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Bill Franson / Photographs 978.463.8100 BILL FRANSON / PHOTOGRAPHS 978.463.8100 www.billfranson.net Education Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI BA Philosophy/Art The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA Academic Appointments 2020 Envisioning the American Landscape Workshop-Fall, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA 2019 Digital Photography Gordon College Global Education, Orvieto, Italy (Fall Semester) Street Photography Workshop-Spring, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA 2018 Street Photography Workshop-Fall, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA 2010–present Professor of Photography, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 2006–2019 Instructor, New England School of Photography, Waltham, MA Professional Participation, Presentation, Judging 2020 Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Somerville, MA Event Judge 2019 deCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA Borders, Boundaries, and Walls: A Conversation on the Mason Dixon Line Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Somerville, MA. Workshop Presenter Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA Photography Atelier Presentation and Critique 2018 Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA Artist Presentation on MASON-DIXON Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA Photography Atelier Presentation and Critique Boston Camera Club, Boston, MA Competition Judge, Critique, and Presentation Art Week presentation at Appleton Farms, Ipswich, MA 2017 Flashpoint Festival Boston, Boston, MA Portfolio Reviewer Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Somerville, MA. Workshop Presenter Boston Camera Club, Boston, MA. Competition Judge, Critique, and Presentation 2016 New Hampshire Society of Photographic Artists, Guest Photographer, Star Island Retreat Boston Camera Club, Boston, MA. Competition Judge, Critique, and Presentation Danforth Museum of Art, Art Annual, Artist Presentation 2015 Danforth Museum of Art, New England Photography Biennial, Artist Presentation Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Somerville, MA. Workshop Presenter South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. Art Festival Judge Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA. Nights at the PRC, Toy Cameras. Presenter Boston Camera Club, Boston, MA. Judge, Critique, and Presentation 2014 Lamont Gallery, Philips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH. Artist Presentation and Panel Discussion Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Somerville, MA. Panelist Panopticon Gallery, WORDPLAY, Artist Presentation Plymouth Center for the Arts, The Fine Art of Photography Competition, Judge 2011 Boston Camera Club, Boston, MA, Judge, Critique, and Presentation 2009 New England School of Photography, Boston, MA, Faculty Commencement Address 2004 Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA, Board Member, Visual Art Committee, Chair 2003 Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA, Board Member, Visual Art Committee, Chair 2002 Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA, Board Member, Visual Art Committee 2001 Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA, Board Member, Visual Art Committee 2000 Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA, Board Member, Visual Art Committee Awards 2003 Thomas A. Johnson Award, Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA 2002 Texas Photographic Society, The National Competition, Best of Show 2001 Texas Photographic Society, The National Competition, Second Place 1996 Maine Photographic Workshops, The Golden Light Awards, of 100 Best Works Solo Exhibitions 2019 Appleton Farm_Landscape in Blue Ipswich Museum, Ipswich, MA 2018 Landscape in Cyanotype Appleton Farm, Ipswich, MA 2017 Four Portfolios Aspect Initiative On line Gallery Artist of the Month 2014 The Structure of Everyday Life She-Bear Gallery, Portland, ME 2013 The Photographs of Bill Franson Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA A Nickel and a Kopek ICCF Gallery Grand Rapids, MI 2011 A Nickel and a Kopek Center Art Gallery Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI 2008 A Nickel and a Kopek New England School of Photography, Boston, MA 2004 Landscapes and Leavings The Provident Bank Newburyport, MA 2002 Recent Work The Preston Cutler Gallery, Hamilton, MA 2000 Holyland USA Firehouse Center Gallery, Newburyport, MA 1999 Arcanum The River Gallery, Methuen, MA 1996 Recent Work Borders Books and Music, Peabody, MA 1992 Recent Work Eyes Post Group, Toronto, Ontario Two-Person / Group Exhibitions 2019 Double Take The Griffin Museum at Greater Boston Stage Company, Stoneham, MA Somerville Toy Camera Festival Washington Street Gallery, Somerville, MA 4th Annual Alternative Process Exhibition The Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA WATER Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA 6th International Open Call Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI Currents: Gordon Art Faculty Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 2018 Winter Solstice Members Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA Somerville Toy Camera Festival Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA TREES II Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA Focusing on Ipswich Ipswich Museum, Ipswich, MA 24th Annual Juried Members Exhibition Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA Flora Rankin Arts Photography Center Columbus State University Columbus, GA Krappy Camera Show Soho Photo Gallery New York, NY 13th Annual National Competition foto foto Gallery, Huntington, NY 2017 NESoP Faculty Exhibit Garner Center for Photographic Exhibitions, Waltham, MA Third Annual Group Show Davis/Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY Somerville Toy Camera Festival Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA Light Sensitive 2017 Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ 10th Annual Plastic Camera Show Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA 2016 Somerville Toy Camera Festival Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA Peter Urban Legacy Exhibition Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA Danforth Art Annual Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA Small Camera Bonanza Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA Past Present – Gordon College Art Faculty Barrington Center for the Arts, Wenham, MA 2015 Comforts of Home Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA New England Photography Biennial Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA Somerville Toy Camera Festival The Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA (Photo)gogues Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA Windows, Mirror, and Doors Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT Self-Portraits, not #Selfies Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA 2014 Strange Days The Lamont Gallery, Philips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH Dreams, Fantasies, Illusions Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT Somerville Toy Camera Festival Somerville, MA Fact and Fantasy The Keirnan Gallery, Lexingon, VA WORDPLAY Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA 21st Century Monochrome Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham , MA 2013 Greyscale The Keirnan Gallery, Lexington, VA Faculty/Alumni Recent Work Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham , MA What I Did On My Summer Vacation Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA Somerville Toy Camera Festival The Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA 2012 Fall Salon Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA NESOP Faculty Exhibit Garner Center for Photographic Exhibitions, Boston, MA Summer Group Exhibition Extravaganza, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA 2011 40th Anniversary Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA New England Photography Biennial Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA Holly Meade & Friends Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME Water Stonecrop Gallery, Ogunquit, ME Storytellers Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA 2008 Alumni Work Center Art Gallery, Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI 2003 New England Photography Biennial Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA Illuminance Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 2002 The National Competition Texas Photographic Society, Statewide Traveling Exhibit, TX 2001 The Steps We Have Taken The Center of Photography at Woodstock Woodstock, NY The Steps We Have Taken Ashforth Warburg Gallery, New York, NY Illuminance Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA The National Competition Texas Photographic Society, Statewide Traveling Exhibit, TX Hidden Faces and Places Ashforth Warburg Gallery, New York, NY 2000 A Sense of Place The Custom House Museum, Newburyport, MA Black and White Classic The Brush Art Gallery Lowell, MA Two Artists, One Family The Mingo Gallery, Beverly, MA 1999 Images of Plum Island The Firehouse Center Gallery, Newburyport, MA 1997 Appropriating the Narrative The Firehouse Center Gallery, Newburyport, MA 1996 The Beauty of Silver New England School of Photography, Boston, MA 1995 Fort Point Then and Now Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, MA 1974 “Untitled” Bill Franson & John Raye Enjay Photo Gallery, Boston, MA Collections Calvin College Permanent Collection Grand Rapids, MI The Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA Private Collections.
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