(Kolkata, West Bengal, India – March 30, 2024) India’s Sundarban International Film Festival (SIFF) recognizes art films and photography with themes of environmental awareness. The festival, boasting a month-long exhibition calendar, is particularly interested in furthering the cause of independent image-makers. SIFF judges recently announced Eyes of the Hunter and Watercolors, photos taken by Philm…
(St. Louis, MO – March 21-23, 2024) Riley Francis and Avery Marshall drove 650 miles from Edinboro to attend the annual conference of the Society for Photographic Education (SPE). At the St. Louis Grand Hotel, the PennWest juniors met up with Photography Professor Natasha Kravchenko for the three-day event. Francis and Marshall attended sessions and…
(Edinboro, PA – March 15-16, 2024) Animation legend John Musker visited the PennWest Edinboro campus as a guest artist this weekend. For over four decades, Musker has been a key creative within the Walt Disney Company, co-directing films such as The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, Aladdin, The Princess & and Frog, and…
(Chicago, IL – March 2, 2024) Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, recently selected work by PennWest Photography instructor Natasha Kravchenko for inclusion in its 25th International Open, a group exhibition on display until March 30. Kravchenko works in collage style – both real and created using Photoshop. Using various symbols such as ropes, mirror fragments, and…
(Edmonton, Alberta – January 27, 2024) Art Gallery of Alberta announces InFocus Photo: Identity Ether, a showcase of images which explore the concept of Self through a tapestry of cultural and societal ideologies, career, creativity, death, the psyche. PennWest Professor Natasha Kravchenko is one of eleven photographers included in the exhibition, on display until March…
(St. Louis, MO – October 20, 2023) The International Photography Hall of Fame (IPHF) has announced winners of its 2023 Open Photography Competition. PennWest Photography instructor Natasha Kravchenko will be included as an exhibiting artist. Works will be showcased as an online collection through March 15, 2024. Juror Joyce Tenneson (lauded by American Photo Magazine…
(Edinboro, PA – October 1, 2023) Sunday October 1, a reception opened Exhibit A, a show of photography by Philm sophomore Riley Francis. Hung in Bates Gallery, the collection is dominated by full-length portraits. “It grew out of portfolio work with Professor Scruton at a time when I was doing a lot of fashion photography.”…
