Join us for this fun, intimate, break-down-the-barriers, photo-collecting workshop. Moderated by Bill Hunt, the day will start with brunch and a conversation with other important collectors including Cathy Kaplan and Jan Larsen. Then venture out for a behind-the-scenes tour of various Chelsea galleries with Brian Clamp and artist Monika Merva, Daniel Cooney with artist Shen Wei, Robert Mann, Yancey Richardson, and Julie Saul, among other experts in the field. Each attendee will also receive a complimentary pass to the New York Photo Festival for Sunday, May 15th.

As there is limited space for this event, sign up to SNAP! New Collectors Program now and enjoy a full calendar of member-only activities including meet-the-artist events, and informal educational offerings; receive two complimentary Aperture publications and sneak peek offers on our new limited-edition prints and portfolios; among other benefits.

Saturday, May 14
12:30–4:30 pm

Click here for a full schedule of the event

FREE for current SNAP! members

Join SNAP! now
$250 SNAP! membership for one
Special offer for Do Ask, Do Tell: $400 SNAP! membership for two (regular price $500).
Contact ychehata@aperture.org for details. 

As the event is limited to 35 guests, attendance will be on a first-come, first-served basis with a minimum of 10 participants.

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street
4th Floor
New York, New York
(212) 946-7108

Image courtesy of Shen Wei and Daniel Cooney Fine Art, NY

photo by Trevor Paglen

As the Work Scholar in the Development Department, I work behind the scenes on special exclusive events at Aperture, focusing on programming for our Patrons and SNAP! Members. Being a member at Aperture gives you access to exclusive events such as private salons and studio tours with Aperture artists. Most importantly, members of Aperture get to meet and mingle with other photography enthusiasts and continue cultivating their knowledge and appreciation of photography through Aperture.

One such recent event was an artist talk with Trevor Paglen last Tuesday night in the cozy Aperture bookstore with couches, warm apple cider and savory treats. During the event, Trevor met with several fans in this intimate setting, gave a slide show presentation of his work and signed books. Trevor Paglen’s book Invisible: Covert Operations and Classified Landscapes, released by Aperture this Fall, presents a portrait of the covert activities of U.S. military and intelligence agencies. Paglen’s presentation brought new insights to his mysterious and highly technical imagery.

Leading up to this Salon event I helped with the invitations our guests, keeping track of the RSVP list and researching catering options. It was gratifying to see the event through to fruition, from its organization to becoming a special occasion, in which the guests had good time.

This Work Scholar post is by Development Work Scholar Sunny Ching Hui Wang.

Sunny is a graduate student at New York University in the Visual Arts Administration program. She received her B.A. in Art History and Visual Culture from Michigan State University in 2009. Her favorite Aperture publications include William Christenberry’s Kodachromes and Paolo Ventura’s Winter Stories. When not busy writing her Master’s thesis on crowd-funding for the arts, Sunny enjoys spending time in her East Village neighborhood.

Click here for more information about Aperture’s Work Scholar Program

Detail from Untitled, 2008 by Richard Misrach

Mark your calendar’s for Aperture’s 2010 Benefit and Auction and help us salute luminaries in the field of photography. This year’s honorees include photographer Richard Misrach; collector and philanthropist Steven Ames; and gallerist Julie Saul. The event will be co-chaired by Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla. Our first-ever benefite party, hosted by SNAP!, Aperture Young Patrons Program, will be co-chaired by Carolyn Francis, artist Hank Willis Thomas, and Giovanni Tomaselli of Polaroid, sponsor of SNAP!

Monday, November 1, 2010

The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers

Proceeds from Aperture’s Benefit, Auction, and Party are essential for maintaining the quality of Aperture’s publications, exhibitions, and education programs. Join us!

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Last Thursday June, 24th, SNAP! Aperture Young Patron Program, sponsored by Polaroid, hosted the opening reception for States of Flux, an exhibition of Parsons BFA and MFA student work at Aperture Gallery. Polaroid cameras were circulated and guests, artists, Aperture staff and patrons documented the evening’s festivities. View the instant and fun images of the successful event in the album above.

States of Flux will be on view at Aperture Gallery through Thursday, August 12, 2010.

View more images from the opening on the Aperture Facebook page!

Photo by Bobby Davidson

Join Aperture this Thursday, June 24th for the opening reception of States of Flux, a summer show of student work from Parsons The New School for Design’s BFA and MFA photography programs. The reception will be hosted by SNAP! the Aperture Young Patrons Program and marks Aperture’s ongoing mission to support the work of promising young artists.

States of Flux was conceived as an examination of ways in which an emerging generation of artists are contending with forces of rapid technological change, new found potential for immediate mass distribution and consumption of images, as well as the burden of almost-immediate, unplanned (or planned) obsolescence of the photograph. The show’s artists are engaged in discourse about post-photographic realism while picturing the complexity of contemporary reality.

States of Flux Opening Reception
Hosted by SNAP! The Aperture Young Patrons Program
Thursday June 24, 2010 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th street, 4th floor
New York, NY, 10001

Photo by Ho Chang

Aperture Foundation and the Center for Photographic Media and Culture at Parsons The New School for Design are pleased to announce States of Flux, a group exhibition of works by Parsons’ students, will be on view at the Aperture Gallery June 24th through August 12th, 2010.

The twelve artist’s in States of Flux, selected from the BFA and MFA photography programs at Parsons The New School for Design, consider the need to produce and consume images while simultaneously addressing the changing nature of the medium itself.

