Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - Monochrome Prints

Ken Konchel has won 67 awards including second place at the Photo 2009 Black & White Classic Juried Photography Show at Brush Art Gallery & Studios in Lowell, Massachusetts, best of show at the Birmingham, Michigan Art in the Park, second place in photography at The Sausalito Art Fair, first place in photography at the Armonk New York Outdoor Art Fair, award winner at the Milwaukee Lakefront Festival of Arts, best of two dimensional media at the Chicago Old Town Art Fair, award winner at The Kansas City Artists Coalition’s River Market Regional Exhibition, first place at the Denver Cherry Creek Arts Festival,  and award winner at the Kansas City Plaza Art Fair.

His work has been reviewed or cited in the The Chicago Newcity Art Magazine, the St. Louis Post-Dispatchon twelve occasions, the St. Louis Riverfront Times on four occasions, and the Kansas City Star on three occasions.  His photography has been included in the books St. Louis Seen and Unseen, St. Louis: Landmarks & Historic Districts, and St. Louis for the Record. 

His previous solo exhibitions include Building Arrangements at Kansas City Artists Coalition in Kansas City, Framing Structure at ARC Gallery in Chicago, re:vision at Maryland Gallery in St. Louis,  Order/Form at Fontbonne University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO, Elegant City at Gallery 210, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Architectonicat Gallery 180, Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago, Ken Konchel Photographyat The Kansas City Artists Coalition, Ken Konchel:Photographs at Schmidt Art Center in Belleville, Illinois,  and Architectural Art in St. Louis at the Sheldon Art Galleries in St. Louis.

His Group exhibits include Pausing for Reflection: A Reflection on Pausing at the Gallery at The Regional Arts Commission in St. Louis,  New Works Gallery Exhibition at The Silver Eye Center of Photography in Pittsburgh, Body/Buildingat phd Gallery in St. Louis, 16th Annual National Art Competitionat The Truman State University Art Gallery in Kirksville, Missouri, and Photography 2003 at Katie Gringrass Gallery in Milwaukee.

Local exhibits include Contemporary’s Flat Filesat the Contemporaryartmuseumstlouis, twenty associated with Art Saint Louis, and four associated with Kansas City Artists Coalition.  Other exhibits include 10th Annual International Photography Competition at the Fraser Gallery in Bethesday, Maryland,  2010 Juried Photography Exhibit at Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center in Frederick, Maryland, Abstraction in Photography Exhibition at Vermont Photography Workplace in Middlebury, Vermont, 2010 Juried Photography Competition at Dennis Dean Galleries in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Photo 2009 Black & White Classic Juried Photography Show at Brush Art Gallery & Studios in Lowell, Massachusetts, Art of Architecture at Washington Gallery of Photography, Capitol Arts Network in Bethesda, Maryland, 29th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition at Mills Pond House Gallery in St. James, New York, 78th Annual Juried Exhibition at The Art Association of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 2006 National Juried Art Exhibitionat The Hilton Head Art League in Hilton Head Island,  2006 NationalJuried Photo Competition at The Coastal Arts League of Half Moon Bay in San Francisco, 21st Annual Members Only Show at The Texas Photographic Society in San Antonio, A National View at Grandview at The Atlanta Artists Center,  Focusedat The Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle, 36th Annual National Juried Exhibition at The Palm Springs California Desert Museum, Spectra ‘04 NationalPhotography Triennial at The Silvermine Guild Arts Center in New Canaan, Connecticut, The National Juried Exhibition at The Memphis Art League, and Chicago Art Invitationalat The Gallery on Lake Judith Racht.

The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago, Ralph Lauren Home, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Associated General Contractors of St. Louis, St. Louis Magazine, Deloitte & Touche, The Sansone Group, Sprint Corporate Art Collection, BKD CPAs & Advisors, The St. Louis Renaissance Grand Hotel, McCormack Baron Associates, The Illinois Association of Realtors,  State Farm Insurance, Disclosure Corp., The Lawrence Group, and Nicolet College include his work in their collections. 

He uses a Linhof large-format, 4” x 5” monorail view camera.  He uses Fuji Neopan 100 Acros film, silver gelatin photographic chemistry, and Ilford multi-grade, glossy, double-weight, archival, fiber paper.
In his artist’s statement, he remarks that he is drawn to the expressive power of buildings.  As an architectural photographer, he is keenly interested in capturing the subject in an abstract, graphic way.  For him, a successful image removes the context and distills architecture to nothing but relationships of shape, line, pattern, detail, tonality, and/or surface. 

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - Color

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - Color

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - Nature

Monday, March 19, 2012 - Executive Board Meeting

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - Color and Monochrome Prints

Monday, March 26, 2012 - New Member Workshop

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - Color

Saturday, March 31, 2012 - Jennifer Wu Seminar

Friday-Saturday-Sunday, April 27 - 29, 2012

It’s official now!  The contracts have been signed.  Registration is now open for the St. Louis Camera Club’s spring trip on April 27-29 (Friday-Sunday) to Columbus, Indiana, an architectural jewel of the Midwest.   This will be a self-driving trip and will be just in time to get some really good images for the Sheban architecture contest in late May.   Columbus is located about 50 miles south of Indianapolis.  A list of additional potential side trips will be provided before the trip.

The group activities will begin with a social hour at the hotel late Friday afternoon before adjourning to a local restaurant for dinner.

We have blocked out 15 rooms for this year’s trip at the new Columbus La Quinta Inn.   Our group rate is $85.50/night for either a single or two bed room.   Last spring’s trip was a sell out with a waiting list so an early registration is recommended.

In addition to our planned self guided photography visit, bus tours of a number of the architectural sites are also available as well as a special small van tour of the ultra modern Miller house and gardens.  The charge for these tours is $20 each and must be reserved in advance.   Reservation links will be provided.

Want more info?   http://columbus.in.us/

How do I register?  

You must email or call the Spring Trip chairman, Dale DeWitt and commit for the trip so that he can keep track of the participants, number of rooms available and provide you with additional details.   You will be given the hotel group reservation contact phone number and our group reservation code number so that you can use your own credit card and obtain club’s special room pricing.

Dale DeWitt
Spring Trip Chairman
dcdewitt@charter.net
314-821-1368