Houston Center for Photography

Semantics: Incorporating Text in Photography
2021-04-15 - 2021-04-29 | Online Learning

Introduction to Collage
2021-04-16 | Online Learning

Mac Basics: Harnessing the Power of macOS for Your Photography
2021-04-17 - 2021-04-18 | Online Learning

Developing Your Photographic Voice Intensive
2021-04-22 - 2021-05-13 | Online Learning

Photographer's Sketchbook: Building a Daily Practice
2021-04-22 - 2021-05-13, 2021-06-01 - 2021-06-22 | Online Learning

Smartphone Photography Crash Course
2021-04-24 - 2021-04-25 | Online Learning

Photoshop I: Getting Started
2021-05-05 - 2021-05-26 | Online Learning

Photography I: Learning the Basics
2021-05-06 - 2021-05-27, 2021-06-02 - 2021-06-23 | Online Learning

Virtual Resident Artist Talks:
2021-05-08 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | HCCC’s Facebook Live
Join Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and Houston Center for Photography live on Facebook for a joint virtual talk by current resident artists, Hillerbrand+Magsamen. The Houston-based artists are the recipients of the inaugural Interdisciplinary Craft + Photography Artist Residency, offered by HCCC and Houston Center for Photography. The three-month residency was created in response to the growing number of artists who are working at the intersection of contemporary craft and photography, supporting those with an experimental, multidisciplinary edge, who are testing the boundaries within both fields. Tune into our Facebook Live page promptly at 3:00 PM to explore Hillerbrand+Magsamen’s artistic processes and learn about the artists’ works of art, influences, and materials.
About Hillerbrand+Magsamen
Hillerbrand+Magsamen’s practice utilizes collaboration, process, and media experimentation through video, photography, installation, sculpture, and interdisciplinary performance. They explore their relationships to each other and society with an uncanny sensibility that merges the real and unreal, blurring boundaries between life and art, and often include their two children, Maddie and Emmett, in their work.
Hillerbrand+Magsamen’s work has been presented at festivals such as Ann Arbor Film Festival, Fusebox Festival (Austin, TX), CounterCurrent Festival (Houston, TX), and Diffusion Photography Festival (Wales, UK). Exhibitions include the Grand Rapids Art Museum (Grand Rapids, MI), Everson Museum (Syracuse, NY), and Center for Photography Woodstock (Woodstock, NY). They have received grants from Sustainable Arts Foundation, Austin Film Society, Houston Arts Alliance, and Experimental Television Center and participated in numerous residency programs, including Wassaic Projects (Wassaic, NY), Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), I-Park (East Haddam, CT), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (New York, NY), Experimental Television Center (Owego, NY), Elsewhere (Greensboro, NC), Lawndale Art Center (Houston, TX), and Santa Fe Art Institute (Santa Fe, NM).
Stephan Hillerbrand is an associate professor at the University of Houston. Mary Magsamen is the curator at Aurora Picture Show. For more information, visit http://www.hillerbrandmagsamen.com/.
@ Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Interdisciplinary Craft + Photography Artist Residency
Houston Center for Photography is pleased to partner with Houston Center for Contemporary Craft to offer the Interdisciplinary Craft + Photography Artist Residency, a program designed for artists creating work at the intersection of contemporary craft and photography.
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Be the Boss of Your Photos: Lightroom Classic & Photoshop
2021-05-11 - 2021-05-25 | Online Learning

Collage: Building a Daily Practice
2021-05-12 - 2021-05-26 | Online Learning

Poetic Documentary Landscape
2021-05-15 - 2021-06-05 | Online Learning

Contemporary History of Artist Books
2021-05-21 - 2021-06-04 | Online Learning

Getting Shown: Preparing for Art Festivals, Art Shows
2021-05-23 | Online Learning

