Laura A. Hartford
Assistant Professor, Fine Arts
Bellarmine University
2001 Newburg Road, NA206
Louisville, Kentucky 40205
502-473-3988
lhartford@bellarmine.edu
EDUCATION
2004 MFA, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Chancellor's Fellow
1992 BFA, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Cum Laude, Winthrop Allen Memorial Prize in Studio Art
TEACHING
2007–2010 Assistant Professor of Photography and Digital Art, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
Courses include Photography, Advanced Photography, Color Imaging, Web Art, Video Art & Photography in England,
2004–2005 Adjunct Professor, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Wed Design & Computer Art and Design
2004–2005 Adjunct Professor, Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky
Photography
2004–2005 Adjunct Professor, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky
Beginning Photography & Intermediate Photography
2002–2003 Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Computer Art: Survey and Practice & Beginning Photography
2000–2001 Adjunct Instructor, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Beginning Photography & Intermediate Photography
1997–2001 Adjunct Instructor, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky
Beginning Photography & Intermediate Photography
1997 Adjunct Instructor, Sabbatical Replacement, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Intermediate Photography
1990–1995 & 1997–2001 Artist In Residence, St. Francis High School, Louisville, Kentucky
Photography I & Photography II
Exhibitions of Student Work: Color Imaging group project:
Rimbaud’s Hell, the Nitty Gritty, Louisville, KY, April 2009
Elliot’s Wasteland, the Nitty Gritty, Louisville, KY, January 2009
Baudelaire’s Garden, Ultra Pop, Louisville, KY, April 2008
PRODUCTION
Consultant, Image Research & Art Direction 2007–2009
Associate Producer, film, video and interactive media 2004–2007
Donna Lawrence Productions, Louisville, KY
Project management for media programs at the Gettysburg Museum and VisitorsCenter, Gettysburg, PA; the National Infantry Museum, Columbus, GA; the Museum of the Marine, Jacksonvill, NC; the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, Louisville, KY. Image research coordination for the Orientation Theater and Peace videos for the Liberty Memorial WWI Museum in Kansas City, MO. Image research management and storyboarding for the Campaign into Pennsylvania & Aftermath of Battle videos at the Gettysburg Museum.
Photographer, Louisville Dept. of Neighborhoods & Operation Brightside, Louisville, KY 2000
Photography for websites, displays, brochures, slide presentations, videos and newsletters in support of environmental and community enrichment programs.
Photographer, Louisville/Jefferson County Parks Department, Louisville, KY 1998
Documented Louisville metro park system and Metro Parks summer programs.
Photographer, freelance 1992–2005
Production Coordinator/Photographic Assistant/Production Assistant, freelance 1993–2005
Clients included M Films, Donna Lawrence Productions, Craig Cameron Olsen (Los Angeles), Charles Hopkins (Los Angeles), Revolution Films, Nickelodeon Television, Atomic Studio, Quadrant Photography, Nick Gargala photography, Jeannie Friebert photography, the World Wrestling Federation & others.
Master Control / Production Assistant, TKR Cable (now Insight), Louisville, KY 1997
Broadcast programs on local origination channels & filmed and edited public access television programs.
Photographic Assistant & Office Manager, Quadrant Photography, Clarksville, IN 1993–1997
Assisted four studio photographers. 35mm, 120, 4x5 and 8x10 photography; Speedatron (black & brown lines), Lumadyne, Dynalite, Norman, Metz, Lowell and tungsten lighting systems; propping; styling; copy work; E-6 film processing; black and white printing; stock photography management; office operations; hiring talent and assistants.
