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DCist’s guide to lectures and panel discussions in the D.C. area
All week, FotoWeek DC is holding lunchtime lectures at noon at the Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver Spring, including Michael Cunningham, Colin Finlay and Allison Wright. For more FotoWeek lectures and discussions, as well as a bunch of non-photo options, see the highlights below. For a full listing of FotoWeek lectures, check their web site.
Tuesday:
>> Today at 4 p.m., head to the Center for Digital Imaging Arts for a lecture and demonstration on High Dynamic Range (HDR) Techniques by Chris Alvanas.
>> Tonight at 7 p.m., the new Hamiltonian Gallery is having a panel discussion with exhibiting artists Jonathan B. French, Michael Dax Iacovone, and Anne Chan, who will disucss their approach to photography, and how they use the medium “to express the relationship between themselves and their environment via the thread of dislocation and reconnection.” RSVP to Jacqueline Ionita at jackie [at] hamiltoniangallery.com.
>> Also at 7 p.m., the SAAM is holding another collectors roundtable discussion in the lower level of the McEvoy Auditorium. Art attorney Joshua Kaufman will discuss Cutting Through the Legalese: What Every Collector Should Know. $20.
Wednesday:
>> At noon today, the Smithsonian Archives of American Art is holding a brown bag lunch lecture titled From Paper to Digital: The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art Evolves as part of FotoWeek. The talk will specifically focus on work that is particularly relevant to D.C. history.
>> At 7 p.m., the Navy Memorial’s Burke Theatre will feature a discussion with “two of the finest practitioners of photojournalism working today,” David Burnett and Eugene Richards. Free.
>> Kreeger Museum Artist Award winner Ledelle Moe will be giving a lecture at the museum today from 1:30 to 3 p.m. $10.
Thursday:
>> At 7 p.m., travel photographer Mirjam Evers will be at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts to discuss her experience both as a photographer and leader of international treks.
>> The Spy Museum is holding a lunchtime lecture today from noon to 1 p.m. titled Declassified: 50 Top Secret Documents That Changed History.
