BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY VJ&P - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://wkuvjp.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY VJ&P REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20180311T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20181104T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20191103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260327T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260508T170000 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20260406T175218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T175550Z UID:4632-1774598400-1778259600@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:The Changing Story DESCRIPTION:A reflection on how photojournalism has evolved with technology and society\, displaying images that capture transformation in both storytelling and the world it seeks to document. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe gallery will remain on view March 27 through May 8 during JRH building hours: \n\n\n\n\nMonday – Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nFriday: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nParking available on Chestnut St. South lot after 4:30 \n\n\n\n\nJoin us as we conclude the 50th year celebration of the storied Mountain Workshops with our fourth gallery installation of the academic year at Jody Richards Hall Atrium and Gallery. \n\n\n\nWe are continually reminded of the importance of documentary projects through the steady passage of time and its often devastating impact on communities. In 2008\, the Mountain Workshops team documented life in Mayfield\, a town later profoundly damaged by the December 2021 tornado. More recently\, in 2024\, we documented Williamsburg\, which this past week experienced the tragic destruction of a large portion of its downtown due to fire. \n\n\n\nThese moments underscore why preserving visual records of people and place matters. Documentary storytelling creates a lasting historical record that honors the past while informing the future. \n\n\n\nA Visual History of Kentucky \n\n\n\nThis exhibition invite audiences to explore Kentucky through a visual retrospective built from four documentary projects spanning communities\, generations\, and lived experiences. \n\n\n\nDesigned for a broad public audience — including photography enthusiasts\, camera club members\, and those interested in regional history — the event offers a rare opportunity to see how visual storytellers interpret changes over time. \n\n\n\nAlso featured that evening: \n\n\n\nThe Act of Looking: Four Kentucky Documentary Projects in DialogueA round table discussion with members of the Mountain Workshops\, Picture This\, Document Kentucky\, and Boyd’s Station. The conversation will be moderated by Tom Eblen\, former Managing Editor and columnist of the Lexington Herald-Leader and currently involved with the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning\, in partnership with the Kentucky Arts Council. \n\n\n\nWe hope you will save the date and join us for an evening celebrating the power of documentary photography and storytelling. \n\n\n\n———— \n\n\n\nThe School of Media & Communication launched a year-long\, four-part gallery exhibition celebrating 50 years of the WKU Visual Journalism & Photography program and its rich legacy of documenting Kentucky through the Mountain Workshops.  \n\n\n\n“Through the Lens of Time: 50 Decades of the Mountain Workshops”  \n\n\n\n For half a century\, the Mountain Workshops\, a flagship program of Western Kentucky University’s Visual Journalism & Photography program\, has documented the heart and soul of communities across Kentucky and beyond.   \n\n\n\n\n\nThis four-part exhibition series\, sponsored by Canon USA\, celebrates this powerful visual storytelling body of work that has defined the Workshops’ legacy. Featuring work from generations of photographers\, from students to eventual Pulitzer Prize winners\, the exhibition honors the Mountain Workshops as both an educational institution and a documentary archive of life in America. These photographs bring history to life\, inviting audiences to experience five decades of storytelling excellence.  \n\n\n\nDivided into four thematic concepts this upcoming academic year\, the exhibition explores the evolution of documentary photography through the Workshop’s lens:  \n\n\n\n\n\nAUGUST 26 – OCTOBER 3 (CLOSED) \n\n\n\nFACES OF THE MOUNTAIN – A powerful collection of intimate portraits that reveal the resilience\, joy\, and struggles of everyday people whose lives have been illuminated by the photographers’ lens.  \n\n\n\nOCTOBER 13 – DECEMBER 11 (CLOSED) \n\n\n\nPORTRAITS OF A PLACE – A testament to the people\, landscapes\, towns\, and backroads that have shaped the identity of the Workshop’s host communities.  \n\n\n\nJANUARY 28 – MARCH 6 (CLOSED) \n\n\n\nWORK & TRADITION – A look at the trades\, customs\, and industries—both fading and thriving—that have been documented over decades\, preserving the cultural heritage of the region.   \n\n\n\nMARCH 27 – MAY 8\, 2026  \n\n\n\nTHE CHANGING STORY – A reflection on how photojournalism has evolved with technology and society\, displaying images that capture transformation in both storytelling and the world it seeks to document.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact the coordinator of these events at tim.broekema@wku.edu.  URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/the-changing-story-2/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wkuvjp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/gallery_change_promo_small.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260202T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260313T235959 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20260128T162337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T163126Z UID:4505-1769990400-1773446399@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Work & Tradition DESCRIPTION:​During these cold January days\, warm your heart\, mind and body by joining us as we continue the 50th year celebration of the storied Mountain Workshops with the opening of our third gallery installation of the academic year inside the heated Jody Richards Hall Atrium and Gallery. \n\n\n\nWORK & TRADITION \n\n\n\nA look at the trades\, customs\, and industries—both fading and thriving—that have been documented over decades\, preserving the cultural heritage of the region. \n\n\n\nJanuary 28 – March 6 \n\n\n\nGallery hours  \n\n\n\nM – W  9 AM – 8 PM  \n\n\n\nTH – FR  9 AM – 4 PM  \n\n\n\nClosed when WKU is closed  \n\n\n\nJody Richards Hall Atrium and Auditorium\, WKU  \n\n\n\nParking available on Chestnut St. South lot after 4:30  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe School of Media & Communication launched a year-long\, four-part gallery exhibition celebrating 50 years of the WKU Visual Journalism & Photography program and its rich legacy of documenting Kentucky through the Mountain Workshops.  \n\n\n\n“Through the Lens of Time: 50 Decades of the Mountain Workshops”  \n\n\n\n For half a century\, the Mountain Workshops\, a flagship program of Western Kentucky University’s Visual Journalism & Photography program\, has documented the heart and soul of communities across Kentucky and beyond.   \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nThis four-part exhibition series\, sponsored by Canon USA\, celebrates this powerful visual storytelling body of work that has defined the Workshops’ legacy. Featuring work from generations of photographers\, from students to eventual Pulitzer Prize winners\, the exhibition honors the Mountain Workshops as both an educational institution and a documentary archive of life in America. These photographs bring history to life\, inviting audiences to experience five decades of storytelling excellence.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\nDivided into four thematic concepts this upcoming academic year\, the exhibition explores the evolution of documentary photography through the Workshop’s lens:  \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n\nAUGUST 26 – OCTOBER 3 (CLOSED) \n\n\n\nFACES OF THE MOUNTAIN – A powerful collection of intimate portraits that reveal the resilience\, joy\, and struggles of everyday people whose lives have been illuminated by the photographers’ lens.  \n\n\n\nOCTOBER 13 – DECEMBER 11 (CLOSED) \n\n\n\nPORTRAITS OF A PLACE – A testament to the people\, landscapes\, towns\, and backroads that have shaped the identity of the Workshop’s host communities.  \n\n\n\nJANUARY 28 – MARCH 6  \n\n\n\nWORK & TRADITION – A look at the trades\, customs\, and industries—both fading and thriving—that have been documented over decades\, preserving the cultural heritage of the region.   \n\n\n\nMARCH 27 – MAY 1\, 2026  \n\n\n\nTHE CHANGING STORY – A reflection on how photojournalism has evolved with technology and society\, displaying images that capture transformation in both storytelling and the world it seeks to document.  \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact the coordinator of these events at tim.broekema@wku.edu.  URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/work-tradition/ LOCATION:https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jody+Richards+Hall/@36.9832902\,-86.4551897\,765m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x8865e8d433f90635:0xed8d55dd9586cfee!8m2!3d36.9828812!4d-86.4564988!16s%2Fg%2F11b5qts2m1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDEyNS4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA2OUgBUAM%3D\, 1665 Normal St.\, Bowling Green\, Kentucky\, 42101 CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wkuvjp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mountain_tradition_promo_email3.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250826T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251003T235959 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20250731T140655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250731T141741Z UID:4432-1756166400-1759535999@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Faces of the Mountain DESCRIPTION:For half a century\, the Mountain Workshops\, a flagship program of Western Kentucky University’s Visual Journalism & Photography program\, has documented the heart and soul of communities across Kentucky and beyond.  \n\n\n\nThis four-part exhibition series\, sponsored by Canon USA\, celebrates this powerful visual storytelling body of work that has defined the Workshops’ legacy. Featuring work from generations of photographers\, from students to eventual Pulitzer Prize winners\, the exhibition honors the Mountain Workshops as both an educational institution and a documentary archive of life in America. These photographs bring history to life\, inviting audiences to experience five decades of storytelling excellence. \n\n\n\nGALLERY HOURS\n\n\n\n\nMonday – Wednesday 9:00 – 9:00\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday – Friday 9:00 – 4:00 \n\n\n\n\nDivided into four thematic sections presented over this upcoming year\, the exhibition explores the evolution of documentary photography through the Workshop’s lens: \n\n\n\nAUGUST 26 – OCTOBER 3 \n\n\n\nFaces of the Mountain – A powerful collection of intimate portraits that reveal the resilience\, joy\, and struggles of everyday people whose lives have been illuminated by the photographers’ lens. \n\n\n\nOCTOBER 13 – DECEMBER 3 \n\n\n\nPortraits of Place – A testament to the people\, landscapes\, towns\, and backroads that have shaped the identity of the Workshop’s host communities. \n\n\n\nJANUARY 26 – MARCH 6\, 2026 \n\n\n\nWork & Tradition – A look at the trades\, customs\, and industries—both fading and thriving—that have been documented over decades\, preserving the cultural heritage of the region. \n\n\n\nMARCH 23 – MAY 1\, 2026 \n\n\n\nThe Changing Story – A reflection on how photojournalism has evolved with technology and society\, showcasing images that capture transformation in both storytelling and the world it seeks to document. \n\n\n\nFor more information please visit the Visual Journalism & Photography event page or contact the coordinator of this event at tim.broekema@wku.edu. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/faces-of-the-mountain/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wkuvjp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mountain_faces_promo1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250304T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250418T210000 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20250207T190756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250715T181650Z UID:4223-1741111200-1745010000@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Birds Doing Stuff\, a photo exhibit by Steve Jessmore DESCRIPTION:The School of Media & Communication is delighted to host Steve Jessmore and an exhibit of his award-winning work\, “Birds Doing Stuff” in the Jody Richards Hall Gallery on the campus of Western Kentucky University March 4 – April 18.\n\nThis project aims at showcasing the beauty and fragility of a tiny slice of Torch River\, located in northwest Michigan\, which also happens to be the photographer’s front yard. What’s at stake for this river\, as for many other rivers that are lake tributaries\, is the symbiotic relationship between an ecosystem and its human stewards.\n\n\n\nMarch 4\n\n Opening Reception  |  6:00 PM  | Jody Richards Hall Atrium\n Public Presentation  |  7:00 PM  |  Jody Richards Hall Auditorium\n\nJRH Gallery Through April 18\n\n M-W: 9:00 am – 7:00 pm\n TH-F: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm\n Gallery is closed when WKU is closed\n\n\n\n\nIn 2020\, COVID left a void. Steve Jessmore’s work\, as many of us\, was put on hold. People weren’t able to do things – Jessmore included. His wife Brenda challenged him. “You need to use your talents. Do what you always wanted to do. Who knows how long this will last. Every day is a gift from God and you have to make the best of each and every one like it was your last\,” she said.