An Evening with Maggie Taylor 

Artist talk and reception

Februray 18, 6 - 8 p.m.

About the Artist:

Maggie’s tools are a flatbed scanner, a small digital camera and a computer. Her materials are found at flea markets and garage sales. Since 2022, she has been using text-to-image AI programs to create elements for her digital collages. Individual objects can be generated, and 19th century photographs in Taylor’s collection can be blended with other images in AI to create different poses and expressions. Her inspiration often comes from the objects and old photographs she collects, mingled with her own dreams and memories. These images are open to interpretation by the viewer and they are meant to be both playful and disturbing. The finished limited-edition prints are made on an Iris inkjet printer on a slightly textured matte paper.

About the Event:

The Southeast Museum of Photography invites the public to enjoy a special presentation by renowned artist Maggie Taylor on Tuesday, February 18, from 6-8pm. The artist’s image Twilight swim (2004) was recently acquired by the museum and is included in the ongoing exhibition, Collected: Connecting Past, Present & Future Acquisitions. Known for her surrealistic style and the complexity of her layered imagery, Taylor will discuss her artistic practice and how it has continually evolved over the course of her long-standing career. Taking a bold new approach to visual storytelling, she is currently focusing on emerging technologies, blending text-to-image AI in order to reshape what’s possible in the digital age. Please join us as we delve into the many whimsical worlds of Maggie Taylor. 

This lecture is free and open to the public, refreshments will be provided.

Southeast Museum of Photography | Madorsky Theater

The Madorsky Theater is located in the Mori Hosseini Building at Daytona State College, 1200 West International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114

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We Are Art Vol 2: Potent Narratives, Potent People

Join us for an Artist talk with James carey

February 6, 2025, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Located in the Madorsky Theater

Light refreshments will be provided

About the Exhibition:

Photographers and curators James and LaToya Carey capture the essence of Central Florida through the lives and stories of its people. Their work vividly portrays the Black experience, skillfully using the interplay of light and shadow to reveal its beauty. Each thoughtfully crafted narrative enriches the exhibit, celebrating every individual as a masterpiece in their own right.

On display: February 1, 2025 - April 16, 2025

Join us for an artist lecture by Andrew Sovjani, who will be discussing the three bodies of work that make up Fact/Fiction: Constructed Images, as well as his process in constructing these images. This event will take place on Wednesday, November 8th, from 6-8pm. Admission is free and open to the public.

To register for this event in advance, click here.

The Art of Stand-Up is a solo exhibition featuring the work of British photographer Andy Hollingworth, renowned for his portraits of comic entertainers. Hollingworth has attained critical acclaim and success in the UK, having spent almost three decades creating distinctive and engaging imagery of famous comedians, documenting their careers and iconic personas for audiences around the world. This comprehensive exhibition features over one hundred images, from intimate portraits on location to collaborative studio sessions, as well as candid moments backstage or those captured with precision during comedy shows and performances.

Join us in on October 24th for a presentation by Andy Hollingworth about this body of work, and an exclusive showing of the short film, The Last Dance of The Cuckoos, in which Hollingworth’s photography is prominently featured. You can register to attend this event via our Eventbrite here. This event is free and open to the public.

You can view a trailer for The Last Dance of the Cuckoos here.

City Lights, the most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin, is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street (a magical Virginia Cherrill) and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive beauty of the pre-talkie form. The result was the epitome of his art and the crowning achievement of silent comedy.

This film will be screened in the Madorsky Theater at 6pm on October 19th. To secure your seat, please register via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/city-lights-charlie-chaplin-film-screening-tickets-706229911677?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

Bring your best poker face and stop by our upper gallery for a portrait session inspired by Andy Hollingworth's images of Rowan Atkinson! Props will be provided, and visitors will be able to take their portraits home!

To register for this event in advance, click here.

Laurel and Hardy’s classic comedies are here in the best quality since their first release! Two features and 17 shorts, including the legendary pie-fight silent film The Battle of the Century, making its video debut and nearly complete for the first time in over 90 years!

Restorations by Jeff Joseph/SabuCat in conjunction with the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Library of Congress.

