JOAN
DOOLEY
A
fine art documentary photographer & art historian, Joan's style has been described
as “decisive moment meets Jan Vermeer.” She earned a BA in Art &
English & an MA in Art History at the U. of Massachusetts, Amherst. For 12+
years she was Assistant Curator of Photographs at the Getty Museum. Since 1999
she has taught full-time in LAUSD. Her photography has received many awards including
a recent international one by the National Geographic in their annual photo competition.
https://campus.digication.com/MediaArtsVAPA/My_Own_Photography_Awards
Joan
has received many awards for teaching photography including the Santa Fe Center's
Patron Saint of Photography as well as Otis and CalArts Teacher of the Year:
https://campus.digication.com/HAATmediaarts/Teacher
Joan's
students have also earned many awards including in photography: the "LA Music
Center Spotlight" Grand Prize ($5,000 cash prize); multiple national "Scholastic
Art" awards plus a national "Congressional Art" award. Her students'
animations have won awards at many film festivals including the "LA Film
Festival" and "Motion 08." In 2011 alone her students won 44 Scholastic
Art awards, and she was honored by "Ovation TV" as the Southern California
teacher with the most student art awards.
https://campus.digication.com/MediaArtsVAPA/Student_Awards
J
U R I E D E X H I B I T S / A W A R D S
2011: Photo LA, Women in Photography
International Booth, "Nimbus"
2010: “Faces (Toddler & Ninety)
<http://tinyurl.com/28ue85r> ,” Honorable Mention (2), Women in Photography
International (Caitlin Mairead McKiernan, Hairdresser House Call)
2010: “A
Decade of Images: 2000-2010 <http://www.womeninphotography.org/wipihome.html>
,” Honorable Mention, (page 4), WIPI (Memphis, Fountain)
2009: World
in Focus <http://worldinfocuscontest.com/entries.shtml> , Merit Award, National
Geographic Traveler and Photo District News (Trinity, Rome, Italy)
2007: “The
Portrait,” Top 25, Women in Photography International (WIPI) (Chicago Reverie)
2007:
“The Portrait,” Top 50, WIPI (At Granny McKiernan’s House, Ballyconnell
Ireland)
2006: “Lifestyle,” Honorable Mention, International Photography
Awards (IPA) (Chinatown Alley, LA)
2006: “Turning Silver: Juror Choice
100,” Women in Photography International (Nimbus, Santa Monica)
2006:
“Viva America,” Women in Photography International
2006: “The
Aftermath Project Auction,” Michael Dawson Gallery
2006: “Conflict,”
SPE West Regional
2005: “Portraits of Children.” Honorable Mention,
International Photography Awards (IPA) (Atlantic Avenue)
2005: “Decisive
Moments,” Honorable Mention, Women in Photography International (Cross-Section,
Rome)
2005: “Decisive Moments,” Honorable Mention, Women in Photography
International (Kiss, Los Angeles)
2005: “Ruth Bernhard Tribute,”
Women in Photography International
2005: “Relativity,” SPE West
Regional
2004: “Virtual Visual,” Honorable Mention, Women in Photography
International, (Nimbus, Santa Monica)
2004: “Virtual Visual,” Honorable
Mention, Women in Photography International, (Kiss, Los Angeles)
2004: “Beauty,”
SPE West Regional
2003: “Zoom,” I-5 Gallery, Brewery Arts Complex,
LA
2003: “Out of the Box: Contemporary Photography,” Brea Gallery,
Brea
1998: “Contemporary Book Arts,” Artworks, Bergamot Station,
Santa Monica
1995: “Flipside,” Getty Art Museum, Malibu
1992:
“Freedom,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena
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