\n\nReeds Lake\, East Grand Rapids\, Mich. Aug 9\, 2022\n\nIt took him a few months\, but he finally found his inspiration and direction. He bought a kayak and\, in his travels\, discovered ducks and other birds. After spending hundreds of hours and making thousands of images\, he believed he found what he had been looking for – Birds doing stuff.\n\nTurning a loss of freelance photography work and isolation from Covid to his advantage\, Steve Jessmore vowed to make this gift of time a learning experience. Mid-2020 he began making pictures of his new-found passion. Using his career photojournalism skills and storytelling roots\, Jessmore began capturing wildlife being wildlife and living their lives in the communities around him. Hundreds of hours and tens of thousands of photos later\, he gained confidence in the new craft he was learning. In 2021 less than a year after starting to photograph birds\, two of his images swept the professional division of the National 2021 Audubon Society’s photography contest\, winning 1st and honorable mention.\n\nFollowing his community roots as a photojournalist\, Jessmore has captured moments of wildlife nearly entirely in Michigan. He has photographed primarily near his Grand Rapids home and at their cottage on the Torch River. He believes there’s so much around him that he doesn’t need to chase the unusual to find satisfaction. “I love to create art in dynamic situations which feature wildlife moments in the communities around me’” he said.\n\n“I approach birds with the same ethics I’ve practiced in my photojournalism. I don’t make them fly\, bait them or try to intrude on their lives\, but rather let them be themselves. I am the casual observer creating images and making art.”\n\nJessmore’s hope is that his images can be a voice for the birds\, bringing awareness to these treasures that lives amongst us and how fragile the environment is. He would like us to take notice and realize we need to be stewards. We can enjoy our time among them\, but realize we need to take care and preserve their habitat and our resources so we can all continue to live side by side.\n\nYou can support Jessmore and help continue this important work here.\n\nSTEVE JESSMORE BIO\nSteve Jessmore\, of Alto\, Mich.\, has been a photographer his entire life. Known for his community and storytelling focus\, he was a 35-year photojournalist working as chief photographer/Director of Photography for the Flint Journal\, The Saginaw News and the Myrtle Beach Sun News.  He’s won numerous Michigan\, national and international photojournalism awards and has been named a five-time Michigan Photographer of the Year and Robert F. Kennedy Photojournalism awardee. He also was staff photographer for his alma mater Central Michigan University for five-years.\n\nIn August of 2018 Jessmore stepped away from Central Michigan University\, got married and moved to Grand Rapids. He began freelancing full time for colleges and universities which he continues to do.\n\nSteve Jessmore\n\nWhen his freelance work was put on hold in 2020 due to Covid pandemic Jessmore struggled to stay busy. He set a goal to be constructive with his time\, learn something new and set out to improve his photography. That experiment led him on a path to becoming an avid outdoor photographer with a love for all wildlife- but especially birds.\n\nIn 2021\, two of his bird images swept the professional division of the National 2021 Audubon Photography contest\, winning 1st and HM. He won another first place in the 2022 national contest- The Fisher Prize for the most creative approach to photographing with his image “Feeding Frenzy” featuring Norther Shoveler ducks. This image also graced the cover of the Audubon’s summer awards issue magazine. His 2021 winning “Northern and Cardinal in Flight” is also featured on the official National Audubon 2023 membership card.\n\nJessmore’s and his avian photography has been featured/published on WCMU’s Discover Michigan\, NPR Stateside\, WOOD-TV 8\, M-LIVE and ABC On Your Side. He’s been published in National Audubon Magazine\, The Smithsonian\, Ducks Unlimited and Cornell Lab of Ornithology annual report. He’s had solo exhibitions of his art at the Baber Gallery at Central Michigan University\, The Saginaw Art Museum\, The Flint Art Walk\, and also at Saginaw Valley State University. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/birdsdoingstuff/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture,JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250127T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250221T235959 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20250124T192740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250124T192740Z UID:4216-1737936000-1740182399@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:49th Mountain Workshops Gallery exhibition open DESCRIPTION:The School of Media & Communication is proud to announce the opening of the latest exhibition Feels Like Home: Williamsburg\, Whitley County\, Kentucky at the Gallery in Jody Richards Hall. \n\nJRH Gallery Through February 21\n\nM-W: 9:00 am – 7:00 pm\nTH-F: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm\nGallery is closed when WKU is closed.\n\n\n  \n \nIn the Southeast corner of Kentucky near Tennessee and Virginia\, Whitley County is a mountain landscape sliced by Interstate 75 and the Cumberland River. The city of Corbin is on the north end and Williamsburg\, the county seat and home to the University of the Cumberlands\, lies in the center. This is an Appalachian community with a rich past where friendly\, hard-working people are trying to figure out their future. \n“This is my community\, this is my people and this is what is important to me\,” local resident Laurel West said. “It feels like home; it’s good people here and that makes a difference.” \nDirected by Western Kentucky University’s Visual Journalism & Photography program\, 77 student and professional photographers and videographers from around the nation\, along with a staff of nearly 60 educators\, editors and assistants\, spent the last week of October 2024 capturing the stories of this distinctive American community. \n“You need a little swagger\,” Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison said. “Larger cities might have more swagger\, but we can swag with the best of them. You have to see our community to understand our community.” \nCome and see the swagger now through February 21 on the campus of WKU at Jody Richards Hall. \n  URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/49th-mountain-workshops-gallery-exhibition-opens/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240313T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240313T211500 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20240228T172029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T172029Z UID:4172-1710353700-1710364500@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Roommates: From Western to The White House DESCRIPTION:Follow the life journey of two Western Kentucky University photojournalism students and see how they landed a career documenting the biggest election in a century\nWestern Kentucky University’s School of Media and Communication and The John B. Gaines Family Lecture Series present an exhibition of photographs and an evening presentation showcasing Jabin Botsford and Demetrius Freeman’s photographic journey From Western to the White House. \n \n\nWednesday\, March 13\, 2024 \n6:15 p.m. Photo Exhibition\, Jody Richards Hall Gallery\, Western Kentucky University \n7:00 p.m. Evening Presentation\, Jody Richards Hall Auditorium\, Western Kentucky University \nNOTE: Parking is free after 4:30 in the Chestnut St. lot at the end of Regents Ave. \n\nA little over a decade ago\, Western Kentucky University students Jabin Botsford and Demetrius Freeman shared an apartment on Park Street. Their ambition to make a name for themselves in photojournalism was high as they worked their way through the strenuous rigors of academic life. After graduation\, they each went their separate way\, Botsford landing his first job at The Washington Post while Freeman cut his teeth as a freelance photojournalist and eventually a staff photographer for the New York City Mayor’s Office. \nBotsford has documented the Trump Presidency since the beginning\, capturing many of the iconic images that became highly discussed news revelations. For four years he reported daily to The White House providing some of the most comprehensive visual documentation of the Trump Presidency. In 2020\, Freeman was brought on as a staff photojournalist for The Washington Post. Botsford was assigned to document President Donald Trump and Freeman was assigned to cover Senator Joe Biden’s campaign for President. Following the 2021 Biden inauguration\, the two former roommates were back together again\, this time on Pennsylvania Avenue. \nBoth photojournalists will discuss their journey from Western to The White House and photojournalism\’s role in political news and its importance during an election year. Presidential campaigns are highly staged events\, and they will talk about finding a split second of reality in such high-pressure situations. \nA gallery exhibit of over 60 photographs\, will showcase their work spanning their career\, both in and out of the White House. The gallery will remain on display through April 19. \n  \nOur Guests\nJabin Botsford is a staff photographer at The Washington Post. \nHe is a graduate of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green\, KY with a degree in photojournalism and sociology. \nJabin began his career at the Washington Post March 2015 and was assigned to cover Donald J. Trump’s first presidential campaign that summer. Once President Trump took office\, Jabin was stationed at The White House throughout his term covering the Presidency. \nHe was named 2019 and 2017 White House News Photographers Association Photographer of the Year. \nJabin has interned for the New York Times in both New York City and in their Washington DC bureau. He interned at The Los Angeles Times in Los Angeles California and for The Washington Post in Washington DC. \nJabin participated at the 2012 and 2013 Mountain Workshops. In October of 2013 he was a student at The Eddie Adams Workshop XXVI. He has been recognized by Pictures of the Year International\, College Photographer of the Year\, The William Randolph Hearst Photojournalism Award program\, the Associated Collegiate Press\, the National Press Photographers Association\, the Kentucky News Photographers Association\, The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar\, and many others. His images and multimedia have been published in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, AARP\, and numerous other publications throughout the country. \nAs a student he placed first in the 2014 Hearst National Journalism Awards Championship photojournalism shootout as well as receiving awards for best photo and best portfolio. He has been named Student Photographer of the year two years in a row by the Kentucky News Photographer’s Association and named Sports Photographer of the Year two years in a row by College Photographer of the Year. Jabin has also been named Student Photographer of the year by the Ohio News Photographers Association\, the White House News Photographers Association and The NPPA Southern Short Corse. \nJabin is currently based in Washington\, DC. \n  \nDemetrius Freeman is a Staff Political Photojournalist at The Washington Post. \nDemetrius holds a BA in photojournalism with a minor in political science from Western Kentucky University. He has studied abroad in Madrid\, Spain and has completed an international master’s program at the Danish School of Media & Journalism in Aarhus\, Denmark. \nDemetrius began working at The Washington Post in August 2020\, covering Joe Biden’s presidential campaign during that summer.  Once President Biden was elected\, Demetrius started photographing more often from The White House. \nHe has worked as a photographer for the New York City Mayor’s office\, under Mayor Bill de Blasio. He has also worked as a freelance visual journalism and creative director based in New York City before being hired fulltime by The Washington Post. \nHe has held internships at The Chautauquan Daily\, The New York Times\, and The Tampa Bay Times. He also worked as a photographer for the New York City Mayor’s Office. \nDemetrius has participated in several workshops and seminars including The Mountain Workshop\, The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar\, The New York Times Portfolio Review\, The New York Times Safety & Security Workshop\, The Missouri Photo Workshop\, and is an alumni of The Eddie Adams Workshop XXVII. Demetrius is a member of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)\, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)\, and Diversify.Photo. \n\nContacts for lecture series and gallery exhibition\nIf you need more information about the lecture series or want to connect with one of the speakers\, contact organizer Jonathan Adams jonathan.adams@wku.edu. \nThe photo exhibition will be on display March 13 – April 19\, from 9-5 M-TH when WKU is open. For more information about the photo exhibit please contact Tim Broekema tim.broekema@wku.edu. \n\nAbout the John B. Gaines Family Lecture Series\nThe John B. Gaines Family Lecture Series\, launched in 2004 in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Gaines’ family-owned newspaper\, the Daily News\, has brought several award-winning international journalists to WKU.  