Picture Show: Thesis in Photography

Graduate / Professional

This required course supports the M.F.A. Photography thesis exhibition through attending to the logistics of the gallery exhibition as well as the development of programmatic elements that extend the show to audiences beyond Yale. Studio visits initiate conversations about the installation of physical work in addition to considering the documentation possibilities that allow the work to reach a wider audience, including editing and completing the portfolio and artist statement for its permanent home in Special Collections. The course introduces practical and conceptual considerations for exhibiting one’s work publicly and includes professional development resources and presentations for a life after Yale that sustains a lens-based practice, including an artist statement writing workshop, as well as group planning meetings and meetings with curators, gallery and museum professionals from Yale and further afield. Enrollment limited to second-year students in photography. 3 Course cr M 1:30pm-4:30pm