photo+sphere Schedule

All events are FREE and open to the public unless noted

 
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Wednesday, NOV 7

6:30PM
Seeing Nature Through a Camera Trap
Nature Conservancy presentation
REI

7:00PM
Watermark
A film by Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky
Co-hosted by photo+sphere and Mountain True
New Belgium Brewing Company
Free. Donations appreciated—all proceeds benefit Mountain True

 

 
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Thursday, NOV 8

12 NOON
The Canary Project
Presentation by Susannah Sayler
Satellite Gallery

5:00–7:00PM

Kickoff Party and Fundraiser
Join us for a photo+sphere celebration prior to Mel Chin's presentation with food, beer and wine, music, special guests and two exhibitions: Forms of Testimony organized by Susan Martin and students from Western Carolina University, and a video presentation of Sea Level Rise: Visualizing Climate Change by Carrie and Eric Tomberlin.
Asheville Masonic Temple
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7:00PM
MEL CHIN
The Arctic Is Asheville
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Asheville Masonic Temple
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Friday, NOV 9

10:00AM: Cosmotroping with David McConville
11:00AM: Geoscoping with Ned Gardiner
Immersive Visualization
Geodome™ Theater presentations
RAMP Gallery
ALL SLOTS ARE FILLED

12 NOON
The Slowness
Artist’s talk with Brooks Dierdorff
Center for Craft

2:30PM
Sonic Retreat
Workshop participants gather to meet leaders Kima Moore, and Jess Speer
REVOLVE at the RAMP
ALL SLOTS ARE FILLED

4:00–6:00PM
RECEPTION
Join us to celebrate the RAMP Studios photo+sphere events
Music, light snacks, wine and beer
RAMP Studios

Picturing Purity
Exhibition curated by Anna Helgeson
5:15PM
Curator's Talk by Anna Helgeson
REVOLVE at the RAMP

A Dialogue in Photographs
Photograpy exhibition of work by Susan Patrice and Benjamin Dimmitt
Dot Editions at the RAMP

6:00PM
SHARON HARPER
Some Observations on Movements of the Earth
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
UNC Asheville’s STEAM Studio in the RAMP
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7:30PM
Anthropocene Short Films
UNC Asheville’s STEAM Studio in the RAMP

 

 

Saturday, NOV 10

9:00AM
Sonic Retreat
Workshop sound-gathering field trip, followed by discussion of the potential uses of the sound findings
REVOLVE at the RAMP
ALL SLOTS ARE FILLED

10:00AM: Cosmotroping with David McConville
11:00AM: Geoscoping with Ned Gardiner
Immersive Visualization
Geodome™ Theater presentations
YMI Cultural Center
ALL SLOTS ARE FILLED

1:00PM
The Cloud Library, Volume I
Talk by curator and photo+sphere project director Eric Baden
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

2:15PM
Beyond the "Whole Earth"
Talk by David McConville
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

4:30–6:30PM
Altering Nature:
Pictures of a Changing Environment
Exhibition reception
Tracey Morgan Gallery

6:30PM
JUSTIN BRICE GUARIGLIA
We Are the Asteroid
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
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Sunday, NOV 11

1:00PM
The Devil We Know
Film screening hosted by Blue Spiral 1 and photo+sphere
Q+A with film co-director Jeremy Siefert immediately following the film
Fine Arts Theater
Ticketed event ($5 at box office)

3:00PM
Reception for film and photography exhibition
From Sea to Shining Sea
Blue Spiral 1

 
 

Pre-Events

OCT 28–NOV 11

Art+Science in the Field (AS.IF)
Two-week residency for artists and scientists

OCT 30

7:00PM (doors open at 6:30) 
The Human Element
film by photographer James Balog
Collapse the Distance
multimedia piece by
Canyon and Forest Woodward
The Collider
Free, donations appreciated

NOV 1

5:00-7:00PM
The Cloud Library, Volume 1
Exhibition reception
Holden Gallery
Warren Wilson College

NOV 2

12 NOON
In the Midst: Environmental Imagery
from the Asheville Art Museum

Art Break Gallery Talk
Premier Sotheby’s International Realty Asheville, Biltmore Village

NOV 5—12

Makers Circle
photo+sphere one-week residency

Ongoing Exhibitions

Documerica: The EPA’s Photographic Campaign, 1971–1977
ONGOING
Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS)

In Times of Seismic Sorrows
AUG 21, 2018–JAN 26, 2019
The Center for Craft

In the Midst: Environmental Imagery
from the Asheville Art Museum

OCT 3–DEC 18, 2018
Premier Sotheby’s International Realty Asheville, Biltmore Village

The Slowness
OCT 29, 2018–JAN 26, 2019
WINDOW re/production | re/presentation

The Cloud Library, Volume I
OCT 23–NOV 20, 2018
Holden Gallery
Warren Wilson College

Drifters Project
OCT 28–DEC 29, 2018
Momentum Gallery

What We Saw
NOV 1—16, 2018
Ramsey Library, UNC Asheville

A Dialogue in Photographs
NOV 2-30, 2018
Dot Editions at the RAMP

Picturing Purity
NOV 2-30, 2018
REVOLVE at the RAMP

From Sea to Shining Sea
NOV 7–DEC 7, 2018
Blue Spiral 1

Altering Nature
NOV 7–DEC 22, 2018
Tracey Morgan Gallery