Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Art Institutes International Minnesota Photography Program in New Orleans

The Photography Program at Ai Minnesota is proud to announce the first travel and study program in its three-year history.

The New Orleans program will run March 24 - March 30, 2008, and will include individualized instruction and critique, group critique, an overview tour of New Orleans, tours of New Orleans, museums, galleries, and artist studios. We are currently in negotiations for a space to have an exhibition of student work up prior to the trip, with a closing reception on Saturday, March 29, to which participants and New Orleans non-profits, and individual photographic subjects will be invited to view a scrolling projection of the rough edit of work.

Students will be able to enroll for one class, either Photographic Essays and Visual Narratives (PH3410-to be taught by Brett Kallusky) or Editorial Photography (PH2470-to be taught by Rich Ryan), for which they will register in week six of Winter Quarter for a Spring Quarter (SA) section of the course the select to take.

The trip will be preceded by mandatory pre-trip meeting of two hours, once a week, starting the week of February 4, 2008. Editorial Students will meet on Wednesdays from 7-9pm, and Essay students will meet Fridays from 2-4pm. Students will be given a reading list and will be expected to read and journal online about readings. Weekly meetings will deal with history and contemporary culture of New Orleans, and specific course preparation individualized to each course.