HCP Annual Membership Meeting
2021-05-27 18:00 - 19:00 | HCP Online
Dear HCP Member,
Thank you for your support of the Houston Center for Photography (HCP) during this very challenging year. Our shared experiences of the past 18 months have demonstrated the power of interpersonal connection in any form, and we are proud to have been able to continue to provide so many of you with means of forging new and maintaining old connections through HCP. Creating community through our membership program is central to HCP’s mission. As a member of HCP, we ask you to join our Board of Directors and staff at our annual Members’ Meeting, where we will update you on our progress, celebrate recent successes, and look to the future by voting in our new Board Members. Although we all hope to be able to gather again in-person very soon, this year’s Members’ Meeting will be held virtually on Thursday, May 27, 2021, at 6:00 pm.
As part of the meeting, we are excited to introduce you to Dorota Biczel, who will be starting as HCP’s new Executive Director and Curator on June 1. In addition to voting on the next slate of Board Members, we will provide an open forum to discuss how HCP’s programs have shifted and evolved as we continue to pursue our mission without compromising the safety of our staff and members. We also look forward to discussing our vision for the future as we transition to a post-pandemic world.
As you know, the vote on our Board Members is very important, so, even if you are unable to attend the meeting, you are encouraged to respond to this email with your name to give consent to the proxy agreement copied below. HCP’s bylaws call for the membership to vote on incoming Board Members, so please submit your proxy no later than noon on May 27, 2021.
Thank you for your unwavering commitment to HCP. We look forward to meeting with you virtually as we continue to celebrate 40 years of connecting people with photography!
To virtually attend the meeting, please register below. Upon registering, you will receive a confirmation email for instructions to access the Zoom meeting, which you can join through a computer or smartphone. For more information about accessing the zoom meeting, click here.
Register

For more questions about your membership or the virtual meeting, please contact: info@hcponline.org
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note audio, video, and other information sent during this Zoom session may be recorded. By joining this session, you automatically consent to such recordings. If you do not consent to be recorded, please turn off your video sharing within the application or consider not joining the session.

Photography I for Smartphones
2021-06-01 - 2021-06-29 | Online Learning

Abstract Photography: Exploration & Experimentation
2021-06-03 - 2021-06-17 | Online Learning

Contemporary Reinterpretations of the Family Photo Album
2021-06-06 - 2021-06-13 | Online Learning

Natural Light Portraiture
2021-06-07 - 2021-06-21 | Online Learning

Studio Lighting: Portraiture
2021-06-08 - 2021-06-22 | Houston Center for Photography

Material Flex: Working with Textiles & Photography
2021-06-12 - 2021-07-10 | Online Learning

Photo Filters for the Camera and for the Computer
2021-06-13 | Online Learning

From Super8 to VHS: Contemporary Artists Intervene in Home Movies
2021-06-18 - 2021-06-25 | Online Learning

In-Person Summer Photography Camp
2021-06-21 - 2021-06-25 | Houston Center for Photography

T.V. to See the Sky, Inspired by Yoko Ono’s work, SKY T.V.
2021-06-21 07:42 - 2021-06-22 07:42
T.V. to See the Sky
Inspired by Yoko Ono’s work, SKY T.V.
June 21, 2021, beginning at sunrise 5:42AM Pacific Standard Time and continuing for 24 hours
This event is inspired by Yoko Ono’s second conceptualization of SKY T.V. in 1967 for the Lisson Gallery,
which she described as “a T.V. just to see the sky. Different channels for different skies, high-up sky, low
sky, etc.” SKY T.V. 1966 (furniture piece) was a video sculpture described by Ono as “a closed circuit T.V.
set up in the gallery for looking at the sky”. It broadcasts a live video feed of the sky from above the
building where it was installed—a way to bring the sky inside, even if a space lacked windows. In
collaboration with Yoko Ono, the Getty Research Institute and the Feminist Center for Creative Work will present a 24-hour video streaming of the sky via Zoom. A network of international institutions will
participate in a live broadcast of the sky transmitted to audiences at home. At a time of profound
revolution and reflection, a time of restricted travel but great desire for connection, we seek to draw
upon Ono’s invocation of the sky as a space of generative possibility and renewal as well as a territory
beyond the reach of capital and ownership. The event takes place on June 21, 2021 to coincide with and
celebrate the Solstice and the Strawberry Moon Eclipse (June 20-24).
You can register for the Zoom event here: Register
The event will also be live-streaming to The Getty Research Institute’s Youtube page during the entire program. Watch on Youtube

Composition I: From Good to Great
2021-06-22 - 2021-07-13 | Online Learning

Introduction to Large Format Film Camera Technique
2021-06-27 | Online Learning

Virtual Summer Photography Camp
2021-06-28 - 2021-07-02 | Online Learning
