Everyone is a Photographer: Performance of the Image explores, through still photography, the concept of performance for the camera's eye only. You will create an important action, drawing viewers' attention to activities, spaces, gestures, settings, or situations that may go unnoticed or otherwise would not occur. This performance of your choice survives only through photographs. We will cover artists who use the camera as a means of documenting performance and techniques for documentation. Either an after effect of the performance - a trace or alteration of space - or the performance itself is shown. This documentation becomes a relic, the stage for action, and a means of spreading your intention. Students will bring 5-10 prints documenting performances, and/or the after effects, for the final meeting where we will critique the performance and documentation. You must own a camera (35 mm or digital) or 911 have a few they can loan. Additional class expenses include -30 estimated for prints. Class limit 15

Ariana Page Russell
Ariana Page Russell has been immersed in photography for more than 11 years. In addition to photographs she makes collage and installations exploring how skin communicates emotion. She is a visiting lecturer at the University of Washington where she received her MFA in photography, and recently taught at Pacific Lutheran University. Her work has been shown at Magnan Projects in New York; SOIL Art Gallery, the Henry Art Gallery, and Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle; and the Sheppard Fine Art Gallery in Reno. Ariana's work was reviewed in Art in America, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and The Stranger. She has been involved with Rivet Magazine, Strange Co. (an organization dedicated to bridging the gap between art students and working artists), and has curated shows at CoCA and Sand Point Gallery in Seattle.