Public Art & Photography

Lisa Tuttle leads this discussion of many innovative and successful ways photography can be used in public art projects - from inspiring examples to suggested approaches to your projects. Co-presented by Fulton County Public Art Program and the Foundation Center-Atlanta.

How can you as a photographer undertake a public art project? Join us for a presentation of local, national and international public art projects – both temporary and long-term – which incorporate lens-based art in innovative ways.  The visual presentation will be followed by a panel discussion among photographers, artists who use photography, curators and administrators about public art practice and photography.  Learn about some of the opportunities, resources, materials and vendors available to photographers in the public art field. Panelists Bios: Matt Haffner: Artist/Photographer Matt Haffner began as a street photographer and now creates site-specific works of art using graffiti techniques, wheat paste, drawing, and photography. He was the recipient of the 2006 Atlanta Celebrates Photography project award, the 2007 Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artist of the Year award, and the 2008 Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) Working Artist Award. He received his MFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography at Kennesaw State University.    Annette Brown: Photographer Annette Brown is a photographer who specializes in music and entertainment photography. Her work has been exhibited at the Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama; the Tubman Museum, Macon, Georgia; and the Grammy Museum in New York. In 2010, through the Fulton County Public Art Mentorship Program, Ms. Brown was an apprentice to the artist Stuart Keeler as he completed a public art commission for the Justice Center Tower Atrium in downtown Atlanta.    Anne Lambert Tracht: Art Consultant Anne Lambert Tracht is a partner in ConsultArt, Inc with her mother and colleague, Marianne Lambert. She handles all corporate art consulting projects. Her recent projects have included art purchases for Bass Berry & Sims, Cousins Properties, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, and King & Spalding.     Anne Archer Dennington:  Executive Director, Flux Projects In 2009, Anne Dennington became the first Executive Director of Flux Projects, a new organization founded to support artists in creating innovative temporary public art throughout Atlanta.  Dennington was previously the Executive Director of Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP), and she started the ACP Public Art Program in 2004.  She has also served on the board of directors of MPAC (Metropolitan Public Art Coalition) and was a member of the City of Atlanta’s Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC).  Free workshop, (reservations required by October 21) Box lunch cost ($10), To RSVP, make box lunch reservations, questions or further information, contact Fulton County Public Art Program, Lisa Tuttle, 404-612-5780 lisa.tuttle@fultoncountyga.gov    http://www.fultonarts.org/, visit our website or call our office at SPC - 770-463-9098