Previous lecture participants include the Indianapolis Star Pulitzer Prize-winning team that uncovered the USA Gymnastics sex abuse cases; The Cincinnati Enquirer Pulitzer Prize-winning team that documented the addiction crisis\, journalism icon John Seigenthaler and his son\, former NBC network news anchor John Seigenthaler Jr.; Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts of The Miami Herald; and Chicago Tribune photojournalist and official White House photographer Pete Souza. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/roommates-from-western-to-the-white-house/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture,JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240217 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20240121T180911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240121T182204Z UID:4257-1705363200-1708127999@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Mountain Workshops Gallery on Paris and Bourbon County Opens DESCRIPTION:The Visual Journalism & Photography program in WKU’s School of Media & Communication announces the opening of an exhibition in Jody Richards Hall gallery featuring more than 60 images and short-form documentaries of the people and places of Paris and Bourbon County as part of the 47th annual Mountain Workshops. \n \nThe exhibition titled Horses. History. Hospitality. And the richness of the people will be on display January 16-February 16. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday. The gallery will be closed when WKU is closed due to weather or for holidays. \nNestled in the heart of Kentucky’s Bluegrass region\, with a verdant\, gently rolling landscape\, Bourbon County is home to elegant Thoroughbred farms and multimillion-dollar racehorses. But\, as Bourbon County Judge-Executive Michael Williams says\, it’s the richness of the people who make this Kentucky community unique. From a revitalized Main Street in Paris\, brimming with local stores\, to the tiny hamlets of Millersburg\, North Middletown\, Clintonville and Centerville\, there is a palpable sense of pride among the people who inhabit Bourbon County’s 292 square miles. \nMore than 60 student and professional photographers and videographers from around the nation\, along with a staff of nearly 40 teachers\, editors and assistants\, spent the last week of October 2023 capturing the stories of this distinctive American community. \nAbout the Mountain Workshops: As the leaves fall annually\, the WKU Visual Journalism & Photography program’s Mountain Workshops draws together a team of dedicated teachers and determined participants for a week of compelling storytelling in Kentucky. Together they explore the richness of these communities\, the lives of the people who live in them\, and the beauty of the landscapes. Participants gain hands-on experience telling stories in the documentary tradition. In return\, the community receives a unique document of their county through both compelling visual imagery and written stories. \nCurrently\, an unprecedented 40 counties in the state of Kentucky have been documented in a historically significant way. In its early years\, the Mountain Workshops also documented five communities in north-central Tennessee\, part of the Cumberland Gap region the two states share. For a unique journey through the Mountain Workshops 48-year history\, view the documentary at http://mountainworkshops.org/history/. \nContact: Tim Broekema\, tim.broekema@wku.edu URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/mountain-workshops-gallery-on-paris-and-bourbon-county-opens/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231021 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20230828T162422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230904T230603Z UID:4126-1693872000-1697846399@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:'My Soul Aches': Ukraine's Mortal Courage DESCRIPTION:School of Media & Communication Gallery | Jody Richards Hall\, WKU \nM-W 9:00 am – 9:00 pm | TH – F 9:00 am – 4:00 pm* \n \nThe School of Media & Communications invites you to explore the heart-wrenching reality\, “‘My Soul Aches’: Ukraine’s Mortal Courage” exhibition of images by Carol Guzy\, at Jody Richards Hall Gallery on the campus of Western Kentucky University. \nStep into a world of raw emotions\, stark honesty\, and the undeniable power of visual storytelling in this recent body of work from four-time Pulitzer Prize-Winning photojournalist Carol Guzy as we unveil a stunning collection of nearly 60 large format printed photographs that capture the essence and reality of the on-going war in Ukraine. Prepare to be moved as you journey through these captivating images allowing you to connect with the people of Ukraine on a deeply personal level and bear witness to the resilience and spirit of the Ukrainian people. Guzy’s work speaks to the unvarnished truth of conflict\, offering a glimpse into the lives of those affected by the war. Guzy was the 2022 recipient of the Fleischaker/Greene Award for Courageous International Reporting from WKU School of Media. \nWARNING: The content in this exhibition may be difficult for some to view\, however these images were taken to connect us to the experiences of others in the hope we can better understand their suffering. \n* Open only on days the University is open\, parking is free after 4:30 pm on the Chestnut Street South Lot. \n  \nCarol Guzy: A Lens of Compassion and Courage in a World of Conflict \nFor over four decades\, Carol Guzy has been a humble ambassador in the world of photojournalism. With an unerring eye for capturing the raw\, emotional essence of human stories\, Guzy has earned her place among the most celebrated photojournalists of our time. \nCarol Guzy \nBorn with an innate curiosity and a passion for storytelling\, Guzy embarked on her career in the early ’80s. Her unflinching commitment to truth and her remarkable ability to empathize with her subjects have garnered her four Pulitzer Prizes\, one of only two journalists to have achieved this accomplishment. \nGuzy’s recent work from Ukraine is an exemplar of her unmatched skill in documenting the human experience during times of crisis. Her photographs from the war-torn region are haunting and real\, encapsulating the pain\, resilience\, and hope of the Ukrainian people. Through her lens\, we witness the devastating impact of conflict on families\, the bravery of those defending their homeland\, and the indomitable spirit of a nation striving for peace. \nIn a world often marred by chaos and division\, Carol Guzy’s work\, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the Kosovo War to Hurricane Katrina to the ISIS conflicts in the Middle East\, serves as a beacon of truth and understanding. She reminds us that behind every headline and statistic\, there are real people with real stories. Her photographs from Ukraine are not just images; they are windows into the heart and soul of a nation\, a testament to her unwavering commitment to bearing witness to the world’s most pressing issues. Carol Guzy continues to inspire and educate through her powerful visual storytelling\, leaving an indelible mark on the world of photojournalism. \n  URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/my-soul-aches-ukraines-mortal-courage/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230905T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231020T235959 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20230828T162422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230828T162422Z UID:4396-1693872000-1697846399@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:\'My Soul Aches\': Ukraine\'s Mortal Courage DESCRIPTION:School of Media & Communication Gallery | Jody Richards Hall\, WKU \nM-W 9:00 am – 9:00 pm | TH – F 9:00 am – 4:00 pm* \n \nThe School of Media & Communications invites you to explore the heart-wrenching reality\, \”\’My Soul Aches\’: Ukraine\’s Mortal Courage\” exhibition of images by Carol Guzy\, at Jody Richards Hall Gallery on the campus of Western Kentucky University. \nStep into a world of raw emotions\, stark honesty\, and the undeniable power of visual storytelling in this recent body of work from four-time Pulitzer Prize-Winning photojournalist Carol Guzy as we unveil a stunning collection of nearly 60 large format printed photographs that capture the essence and reality of the on-going war in Ukraine. Prepare to be moved as you journey through these captivating images allowing you to connect with the people of Ukraine on a deeply personal level and bear witness to the resilience and spirit of the Ukrainian people. Guzy\’s work speaks to the unvarnished truth of conflict\, offering a glimpse into the lives of those affected by the war. Guzy was the 2022 recipient of the Fleischaker/Greene Award for Courageous International Reporting from WKU School of Media. \nWARNING: The content in this exhibition may be difficult for some to view\, however these images were taken to connect us to the experiences of others in the hope we can better understand their suffering. \n* Open only on days the University is open\, parking is free after 4:30 pm on the Chestnut Street South Lot. \n  \nCarol Guzy: A Lens of Compassion and Courage in a World of Conflict \nFor over four decades\, Carol Guzy has been a humble ambassador in the world of photojournalism. With an unerring eye for capturing the raw\, emotional essence of human stories\, Guzy has earned her place among the most celebrated photojournalists of our time. \n \nBorn with an innate curiosity and a passion for storytelling\, Guzy embarked on her career in the early \’80s. Her unflinching commitment to truth and her remarkable ability to empathize with her subjects have garnered her four Pulitzer Prizes\, one of only two journalists to have achieved this accomplishment. \nGuzy\’s recent work from Ukraine is an exemplar of her unmatched skill in documenting the human experience during times of crisis. Her photographs from the war-torn region are haunting and real\, encapsulating the pain\, resilience\, and hope of the Ukrainian people. Through her lens\, we witness the devastating impact of conflict on families\, the bravery of those defending their homeland\, and the indomitable spirit of a nation striving for peace. \nIn a world often marred by chaos and division\, Carol Guzy\’s work\, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the Kosovo War to Hurricane Katrina to the ISIS conflicts in the Middle East\, serves as a beacon of truth and understanding. She reminds us that behind every headline and statistic\, there are real people with real stories. Her photographs from Ukraine are not just images; they are windows into the heart and soul of a nation\, a testament to her unwavering commitment to bearing witness to the world\’s most pressing issues. Carol Guzy continues to inspire and educate through her powerful visual storytelling\, leaving an indelible mark on the world of photojournalism. \n  URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/my-soul-aches-ukraines-mortal-courage-2/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230218 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20221118T172738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221118T172953Z UID:4062-1668729600-1676678399@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:A Community Devoted: Leitchfield\, Grayson County DESCRIPTION:The School of Media is proud to announce the opening of the latest exhibition A Community Devoted at the Gallery in Jody Richards Hall. \nThe storied Mountain Workshops\, run by the WKU Photojournalism program\, completed its 47th year of documenting communities across the Commonwealth this past October and the participants\, faculty and staff invite you to take a few moments of your time to explore the people and places that make up Grayson County. It is said\, everyone has a story to tell\, there are 47 of them waiting for you to see. \nJRH Gallery Through February 17 \n\nM-W: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm\nTH-F: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm\nGallery is closed when WKU is closed\nFree parking available in Chestnut St. lot at the end of Regents street after 4:00 pm\n\nA Community Devoted: Leitchfield\, Grayson County\nNestled between Rough River and Nolin lakes\, Grayson County is one of Kentucky’s overlooked gems. More than 24\,000 people call it home. Many have generations-old ties to Leitchfield and the farmland around communities such as Caneyville\, Clarkson\, Big Clifty and Short Creek. But newcomers are welcome\, too. Many have pulled off the Western Kentucky Parkway and never looked back. \nIn 2022\, during one week in October\, 53 visual journalists from across the country and around the globe traveled to this small town to document the people and places that make-up this rural community just north of Mammoth Cave National Park. A small army of editors\, producers and staff\, many connected with Western Kentucky University’s School of Media\, welcomed them and assisted in honing their craft. This gallery is a representation of the work produced during that week. \n  URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/a-community-devoted-leitchfield-grayson-county/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230217T235959 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20221118T172738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221118T172738Z UID:4390-1668729600-1676678399@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:A Community Devoted: Leitchfield\, Grayson County DESCRIPTION:The School of Media is proud to announce the opening of the latest exhibition A Community Devoted at the Gallery in Jody Richards Hall. \nThe storied Mountain Workshops\, run