correction. Love talking to them about their process and seeing how dedicated they were in producing work. Love getting advice and developing relationships and get immediately inspired to make my own work.
Street, Istanbul, Turkey 2007 © Garie Waltzer
Garie Waltzer was an artist in residence at the beginning of the year. Her gorgeous large portfolio of carbon pigmented prints on rag paper were inspiring and breathtaking. She travels the world photographing outdoor urban landscapes from the tops of buildings, creating a scrutinizing view of the world when looked at closely. (Seeing these prints in person are so worth it.)
She currently has a show at Humphrey Atrium Gallery at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. The exhibit will run June 23 - Sept. 5, 2008.
Garie Waltzer
June 23 - Sept. 5, 2008
Humphrey Atrium Gallery at University Hospitals
11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH
(The talented Ms. Amy Stein is currently an artist in residence for this month at Light Work.)
everyone gets a star part deux
Sunday, April 27th, 2008With all this art school drama, I still want to make the best out of it. So I created a website with a sampling of work from the rest of our classmates in relation to our exhibition this coming Saturday night.
So check out our hard work.
The show is one night event (sadly) and will be on from 6-9pm, this coming Saturday, May 3rd. I’ll take installation shots during the show. All work going up for the show will definitely be for sale.
and yes, prints are still for sale. and i dearly need some funds!
everyone gets a star
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
the gallerina not meant to be
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
I have a love/hate relationship with the Chelsea gallery scene. When I started sending my resumes out to galleries looking for internships two- three years ago, I did my research in choosing galleries I knew showed work I enjoyed. Along with the galleries, I enjoyed, there were a handful of places I was hesitant about as I either never been to the place or knew it had large spaces and pieces of pretentious art with pretentious people. Being young, I thought, “what the hell.. it’ll be a learning experience.”
Let me take you through one of my interview sessions at one such “pretentious” place.. where the walls echo.. and gallerinas’ heels click with annoyance… and nobody gives a crap who walks through the doors.
Fashion-wise, I am a t-shirt and jeans type of person and slap on a pair of sneakers and I’m good to go. Knowing I was heading the Chelsea for an interview, I snazzed it up a little bit with dress pants, a button down shirt, a pair of ballet flats, and my portfolio. Nothing too fashionable, nothing designer-made.. nothing close to what gallerinas wore on that day at that top Chelsea gallery.
The gallery was featuring a video piece that month, so after opening the huge and heavy door into the space, you get to deal with the very busy “gatekeeper” who’s usually either typing away or on the phone. No “hello, how may I help you.” Nada.
“Hi, my name is Jane Tam. I have a meeting with blah blah.”
You couldn’t see the space because there was a floor-length curtain blocking you from entering the space.
You hear the heels click and out comes your interviewer, dressed to impress, topped off with a red lip. She was wearing 3-inch heels, some fancy dress, and had perfect highlights to her haircut. From that.. I already knew.. “fuck, this place is not for me.”
When the art doesn’t impress you, and that video that was playing definitely did not impress, and the woman interviewing you seemed to spend a fortune dressing herself.. as well as the rest of the staff, not giving two shits about a new intern, please, just walk away.
Sure, I thought,” Jane, suck it up and maybe you’ll be able to expose yourself to lots of important people.” I’ve tried it. For two weeks, I tried being good and gritting my teeth while I filed for the 50th time and ran to get lunch and researched where to get concrete for some new piece going up, but I just couldn’t get over how a gallerina I worked with flirted with every guy who came in and looked like he had money, how she complained about her high heels that she wore everyday, how my black jeans and flats just didn’t look professional enough, and how every job I was given was in no way challenging. I hated how fashion was as important as the job and how fashion and trend was a priority to hiring.
Now I know interns do get all the grunt work.. but when you see the gallerina above you on a smoking break, clicking her shoes, and fondling over her blackberry, and you’re compiling the represented artists on file.. and there are 10 male artists and 2 females.. you wonder, where the hell are we?
I don’t know… I just could not deal in that environment.
(People know I interned at Jen Bekman.. and by far, one of the friendliest, most welcoming, and diverse gallery. I chose Jen over Chelsea.. just from the environment, the opportunities/responsibilities given to me, and the feeling.)
Read Cara Phillip’s “What’s a Lady to Do?”
Submit: Women In Photography contains a simple concept:
-To create a collection of strong work by women actively creating work.
