Photographer Zig Jackson @ SUU's Art Insights (CC: March 24)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03/10/11
Michael French
Public Information Coordinator
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
Office: 435-865-8667
Cell: 805-260-8797
michaelfrench@suu.edu


FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: ART INSIGHTS, ZIG JACKSON
WHAT: A photographer who uses his work to educate society on the reality of contemporary Indian existence, Zig Jackson uses his lens to capture and focus on his culture and changing way of life for both urban and reservation Native Americans. The distinguished photographer talks about his craft and shares his experiences during his appearance at SUU’s Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series, Art Insights.

WHO: Art Insights
Southern Utah University, Department of Art and Design

WHEN: Thursday, March 24, 2011

TIME: 7:00pm

WHERE: Centrum Arena, Section K, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

TICKETS: Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

PRICES: Free and the General Public is encouraged to attend.

SUU’S ART INSIGHTS TO FEATURE
NATIVE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER
ZIG JACKSON
MARCH 24, 2011

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: A photographer who uses his work to educate society on the reality of contemporary Indian existence, Zig Jackson uses his lens to capture and focus on his culture and changing way of life of both urban and reservation Native Americans. The distinguished photographer talks about his craft and shares his experiences during his appearance at SUU’s Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series, Art Insights, on Thursday, March 24, 2011. The lecture begins at 7pm at SUU’s Centrum Arena. Admission is free and the general public is encouraged to attend.

Zig Jackson is an artist and photography professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design. An enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes—Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, Jackson grew up on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. Jackson holds a B.S. in education from Northeastern Oklahoma State University and an M.F.A. in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. He has taught photography at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe; San Francisco State University; the University of California, Davis; and the Savannah College of Art and Design. Jackson’s work has been shown extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad at sites such as the Smithsonian Institution, the International Center of Photography (New York), and the High Museum (Atlanta), among many others. His photography is represented in the collections of several public and private institutions, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Jonson Gallery of the University of New Mexico; the Institute of American Indian Arts; the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; the Joslyn Art Museum, Nebraska; and the Savannah College of Art and Design. In 2004, Jackson became the first Native American photographer to be represented in collection of the National Library of Congress, when the Prints and Photographs Division acquired a number of his images. The artist is currently working on a photographic book of his work.

Art Insights is a weekly program hosted during the fall and spring semesters by SUU’s Art and Design faculty. Students and community members meet weekly to experience presentations and discussions by visiting artists and art educators from around the nation who share their work and insights and attend gallery openings.

Come and meet a native artist whose work is both provocative and educational in depicting his background and Native American roots. Learn more about the art and perspective of photographer Zig Jackson by attending his appearance at Art Insights. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespearean Festival, the performance group Acclamation, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.