TERS student photography to be exhibited at Missoula Art Museum
Michelle Tomma photo
This photo by Michelle Toma was selected by Missoula Art Museum for the Two Eagle River School student photography show called Rez Made. The photo, titled Alexia in New York City, features Alexia Parizeau from Ronan and two other TERS students on the streets of NYC.
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MISSOULA – Rez Made is an exhibition featuring 14 student-photographers from Two Eagle River School that will show Oct. 3 – Dec. 31 at the Missoula Art Museum. In the spring of 2016, photographer, educator, and mentor David Spear led the group of students to New York City for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. “The idea of this trip is to have young people, who are invested in photography, get a general idea of the photo business,” Spear said. The students toured The New York Times, New York University’s photography program, Aperture Magazine, International Center of Photography, and the photography collection at the Museum of Modern Art. They also attended an advanced photojournalism and portrait classes, all in between shooting on the streets of New York.
Work in the exhibition ranges from street photography to architectural documentation in both black-and-white and color. The collection of images showcases strong photographic skills and diverse artistic visions in a group of students from rural Montana, many whom had never previously left the state. The student-photographers are: Lee Atwin, Shawncee Brave Rock, Nikki Burke, Tristin George, Nina Leone Hernandez, Taelyn Lafley, Whisper Michel, Jenna Mullaney, Esperanza Orozco-Charlo, Alexia Parizeau, Mars Sandoval, Xavier Smith, Michelle Tomma, and Bailey Wippert.
Spear coordinated this unique opportunity and life changing experience. Before moving to Montana, Spear taught at New York University and the International Center for Photography, where he developed the Community Outreach Program for underserved communities of New York City. In 2002, he began teaching photography at Salish-Kootenai College and started Our Community Record: Two Eagle River School on the Flathead Indian Reservation, a project that encourages students to explore and document their community, culture, and history through storytelling and photographic studies. Spear is Co-founder and Director of A VOICE-Art, Vision & Outreach In Community Education, a non-profit organization that provides art-based educational programming in Montana rural communities and which helped support Rez Made.
A First Friday with the Artists is being held from 5-8 p.m. on Oct. 6 with a gallery talk at 7 p.m. The Missoula Art Museum is located at 335 N. Pattee St in Missoula. For more information call 406-728-0447.
