NEWS
Information about Lakes Were Rivers Exhibition & Events, Publications, Recognitions, and Articles.
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
2016
'Swan Cycle' Book Release & Signing, Farewell Books, March 12
(Event invite)
2015-2016
Strange Pilgrims, The Contemporary Austin, TX, September 27, 2016-January 24
2015
Strange Pilgrims, Texas Book Festival, Panel moderated by Julia Hendrickson from the Contemporary Austin with Lakes Were Rivers members Jessica Mallios, Adam Schreiber, and Susan Scafati, October 18
2013
Artifact/Souvenir, Texas Biennial, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, September 5-November 9
Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, June 11 – August 4
2012
Dark Matter, Space 204, Vanderbilt University, TN, November 1-30
(Re)Collection: Lakes Were Rivers Re-envisions Images from the Harry Ransom Center Archive, And X Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, with art publication Pastelegram Benefit Auction, November 3-December 8
2011
(Re)Collection: Lakes Were Rivers Re-envisions Images from the Harry Ransom Center Archive, 1309 Rosewood Gallery, in conjunction with East Austin Studio Tour, TX, November-December
2010
Panta Rei, Box 13 in conjunction with FotoFest International Biennial, Houston, TX, March 13 - April 15
PUBLICATIONS
2016
Swan Cycle, published in conjunction with Swan Cycle: Chapter One and Chapter Two, on the occasion of the exhibition Strange Pilgrims at the Contemporary Austin, Fall 2015, Typography and design by Maia Wright, Printed in China by Asia Pacific Offset in an edition of 750.
2015
Strange Pilgrims, published by University of Texas Press, Organized by The Contemporary Austin Senior Curator Heather Pesanti, with contributions by Ann Reynolds, Lawrence Weschler, and Alva Noe, Artists texts by Tatiana Reinoza and Robin K. Williams, http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Pilgrims-The-Contemporary-Austin/dp/1477305513.
2013
Texas Biennial: An Independent Survey of Contemporary Art in Texas,
http://www.texasbiennial.org/tx13.html
2011
Lakes Were Rivers Number One, Edited by Barry Stone, Lakes Were Rivers Press, Austin, Texas.
RECOGNITIONS
2015-2016
-- Best Museum Exhibition winner (Strange Pilgrims at The Contemporary Austin), Austin Critics' Table Awards
2015
-- Critic's Pick, Artforum
-- Research Enhancement Program Grant, Texas State University
2013
-- Best Museum Show nomination (Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive at the Harry Ransom Center), Austin Critics' Table Awards
2012
-- Critic's Pick, Nashville Scene
2011
-- Idea Fund Grant, The Andy Warhol Foundation
-- Best of Austin 2011, Best Lens Crafters: Lakes Were Rivers (Critics Picks, Austin Critics' Table Awards)
ARTICLES
2015
"Strange Pilgrims" by Chad Dawkins, Glasstire: Texas Visual Art, November 8,
http://glasstire.com/2015/11/08/strange-pilgrims/
"Strange Pilgrims: Critics Pick" by Kate Green, Artforum, September 27, http://artforum.com/index.php?pn=picks&id=56356&view=print
"Strange Pilgrims Exhibit to Come to The Contemporary Austin" by Elizabeth Hlavinka, The Daily Texan, http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2015/09/25/strange-pilgrims-exhibit-to-come-to-the-contemporary-austin
2013
“Arts scene: Picks for July 28-Aug. 3” by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American Statesman, July 27, http://www.statesman.com/news/entertainment/arts-theater/arts-scene-picks-for-july-28-aug-3/nY4Mg/
“Van Ryzin: Archives Inform Modern Photographers’ Work in Ransom Center Exhibit, by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American Statesman, July 13, http://www.mystatesman.com/news/entertainment/arts-theater/archives-inform-modern-photographers-workin-ranso/nYnyb/
"Review: Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive" by Matthew Irwin, The Austin Chronicle, July 19 http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2013-07-19/contemporary-photographic-practice-and-the-archive/
“Lakes Were Rivers: Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive,” by Lee Webster,
Glasstire.com, July 13, http://glasstire.com/2013/07/13/lakes-were-rivers-contemporary-photographic-practice-and-thearchive/
2012
"Critics' Pick: Dark Matter & Slow No Dust" by Laura Hutson, Nashville Scene, November 1, http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/dark-matter-and-slow-no-dust/Event?oid=3096635
"Dark Matter' and 'Slow No Dust' to Open at Space 204" by Department of Art Vanderbilt, October 24, http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/10/dark-matter-slow-no-dust/
“BOOKSHELF: Lakes Were Rivers: Number One,” by Shane Lavelett, January 10, 2012, http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2012/01/10/bookshelf-lakes-were-rivers-number-one/
2011
“I Shutter to Think: A Group Portrait of Austin’s Photography Scene by Six of Its Rising Stars,” by Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle, Volume 30, No. 38, May 20, 2011, pp.30-32