by the WKU Photojournalism program\, completed its 47th year of documenting communities across the Commonwealth this past October and the participants\, faculty and staff invite you to take a few moments of your time to explore the people and places that make up Grayson County. It is said\, everyone has a story to tell\, there are 47 of them waiting for you to see. \nJRH Gallery Through February 17 \n\nM-W: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm\nTH-F: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm\nGallery is closed when WKU is closed\nFree parking available in Chestnut St. lot at the end of Regents street after 4:00 pm\n\nA Community Devoted: Leitchfield\, Grayson County\nNestled between Rough River and Nolin lakes\, Grayson County is one of Kentucky’s overlooked gems. More than 24\,000 people call it home. Many have generations-old ties to Leitchfield and the farmland around communities such as Caneyville\, Clarkson\, Big Clifty and Short Creek. But newcomers are welcome\, too. Many have pulled off the Western Kentucky Parkway and never looked back. \nIn 2022\, during one week in October\, 53 visual journalists from across the country and around the globe traveled to this small town to document the people and places that make-up this rural community just north of Mammoth Cave National Park. A small army of editors\, producers and staff\, many connected with Western Kentucky University’s School of Media\, welcomed them and assisted in honing their craft. This gallery is a representation of the work produced during that week. \n  URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/a-community-devoted-leitchfield-grayson-county-2/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221105 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20220909T190734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T190946Z UID:4020-1662940800-1667606399@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:SLICES: A Look Back At The Way We Were DESCRIPTION:From the archives of the Louisville Courier-Journal\, this collection of 57 images that span six decades\, document the seemingly mundane to significant events of our collective past. The Courier-Journal staff created a record of history that became immortalized in the power of photography. As time marches forward\, these images freeze a layer of humanity in the click of a shutter revealing to us how much we have changed\, and just perhaps\, how we have not. \nGALLERY HOURS: \nM-W: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm \nTH-F: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm \n  \nThe 57 images on display as well as many more can be seen in a book published by Press Syndication Group and can be purchased here. \n\nReaders of the Courier Journal picked up their newspapers on January 5\, 1896\, and found something they had never seen before. There\, splashed across the front of the third section of the newspapers\, were photographs – not the lithographs they had come to expect in their paper – honest-to-God\, half-tone photos of state-owned buildings around the commonwealth. \nThat was nine months before the New York Times began running photographs in the pages of its Sunday Magazine and years before either newspaper would put photos on their front pages. Before that\, newspapers generally used hand-engraved lithographic prints to illustrate their stories\, but the advent of the half-tone printing process\, for the first time\, began to bring the staid old publications with long columns of gray type to life. It was that page that ushered in a new era for the Courier Journal. \nThe story that accompanied the Courier Journal’s picture package that Sunday morning\, buried at the bottom of the page\, was almost certainly included as nothing more than a vehicle to show off the Courier Journal’s new technology – the process of using tiny dots to reproduce photos – that allowed it to bring stories to its readers like never before. The photos hinted at what the Courier Journal would become\, with its corps of photographers crisscrossing the state to bring the stories of Kentucky back to its readers in a way writers never could It started with static photos of buildings\, nature and mug shots of people that appeared in the third section of the paper – later called the “Half-tone Section” because of its heavy reliance on photos. \nAs the ability to print photographs faster and with better clarity advanced\, so did photography. In years that followed\, cameras went from using glass plates\, to George Eastman’s roll film that first allowed for photography without a tripod\, to finally in 1925\, the invention of the 35mm camera. The newspaper eventually introduced color photographs to its Sunday magazine and then in the early 1990s to the newspaper itself. \nIn the early years\, the newspaper’s photography staff wasn’t much to speak of. When reporter William Burke “Skeets” Miller won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1925 after he crawled into Sand Cave in Southern Kentucky to interview trapped cave explorer Floyd Collins\,he – and not a photographer – was given a camera to take the photos inside the cave. Over the years\, though\, the newspaper developed a dedicated photo staff that served both the morning Courier Journal and its sister publication\, the afternoon Louisville Times. And with the evolution of cameras came the evolution of the Courier Journal’s great team of photographers. By the mid-1980s that staff had grown to more than 30 photographers\, editors and laboratory technicians who were largely based in Louisville but who traveled to all corners of the state and beyond at a moment’s notice to cover everything from political campaigns to mine disasters to floods to life. \nFor more than 30 years\, the staff was led by Billy Davis\, the longtime director of photography who was most known for his aerial photography – shot from a series of six airplanes that the Courier Journal owned between 1953 and the mid-1990s\, according to C. Thomas Hardin\, who succeeded Al Allen in leading the photo staff. \nIt was in 1953 that Davis\, an accomplished pilot who first photographed Louisville from the sky during the 1937 Ohio River flood when he was working for the Chattanooga News\, convinced Courier Journal President Barry Bingham Sr.\, Publisher Mark Ethridge and Vice President Lisle Baker that the photo staff needed an airplane to travel the state and get shots from high above. \n“We could get anywhere in the state in less than an hour and a half” former director of photography Hardin said. “It was our bureau in the sky” \nThrough the 1970s and 1980s\, the Courier Journal photography staff either won or helped win three Pulitzer Prizes for the newspaper. The first came in 1976 when it won the award for feature photography for its coverage of forced busing and the integration of Jefferson County’s public schools. The next came four years later when reporter Joel Brinkley and photographer Jay Mather teamed up to win the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for their stories and images of the refugee crisis unfolding in Cambodia because of the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge. \nAnd then in 1989\, the photography staff shared a Pulitzer Prize with the newspaper’s reporting and editing staffs for their coverage of the Carroll County bus crash. The accident\, among the worst in U.S. history\, killed 27 people and injured 34 others when drunken driver Larry Mahoney plowed his pickup truck into an old school bus owned by the Radcliff Assembly of God Church that was returning from a youth group trip to Kings Island amusement Park near Cincinnati. \nThe photographs they and other Courier Journal photographers shot over the years both lift your spirit and break your heart. They tell stories of life and death. They teach us about the famous and the unknown. The extraordinary and the mundane. Many are beautiful in their simplicity\, brilliant in their complexity\, and they’re all\, frankly\, just wonderful to look at. \nA book like this wouldn’t be complete without Stewart Bowman’s scene-setting photos of the Bluegrass region with the horses and barns and fences and all their iconic beauty. Nor would it seem right to publish this work without Davis aerial shot of the North Fork of the Kentucky River enveloping the city of Hazard and a smaller nearby community during the floods of 1963. \nThere are photos of young\, thin\, beautiful Elvis. And there’s an older\, jump-suit-wearing Elvis in his decline. Baryshnikov and Beach Boys. Mick Jagger and Elton John. And James Brown. Bill Monroe. Aretha \nThere is history – like Charles Lindbergh\, his darkened face visible in the cockpit of the Spirit of St. Louis parked on the tarmac at Louisville’s Bowman Field. And presidents from Franklin Roosevelt through Donald J. Trump. \nSome of the photos are shot in a brief window while others show the incredible access granted the photographers and the painstaking hours of sitting\, waiting\, for the perfect shot. The perfect moment. \nSadly\, many earlier photos you won’t see here were destroyed in the 1937 flood. Still many of the older negatives that survived the flood or were shot in the years shortly after are blistering and lost to time. But so many of the photos live on. And they tell stories. Our stories. The stories of our fathers and mothers. And their fathers and mothers. \nWhether it’s a car with its rear end hanging from a chain and a mechanic poised with a steam gun to clean it after a flood\, whether it’s people from a protestant church handling snakes in rural Kentucky or the body of a man who leaped to his death from a building in downtown Louisville\, the photos do the job that words alone can’t do. \nThere’s a soldier mourning over a flag-draped coffin in one photo and a soldier – pint of Seagram’s whisky in hand – laying a big celebratory smooch on a woman in another. \nSome of the most striking photos\, however\, are the ones that simply tell a story of everyday life\, ones that don’t focus on big\, important events or big\, important people. They are the ones that don’t complement a story but tell a story all their own. A master of that was Pam Spaulding\, who began photographing a young lawyer and his family for a newspaper project in 1977 and continues to photograph the family to this day. The images she made of the McGarvey family – including one with the mother lecturing one son and holding another while the family dog is on the exam table in the veterinarian’s office – could be a scene from any of our lives. \nIt was the result of painstaking work and hours upon hours of sitting and waiting\, and it’s a project like none other in the history of photojournalism \n“I used to tell photographers\, ‘Don’t go in and feel like you have to entertain. Go in\, be nice and be boring\,” Hardin said. \nBill Luster’s fabulous shot of grannies – both embarrassed and intrigued – at a Chippendales show at the Toy Tiger Lounge and Hardin’s photo of former Gov. A. B. “Happy” Chandler greeting a voter in the middle of a Western Kentucky street\, are both examples of photographers positioning themselves in the right place and waiting for the right time to press the shutter. Many of the photographers in these pages have gone on to work for publications known for their photographs\, like National Geographic and LIFE Magazine\, while others have spent their entire careers at the Courier Journal. And many of them continue to make incredible images that grace the pages of the Courier Journal today. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/slices-a-look-back-at-the-way-we-were/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220912T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221104T235959 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20220909T190734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T190734Z UID:4387-1662940800-1667606399@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:SLICES: A Look Back At The Way We Were DESCRIPTION:From the archives of the Louisville Courier-Journal\, this collection of 57 images that span six decades\, document the seemingly mundane to significant events of our collective past. The Courier-Journal staff created a record of history that became immortalized in the power of photography. As time marches forward\, these images freeze a layer of humanity in the click of a shutter revealing to us how much we have changed\, and just perhaps\, how we have not. \nGALLERY HOURS: \nM-W: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm \nTH-F: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm \n  \nThe 57 images on display as well as many more can be seen in a book published by Press Syndication Group and can be purchased here. \n\nReaders of the Courier Journal picked up their newspapers on January 5\, 1896\, and found something they had never seen before. There\, splashed across the front of the third section of the newspapers\, were photographs – not the lithographs they had come to expect in their paper – honest-to-God\, half-tone photos of state-owned buildings around the commonwealth. \nThat was nine months before the New York Times began running photographs in the pages of its Sunday Magazine and years before either newspaper would put photos on their front pages. Before that\, newspapers generally used hand-engraved lithographic prints to illustrate their stories\, but the advent of the half-tone printing process\, for the first time\, began to bring the staid old publications with long columns of gray type to life. It was that page that ushered in a new era for the Courier Journal. \nThe story that accompanied the Courier Journal\’s picture package that Sunday morning\, buried at the bottom of the page\, was almost certainly included as nothing more than a vehicle to show off the Courier Journal\’s