Ellie Brown Photography/ Altered Books
October Solo Exhibition at St. Joesph's University
PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 12, 2011) - Imagine a perfect stranger peeking into your personal bag to examine its contents. Provided their intentions were voyeuristic rather than criminal, how would you feel?

Philadelphia fine arts photographer Ellie Brown reveals her model’s relative ease or agitation with her investigation into the material culture contained in the bags they carry – e.g., shoulder, backpack or gym – in her project titled “BAG,” which will be on exhibit at Saint Joseph’s University Gallery, Oct. 3-Nov.4. An artist’s reception will be held Thurs., Oct. 6 from 6-8 p.m.

The diptychs that comprise the exhibit are composed of two photographs: on one side, the model with their bag, and on the other, the bag’s contents. Underneath each diptych is a sealed plastic bag containing the personal objects from the bag that the model “bequeaths” to the project. Additionally, all of the contents of the bag are cataloged under two categories: what the person was and was not willing to part with.

“Bags are the containers on our shoulders and backs that carry secrets and clues to our personalities and how we live day-to-day,” says Brown. “Whether these items are carried for comfort, hobby, work or practicality doesn’t matter. The important factors to highlight are why these particular items are chosen to be carried along with the physical body throughout the day, what is their history, how long will they stay on the person or be passed on, and how materially attached is the person to what they carry.”

“We are excited to be exhibiting the work of accomplished photographer, Ellie Brown,” says gallery director, Jeanne Bracy. “ The ‘Bag’ project is an innovative way to see a tidbit of strangers' lives. The uniformity of the diptychs and the simplistic style Brown employs forces the viewers to dissect not only the bag contents but the individuals' expressions.”

The BAG project, which was originally conceived of by filmmaker Camille Thoman, has been shot in Philadelphia, New York City, Urbana, Ill., Glasgow, Mont., and Skagastrond, Iceland. According to Brown, the process of photographing someone with his or her bag becomes an intimate exchange for the time she and the subject work together.

“I am looking for the moment when there is a trace of relaxation, discomfort or vulnerability in the model’s eyes for the final image,” says Brown. “Every model responds to the notion of exposing their private selves to the camera differently, and this emotional expression is evident in the images.”

During the photo session, the moment of truth occurs when Brown asks each model, “What are you willing to part with from your bag, today and forever?” Brown says some people give nothing, while others contribute trash, receipts, notes or other small objects.

“The areas to consider more thoroughly,” Brown notes, “are how difficult or easy it may have been for each model to part with the objects in the bag, what the objects they carry say about their socio-economic status and gender, and how all of the elements give us clues to the model’s identity.”

Brown has exhibited her work nationally and internationally in single and group exhibitions. Her photographic study of her sisters, Two Girls: My Sisters 1996-2006, was published in 2008. She currently teaches at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She received an M.F.A. in photography from San Jose State University.

Saint Joseph’s University Gallery is located in Merion Hall on the James J. Maguire ’58 Campus at 376 Latches Lane in Lower Merion, Pa. A campus map may be viewed online. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 610-660-1840, or visit the gallery website.
September/ October 2011 exhibitions
Please join me at the opening reception for the very first exhibitions of the BAG project in Philadelphia:

Opening reception Sept. 2nd from 6:30-9:30.
Show is open through October 22nd, through POST
Artspace Liberti
2424 York St.
Philadelphia, PA 19125
http://www.artspaceliberti.blogspot.com

St. Joseph's University
Oct 3 - Nov 4, 2011 with a reception on Thursday Oct 6 from 6-8 PM.
Closed for Fall break Oct 17 and 18.
Saint Joseph's University
University Gallery, Boland Hall
5600 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395
http://www.sju.edu/resources/gallery/exhibitschedule.html
Two Girls: My Sisters 1996-2006 published in Russian Esquire
Photograph published in JPG Magazine
Please refer to page 82.
JPG Magazine
The BAG project is funded!
Thank you to all of the amazing donors and United States Artists who helped make the fundraising efforts for this project possible.
The exhibition will open the first Friday in June, 2011 at the Glasgow Goodkind Gallery in Glasgow, MT. Stay tuned for details.