-To reach new audiences collectively.
Those interested in participating can submit as follows:
-5 jpegs from a cohesive project or a work in progress.
5×7 @150 dpi named “myname_title.jpg”
-short statement/bio
Email submissions to
womeninphotography at gmail dot com
Submission deadline for first monthly spotlight: May 1st. 2008 (11:59)
The 4 selected photographers will be given a week each to showcase a current project or a work in progress.
Prints for Sale!
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
I’ve had the idea of selling some of my prints online for awhile. Now is the time to launch such a project, especially since finances are rough right now. I’m limiting the selection to 3 images because this is only the beginning. Hopefully, those of you who enjoy my work would be kind enough to purchase a print. Go to the store~
There is also an option to donate. Why donate?
I am currently a senior at Syracuse University, preparing for my BFA Solo Thesis Show on May 3rd. Like many college students, I am immensely in debt from the costs of film, processing, developing, and printing. Frames cost money. Mounting costs money. The space I rented cost money. This is all for a solo show featuring my photographic series on my family. I do not ask my family for money as they are a working class family who struggle enough to put me through a private university. So, any little bit will help me. Thank you! For those who donate $15 or more will receive a 5″x7″ print in the mail.
**International buyers: I set up Paypal to only accept US addresses but if you’re interested, please just drop me an email at store@janetam.com for shipping prices.
**update: I added two more images up for sale. There are also now 5×7 prints available for photo-illustrations.
**Super thanks to Herman, Nina, Jen Snow (for Jen Bekman), Noel, Kelly, and Timothy for linking my store.
**update: Added three more images for sale. Had to change prices a little bit due to the realization of the budget needed to produce my show. If my department would help a little, just a little, that would ease it up a bit but the Art Photo department in Syracuse never really did get much funding.. -_-
Hong Kong, Thailand, and SPE
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007(Kind of lazy to write a real post so here’s an email I sent out)
Hello all,
Hope you all are having a fantastic holiday. I am currently in Hong Kong for winter break and just got back from my vacation in Thailand. The five days in Thailand was a great vacation for me to take a break from photography. Not one roll shot; instead, I gave the digital point and shoot to my mother so the whole vacation is recorded by my technologically-challenged mom. So now back in Hong Kong and hopefully get a lot more rolls shot of my family and everything Hong Kong.
Anyways, I got a great email stating that I got the scholarship to go to SPE Nationals in Denver, Colorado in March! I am super excited and very anxious about the news. There will be lots of new work to show since the last SPE Regional conference.
Many many thanks to those who have supported me and I will keep you all posted!
Happy Holidays!
by the time it gets dark
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
SPE Northeast-Midatlantic, this weekend.
come on
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Syracuse has been going through some tough art politics lately with the surprising dismissal of Astria Superak from Syracuse University funded gallery, The Warehouse Gallery. Astria was appointed gallery director a year ago, almost instantly curating an Art Video Festival at the local art space, Spark. Many are outraged at the sudden firing and overwhelming confused on the bad decision made by the Coalition of Museums and Art Centers’s Director, Jeffrey Hoone.
Some speculated the decision was due to the current exhibition up at the Warehouse Gallery, titled, “COME ON:Desire Under The Female Gaze.” The CMAC heads were not too keen on the subject matter and how it would be perceived by the Syracuse public. Here is a the description of the show from the gallery website:
The Warehouse Gallery of Syracuse University launches a bold new exhibition, COME ON: Desire Under The Female Gaze, which focuses on the psychological, social, cultural and political dimensions of desire, subjectivity and pleasure.
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COME ON reveals what is not represented in popular culture and provides a counterbalance to the ubiquitous imagery of sexualized female bodies created for mainstream heterosexual male sensibilities.
The art community in Syracuse have been growing at a fast rate thanks to Astria’s influence and connections with the art world. This scuffle throws the growth back 10 steps in making Syracuse a city with a quality art community.
The backlash has succeeded in receiving many supporters for Astria as well as a blog, titled “Syracuse Loses Again.” From there you can read the many many letters and press coverage about the situation. You can even read the obvious art censorship argument between Astria and Jeffrey Hoone in their email exchanges. Another interesting blog is Keep Astria.
The City of Syracuse Common Council appointed Astria Suparak to the Public Arts Commission for the period of three years, effective October 1, 2007. See The Post Standard Article.
Here is a flickr set of the COME On exhibit~