Jaime Permuth-Yonkeros Exhibition 2/28-4/5/12

© Jaime Permuth, Untitled, Yonkeros series.

EN FOCO | Exhibitions
Jaime Permuth:
Yonkeros

Dates:
February 28–April 5, 2012

Opening Reception:
Wednesday, March 7 from 5:00 to 6:45pm

Artist Talk:
Saturday, March 24 from 2:00 to 3:00pm

Location:
Pregones Theater
571 - 575 Walton Avenue
(between 149 & 150th Streets, one block west of the Grand Concourse)
Bronx, NY 10451 tel: 718-585-1202

Hours:
Monday-Friday, 9:30am to 5:30pm with extended hours during show nights.
Check www.pregones.org for those extended hours.

Statement:
""Yonkeros" is a popular term for businesses that strip wrecked cars and sell them as scrap metal or for parts. The term is a Spanglish derivative of "junk", conjugated grammatically to refer to people who engage in this line of work.

Yonkeros is a lyrical exploration of first world consumerism, waste, and obsolescence as it intersects with the third world ingenuity and survivalist strategies in the no–man's–land of Willets Point Queens, NY.

This series of photographs is both an appeal and a eulogy; the City of New York is determined to erase the existence of this small enclave, not withstanding that it continues to provide an essential service to the community and that it constitutes a source of income and employment to a segment of the city's immigrant working class.

Above all, Willets Point is a vast inventory of parts, and like all catalogues it is also a poem."

More information can be found here:http://www.enfoco.org/index.php/programs/exhibit/permuth_jaime/

EN FOCO-Artistic & Professional Development Workshops-Editing your Portfolio – February 28, 2012 - Register today!

Artistic & Professional Development Workshops
Editing your Portfolio – February 28, 2012

En Foco’s Editing Your Portfolio Workshop offers a two hour long seminar filled with tips on how to build a strong, cohesive body of work, followed by an interactive group critique and discussion of sample portfolios. Participants are encouraged to bring a work-in-progress portfolio, some prints, their CV and artist statement.

Topics covered include: the importance of image quality and consistency of images, tips on how to write a strong artist statement, and portfolio presentation.

ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (along with current En Foco Membership): email info@enfoco.org if you have questions. First come, first served (as long as membership is in effect; everyone is welcome to join or renew). The course is limited to 15 participants so each person gets the most benefit.


Location: Dwyer Cultural Center
258 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York 10027
(Entrance on 123rd Street between St. Nicholas Ave & Fredrick Douglass Blvd)
New York, NY 10027
Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 6–8pm
Cost:
$20 for En Foco members
$70 for non–members (includes a $50 level Photographers Membership)

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Cancellation
Policy/Refunds:
Reimbursements (minus a $5 processing fee) can be provided up to 10 days before event.

Bio:
Dee Campos received a Bachelors degree in Political Science from Humboldt State University in 2008, and a Master of Fine Arts in photography at Pratt Institute in 2010. She worked at First Street Gallery in Eureka, CA, assisting in curating and installing exhibitions, and has also interned with En Foco's exhibition programs since 2008. As the Programs Associate, Dee works on developing workshops for En Foco in addition to curatorial responsibilities with En Foco's Touring Gallery program. Dee has also been a Teaching Assistant for Undergraduate and Graduate level photography courses at Humboldt State University and Pratt Institute.

Hilary Thorsen received a Bachelors degree in art history and Spanish from Cornell University, New York in 2007, a Masters degree in Photography History and Criticism from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London in 2009, and is currently pursuing a second Masters degree in Library & Information Science at Pratt Institute. She studied Latin American photography and art during a year abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Previously she interned at the Aperture Foundation in the exhibitions department, at Sotheby’s London in the magazine department, and for British fashion photographer Jim Lee. Hilary became En Foco's Program Associate in July 2010, and her responsibilities include coordinating En Foco's Permanent Collection and New Works.

Sunday Oct 23, 2011- Two great talks! Sponsored by EN FOCO during the Lucie Awards.

Time check your ego at the door , shut up and listen!

As part of the Lucie Foundation Awards Celebration, the En Foco foundation organized  two great talks tomorrow evening Sunday, October 23, 2011 and if you want to lean more about great Contemporary Photography you better reserve your seat and be there!

Afterall... when you get a chance to hear Eli Reed with Jaime Permuth followed by Dawoud Bey in conversation with LaToya Ruby Frazier?

