Photo Credit: Laurel Costa/Brooks Institute
On Friday, July 31st, Brooks Institute honored local firefighters in a private reception by giving them a poster of images from the Jesusita Fire along with messages of thanks. The poster was conceptualized by BI faculty member Bill Robbins and composed of images taken by students, staff, faculty and alumni. Those on-hand to accept a framed version of the poster and letter of gratitude on behalf of their department were: Interim Fire Chief for the City of Santa Barbara Fire Department, Andrew DiMizio; Fire Chief for the City of Montecito Fire Department, Kevin Wallace; Battalion Chief for the Ventura County Fire Department, Bryan Vanden Bossche; and Captain Ron Topolinski of the Ventura County Fire Department. Thank you to all who worked very hard to stop the Jesusita Wildfire.
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Photo Credit: Tim Meyer
Professional Photography student, Courtney Miller’s image entitled, “Purple Butterfly” won the grand prize in the Professional Photographers of California (PPC) ProPhoto West Magazine’s First Annual College Cover Challenge Print Competition on February 19, 2009. In addition to appearing on ProPhoto West Magazine’s cover for July 2009, her winning image was on display at the 56th Annual Western States Conference – ProPhotoExpo and Tradeshow in Pasadena.
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Photo Credit: Paul Myers
During the artist reception for the gallery opening of If the Way is Open held on January 22nd, Ventura Gallery Director Jesse Groves and I presented Marriott Ventura Beach General Manager Pat Seminario with a plaque to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Visions Gallery. The unique joint partnership between Brooks and the Marriott to establish a public art gallery at this premier Ventura hotel has been a great success for both parties.
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