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ICPNY New Prints
PRESS RELEASE
November 5, 2010
Contact:
Julia Lillie
212.989.5090
julia@ipcny.org
New Prints 2009/10
A Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction
A Tenth Anniversary Season Event!

On View: December 2-18, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, December 2nd, 6-8 pm
Members' Preview & Early Bidding: 5-6 pm


International Print Center New York announces the presentation of New Prints 2009/10: A Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction opening in our Chelsea gallery on December 2nd and running through December 18th, 2010. Celebrating the past two years of IPCNY's New Prints Program, and marking the tenth year of IPCNY's presence in the arts community, the exhibition will consist of some 120 prints by artists whose work has been selected by IPCNY juries for New Prints shows in 2009 and 2010.

New Prints Selections Committees are composed of four to six curators, critics, artists, master printers, publishers, and collectors, and others prominent in the field, including, in 2009 and 2010, Polly Apfelbaum, Alexander Campos, Matthew Day Jackson, Kathleen Flynn, Michele Oka Doner, Leslie Miller, Philip Pearlstein, Gary Simmons, and Roberta Waddell (a complete list of past New Prints Selections Committees is available at www.ipcny.org).

New Prints 2009/10 will reflect the breadth of the New Prints Program, featuring original prints in various aesthetic styles and techniques, ranging from traditional to conceptual, by artists at all stages of their careers.

Participating artists include: Francine K. Affourtit, Romeo Alaeff, Daniel Allegrucci, Roberta Allen, Darren Almond, Desirée Alvarez, Rosaire Appel, Michael Barnes, Curtis Bartone, Jebah Baum, Joell Baxter, Jarrod Beck, Ray Beldner, Grace Bentley-Scheck, Anders Bergstrom, Joan Dix Blair, Bettina Blohm, Brent Bond, Karin Bos, Marisa Boullosa, Michael Bramwell, Noah Breuer, Ellie Brown, Nicholas Brown, Victoria Burge, Stephen Burt, Walter Buttrick, Nancy Campbell, Nathan Catlin, Jean Cencig, Liz Chalfin, Onyedika Chuke, Tamar Cohen, Ann Conner, Ann Conrad, Sylvie Covey, Michael Dal Cerro, Hope Dector, Donna Diamond, Lauren Drescher, Sally Duback, Joellyn Duesberry, Barbara Duval, Sara Eichner, Kota Ezawa, Sara Farrell Okamura, Eduardo Fausti, Orna Feinstein, Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern, Eileen M. Foti, Deborah Freedman, Juan R. Garcia, Bryan Nash Gill, Klara Glosova, Tai Hwa Goh, Jane E. Goldman, Gary Groves, Fred Hagstrom, Takuji Hamanaka, Sarah Hauser, John Himmelfarb, Yuji Hiratsuka, Anita S. Hunt, Chika Ito, Jasper Johns, Susan Kaprov, Nils Karsten, Ronald Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, Isaiah King, Maho Kino, Andrew Kozlowski, Yunmee Kyong, Nancy Lasar, Anthony Lazorko, Karen Lederer, Michael Loderstedt, Franco Marinai, Chris Martin, Nichole Maury, Betty Merken, Frederick Mershimer, Traci Molloy, Carol Montgomery, Sean P. Morrissey, Julia Nelson-Gal, Rhea Nowak, Alice O'Neill, Lothar Osterburg, Bruce Pearson, Mark Pease, Raymond Pettibon, Sarah Nicole Phillips, Adam Pitt, Sarah Plimpton, Liliana Porter, Endi Poskovic, Paula Praeger, Ellen J. Price, Ross Racine, Erika Radich, Jenny Robinson, Rosa Ruey, Ron Rumford, Ed Ruscha, Soledad Salamé, David Sandlin, John-Mark Schlink, Larry Schulte, Robin Sherin, Gary Simmons, William H. Skerritt, Laurie Sloan, Fred Stonehouse, Beth Sutherland, Julia Talcott, Yasuyo Tanaka, Fulvio Tomasi, April Vollmer, Maureen Warren, June Wayne, Carmi Weingrod, Allan Wexler, Mark Wilson, Terry Winters, Tammy Wofsey, Erin Woodbrey, and Judy Youngblood.

