Friday, May 5th at 7pm join us at YoungArts Gallery when National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) presents its first-ever exhibition dedicated solely to photography, Enlightened: Contemporary Photography by YoungArts Alumni. Featuring the works of 27 artists in Photography, Visual Arts, and Design disciplines, this multi-generational show is curated by photography luminary and YoungArts master teacher and panelist Michelle Dunn Marsh.
Enlightened celebrates the work of established alumni such as photographers Thomas Carr and Corinne May Botz who were YoungArts winners in 1982 and 1995, respectively, alongside a younger generation of artists including Cidgy Bossuet (2012), Aaron Cohen (2016) and Maxwell Zengage (2016). Spanning 34 years between the eldest and the youngest of participants, the exhibition explores photography across time as a twenty-first century medium. By looking at history and contemporary techniques, artists analyze their role in time-preservation and present investigations into the contemporary photographer’s viewpoint, intuitions and artistic choices. Free and open to the public with RSVP.
Participating YoungArts Alumni (1982 – 2016)
Randolph Albright | Photography | 1996
Bruce Bennett | Photography | 2014
Cidgy Bossuet | Visual Arts | 2012
Corinne May Botz | Photography | 1995
Thomas Carr | Photography | 1982
Aaron Cohen | Photography | 2016
Layla Cuilan | Photography | 2016
Aisha Jemila Daniels | Photography | 2014
Tracy Federwitz | Photography | 2004
Holly Fischer | Photography | 2012
Ilan Friedland | Photography | 2016
Lori Hepner | Photography | 1999
Rachel Hillery | Photography | 2003
Sarah Miller | Photography | 2013
Sue Montoya | Photography | 2009
Darion Owens | Photography | 2016
Francesca Perticarini | Photography | 2016
Lee Pivnik | Visual Arts | 2014
Andrea Reyes | Photography | 2016
Rebecca Siqueiros | Design Arts and Visual Arts | 2016
Belle Strachan | Photography | 2015
Allegra Sussman | Photography | 2012
Jordan Tiberio | Photography | 2011
Pooja Tripathi | Photography | 2014
Sarah Tyson |Visual Arts | 2013
Peter Yoon | Photography | 2016 | Photography
Maxwell Zengage | Photography | 2016