new technology – the process of using tiny dots to reproduce photos – that allowed it to bring stories to its readers like never before. The photos hinted at what the Courier Journal would become\, with its corps of photographers crisscrossing the state to bring the stories of Kentucky back to its readers in a way writers never could It started with static photos of buildings\, nature and mug shots of people that appeared in the third section of the paper – later called the \”Half-tone Section\” because of its heavy reliance on photos. \nAs the ability to print photographs faster and with better clarity advanced\, so did photography. In years that followed\, cameras went from using glass plates\, to George Eastman\’s roll film that first allowed for photography without a tripod\, to finally in 1925\, the invention of the 35mm camera. The newspaper eventually introduced color photographs to its Sunday magazine and then in the early 1990s to the newspaper itself. \nIn the early years\, the newspaper\’s photography staff wasn\’t much to speak of. When reporter William Burke \”Skeets\” Miller won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1925 after he crawled into Sand Cave in Southern Kentucky to interview trapped cave explorer Floyd Collins\,he – and not a photographer – was given a camera to take the photos inside the cave. Over the years\, though\, the newspaper developed a dedicated photo staff that served both the morning Courier Journal and its sister publication\, the afternoon Louisville Times. And with the evolution of cameras came the evolution of the Courier Journal\’s great team of photographers. By the mid-1980s that staff had grown to more than 30 photographers\, editors and laboratory technicians who were largely based in Louisville but who traveled to all corners of the state and beyond at a moment\’s notice to cover everything from political campaigns to mine disasters to floods to life. \nFor more than 30 years\, the staff was led by Billy Davis\, the longtime director of photography who was most known for his aerial photography – shot from a series of six airplanes that the Courier Journal owned between 1953 and the mid-1990s\, according to C. Thomas Hardin\, who succeeded Al Allen in leading the photo staff. \nIt was in 1953 that Davis\, an accomplished pilot who first photographed Louisville from the sky during the 1937 Ohio River flood when he was working for the Chattanooga News\, convinced Courier Journal President Barry Bingham Sr.\, Publisher Mark Ethridge and Vice President Lisle Baker that the photo staff needed an airplane to travel the state and get shots from high above. \n\”We could get anywhere in the state in less than an hour and a half\” former director of photography Hardin said. \”It was our bureau in the sky\” \nThrough the 1970s and 1980s\, the Courier Journal photography staff either won or helped win three Pulitzer Prizes for the newspaper. The first came in 1976 when it won the award for feature photography for its coverage of forced busing and the integration of Jefferson County\’s public schools. The next came four years later when reporter Joel Brinkley and photographer Jay Mather teamed up to win the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for their stories and images of the refugee crisis unfolding in Cambodia because of the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge. \nAnd then in 1989\, the photography staff shared a Pulitzer Prize with the newspaper\’s reporting and editing staffs for their coverage of the Carroll County bus crash. The accident\, among the worst in U.S. history\, killed 27 people and injured 34 others when drunken driver Larry Mahoney plowed his pickup truck into an old school bus owned by the Radcliff Assembly of God Church that was returning from a youth group trip to Kings Island amusement Park near Cincinnati. \nThe photographs they and other Courier Journal photographers shot over the years both lift your spirit and break your heart. They tell stories of life and death. They teach us about the famous and the unknown. The extraordinary and the mundane. Many are beautiful in their simplicity\, brilliant in their complexity\, and they\’re all\, frankly\, just wonderful to look at. \nA book like this wouldn\’t be complete without Stewart Bowman\’s scene-setting photos of the Bluegrass region with the horses and barns and fences and all their iconic beauty. Nor would it seem right to publish this work without Davis aerial shot of the North Fork of the Kentucky River enveloping the city of Hazard and a smaller nearby community during the floods of 1963. \nThere are photos of young\, thin\, beautiful Elvis. And there\’s an older\, jump-suit-wearing Elvis in his decline. Baryshnikov and Beach Boys. Mick Jagger and Elton John. And James Brown. Bill Monroe. Aretha \nThere is history – like Charles Lindbergh\, his darkened face visible in the cockpit of the Spirit of St. Louis parked on the tarmac at Louisville\’s Bowman Field. And presidents from Franklin Roosevelt through Donald J. Trump. \nSome of the photos are shot in a brief window while others show the incredible access granted the photographers and the painstaking hours of sitting\, waiting\, for the perfect shot. The perfect moment. \nSadly\, many earlier photos you won\’t see here were destroyed in the 1937 flood. Still many of the older negatives that survived the flood or were shot in the years shortly after are blistering and lost to time. But so many of the photos live on. And they tell stories. Our stories. The stories of our fathers and mothers. And their fathers and mothers. \nWhether it\’s a car with its rear end hanging from a chain and a mechanic poised with a steam gun to clean it after a flood\, whether it\’s people from a protestant church handling snakes in rural Kentucky or the body of a man who leaped to his death from a building in downtown Louisville\, the photos do the job that words alone can\’t do. \nThere\’s a soldier mourning over a flag-draped coffin in one photo and a soldier – pint of Seagram\’s whisky in hand – laying a big celebratory smooch on a woman in another. \nSome of the most striking photos\, however\, are the ones that simply tell a story of everyday life\, ones that don\’t focus on big\, important events or big\, important people. They are the ones that don\’t complement a story but tell a story all their own. A master of that was Pam Spaulding\, who began photographing a young lawyer and his family for a newspaper project in 1977 and continues to photograph the family to this day. The images she made of the McGarvey family – including one with the mother lecturing one son and holding another while the family dog is on the exam table in the veterinarian\’s office – could be a scene from any of our lives. \nIt was the result of painstaking work and hours upon hours of sitting and waiting\, and it\’s a project like none other in the history of photojournalism \n\”I used to tell photographers\, \’Don\’t go in and feel like you have to entertain. Go in\, be nice and be boring\,\” Hardin said. \nBill Luster\’s fabulous shot of grannies – both embarrassed and intrigued – at a Chippendales show at the Toy Tiger Lounge and Hardin\’s photo of former Gov. A. B. \”Happy\” Chandler greeting a voter in the middle of a Western Kentucky street\, are both examples of photographers positioning themselves in the right place and waiting for the right time to press the shutter. Many of the photographers in these pages have gone on to work for publications known for their photographs\, like National Geographic and LIFE Magazine\, while others have spent their entire careers at the Courier Journal. And many of them continue to make incredible images that grace the pages of the Courier Journal today. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/slices-a-look-back-at-the-way-we-were-2/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220215T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220215T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20220208T170543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T170543Z UID:3985-1644944400-1644951600@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Women Photojournalists of Washington Reception and Lecture DESCRIPTION:You are invited Tuesday\, February 15th for the opening reception and a SONY sponsored lecture with Stefani Reynolds at 5:00 PM JRH Gallery and auditorium. Reynolds is a photojournalist and documentary photographer based in Washington D.C. A graduate of Pratt Institute\, her work seeks to address prominent issues within the American landscape\, including poverty\, homelessness\, and gentrification. \nThe lecture will mark the opening of the Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW) 15th Annual Juried Exhibition\, which features standout photography and multimedia pieces by members of WPOW from the past year. Photography and videos related to the year’s events from 24 member photographers and videographers\, including Pro and Student Best in Show winners Sarah Silbiger and Yijo Shen\, are included. We hope to see you there! \n \nWHO? \nWomen Photojournalists of Washington exhibition opening with featured guest\, Stefani Reynolds \nWHEN? \nTuesday\, Feb 15 \n5:00 – gallery doors open \n5:30 – exhibition remarks \n6:00 – lecture/presentation in JRH auditorium \nWHERE? \nJody Richards Hall on the campus of WKU \n  \nFree and open to all\, light refreshments will be served courtesy of the School of Media. Contact Tim Broekema (tim.broekema@wku.edu) if you have any questions \n  URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/women-photojournalists-of-washington-reception-and-lecture/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture,JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220215T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220215T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20220208T170543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T170543Z UID:4385-1644944400-1644951600@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Women Photojournalists of Washington Reception and Lecture DESCRIPTION:You are invited Tuesday\, February 15th for the opening reception and a SONY sponsored lecture with Stefani Reynolds at 5:00 PM JRH Gallery and auditorium. Reynolds is a photojournalist and documentary photographer based in Washington D.C. A graduate of Pratt Institute\, her work seeks to address prominent issues within the American landscape\, including poverty\, homelessness\, and gentrification. \nThe lecture will mark the opening of the Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW) 15th Annual Juried Exhibition\, which features standout photography and multimedia pieces by members of WPOW from the past year. Photography and videos related to the year’s events from 24 member photographers and videographers\, including Pro and Student Best in Show winners Sarah Silbiger and Yijo Shen\, are included. We hope to see you there! \n \nWHO? \nWomen Photojournalists of Washington exhibition opening with featured guest\, Stefani Reynolds \nWHEN? \nTuesday\, Feb 15 \n5:00 – gallery doors open \n5:30 – exhibition remarks \n6:00 – lecture/presentation in JRH auditorium \nWHERE? \nJody Richards Hall on the campus of WKU \n  \nFree and open to all\, light refreshments will be served courtesy of the School of Media. Contact Tim Broekema (tim.broekema@wku.edu) if you have any questions \n  URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/women-photojournalists-of-washington-reception-and-lecture-2/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture,JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220205 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20220120T181613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220120T182744Z UID:3954-1642377600-1644019199@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Reimagining Tradition: The return of Mountain Workshops DESCRIPTION:  \nBegin your school year by planning a visit to an exhibition of unique and thought provoking photographs and video short stories that allow you to experience lives other than your own. \nFor the first time in its 45 year history\, Mountain Workshops was conducted both in person and virtually\, allowing for WKU Photojournalism students to participate with visual journalists from across the nation. During one week in October of 2021\, these visual journalists documented people from Bowling Green\, Oakland\, Cal.\, Louisville\, Ky.\, Washington\, D.C.\, and South Burlington\, Vt. Together the photographs and video short stories display a diverse range of people and the hardships and triumphs that they face. \nThe exhibition\, located on the campus of Western Kentucky University in Jody Richards Hall\, is open Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. except for when the school is closed. \nThis exhibition is sponsored by The School of Media’s Photojournalism program and is free and open to the public. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/reimagining-tradition-the-return-of-mountain-workshops/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220117T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220204T235959 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20220120T181613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220120T181613Z UID:4383-1642377600-1644019199@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Reimagining Tradition: The return of Mountain Workshops DESCRIPTION:  \nBegin your school year by planning a visit to an exhibition of unique and thought provoking photographs and video short stories that allow you to experience lives other than your own. \nFor the first time in its 45 year history\, Mountain Workshops was conducted both in person and virtually\, allowing for WKU Photojournalism students to participate with visual journalists from across the nation. During one week in October of 2021\, these visual journalists documented people from Bowling Green\, Oakland\, Cal.