Images and online bidding information will be available on ICPNY
Juror's Section Award
Professional Women Photographers' 35th Anniversary International Exhibition 2010 juried by Elinor Carucci and Steven Perloff.
The images will be in a Soho Photo gallery show from June 1-14, 2011 and in an online exhibition on the PWP website from
November 15, 2010-May 14, 2011
pwponline
PHOTOBOOK!! 2010 EXHIBITION
The Photographer and the Self-Published PhotoBook
November 18 to December 19, 2010
opening reception Saturday, November 20, 2010, 6 to 8 p.m.

Davis Orton Gallery
114 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
518.697.0266
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Publication of BAG book on Lulu.com
Solo Exhibition: BAG
BAG
a photographic installation by Ellie Brown

Sept. 1-29, 2010

Independent Media Center
202 S. Broadway
Urbana, IL, 61801
UCIMC

Paid for in part by a City of Urbana Arts Grant

*project concept by Camille Thoman
*project coordinator: Anna Peters
Ginger Rudolph writes a first person account of the BAG project
|http://hahamag.com/?p=1408|HAHAMAG
Grant awarded for the BAG project: 2010 Urbana Arts Grant, Envision 365 Art Award
The BAG project is pleased to be awarded an Urbana Arts Council Grant for the execution of the project in Urbana, IL.
Photo SPIVA 2010
Photo Spiva 2010
March 6 - April 25, 2010

George A. Spiva Center for the Arts
222 W. Third Street
Joplin, MO 64801
417.623.0183
Juror: Deborah Klochko lecture
March 6, 2010, 2:00 PM
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Solo Exhibition: A Chronicle of Lovers
Solo Exhibition runs through December 5, 2009

Ellie Brown public lecture:
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Center for the Book Arts
28 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY
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Phone: 2124810295
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info@centerforbookarts.org info@centerforbookarts.org

Ellie Brown discusses her long-term project: A Chronicle of Lovers. In 2005 Brown began creating an altered book and print for each lover she had, containing a visual language between herself and the man the book was about. The books are about impressions, memories and experiences with each man regardless whether the experience was positive or negative.
Family Ties: The First Wave
Family Ties: The First Wave
curated by Ellie Brown
October 6th -November 1st, 2009
Closing Reception October 29th, 7-9pm
Location: Fox Art Gallery at UPenn
249 E. 36th Street, Philadelphia PA
use entrance on the east side of Cohen Hall
inside the second set of doors
artgallery@specevents.net
Gallery Hours: Monday-Saturday 9-5
Wednesdays 9-9

Featuring Artists:
Aileen Bassis
Alison Altergott
Brenna K. Murphy
Carmen Kolodzey
Cathy Gontarek
Ellie Brown
Erin M. Riley
Jessica Hendrix
Karen Rich Beall
Kerry Kolenut
Rozalind Bloom
Sarah Moore
Ten Days in the CAPSULE book release
Perfect Eight Installation and Publication
I am taking part in this installation and in print:
The Space Between Things
Located at Last Stop Conceinence
4973 Broadway, NY, NY
Corner of Broadway and Isham Ave
June 12th 5:30-7:30
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2008 Ellie Brown receives a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
This prestigious grant was given for the completion and publication of artworks in 2008.