Enough said!  

Tonight 4/28/11-En Foco's New Works Photography Fellowship Awards Exhibition

En Foco's New Works

Photography Fellowship Awards Exhibition

April 16 - July 1, 2011

©Alex Leme, Red Galaxie, Small Town: Portraits of a Disappearing America, 2010 

When it rain it pours...another great show to see tonight for the ones like me that will brave the rain.

Don't miss this one!

Featuring:
· Rona Chang
· Alex Leme
· Susana Raab
· Daniel Ramos
· Sarah Sudhoff

Juror: 

Andy Adams, Editor & Publisher, Flak Photo 

Opening Reception:                                  
Thursday, April 28, from 6:00-8:00pm

Artist Talk: 
Saturday, April 30, 2:00-4:00pm

Youth Event:                                   Photographing Your Neighborhood with Rona Chang
Saturday, May 7, 1:00-3:00pm

FREE and open to the public

 Location:  
Skylight Gallery
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation's
Center for Arts & Culture
1368 Fulton Street, Third Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11216

Blog:

Starting Monday, April 25th through Friday, April 29th we will be posting articles on each artist by Andy Adams from FlakPhoto. Check them out on En Foco's Blog on Monday to learn more about the work you'll be seeing at the gallery

Exhibition Catalog:

Purchase an exhibition catalog HERE  

     

We are grateful for additional support from Canson Infinity, Manfrotto Distribution,Lowepro, PDN, Photoserve, Fujifilm, and Archival Methods. 

EN FOCO- Portfolio Reviews Sessions -September 25, 2010

I will part of this panel of  great reviews so...sign up!
See you September 25, 2010.

Artistic & Professional Development Workshops

Portfolio Review Sessions - September 25, 2010 This En Foco program offers one-on-one reviews with several arts professionals on the same day, in a supportive, nurturing and affordable environment. Reviewers can advise about opportunities and/or provide guidance on career development. This is an outstanding opportunity for ALL photographers to have their work critiqued by curators, editors, educators and other arts organizations. Whether you're ready for Chelsea galleries, or just looking for feedback and advice, we have reviewers to suit all needs - you just have to be serious about your craft (call if you have questions). In between sessions, you'll be able to relax in the photographer's creative lounge and share your work with peers. This workshop is only available to current En Foco Members (ALL are welcome to join). Each review session lasts for 20 minutes; photographers are guaranteed a minimum of three reviews and receive a 'gift bag.' Upon registration, participants will receive an article written by photo marketing expert Mary Virginia Swanson, on how to best prepare themselves for the Review. Read her new blog article, Assessing the Value of Attending Portfolio Review Sessions. Reviewer´s will be added on a daily basis. Those confirmed to date (8/14/10) are: Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, El Museo del Barrio Elizabeth Avedon, Independent Curator/Consultant (pm session) Florian Bachleda, Latina Magazine Kalia Brooks, Independent Curator Song Chong, Magnum Photos Mary Ann Fahey, Umbrella Arts Elizabeth Ferrer, Director of Visual Arts, BRIC / Rotunda Gallery Hannah Frieser, Light Work Rosie Gordon-Wallace, Diaspora Vibe Gallery Lisa Henry, Independent Curator, CA Michael Itkoff, Daylight Magazine Danielle Jackson, Magnum Photos Stella Kramer, Photography Consultant Lesley Martin, Aperture Ruben Natal San-Miguel, ARTmostfierce Editor & Independent Curator Saul Robbins, Photographer, Consultant & former board of CCNY Ariel Shanberg, Center for Photography at Woodstock Yukiko Yamagata, Open Society Institute’s Documentary Photography Project Location: Calumet Photographic 22 West 22nd Street New York, NY Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010 10am-5:30pm Cost: MEMBER'S EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION: $130 (through August 27, after that price increases to $180)* Step One: Join as a member first, or renew (all are welcome to join)! Step Two: Redeem your Membership Workshop Certificates (which will be mailed to you after your renewal/joining); by faxing the certificate to En Foco for a credit/reimbursement in the value of your Coupon.   Cancellation Policy/Refunds: We provide a full refund until August 20, 2010. From August 20 to September 5, we offer a refund minus a $20 processing fee IF we can fill your spot with someone from the waiting list. If you decide to cancel your registration you may not transfer/sell your spot to another of your choosing: the open slot goes to the first person on En Foco's waiting list. *NOTE: Membership must remain current until October 30, 2010.