Artist Statement

Rose Vortex, 2008

At a time when words and images bombard us from all directions, I am drawn to nonverbal and minimalist expressions of form. My series of “tone poems” investigates subtlety and sensation in color, tone and shape. The goal is to suspend time and capture light and its gradual transitions of color and tone, achieving what Kasimir Malevich described as “the supremacy of pure feeling or perception.” Shape is elusive, the source of light ambiguous…leaving the viewer with an impression of silence and of being nowhere in particular. Suzanne Mead

HACC News and Information

Good News From the HACC Photography Department

I am pleased to report the following developments:

Eight of my Fall 2008 photography students were chosen as finalists in the Photographer Forum Magazine’s highly competitive 29^th Best of College Student Photography Contest. As a result, photographs from the following students were featured in the 2009 Best of College Photography book. Great work guys!

Elilee Barbour

Brook Beck

Rebecca Bookwalter

Andree Bransford

Megan Graham

Whitney Hart

Alastasia McDonwell

Dean Roush

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Additionally, my HACC colleague Geoffrey Scott and I are both celebrating acceptance of new work in the 2009 Art of the State Juried Exhibition. The exhibition is on view from June 28 through September 20, 2009 at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg.

Works featured:

Geoffrey Scott: Leif, 8x12, archival pigment print, photography

Suzanne Mead: Rose Vortex, 36x32 giclee print, digital photography

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I recently learned that I have been selected for an invitational exhibition featuring works from my new series of abstract art photography at The Art Association of Harrisburg. Exhibition dates to be announced.

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Congratulations to Jessica Weaver, from my Spring 2009 Black and White Photography class. She was granted the coveted David Barrett Scholarship in Photography at HACC.