Artist in Residence
Suzanne Rose Residency
The Paine is pleased to welcome Suzanne Rose as artist-in-residence through October 2009. Suzanne is a fine art photographer whose work reflects the beauty of her surroundings and focuses on simple, everyday moments. Suzanne has been praised by the Washington Post as “a straight shooter with a kind of spare visual poetry that speaks volumes in a mood of Zen Americana.”
Suzanne’s residency complements the Paine’s summer 2009 exhibition, Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography from George Eastman House Collections, by shedding light on the creative process of a living fine art photographer. In the months leading up to the exhibition, the artist turns her lens to Oshkosh, photographing various facets of the community to create a series of photographs for display at the Paine and Mercy Medical Center.
Throughout her residency, Suzanne will participate in a wide spectrum of educational programs providing opportunities for the public to meet her, learn about her artwork, and watch her creative process unfold. Follow Suzanne along on her journey as she shares her insights and experiences in an on-line journal on the Paine’s website. Suzanne Rose’s residency is generously sponsored by Affinity Health System.
Biography of Suzanne Rose
Born and raised a Methodist minister’s daughter in Wisconsin and educated at the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Suzanne returned to her home state where she has lived for the past fourteen years in a 100-year-old brick farmhouse off the beaten track in southern Door County with her husband, artist Jim Rose, and their daughter.
Suzanne heads the photography department at the Peninsula School of Art in Fish Creek and is dedicated to supporting photography locally. She teaches workshops for adults and children at the Peninsula School of Art and at The Clearing in Ellison Bay. A nationally recognized photographer, Rose has received grants and fellowships from the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts, the Peninsula Arts Association, and the Wisconsin Arts Board. In addition, she is the first individual artist to receive the Fred J. Alley Visionary Award. Her photographs can be found in many public and private collections including Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay; Charles Wustum Museum of Art, Racine; and The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.