Since the late 1980s, I have developed my fine art photography practice working with a Hasselblad camera and black and white silver gelatin prints exploring the urban environment. More recently, I have been focusing on the cyanotype process, camera-less photography and photo-montage which I have been posting on Instagram and which addresses issues of identity. February…
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Ruth K. Mwanse and Nadir A. Nasidi – Featured Presenters
Ruth K. Mwanse and Nadir A. Nasidi will be delivering a presentation at CArtsCon 2021 entitled, “Linking Bridges Across Missing Cleavages: A Contextual Analysis of Salako Adebavo’s Yellow River Paintings“. These scholars have found that there is a possibility of adopting the messages of popular culture in visual representations of reality, that popular culture, particularly music, can…
Featured Presenter CArtsCon 2021: Katherine Mickle
Katherine Mickle is an Associate Professor of Art at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania where she teaches all levels of Photography and intermittently teaches Drawing and 2D Design. Katherine creates work that often combines imagery in order to create multi-layered, personal, and social meaning. She is keenly interested in perception and language. Her current research…
David Stokes – Featured Presenter – CArtsCon 2021
Dr. David Stokes has been the Chief Executive of The Halpern Charitable Foundation since March 2019. The charity focuses on tackling mental health and social isolation through the arts, and also runs the well-known Nucleus Arts centres across Medway, supporting locally-based artists and increasing opportunities for creative business. “At the Halpern Charitable Foundation, we believe…
Featured Presenter CArtsCon 2021: Ayo Adewunmi
Ayo Adewunmi (Ph.D), has taught art and photography at the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu since 1991. He studied art at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria, where he obtained a BA degree in Industrial Design, in 1991. He has MFA in Painting and Ph.D in Art History from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka,…
Featured Presenter for CArtsCon 2021: Dr. Jill Kiefer
Conference Co-Director Dr. Jill Kiefer will be presenting two programs at CArtsCon 2020. “Building Bridges from the Past to the Present: An Art Historical Journey” will be a presentation focused on how modern masters learned from the great artists who preceded them, revealing a bridge that extends from the most distant past to the present….
Featured Presenter CArtsCon 2021: Ash Kotak
Ash Kotak is an award-winning playwright & film maker. He is also a curator and journalist. Free speech is at the core of all his work, as he is often challenging and questioning popular narratives to illuminate greater truths. Ash will be leading a workshop entitled A Tug of a Value War – Crossing the Bridge at…
Featured Presenter CArtsCon 2021: Barrister Ogueche Ire Chinasa
Ire Ogueche Chinasa Barrister Ogueche Ire Chinasa was born in Adaba in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. He studied Painting at the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu. He also studied law at the University of Nigeria (UNN) and was called to Nigerian Bar as solicitor and advocate of the…
Travel Visas – IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Some of you attending CArtsCon 2020 may need travel visas and/or documents to to secure funding for your trip to Canterbury. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST BE REGISTERED AND BOOKED before we can issue the necessary documents. You should direct all of these requests to Nina Hopson and include the following information: Your name (as it…
The Value of Conferences to Educators
Conferences are wonderful tools for everyone in every field, but particularly for educators. A conference in another country is an even bigger boon. What is already an invaluable meeting of the minds quickly escalates to a multi-cultural coup. By attending a conference abroad, our network expands from regional or national to become global. Sharing ideas…