[alt-photo] Re: new MFA program in alt!

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christina Anderson" <zphoto at montana.net>
To: "Alt List" <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 6:37 AM
Subject: [alt-photo] new MFA program in alt!


> Dear All,
>
> I am really excited about this.  As we all know, alt is fairly 
> underrepresented in contemporary photography.  One friend said at Photo 
> Fest, for instance, you could practically count on two hands the number of 
> alt people in the crowd of hundreds if not thousands.  Same with such 
> publications as Humble Arts, or Critical Mass, or whatnot. Alt is fairly 
> niche. I mean, a certain amount of that is a good thing--that it isn't 
> mainstream, but nevertheless, when photo programs start talking about the 
> fetishism of the object that is the photograph when too much attention is 
> paid to process blah blah blah you begin to feel like you should be listed 
> in the DSM IV.
>
> Well, I just found out today from a former student of mine that 
> Christopher James, dean,  is starting an MFA at the Art Institute of 
> Boston that has an emphasis in alt!  It will not start until all the 
> paperwork is in place, projected date of Sept. 2011, but I am really 
> pleased to hear this and thought you'd all appreciate this, too.
>
> Chris
>
> Christina Z. Anderson
> christinaZanderson.com
>
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