Artists Ho Chang, Chang Kyun Kim, Grady O’Connor, and Nathan Harger consider the physical impact of consumer-effected environments. Working with the shift in image-making from the indexical to the digitally malleable, artists Sally Dennison, Haley Jane Samuelson, Jun Ahn, and Bobby Davidson confront the state of flux that the self encounters in digital space. Artists Lauren Pascarella, Marie Vic, Luke Burke, and Rachel Porter confront the desire to consume. And Merve Unsal, Patrick Taylor, Erica Campbell, and Olga Migliaressi-Phoca employ photographic projection and video strategies to critique systems of power.

States of Flux
Opening Reception: Hosted by SNAP! The Aperture Young Patrons’ Program
Thursday, June 24, 6:00-8:00 pm

Exhibition on view:
Thursday, June 24-Thursday, August 12, 2010

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 4th floor
New York, New York
(212) 505-5555

Click here to find out more about SNAP! The Aperture Young Patrons Program

SNAP! Aperture’s young patrons program provides an opportunity for photography enthusiasts and collectors to support and participate in the arts. The affordable membership fee includes meet-the-artists events, informal educational activities, invitations to Aperture exclusive parties and salon events at collector’s homes, all to foster the growth of an exciting, vibrant community of like-minded photo enthusiasts.

Aperture’s SNAP! Out of Winter Party this past March was the latest SNAP! fiesta and it was a great success. The party was co-chaired by Jen Bekman, Christina Cahill, and Alan Stoga, and ticket proceeds helped to support the Aperture Fund for Emerging Artists. Established patrons, curators, dealers and photographers as well as newcomers to the photography community all enjoyed a night of live music by The Cangelosi Cards, tastings of fine scotch by Dewar’s and Chandon bubbly while enjoying delicious signature cakes. The event was sponsored by Polaroid and several lucky raffle winners posed for instant large format portraits shot with a rare 20×24 Polaroid Camera.

In the short clip below, view excerpts from the event:

Click here to view images from the event

Click here to view more images by Polaroid

Click here to join SNAP! Aperture’s Young Patrons Program

Don’t miss your last chance to get tickets to the SNAP! Out of Winter Party on March 19, in support of the Aperture Emerging Artists Fund. You will get to mingle with Aperture artists and friends, swing to live jazz by The Cangelosi Cards, savor fine scotch by Dewar’s and Chandon bubbly while enjoying delicious signature cakes, and more.

Enter to win a chance to pose for an instant 20×24 portrait at the Polaroid photo booth as well as spectacular raffle prizes including Martin Parr’s limited-edition Objects Box; Polaroid digital camera, video camera, and printer; an exquisite Paul Strand classic print;  a SNAP! membership; and a collection of signed Aperture monographs.

Ticket holders at the $250 level (admits 2) and the $200 level (admits 1) will also receive a limited-edition print (pictured above) exclusively produced for this event by renowned photographer Dan Winters and a subscription to the award-winning Aperture magazine.

SNAP! members will receive discounted admission tickets, so now is a great time to join.

WHEN AND WHERE:

Friday, March 19, 2010
9:00 pm–Midnight

Aperture Foundation
547 West 27 Street, 4th floor
New York, New York
(212) 505-5555

Party tickets, including one Dan Winters print and 
Aperture magazine subscription:

$250 (admission for two)

$200 (admission for one)

Regular party tickets:

$150 (admission for two)

$100 (admission for one)

Come celebrate with Aperture friends and artists! Enjoy an exclusive limited-edition print by Dan Winters, live jazz by The Cangelosi Cards (listen here), a Polaroid photo booth, participate in a Dewar’s tasting, sip Chandon bubbly, win spectacular raffles and more! Hosted by SNAP! Aperture’s Young Patrons Program. Your participation will support the Aperture Fund for Emerging Artists.

Co-chaired by Jen Bekman, Christina Cahill, and Alan Stoga

Friday, March 19, 2010
9:00 pm–Midnight

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor (map it)

Party tickets, including one print and
Aperture magazine subscription:

> $250 (admission for two)

> $200 (admission for one)

Regular party tickets:

> $150 (admission for two)

> $100 (admission for one)

Buy a SNAP! membership now and get discounted admission tickets.

Existing Patrons and SNAP! members contact development@aperture.org for discounted admission tickets.

Contact: Michiko Simanjuntak Grasso, (212) 946-7149, mgrasso@aperture.org

Watch a video excerpt from the latest exclusive SNAP! event: a photobook collecting workshop at Swann Auction Galleries. Daile Kaplan, Vice President and Director of Photographs at Swann Galleries, New York’s oldest specialty auction house, presented this event going through the history of photobook collecting where SNAP! members were able to engage with the actual books. In this clip, Kaplan explains how 1952 was a crucial year for the development of the photographic medium with their first auction dedicated to Photographica and the creation of Aperture magazine, followed by her valuable advice on how to build one’s photography books collection.

Photobook Collecting Workshop at Swann from Aperture Foundation on Vimeo.

Join us for SNAP!’s upcoming event this Monday, December 14, for our Holiday Shopping Evening to mingle with Aperture artists and its vibrant community as well as shop for Aperture’s stunning books and limited edition prints at wallet-friendly discounts. Become a member and be entered into a  Paul Strand print RAFFLE!

Aperture’s SNAP! Holiday Shopping Evening
Monday, December 14,  6–8 pm

FREE
RSVP to development@aperture.org

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York
(212) 505-5555

Click here for more information about SNAP!, a newly launched membership group for young photography aficionados and collectors.