\, Louisville\, Ky.\, Washington\, D.C.\, and South Burlington\, Vt. Together the photographs and video short stories display a diverse range of people and the hardships and triumphs that they face. \nThe exhibition\, located on the campus of Western Kentucky University in Jody Richards Hall\, is open Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. except for when the school is closed. \nThis exhibition is sponsored by The School of Media’s Photojournalism program and is free and open to the public. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/reimagining-tradition-the-return-of-mountain-workshops-2/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211112 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20211012T152440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T144731Z UID:3931-1633996800-1636675199@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:March to March: A Year of Unrest\, Uncertainty and Unknowns DESCRIPTION:Gallery exhibition features 68 images and three short-form documentary films from 19 different WKUPJ alumni photojournalists who were assigned to capture our unprecedented times.\n  \nThe third month of the year 2020 brought great change to how our nation and our world would go about living daily life. A pandemic not seen on such a scale since 1918 touched every community\, shutting down businesses\, entertainment\, travel and choking our economy and health care system. And like many issues in this divided country\, it became political. Protests erupted over mask mandates\, political ideology and racism. A nation under siege became exhausted. \n  \nSpring turned to summer\, and summer to fall\, then fall to winter. Soon it was March again. A new year for hope\, but still communities struggled to understand and cope with the ripple effects of COVID-19. \n  \nOn the front lines of all the news was a group of dedicated photojournalists\, often risking their own health to tell the important stories. \n  \nMarch to March\, A Year of Unrest\, Uncertainty and Unknowns\, looks at the work of nineteen WKU photojournalism alumni and how their presence allows us to bear witness to history unraveling before our very eyes. Five decades of experience\, generations of graduates come together to tell the complete story of an extraordinary year. \n  \nThe exhibit is free and open to the public in the Jody Richards Hall Gallery and Atrium through November 11. Hours of the gallery are Monday through Wednesday 9:00 am to 9:00 pm and Thursday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/march-to-march-a-year-of-unrest-uncertainty-and-unknowns/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211012T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211111T235959 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20211012T152440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211012T152440Z UID:4382-1633996800-1636675199@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:March to March: A Year of Unrest\, Uncertainty and Unknowns DESCRIPTION:Gallery exhibition features 68 images and three short-form documentary films from 19 different WKUPJ alumni photojournalists who were assigned to capture our unprecedented times.\n  \nThe third month of the year 2020 brought great change to how our nation and our world would go about living daily life. A pandemic not seen on such a scale since 1918 touched every community\, shutting down businesses\, entertainment\, travel and choking our economy and health care system. And like many issues in this divided country\, it became political. Protests erupted over mask mandates\, political ideology and racism. A nation under siege became exhausted. \n  \nSpring turned to summer\, and summer to fall\, then fall to winter. Soon it was March again. A new year for hope\, but still communities struggled to understand and cope with the ripple effects of COVID-19. \n  \nOn the front lines of all the news was a group of dedicated photojournalists\, often risking their own health to tell the important stories. \n  \nMarch to March\, A Year of Unrest\, Uncertainty and Unknowns\, looks at the work of nineteen WKU photojournalism alumni and how their presence allows us to bear witness to history unraveling before our very eyes. Five decades of experience\, generations of graduates come together to tell the complete story of an extraordinary year. \n  \nThe exhibit is free and open to the public in the Jody Richards Hall Gallery and Atrium through November 11. Hours of the gallery are Monday through Wednesday 9:00 am to 9:00 pm and Thursday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/march-to-march-a-year-of-unrest-uncertainty-and-unknowns-2/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210910T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210910T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20210907T222751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T223025Z UID:3892-1631275200-1631289600@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:A City Searching for Hope 20th Anniversary Memorial Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The 20th anniversary photo exhibit to feature WKU student and faculty work from September 11\, 2001 terrorist attack\nRidley and Hull Wealth Management Group of Stifel and the WKU School of Media to sponsor the exhibit at the Pushin Building in downtown Bowling Green\, Kentucky on Friday. The opening reception will be from noon to 4:00 pm with opening remarks at 1:00.\n  \nIt was September 11\, 2001. \nWithin a few hours after the World Trade Center towers fell and took a piece of America’s heart with them\, Western Kentucky University photojournalism students packed their cars with photography gear and headed north in search of answers. These students were not sure what they would find in New York\, they just knew they had to be there. By the week’s end\, two faculty had joined them. \nWhat they found was not just a story about smoldering buildings and twisted metal. They found stories about the people who worked in these buildings\, the rescuers trying to save them\, and the family and friends waiting to hear about the fate of their loved ones. By the following week\, the WKU team was back at school with thousands of photographs and one goal: to share their stories with as many people as they could. \nTwenty years later their images still resonate with us\, even haunt us. We are reminded of the profound emotional toll September 11\, 2001 had on our country. The images represent despair\, but also hope and resilience. \nOn September 10\, 2021\, Ridley and Hull Wealth Management Group of Stifel\, and The WKU School of Media will host an open house at the Pushin Building at 400 East Main Street\, Suite 100 in Bowling Green\, Kentucky\, from 12 to 4 p.m. Remarks will be at 1 p.m. The exhibit of 28 images will be open to the public from 10-4 p.m. on weekdays through the month of September. \nProfessor James Kenney\, coordinator of the Photojournalism program at WKU\, was one of the teachers who joined his students in New York in the aftermath of September 11. He expressed mixed emotions about his experience there and in seeing these images exhibited again 20 years later. \n“These images bring back unsettling memories of the pain\, suffering\, and uncertainty borne out of this terrible day. But they also represent the determination of my students to do their part in providing a visual reminder so that a nation would not forget\, and perhaps in some meaningful way contribute to its healing.” \nFor more information about the event or exhibit contact: \nTim Broekema\, Professor of Photojournalism \nWKU \n270-745-3005 \nOr \nBen Ridley \n270-792-7955 URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/a-city-searching-for-hope-20th-anniversary-memorial-exhibit/ LOCATION:Pushin Building\, 400 East Main St. Suite 100\, Bowling Gren\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210910T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210910T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20210907T222751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T222751Z UID:4381-1631275200-1631289600@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:A City Searching for Hope 20th Anniversary Memorial Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The 20th anniversary photo exhibit to feature WKU student and faculty work from September 11\, 2001 terrorist attack\nRidley and Hull Wealth Management Group of Stifel and the WKU School of Media to sponsor the exhibit at the Pushin Building in downtown Bowling Green\, Kentucky on Friday. The opening reception will be from noon to 4:00 pm with opening remarks at 1:00.\n  \nIt was September 11\, 2001. \nWithin a few hours after the World Trade Center towers fell and took a piece of America’s heart with them\, Western Kentucky University photojournalism students packed their cars with photography gear and headed north in search of answers. These students were not sure what they would find in New York\, they just knew they had to be there. By the week’s end\, two faculty had joined them. \nWhat they found was not just a story about smoldering buildings and twisted metal. They found stories about the people who worked in these buildings\, the rescuers trying to save them\, and the family and friends waiting to hear about the fate of their loved ones. By the following week\, the WKU team was back at school with thousands of photographs and one goal: to share their stories with as many people as they could. \nTwenty years later their images still resonate with us\, even haunt us. We are reminded of the profound emotional toll September 11\, 2001 had on our country. The images represent despair\, but also hope and resilience. \nOn September 10\, 2021\, Ridley and Hull Wealth Management Group of Stifel\, and The WKU School of Media will host an open house at the Pushin Building at 400 East Main Street\, Suite 100 in Bowling Green\, Kentucky\, from 12 to 4 p.m. Remarks will be at 1 p.m. The exhibit of 28 images will be open to the public from 10-4 p.m. on weekdays through the month of September. \nProfessor James Kenney\, coordinator of the Photojournalism program at WKU\, was one of the teachers who joined his students in New York in the aftermath of September 11. He expressed mixed emotions about his experience there and in seeing these images exhibited again 20 years later. \n“These images bring back unsettling memories of the pain\, suffering\, and uncertainty borne out of this terrible day. But they also represent the determination of my students to do their part in providing a visual reminder so that a nation would not forget\, and perhaps in some meaningful way contribute to its healing.” \nFor more information about the event or exhibit contact: \nTim Broekema\, Professor of Photojournalism \nWKU \n270-745-3005 \nOr \nBen Ridley \n270-792-7955 URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/a-city-searching-for-hope-20th-anniversary-memorial-exhibit-2/ LOCATION:Pushin Building\, 400 East Main St. Suite 100\, Bowling Gren\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200207T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20200204T010256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200204T010256Z UID:4379-1581098400-1581102000@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Responding To Bosnia: An Exhibition By James Kenney And Yvonne Petkus DESCRIPTION:OPENING RECEPTION and GALLERY TALK  \nFriday\, February 7\, at 6 p.m. \nGallery is open Tues – Fri 10:00 – 4:00\, Sat 12:00 – 4:00 \n  \nBaker Arboretum and Downing Museum \n4801 Morgantown Road \nBowling Green\, Kentucky 42101 \n  \nWestern Kentucky University and the Baker Arboretum and Downing Museum invite you to an exhibition of visual works by WKU faculty members Yvonne Petkus and James Kenney that opened January 28 and will be on display through April 4 at the Downing Museum. \nThe opening reception and gallery talk will be Friday\, February 7\, at 6 p.m.\, featuring foods unique to Bosnia and Herzegovina\, courtesy of WKU’s Office of Global Learning and International Affairs. \nEveryone in the university community and beyond is welcome.  URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/responding-to-bosnia-an-exhibition-by-james-kenney-and-yvonne-petkus-2/ LOCATION:Baker Arboretum and Downing Museum\, 4801 Morgantown Road\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="James Kenney":MAILTO:james.kenney@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200207T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20200204T010256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200204T010724Z UID:3727-1581098400-1581102000@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Responding To Bosnia: An Exhibition By James Kenney And Yvonne Petkus DESCRIPTION:OPENING RECEPTION and GALLERY TALK  \nFriday\, February 7\, at 6 p.m. \nGallery is open Tues – Fri 10:00 – 4:00\, Sat 12:00 – 4:00 \n  \nBaker Arboretum and Downing Museum \n4801 Morgantown Road \nBowling Green\, Kentucky 42101 \n  \nWestern Kentucky University and the Baker Arboretum and Downing Museum invite you to an exhibition of visual works by WKU faculty members Yvonne Petkus and James Kenney that opened January 28 and will be on display through April 4 at the Downing Museum. \nThe opening reception and gallery talk will be Friday\, February 7\, at 6 p.m.\, featuring foods unique to Bosnia and Herzegovina\, courtesy of WKU’s Office of Global Learning and International Affairs. \nEveryone in the university community and beyond is welcome.  URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/responding-to-bosnia-an-exhibition-by-james-kenney-and-yvonne-petkus/ LOCATION:Baker Arboretum and Downing Museum\, 4801 Morgantown Road\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="James Kenney":MAILTO:james.kenney@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190924T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191122T235959 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20190918T023241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190918T023241Z UID:4376-1569283200-1574467199@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Our World Burning Photo Exhibition DESCRIPTION:As deadly wildfires globally increase in number and severity\, residents of fire-prone areas are finding themselves on the frontline of these historic and potential climate-changing events. This exhibition of over 50 images and a documentary film from recent California fire seasons\, come together in this body of work from ten critically-acclaimed photojournalists and explores the ramifications these fires can have and reveal the pain\, suffering and all-encompassing loss the victims endure.\n\n\n\nEXHIBITION\nThru November 22\nSchool of Media Gallery\n1665 Normal Street\, Bowling Green\, KY\nJody Richards Hall on the campus of WKU\n\n\n\n\n\nSchool of Media Gallery  Hours \nM-W 9am – 9pm \nTh–F 9am – 5pm \nSunday 3pm – 9pm \n\nFree parking after 4:30 M-F in the Chestnut St. Lot South / Closed Oct. 10\, 11 and 13 for fall break \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFEATURED PHOTOGRAPHERS\n\n\n\n \n  \n\n \nFreelance photographer Noah Berger has spent 24 years covering the San Francisco Bay Area for editorial\, corporate and government clients. He works for national and international news outlets including the Associated Press\, Reuters\, San Francisco Chronicle and LA Times. On the corporate side\, Noah covers transportation and infrastructure for government agencies and works often with health care organizations. A native of New York\, Noah lives in Alameda – an island across the bay from San Francisco – with his wife and 9-year-old son. \n\n\n  \n \n\nErin Brethauer is a documentary filmmaker and photographer based in San Francisco\, CA. \nErin worked at the San Francisco Chronicle from 2014-2016 where she and her partner (now husband) Tim Hussin co-directed the Emmy Award winning documentary\, Last Men Standing. The film\, about longterm AIDS survivors\, was the newspaper\’s first feature-length documentary. During this time they also co-produced the Emmy Award winning video column\, The Regulars. \nBefore moving to the Bay Area\, Brethauer was a staff photographer and multimedia editor for seven years at the Asheville Citizen-Times in North Carolina. Both her film and still photography work has been recognized by the Pictures of the Year International\, Magenta Flash Forward\, American Photography and can be found in publications such as California Sunday Magazine and The New York Times. Her ongoing film collaboration with Hussin called This Land Films can be found at www.thislandfilms.com. \n  \n\n\n  \n \nRenée C. Byer is a catalyst for change. She is an award-winning documentary photojournalist and Emmy nominated multimedia field producer best known for her in-depth work focusing on the disadvantaged and those who otherwise would not be heard. Her ability to produce photographs with profound emotional resonance and sensitivity earned her the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 2007 and dozens of national and international honors\, including the World Understanding Award from Pictures of the Year International\, and Pulitzer Finalist in 2013. \nKnown for her ability to translate stark statistics into images that connect us to our humanity\, she has traveled throughout Africa\, Asia\, Europe\, North and South America\, covering some of the most important issues of our time. Byer’s stories have deepened our understanding of the environment\, climate change\, extreme poverty\, genetically modified food\, healthcare\, women at war\, domestic violence\, and the drought and economic crisis in California. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nPeter DaSilva is an independent photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been photographing local and regional events\, along with prominent people throughout the West Coast for more than two decades. He has worked for the Associated Press\, as a staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune and the San Francisco Chronicle and currently shoots for the New York Times. Peter has been published in periodicals from around the world\, including the Los Angeles Times\, Business Week\, International Herald Tribune\, News Week\, the Chicago Tribune\, NYT Up Front\, Der Spiegel as well as the Washington Post. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nJosh Edelson is an internationally published freelance photojournalist and commercial photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a curious adventure-seeker\, passionate about creating visually compelling stories and portraits and absolutely loves to travel. Edelson can be found covering major news stories with international appeal. Some of which include documenting the 2017 presidential election\, anti-police protests\, California wildfires\, various tech product launch events and others. He is contracted by various news companies like The Associated Press\, The Los Angeles Times\, AFP/Getty Images\, and others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nTim Hussin is a freelance photographer and filmmaker based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His background in journalism has made me a versatile shooter\, and his work now ranges from editorial to commercial to documentary and experimental/personal projects. His strength is in finding compelling\, honest and moving stories and pairing them with authentic and visually sophisticated moments. \nTim left a staff photographer/filmmaker position in 2016 at the San Francisco Chronicle\, where h co-produced a weekly video column with Erin Brethauer\, called The Regulars\, and co-directed the Chronicle\’s first feature-length documentary film\, Last Men Standing\, about long-term HIV/AIDS survivors. Both films have toured festivals worldwide. \nHe has won awards in POYi and was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. He has worked with publications such as National Geographic Magazine\, California Sunday Magazine\, Pop Up Magazine\, The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, NPR\,  The Guardian\, The Telegraph\, Le Monde\, Huck Magazine\, Oxford American\, Virginia Quarterly Review and Airbnb. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nRaised in Washington D.C.\, Gabrielle Lurie picked up a camera at 17-years-old. She learned photography the old- fashioned way and spent countless hours in the darkroom. Gabrielle moved to New York City to attend NYU where she studied art history and photography. In 2014 she moved to San Francisco to freelance for a variety of news outlets. Gabrielle was a student at the Missouri Photo Workshops\, the Mountain Workshops and the Eddie Adams Workshop. In 2016 Gabrielle joined the staff of The San Francisco Chronicle where she has been pursuing both stills and video. She is also the regional clip chair for the NPPA West region.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nJustin Sullivan is a staff photographer with Getty Images based in San Francisco\, California. His assignments have included a wide range of stories from national political campaigns and the California drought to natural disasters and international conflicts. Justin\’s award-winning work has appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world.  He is a three-time San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographer Of The Year. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nMason Trinca is a documentary and editorial photographer based in California. Mason\’s decision to be a photojournalist was strongly influenced by an appreciation for the power of even small images to impact the biggest environmental issues and to give voice to those who have none\, a remembrance to Mason’s sister with disabilities who was unable to speak. A University of Oregon graduate with a Bachelor of Science in both environmental studies and geology\, Mason continues to be inspired by nature and is passionate about camping\, biking and skiing. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nMarcus Yam is a Los Angeles Times staff photographer living in the beautiful City of Angels. Born and raised in tropical heat of Kuala Lumpur\, Malaysia\, he is culturally and socially uninhibited\, guided and inspired by Robert Frost\’s poem\, \”The Road Not Taken.\” At a turning point\, he left a career in Aerospace Engineering to pursue a photographic life. \nHis approach is deeply rooted in curiosity and persistence. He is interested in the social issues and dichotomies that shape the human experience. Currently\, he\’s obsessed with covering wildfires across the Golden State as it enters its eighth of drought. \nIn 2017\, Marcus was named Picture of The Year International’s Newspaper Photographer Of The Year. In 2015\, Marcus was part of the breaking news team that covered tragic San Bernardino\, Calif. terrorist attacks in 2015\, that earned a Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting. In 2014\, he was also part of The Seattle Times team that covered the deadly landslide in Oso\, Washington that also earned a Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/our-world-burning-photo-exhibition-2/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191123 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20190918T023241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190928T230150Z UID:3656-1569283200-1574467199@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Our World Burning Photo Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The Thomas Fire burns in the Los Padres National Forest\, near Ojai\, Calif.\, on Dec. 8\, 2017. A group of closely knit photojournalists find safety in numbers as they work together to document some of California’s largest and most dangerous fires. Photo by Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times \n\n\nAs deadly wildfires globally increase in number and severity\, residents of fire-prone areas are finding themselves on the frontline of these historic and potential climate-changing events. This exhibition of over 50 images and a documentary film from recent California fire seasons\, come together in this body of work from ten critically-acclaimed photojournalists and explores the ramifications these fires can have and reveal the pain\, suffering and all-encompassing loss the victims endure.\n\n\n\nEXHIBITION\nThru November 22\nSchool of Media Gallery\n1665 Normal Street\, Bowling Green\, KY\nJody Richards Hall on the campus of WKU\n\n\n\n\n\nSchool of Media Gallery  Hours \nM-W 9am – 9pm \nTh–F 9am – 5pm \nSunday 3pm – 9pm \n\nFree parking after 4:30 M-F in the Chestnut St. Lot South / Closed Oct. 10\, 11 and 13 for fall break \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFEATURED PHOTOGRAPHERS\n\n\n\nPhotographer Justin Sullivan is seen here seeking a low angle while covering the Camp Fire of 2018. “Being with a group that is well trained and understands how to navigate these dangerous fires is so important to me\,” Sullivan says. “Being in a car with someone when you’re driving down roads that have fire on both sides with trees and power lines falling all around is so much better than trying to navigate it on your own.” Photo by Noah Berger. \n  \n\n \nFreelance photographer Noah Berger has spent 24 years covering the San Francisco Bay Area for editorial\, corporate and government clients. He works for national and international news outlets including the Associated Press\, Reuters\, San Francisco Chronicle and LA Times. On the corporate side\, Noah covers transportation and infrastructure for government agencies and works often with health care organizations. A native of New York\, Noah lives in Alameda – an island across the bay from San Francisco – with his wife and 9-year-old son. \n\n\n  \n \n\nErin Brethauer is a documentary filmmaker and photographer based in San Francisco\, CA. \nErin worked at the San Francisco Chronicle from 2014-2016 where she and her partner (now husband) Tim Hussin co-directed the Emmy Award winning documentary\, Last Men Standing. The film\, about longterm AIDS survivors\, was the newspaper’s first feature-length documentary. During this time they also co-produced the Emmy Award winning video column\, The Regulars. \nBefore moving to the Bay Area\, Brethauer was a staff photographer and multimedia editor for seven years at the Asheville Citizen-Times in North Carolina. Both her film and still photography work has been recognized by the Pictures of the Year International\, Magenta Flash Forward\, American Photography and can be found in publications such as California Sunday Magazine and The New York Times. Her ongoing film collaboration with Hussin called This Land Films can be found at www.thislandfilms.com. \n  \n\n\n  \n \nRenée C. Byer is a catalyst for change. She is an award-winning documentary photojournalist and Emmy nominated multimedia field producer best known for her in-depth work focusing on the disadvantaged and those who otherwise would not be heard. Her ability to produce photographs with profound emotional resonance and sensitivity earned her the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 2007 and dozens of national and international honors\, including the World Understanding Award from Pictures of the Year International\, and Pulitzer Finalist in 2013. \nKnown for her ability to translate stark statistics into images that connect us to our humanity\, she has traveled throughout Africa\, Asia\, Europe\, North and South America\, covering some of the most important issues of our time. Byer’s stories have deepened our understanding of the environment\, climate change\, extreme poverty\, genetically modified food\, healthcare\, women at war\, domestic violence\, and the drought and economic crisis in California. