DSC students, alumni donate inspiring photo exhibit to Vince Carter Sanctuary

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 27, 2015) - When the Vince Carter Sanctuary in Bunnell hosts its

fall reception on Tuesday, Nov. 10, invited guests and supporters will be treated to one of the more sublime tools used to help sanctuary clients in crisis and recovery, thanks to Daytona State College’s Southeast Center for Photographic Studies.

Photo students, faculty and alumni have donated 37 images to the sanctuary. They include sweeping landscapes, children at play and other superlative vignettes of life, love and nature.

The images will be displayed as part of a permanent exhibit, called Positive Exposure, at the treatment and rehab facility located at 301 Justice Lane in Bunnell.

“There is much research available regarding the power of photography in terms of healing and inspiration,” said Dan Biferie, who chairs DSC’s photography program. “We wanted to create an exhibit for the clients at Vince Carter that is inspirational, uplifting and healing. We hope this permanent display will be the beginning of many opportunities to work with the sanctuary.”

Biferie put out a call to photography program students and alumni after being approached about the project by local businesswoman Jill Simpkins, who serves on the boards of Stewart-Marchman-Act, the Volusia County Medical Alliance and Daytona State’s Center for Women and Men. “We put the call out and gave them the spirit behind the exhibit,” Biferie said, “and what they turned out is a beautiful, eclectic display of images depicting life and nature at its finest. We are very proud of our students and alumni, and we hope their work will have a meaningful influence on sanctuary clients.”

The Vince Carter Sanctuary is home to Flagler County’s Crisis Triage and Treatment Unit, which serves people referred by law enforcement who are experiencing behavioral health issues, and Project WARM, a long-term residential treatment program for women who are pregnant, post-partum or parenting young children.

The Southeast Center for Photographic Studies is a partnership between the photography programs at Daytona State College and the University of Central Florida, as well as Daytona State’s acclaimed Southeast Museum of Photography.

The Nov. 10 reception is from 5 to 7 p.m. To learn more about the Vince Carter Sanctuary, call (386) 254-1136. For details about the exhibit or the Daytona State photography program, call Biferie at (386) 506-3581.

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This week at DSC; summer camps, 1-million cups, Alumni Focus opening reception, and How I Became A Pirate

The Alumni Focus exhibition series is a biennial event at Daytona State College's Southeast Museum

of Photography in which the Museum presents new work by distinguished alumni of the Southeast Center for Photographic Studies - a consortium with Daytona State College and the University of Central Florida. Since the program's inception 50 years ago, graduates have taken their place among the nation's leading photographers.
ALUMNI FOCUS
Commercial Success in Florida
June 17-Sept. 20, 2015
Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 17, 5-7 p.m.

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DSC to celebrate 50 years as one of nation’s top photography schools

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2014) - Daytona State College will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its School of Photography and the 35th anniversary of its acclaimed Southeast Museum of Photography (SMP) with an alumni reunion, as well as a series of lectures and exhibitions scheduled on Oct. 20 and 21 that are free and open to the public.

The SMP is already offering a prelude to the celebration with “The Growth of a Collection: 1981-2001,” an exhibition highlighting the first 20 years of the museum’s collection. The free exhibition runs through Dec. 14.

A reception for photography program alumni, as well as current photo students and community members who have supported the program and museum, is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Mori Hosseini Center located on the college’s Daytona Beach Campus, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd.

Other programs and exhibitions are scheduled throughout the day on Oct. 21 beginning at 9 a.m.

Among the highlights are:

• A reception honoring the late Bruce Moyer and David Martin, both DSC alumni, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 21 from 4 to 5 p.m., with the photographers’ families, friends and former teachers in attendance. The free exhibition, “A Photographic Tribute to Bruce Moyer and David Martin,” will be on display in Gallery 202 of the Photography Building through Oct. 30.

Moyer was the deputy director of photography at the Tampa Bay Times and was named National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) “Picture Editor of the Year” four times throughout his career. He also won numerous awards in the annual Pictures of the Year International Competition, NPPA Best of Photojournalism and Society of News Design contests.  

Martin, a longtime Associated Press photographer, is said to have covered nearly every major news event in the southern United States over the past 30 years. He also traveled the world for the AP, covering sporting events, political conventions and military conflicts.

• Two other distinguished DSC alumni who have earned worldwide acclaim also will share their insights on Tuesday, Oct. 21, during the L. Gale Lemerand Entrepreneurial Speaker Series presented by the college’s Small Business Development Center; free, all welcome.

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Stephen Crowley and Lawrence Cumbo, producer, writer and owner of the iconic Opera House LIVE in Shepherdstown, W.Va., together will present two sessions – first at 10 a.m. at Daytona State’s News-Journal Center located at 221 N. Beach St. in downtown Daytona Beach and again at 6 p.m. in the Mori Hosseini Center on the college’s main campus at 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd. Both presentations are free and open to all.

Since its inception, Daytona State’s photography program has attracted an accomplished faculty and students from throughout the world. Its alumni have distinguished themselves in virtually every field of photography, earning the college a national reputation as a leader in photographic education.

In 2007, Daytona State’s School of Photography, the University of Central Florida-Daytona Photography Program and SMP formed a partnership under the umbrella of the Southeast Center for Photographic Studies. In 2007, the museum moved to its present location in the Hosseini Center, expanding its exhibit space 10-fold. Today, it is Florida's most comprehensive museum of photography, the largest in the southeastern U.S. and one of only six museums in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to photography.

For more information, contact Dan Biferie, photography program chair, at (386) 506-3581 or BiferD@DaytonaState.edu.

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Daytona State hosts alumna art exhibition, May 27-Aug. 29

Works by Margaret Schnebly Hodge; opening reception, May 23
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 7, 2014) – Daytona State College alumna Margaret Schnebly Hodge presents Breaking Free: Dark Energy, Dark Matter, an exhibition with over 30 works of art, including oil paintings and other media, shown in the North Lobby/Art Gallery at the college’s News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach Street, Daytona Beach.

The free public exhibition features an opening reception on Friday, May 23, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Gallery hours run Monday to Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (May 27-July 24), and Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (July 28-Aug. 29).

Before age one, Hodge moved with her family to Daytona Beach and has lived in the area ever since. Graduating from Mainland High School (1971), she continued her studies at Daytona Beach Community College (now Daytona State College), followed by earning her B.A. from the College of Fine Arts, University of Florida.

Long appreciated as an abstract figurative and landscape painter using a dark, rich palette and with a philosophical preoccupation with concepts of physical and emotional restraint, many works in this exhibit show Hodge’s aesthetic expansion beyond the sense of earth-bound considerations. For more about the artist, visit www.margarethodgeart.com

Studio arts are an essential corner stone in developing well-rounded and innovative individuals for both art and non-art majors alike. Students learn the specifics of studio art mediums in a hands-on program designed to develop their creative skills while fostering a theoretical and historical understanding.

Studio arts include the disciplines of painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, airbrush and design. The fundamental building blocks of all studio art courses instill skills in: divergent thinking, problem solving, critical thinking and creativity.

For more information about exhibition times, call the News-Journal Center Box Office, (386) 226-1927, or visit DaytonaState.edu/TheArts.

Find out more about the studio arts programs at DSC’s Mike Curb College of Music, Entertainment and Art, or call (386) 506-3276.

Photo: Margaret Schnebly Hodge, Paintings: L-R, Stellar Drift, My Space, Native Passage
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