Join us for the Center of Creative Photography’s inaugural “SNAP!” (Social Night of Art and Photography!) followed by a lecture by photographer Kris Graves. Graves’s photographic work is in the CCP’s collection, and one of his images is featured in “Picture Party: Celebrating the Collection at 50.“
4:30 – 5:30p
SNAP! – Social Night of Art and Photography!
A casual, social mixer in the CCP lobby prior to evening’s lecture. There will be light fare, soft drinks, and art-related activities.
5:30 – 6:30p
Lecture: Kris Graves “A Chronology of Contemporary Nightmares”
Following the social hour, Kris Graves will present a lecture in the CCP auditorium. He will discuss how landscape architecture in the United States exemplifies the country’s cultural and political issues, as well as reflects the lives of those trapped within the ideals of the American Dream.
Kris Graves (b. 1982, New York, NY) is an artist and publisher based in New York and California whose work addresses societal power, race, and representation through a blend of conceptual and documentary photography. His images explore how capitalism and power shape the built environment and everyday life, while also working to elevate the presence of people of color within the fine art canon.
Graves’s work has been exhibited and published internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Getty Institute (Los Angeles), and the National Portrait Gallery (London), and is held in numerous permanent collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum, Guggenheim Museum, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He earned his BFA in Visual Arts from SUNY Purchase College and serves on the boards of Blue Sky Gallery: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts and The Architectural League of New York, where he is Vice President of Photography.
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