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The last “two-day talks” of the year! Meet artists Mel Evans and Jackie Neale at JKC Gallery. Attend in person or on Zoom.access JKCGallery.online register.
Mercer County Community College James Kerney Campus (JKC) Gallery at 137 North Broad Street in Trenton is proud to present its next “Twosday Talks” on November 8, 2022 from 6:30-7:30pm Photography Exhibition. This month will feature work and presentations by artists Mel Evans and Jackie Neale. The talks will be broadcast live on the Zoom meeting platform.All are invited to jkcgallery.online.
“Twosday Talks” is curated by Heather Palecek and Habiyb Shu’Aib and moderated by JKC Gallery Director Professor Michael Chovan-Dalton.
Chovan-Dalton said: “This will be our last ‘Two Days Talk’ of the semester, and I am delighted to welcome artists Jackie Neale and Mel Evans to share their work and discuss their personal artistic expressions.”
About the artist
Jackie Neal is a Brooklyn and Philadelphia based artist, photographer, imaging specialist, photo director and producer who is inspired by relationships and barriers that disappear/appear once the camera is introduced into the mix. Neale is also a writer focusing on the use of historical, traditional, digital and experimental processes for multimedia documentary portrait projects. Neal is a professor of photography at St. Joseph’s University in New York City and the New York Film Academy, known for his work on social activism and documenting the immigrant experience in the United States and Europe.
Exhibitions of Neil’s photographs have been shown in galleries and museums across the United States. She has appeared on National Public Radio and in the documentary Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Films. Her work has been published in editorial magazines across the United States, online, and in Metropolitan Museum of Art affiliates. Neal recently raised funds to self-publish her photo book “#SubwaySeries.”
For more information on Jackie Neal, please visit: https://archive.jackiephoto.com/index/G0000u3SJgEuJNBQand Instagram and Facebook.
Mel Evans Join Twosday Talks with an impressive 40-year history of photojournalism. Evans has photographed nearly every working day of his life, and his goal is to make each photo as interesting and artful as possible. Thousands of Evans images have been published in newspapers, magazines and websites in the United States and around the world.
Evans retired from the Associated Press in 2017 to continue editorial and commercial assignments while continuing to work on new projects that satisfy his creative pursuits and aspirations. For now, he’s focused on taking a serious approach to big-format alternatives and historical processes, in his words, “trying to learn as much as possible from those who came before and respect them.”
Evans is a founding member of the organization monologue collective This is a group of photographers who only use historical simulation processes.
For more information on Mel Evans, please visit: https://melevans.photoshelter.com/archive.
About “Twosday Talks” at JKC Gallery
The “Twosday Talks” artist showcase is an extension of the “Third Thursday” series launched by Heather Palecek and Habiyb Shu’Aib as a platform for artists to showcase their work to the Trenton and area community. The events quickly drew audiences from New York to Philadelphia. With the introduction of hybrid virtual and live exhibitions, JKC Galleries now has artists from the US and beyond, with a global audience.
For information on registering and participating in person or online, please visit JKCGallery.online. Anyone wanting to learn more about MCCC’s photography and visual arts programs, please visit https://www.mccc.edu/catalog/photo_afa.shtml View a list of courses.
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Mercer County Community College’s JKC Gallery, located at 137 North Broad Street, Trenton, NJ, is a gallery showcasing photography and lens work by international and regional artists.Please call for gallery hours or visit JKCGallery.online.
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