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Gretchen Garner
Only a Little While

1980

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Only a Little While, 1980 Chromogenic print, from the portfolio "Vanitas" (1980) 25.7 x 33.1 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.6 cm (paper) Gretchen Garner was born in Minneapolis. In 1973–75, she studied photography at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. After graduating, she worked for some time as a press photographer at the Chicago Daily News. Apart from photography, Garner has also been a curator, writer and teacher – teaching photography and photo history at the Michigan Grand Valley State University and the University of Connecticut. In the 1980s, Garner devoted herself strongly to outdoor photography. The countryside around Chicago inspired her to travel around the USA and Europe for a decade, producing landscape portrayals that include Denmark, Sweden and France. EDUCATION: Photo credit: Bill Jay MFA (photography), School of the Art Institute, Chicago, l975 AB (art history, with general honors), University of Chicago, 1965 ACADEMIC POSITIONS: The Ohio State University, Columbus, 2003-2004-2005-2006-2007 (Visiting Artist and adjunct professor) Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, 1994-1997 (Academic Dean) University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1989-1994 (Professor, Department of Art, 1989-1994; Head, Department of Art, 1989-1992) Grand Valley State University, Michigan, 1987-1989 (Asst. and Associate Professor, School of Communications, Director, Calder Art Gallery) Saint Xavier College, Chicago, 1974-84 (Asst. and Assoc. Professor, Department of Art, Director, SXC Gallery, 1979-81, Chairperson, Department of Art, 1982-84) Columbia College, Chicago, 1978, 1982 (Visiting Instructor: Photographic Criticism, History of Photography) Institute of Design, IIT, Chicago, 1979 (Visiting Instructor: History of Photography) EXHIBITIONS: (one and two-person) Intimate Panoramas, Image House Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Feb-Mar 2001 Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Sept-Oct, 1994 Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton CT, April-May, 1993 Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham MA, Jan-Feb, 1993 Intimate Landscapes, Ithaca College Photogaphy Gallery, Ithaca, Atrium Gallery, U of CT, Storrs CT, Sept-Oct 1990 Duluth (MN) Art Institute, June 1989 Grand Rapids Art Museum, Feb-Mar 1989 Space Gallery, W Michigan U, Kalamazoo, Feb 1989 Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Sept-Oct 1988 Memorial Union Gallery, ND State Univ, Fargo, Feb 1987 Saint Paul (MN) Academy, Jan 1987 Tweed Museum of Art, U of MN, Duluth, Feb-Mar 1986 Lincoln Gallery, Northern State Coll, Aberdeen, SD, Oct-Nov 1985 Film in the Cities, St. Paul, Nov 1985 Krannert Art Mus, U of IL, Champaign, Oct 1985 Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, Nov 1984-Jan 1985 Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, Dec 1982 Exposures Gallery, Libertyville, IL, Feb 1981 Dart Gallery, Chicago, Dec 1980 Hayden Gallery, MIT, Cambridge, MA, May-June 1980 Evanston (IL) Art Center, March-April 1980 Friends of Photography, Carmel, CA, Sept-Oct 1979 New Mexico State U, Las Cruces, June 1979 Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, Jan 1979 Lorado Taft in Illinois, traveling show for IL Arts Council, 1978-1982 The Darkroom, Chicago, April 1976 ARC Gallery, Chicago, Dec 1975
  • Creator:
    Gretchen Garner (1939, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1980
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38210886312
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