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nPeter DaSilva is an independent photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been photographing local and regional events\, along with prominent people throughout the West Coast for more than two decades. He has worked for the Associated Press\, as a staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune and the San Francisco Chronicle and currently shoots for the New York Times. Peter has been published in periodicals from around the world\, including the Los Angeles Times\, Business Week\, International Herald Tribune\, News Week\, the Chicago Tribune\, NYT Up Front\, Der Spiegel as well as the Washington Post. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nJosh Edelson is an internationally published freelance photojournalist and commercial photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a curious adventure-seeker\, passionate about creating visually compelling stories and portraits and absolutely loves to travel. Edelson can be found covering major news stories with international appeal. Some of which include documenting the 2017 presidential election\, anti-police protests\, California wildfires\, various tech product launch events and others. He is contracted by various news companies like The Associated Press\, The Los Angeles Times\, AFP/Getty Images\, and others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nTim Hussin is a freelance photographer and filmmaker based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His background in journalism has made me a versatile shooter\, and his work now ranges from editorial to commercial to documentary and experimental/personal projects. His strength is in finding compelling\, honest and moving stories and pairing them with authentic and visually sophisticated moments. \nTim left a staff photographer/filmmaker position in 2016 at the San Francisco Chronicle\, where h co-produced a weekly video column with Erin Brethauer\, called The Regulars\, and co-directed the Chronicle’s first feature-length documentary film\, Last Men Standing\, about long-term HIV/AIDS survivors. Both films have toured festivals worldwide. \nHe has won awards in POYi and was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. He has worked with publications such as National Geographic Magazine\, California Sunday Magazine\, Pop Up Magazine\, The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, NPR\,  The Guardian\, The Telegraph\, Le Monde\, Huck Magazine\, Oxford American\, Virginia Quarterly Review and Airbnb. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nRaised in Washington D.C.\, Gabrielle Lurie picked up a camera at 17-years-old. She learned photography the old- fashioned way and spent countless hours in the darkroom. Gabrielle moved to New York City to attend NYU where she studied art history and photography. In 2014 she moved to San Francisco to freelance for a variety of news outlets. Gabrielle was a student at the Missouri Photo Workshops\, the Mountain Workshops and the Eddie Adams Workshop. In 2016 Gabrielle joined the staff of The San Francisco Chronicle where she has been pursuing both stills and video. She is also the regional clip chair for the NPPA West region.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nJustin Sullivan is a staff photographer with Getty Images based in San Francisco\, California. His assignments have included a wide range of stories from national political campaigns and the California drought to natural disasters and international conflicts. Justin’s award-winning work has appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world.  He is a three-time San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographer Of The Year. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nMason Trinca is a documentary and editorial photographer based in California. Mason’s decision to be a photojournalist was strongly influenced by an appreciation for the power of even small images to impact the biggest environmental issues and to give voice to those who have none\, a remembrance to Mason’s sister with disabilities who was unable to speak. A University of Oregon graduate with a Bachelor of Science in both environmental studies and geology\, Mason continues to be inspired by nature and is passionate about camping\, biking and skiing. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nMarcus Yam is a Los Angeles Times staff photographer living in the beautiful City of Angels. Born and raised in tropical heat of Kuala Lumpur\, Malaysia\, he is culturally and socially uninhibited\, guided and inspired by Robert Frost’s poem\, “The Road Not Taken.” At a turning point\, he left a career in Aerospace Engineering to pursue a photographic life. \nHis approach is deeply rooted in curiosity and persistence. He is interested in the social issues and dichotomies that shape the human experience. Currently\, he’s obsessed with covering wildfires across the Golden State as it enters its eighth of drought. \nIn 2017\, Marcus was named Picture of The Year International’s Newspaper Photographer Of The Year. In 2015\, Marcus was part of the breaking news team that covered tragic San Bernardino\, Calif. terrorist attacks in 2015\, that earned a Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting. In 2014\, he was also part of The Seattle Times team that covered the deadly landslide in Oso\, Washington that also earned a Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/our-world-burning-photo-exhibition/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190511T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190511T123000 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20190502T173641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190502T173641Z UID:4375-1557574200-1557577800@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:SJ&B Senior Gallery Reception DESCRIPTION:After the Potter College graduation ceremonies at Diddle Arena on May 11\, come join us in the SJB gallery at 11:30 AM for cookies\, brownies\, tea and lemonade and enjoy some celebration time with family and friends. There will be presentations on display featuring senior work from the Photojournalism\, Journalism\, Film and Broadcasting departments. The reception is free and open for all to enjoy. Hope to see you there and CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES! URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/sjb-senior-gallery-reception-2/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190511T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190511T123000 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20190502T173641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190502T173841Z UID:3589-1557574200-1557577800@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:SJ&B Senior Gallery Reception DESCRIPTION:After the Potter College graduation ceremonies at Diddle Arena on May 11\, come join us in the SJB gallery at 11:30 AM for cookies\, brownies\, tea and lemonade and enjoy some celebration time with family and friends. There will be presentations on display featuring senior work from the Photojournalism\, Journalism\, Film and Broadcasting departments. The reception is free and open for all to enjoy. Hope to see you there and CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES! URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/sjb-senior-gallery-reception/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery CATEGORIES:JRH Gallery END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190311T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190503T235959 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20190225T040728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190225T040728Z UID:4371-1552262400-1556927999@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Muhammad Ali: A Rare Glimpse Into the Life of The Champ DESCRIPTION:  \nGallery Show highlights “The Greatest\,” Images of Muhammad Ali from Courier-Journal Photojournalists \n\nGALLERY HOURS\nMonday – Wednesday: 9:00 – 9:00\nThursday – Friday: 9:00 – 5:00\nSunday: 1:00 – 9:00\nJody Richards Hall\n1665 Normal Dr.\nWKU Campus\, Bowling Green\, KY\n  \nMore than a dozen staff photographers for the Courier Journal documented Muhammad Ali’s rise to fame and his later years fighting a different fight\, Parkinson’s Disease. Celebrated as one of the greatest boxers of all time\, Ali (born Cassius Clay)\, was also an activist and a philanthropist. But it was his heavyweight career that made him one of the most famous sports figures of the 20th century. Ali remains the only three-time champion of that division. \n  \nCassius Clay was born in Louisville in 1942\, and it would be his home for his entire life\, his funeral procession rivaled royalty. He was dedicated to Louisville and Louisville was dedicated to him. This gave the staff at the Courier Journal special access to the boxer during high times as well as later in life when his feeble body still resonated the spirit of The Greatest. Photojournalists like Bill Luster\, C. Thomas Hardin\, Larry Spitzer and Keith Williams were there to capture it all. \n  \n“No matter what stage he was on\, how big it was\, if there was someone from Louisville there\, he’d always recognize you\,” said former Courier Journal columnist Billy Reed. \n  \nOn March 11th Western Kentucky University and the School of Journalism & Broadcasting will open a tribute to the photographs and photographers of Muhammad Ali. Picture: Muhammad Ali\, a hard cover book will be celebrated in a 50-photo exhibit at Jody Richards Hall. \n  \nA reception at the JRH Gallery will open the exhibition at 4:30 pm CST\, and comments from PSG Book Publisher Warren Winter will commence at 5 pm. There will be a roundtable in the JRH Auditorium at 6 pm\, moderated by book editor Pat McDonogh featuring Courier Journal photojournalists Keith Williams\, C. Thomas Hardin\, Bill Luster and Sam Upshaw\, Jr. All will be available for a book signing of Picture: Muhammad Ali. A portion of the sales will go towards a scholarship fund for WKU Photojournalism students. \n  \nThe exhibition and roundtable are free and open to the public. Click here for more information about the book. \n  \nFor more information contact Tim Broekema at tim.broekema@wku.edu or call 270-745-3005. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/ali-an-exhibition-2/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture,JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190311 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190504 DTSTAMP:20260525T080211 CREATED:20190225T040728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190423T204548Z UID:3324-1552262400-1556927999@wkuvjp.com SUMMARY:Muhammad Ali: A Rare Glimpse Into the Life of The Champ DESCRIPTION:  \nGallery Show highlights “The Greatest\,” Images of Muhammad Ali from Courier-Journal Photojournalists \n\nGALLERY HOURS\nMonday – Wednesday: 9:00 – 9:00\nThursday – Friday: 9:00 – 5:00\nSunday: 1:00 – 9:00\nJody Richards Hall\n1665 Normal Dr.\nWKU Campus\, Bowling Green\, KY\n  \nMore than a dozen staff photographers for the Courier Journal documented Muhammad Ali’s rise to fame and his later years fighting a different fight\, Parkinson’s Disease. Celebrated as one of the greatest boxers of all time\, Ali (born Cassius Clay)\, was also an activist and a philanthropist. But it was his heavyweight career that made him one of the most famous sports figures of the 20th century. Ali remains the only three-time champion of that division. \n  \nCassius Clay was born in Louisville in 1942\, and it would be his home for his entire life\, his funeral procession rivaled royalty. He was dedicated to Louisville and Louisville was dedicated to him. This gave the staff at the Courier Journal special access to the boxer during high times as well as later in life when his feeble body still resonated the spirit of The Greatest. Photojournalists like Bill Luster\, C. Thomas Hardin\, Larry Spitzer and Keith Williams were there to capture it all. \n  \n“No matter what stage he was on\, how big it was\, if there was someone from Louisville there\, he’d always recognize you\,” said former Courier Journal columnist Billy Reed. \n  \nOn March 11th Western Kentucky University and the School of Journalism & Broadcasting will open a tribute to the photographs and photographers of Muhammad Ali. Picture: Muhammad Ali\, a hard cover book will be celebrated in a 50-photo exhibit at Jody Richards Hall. \n  \nA reception at the JRH Gallery will open the exhibition at 4:30 pm CST\, and comments from PSG Book Publisher Warren Winter will commence at 5 pm. There will be a roundtable in the JRH Auditorium at 6 pm\, moderated by book editor Pat McDonogh featuring Courier Journal photojournalists Keith Williams\, C. Thomas Hardin\, Bill Luster and Sam Upshaw\, Jr. All will be available for a book signing of Picture: Muhammad Ali. A portion of the sales will go towards a scholarship fund for WKU Photojournalism students. \n  \nThe exhibition and roundtable are free and open to the public. Click here for more information about the book. \n  \nFor more information contact Tim Broekema at tim.broekema@wku.edu or call 270-745-3005. URL:https://wkuvjp.com/event/ali-an-exhibition/ LOCATION:JRH Gallery / Atrium and Auditorium\, 1665 Normal Drive\, Bowling Green\, KY\, 42101\, United States CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture,JRH Gallery ORGANIZER;CN="Tim Broekema":MAILTO:tim.broekema@wku.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR