Through Wednesday, September 30, the BFA Photography Department will host an online auction to benefit a scholarship fund established in the memory of alumnus Tracey Baran (BFA 1997 Photography). Proceeds will benefit the Tracey Baran Award, an annual grant open by application to an emerging female photographer from the US. Additionally, the auction is intended to celebrate Baran’s life and photographic work and to encourage interest in her work.The auction will include works by members of the SVA community, including BFA Photography Department alumni John Arsenault (1999), Monica Bradley (1999), Brian Finke (1998), Carrie Levy (2000), Megan Maloy (1997), Darin Mickey (1998), Katie Murray (1997), Mark Roussel (2001), Michael Stuetz (1996), Jonathan Torgovnik (1996) and Bahar Yurukoglu (2003); faculty members Elinor Carucci, Allen Frame, Joseph Maida, Michael Van Horne (BFA 1999 Photography), Jerry Vezzuso (BFA 1968 Photography), Eric Weeks (BFA 1987 Photography); and Department Chair Stephen Frailey.
To view and bid on works, visit the auction page on iGavel.com. An exhibition of Baran”s work, “Pictures of Tracey,” will be at Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects through Saturday, October 17.
Image: Tracy Baran, I Miss You Already, 2004, C-print.