Multi-Image Production Assistant, Donna Lawrence Productions, Louisville, KY 1989–1992
Darkroom Technician, Photographic Archives, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 1990
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
The Late Seating at Actors’ Theatre, January 29, Louisville, KY
Lucid Directions: Photographic Surrealism National Juried Exhibition, Western Michigan University, Richmond Center for Visual Arts
No New Tale to Tell: Contemporary Narrative Art, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Conspiring with Nature, invitational group show, the 930 Gallery, Louisville, KY
2009
Photographs, solo, McGrath Gallery, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
Contemporary Art at the Kinsey Institute, The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN
The World is My Family, Central Exhibition Hall, Perm, Russia
The World is My Family, Gorky Library, Perm, Russia
2008
Weaving Down Main Street, Kentucky Art and Craft Museum, Louisville, KY
Expressive Bodies: Contemporary Art Photography from the Kinsey Institute, IU Northwest Contemporary Gallery, Gary, IN
Faculty and Staff Exhibit, McGrath Gallery, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
2007
Expressive Bodies: Contemporary Art Photography from the Kinsey Institute, Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Expressive Bodies: Contemporary Art Photography from the Kinsey Institute, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2006
ReFresh, DAAP Galleries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2005
Contemporary Women Artists, Indiana State University, Terra Haute, IN,
Out of the Ordinary: The Collection of John Beck, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
ReFresh Print Biennial, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
Like a Weed, solo, Huff Gallery, Spalding University, Louisville, KY
2004
Faculty Exhibit, Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
Home and Garden, MFA thesis, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
The Human Figure, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA
Cream, Dean Johnson Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Girl Art Now, Hera Gallery, Hera Educational Foundation, Wakefield, RI
Bluegrass Biennial, Morehead State, Morehead, KY
Photography; Digital Images, Long Beach Island Arts; Sciences Foundation, Loveladies, NJ, curator: Katherine Ware
Photo Review Magazine: Best of Show, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
2003
Photography Invitational, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Neo-Erotic, Art@Large, New York, NY, curator: Grady Turner
Naked or Nude: perceptions of the human form, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
Feminine Persuasion, SoFA Gallery and the Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN
Regarding Beauty, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, curator: Deborah Willis
2002
Face, The Louisville Visual Arts Association, Watertower Gallery, Louisville, KY
Play > Endeavors in Art and Media, Actor's Theater Gallery, Louisville, KY
2001
In Balance: Movement and Measure, Actors' Theater Gallery, Louisville, KY
About Skin, Swanson-Craille Gallery, Louisville, KY
Off Campus, Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN
UPC Photography at 953, 953 Clay St., Louisville, KY
2000
Photography, Artswatch, Louisville, KY
New Explorations: Faculty Exhibit, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
1999
Mid City Portraits, solo, Spalding University Huff Gallery, Louisville, KY
Document, Depict, Deconstruct, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
AWARDS and HONORS
2004
Travel Scholarship, Society for Photographic Education
Achievement Award, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences
2003
Grant in Aid of Research, Indiana University
Travel Grant, Office of Research and the University Graduate School, Indiana University
2001
Art-Meets-Activism Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women
Chancellor's Fellowship, Indiana University
1999
Artsreach Grants, the Kentucky Center for the Arts
1998
Individual Artist’s Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women
COLLECTIONS
The Kinsey Institute, photography collection, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Fine Print Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives, Louisville, Kentucky
Bellarmine University, Brown Library Fine Art Collection, Louisville, Kentucky (purchase pending)
Gill Holland, Green Building owner, NuLu Gallery founder, Louisville, Kentucky
John Beck photography and print collection, Bloomington, Indiana
Bill Samuels, Maker’s Mark Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky, gift of Bellarmine University
SERVICE
Member, Jefferson County Public Schools Communication, Media and Arts Design Team, 2009-2010, an advisory team organized to help steer the development of Communication, Media and Art magnet programs at three Jefferson County high schools.
Photography Portfolio Judge, Scholastic Art Awards, Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, 2010
Photography and Video, Filson Historical Society, Louisville, KY 2009, an on-going project to digitize the Filson collection and create an on-line database.
Art Donor, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth art auction, 21C Museum, Louisville, KY 2009, donation of artwork to support KFTC efforts to ban mountaintop removal.
Web Designer, Walter Brock Productions, 2009, constructed a website for documentary filmmaker Walter Brock, based on his designs, to promote videos related to disability rights, land use, eating disorders and other social issues
Photography Judge, Literary L.E.O., Louisville, KY 2008
Instructor, Digital Photography Workshop for Indiana University Southeast Studio Art faculty, New Albany, IN 2008
B.F.A. Portfolio Reviewer, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN 2008
Photography, Cressman Center for the Visual Arts and the Hite Galleries, University of Louisville, 2007-2009, photogrpahy of artwork and artists for exhibition publicity and catalogs,
“Death of the Death of Painting”, 2009 and "ReSource", 2007
Curator, Aura: Photography/Memory/Place, The Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville, KY 2007, an exhibit of work including silver prints, digital imagery and photo-constructions dealing with landscape and memory including six national artists: James Osamu Nakagawa, Linda Adele Goodine, Jeffery Wolin, Jeff Nilan, Todd Stewart, Mary Tortorici.
B.F.A. Portfolio Reviewer, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2007
Web Designer, Paleo-Camera, 2006, assisted artist and lecturer Matt Gatton with assembling a photography-related educational web site based on his designs.
Curator, What Are They Building in There? with Mary Carothers, Zephyr, Louisville, KY 2003, with Mary Carothers of the University of Louisville, co-curated a show of constructed photography by 11 national artists.
Curator, Women Photographing Men, Artswatch Gallery, Louisville, KY 1999
Additional Art Instruction:
In Design Instructor, Southeastern Indiana Student Press Associan Workshop., New Albany, IN 2004
Workshop Instructor, Germantown/Beechmont Community Centers, Louisville, KY 2000, team-taught a photography and bookmaking workshop for young adults.
Photography Instructor, Beechmont Community Center, Louisville, KY 1999-2000, helped create a small darkroom and provide workshops for children and adults.
Photography Instructor, Shelby Park Community Center, Louisville, KY 1998-1999, taught photography classes for urban teens with an emphasis on career development
Media:
Guest, State of Affairs with Julie Kredens, WFPL, Louisville Public Radio, July 12, 2007,
“The Art of Photography” with Mary Carothers, Paul Paletti and Bill Carner.
Book, Feminine Persuasion, image and artists statement included in art book printed through
the Kinsey Institute and Indiana University Press, 2003