Using careful photochemical and digital techniques, these classic films are restored to pristine condition. In these stunning new transfers, they look and sound as beautiful as they did when they were first released.

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Sons of the Desert: Stanley (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) want to attend the yearly convention of the Sons of the Desert, a fraternal group to which they belong. When Ollie's wife, Lollie (Mae Busch), objects, he feigns sickness, and Stanley gets a doctor to prescribe a fake trip to Hawaii. After Stanley and Ollie revel with the Sons of the Desert, they return home to find out the ship they were supposedly on has sunk in a typhoon, and they're forced to cover their tracks.

Way Out West: A prospector enlists Stan (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) to deliver the deed to a goldmine to his daughter Mary (Rosina Lawrence) in Brushwood Gulch. When they arrive in the small village and enter the local saloon, Mary's sinister guardian (Sharon Lynne) pretends to be Mary, thus fooling the hapless duo into handing over the deed. Upon meeting the real Mary, the pair realizes their mistake and sets about getting the deed into the rightful owner's hands.

These films will be screened in the Madorsky Theater beginning at 6pm on October 3rd. To secure your seat, please register via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/double-feature-sons-of-the-desert-and-way-out-west-tickets-711398240287?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Charlie Chaplin was already an international star when he decided to break out of the short-film format and make his first full-length feature. The Kid doesn’t merely show Chaplin at a turning point, when he proved that he was a serious film director—it remains an expressive masterwork of silent cinema. In it, he stars as his lovable Tramp character, this time raising an orphan (a remarkable young Jackie Coogan) he has rescued from the streets. Chaplin and Coogan make a miraculous pair in this nimble marriage of sentiment and slapstick, a film that is, as its opening title card states, “a picture with a smile—and perhaps, a tear.”

This film will be screened in the Madorsky Theater at 6pm on September 14th. To secure your seat, please register via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-kid-charlie-chaplin-film-screening-tickets-706227915707?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us on Tuesday, May 2nd at 6pm for the opening reception of Thesis & Departures 2023!

Thesis & Departures is an annual exhibition of portfolios and photographs by the recent graduates of the University of Central Florida B.S. in Photography and the Daytona State College A.S. Degree in Photographic Technology.

CREATIVE CYANOTYPES 

Learn how to create cyanotypes from professional artist and educator, Jillian Marie Browning!  

This enjoyable, alternative process utilizes two photosensitive chemicals and ultraviolet light to make distinctly blue images on a variety of materials (from paper to fabrics). Participants will create imagery with organic materials as well as explore how to make and print cyanotypes from digital negatives. This is a free workshop, and most materials are provided, but spaces are limited. Please register in advance via Eventbrite.

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Instructor: Jillian Marie Browning 

When: Saturday, April 22nd from 10am-2pm 

Where: Daytona State College, Building 530 

What to bring: Bring digital image files along with any botanical specimens (leaves, flowers, etc.) that you may want to incorporate.  

Registrants will be provided with additional details in advance of the workshop. 

All skill levels welcome. 

Join artists Jillian Marie Browning, Jon Wes, eva birhanu, Azya Lashelle, Brittney Cathey-Adams, Lorena Molina, Lorenzo Triburgo, and Sarah Van Dyck for a virtual roundtable Q&A session in which they share their experiences behind creating the works that appear in Threshold: Recontextualizing Self-Portraiture.

This event will be held virtually via Zoom on March 24th, 2023, beginning at 1pm EST. Please reserve your spot on Eventbrite here to obtain the meeting room link.

Threshold: Recontextualizing Self-Portraiture aims to bring attention to the medium of self-portraiture through the act of taking back the narrative of one's own story. Artists including Jon Wes, Lorena Molina, Adama Delphine Fawundu, and many more explore themes of race, class, sexuality, and the body, allowing this exhibition to be a platform for artists to speak about their experiences on their own terms.

Curated by Jillian Marie Browning, Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, this exhibition will open on January 27th, 2023 and remain open through May 27th, 2023. An opening reception will be held on January 26th, 2023, featuring a presentation by the curator and the official opening of the gallery. If you would like to attend this event, please register via our Eventbrite here.

Image credit: "Say It Back," Jillian Marie Browning, 2022, cyanotype on cotton.