Resume

Jane Hopkins

janehopkinsphotography@gmail.com

www.cemeteryreflections.com

@janehopkinsphotography

Education

 My studies of digital photography began at Rochester Institute of Technology in 2000.  This built on my earlier background in traditional darkroom photography at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC.  Having discovered the digital world at RIT, I have focused on printing technology and design as well as photography.  The print is the essence of what fine art photographers present, and I fine-tuned my printing skills with course work at the Palm Beach Photographic Center in Florida and individual work with Dan Burkholder in Palenville NY. 

B.A. Psychology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

M.S.W., Catholic University, Washington, D.C.

L.C.S.W., New York State

Photographic Journey

My work has evolved in three directions.  I began making traditional photographic images, focusing on fine art digital printing in color and black and white. The second direction was made possible by digital technology.  I create circular and square images, rotated around a center point as in a kaleidoscope, which I call mandalas; they speak to my interest in spiritual aspects of life.  Most recently I have focused on photographing cemeteries, discovering a variety of artistic carving styles mirroring the cultures of the regions and the times.  I have created a soon-to-be-published book show-casing these cemetery photographs.

 Exhibits

 Dyer Arts Center, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY: “Extraordinary Views of Ordinary Places,” two person exhibition, September 2003

High Falls Art Gallery, Rochester NY: “Photographer’s Path 7” juried exhibition, March/April 2004

 Morning’s Canvas Art Gallery, Rochester NY: “Small Show” juried exhibition, June 2004

 1570 Gallery, Rochester NY: “Celebrating the Ordinary,” two -person exhibition, June 2004

 High Falls Art Gallery, Rochester NY: “Photographer’s Path 8” juried exhibition, March/April 2005

 High Falls Art Gallery, Rochester NY: “Photographer’s Path 9” juried exhibition, March/April 2006

 High Falls Art Gallery, Rochester NY: “Shape” juried exhibition, September/October 2006

 High Falls Art Gallery, Rochester NY: “Photographer’s Path 10” juried exhibition, March/April 2007

 Sonnenberg Gardens, Canandaigua NY: Arts at the Gardens juried show, August 2007

 Inclusion of Clouds of Color and Light” mandala in Perception by Richard Zakia (Burlington, MA: Focal Press), 2007

 Granger Homestead, Canandaigua NY: Christkindl Market juried show, November 2007

 Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester NY: juried show, November 2007

 High Falls Art Gallery, Rochester NY: “Memories” juried exhibition, November/December 2007

 High Falls Art Gallery, Rochester NY: “Land Sea Sky” juried exhibition, January/February 2008

 High Falls Art Gallery, Rochester NY: “Small Show” juried exhibition, May/June 2008

 Sonnenberg Gardens, Canandaigua NY: Arts at the Gardens juried show, August 2008

 “Sand and Water Mandala” featured in For Art Lovers, it’s a Garden Party by David Wheeler, Daily Messenger, Canandaigua NY, August 21, 2008

 Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY: Clothesline Arts Festival juried show, September 2008

 Rochester Public Market, Rochester NY: “Artists Row” juried show, September 2008

 Silver Falls State Park, Silverton, Oregon, juried exhibition, September 2008

 Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: “Magic of Light” juried exhibition, January 2009

 Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: “Mandalas of Nature,” guest photographer, July 2009

 High Falls Art Gallery, Rochester NY: “Abstraction” juried exhibition, July/August 2009

 Sonnenberg Gardens, Canandaigua NY: Arts at the Gardens juried show, August 2009

 Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY: Clothesline Arts Festival juried show, September 2009

 High Falls Art Gallery Rochester NY: “Bright and Bold” juried exhibition, September/October 2009

 Palm Beach Photographic Center, Palm Beach FL: “InFocus” juried exhibition, November/December 2009

 High Falls Gallery, Rochester NY: “Small Show” juried exhibition, May/June 2010

 Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY: Clothesline Art Festival juried show, September 2010

 Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester NY: juried show, November 2010

 Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: “Peter’s Picks” juried exhibition, February/March 2011

 Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: “Monuments of the Southwest,” guest photographer, April 2011

 Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic CT: Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts “100th Annual Juried Exhibition,” June/July 2011

 Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY: Clothesline Art Festival juried show, September 2011

 Gallery at High Falls, Rochester NY: “Photographer’s Path 15,” March/April 2012

 Arts and Cultural Council, Rochester NY: “Mandalas of Nature,” guest photographer, spring 2012

 Gallery at High Falls, Rochester NY: “Thick and Thin,” summer 2012

 Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY: Clothesline Art Festival juried show, September 2012

 Arete Gallery, Rochester NY: “A “Place out of Time,” solo exhibition, September/October 2012

 Gallery at High Falls, Rochester NY: “Small Show,” September 2012

 North Winton Art Show, Rochester NY, September 2012

 Gallery at High Falls, Rochester NY: “Photographer’s Path 16,” juried exhibition, March/April 2013

 Gallery at High Falls, Rochester NY: “Color” juried exhibition, June 2013

 Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester, NY: “Mandalas of Nature,” guest photographer, June/July 2013

 Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY: 64th Rochester-Fingerlakes Exhibition, juried exhibition, July-September 2013

 Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY: Clothesline Art Festival juried show, September 2013

 Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: “Cemetery Views,” guest photographer, October/November 2014

Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic CT: Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts “103rd Annual Juried Exhibition,” juried exhibition, June/July 2014

 Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY: Clothesline Art Festival juried show, Sept 201

Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: “Peter’s Picks: A Retrospective,” juried exhibition, February/March 2015

 Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: “Tenth Anniversary Show,” juried exhibition, October/November 2015

 Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY: Clothesline Art Festival juried show, Sept 2016

 Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Online: Members’ Exhibition, 2020

 Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Online: Members’ Exhibition, 2021

 Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: “The Magic of Light” juried exhibition, January 2021

 Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: “Cemetery Reflections,” guest photographer May/June 2021

 Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: “Photographers’ Journey,” juried exhibition, Summer 2021

 Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Online: “Transformation,” juried exhibition, October 2021

Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: “Kaleidoscope,” guest photographer, October 2021

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Online: Members’ Exhibition, 2022

Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: “Red,” guest photographer, February/March 2022

Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY: “13th Annual Photobook Show,” juried exhibition, November/December, 2022

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Online, “CAFA+PHOTO,” juried exhibition, November/December, 2022

Griffin Museum of Photography,  Winchester, MA: “Photobook Exhibit,”juried exhibition, January/February, 2023 

Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: guest photographer, February/March 2023

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Online: Members’ Exhibition, 2023

Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: guest photographer, October, 2023

Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: guest photographer, January, 2024

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Online: Members’ Exhibition, 2024

Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY: guest photographer, February/March, 2024

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Online, “Uncertainty,” juried exhibition, November, 2024

Association Memberships

 Friends of Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester NY: formed as a volunteer organization tasked with the restoration and preservation of the first municipal garden cemetery in the US.

 Association of Gravestone Studies, Greenfield MA: an organization of like-minded people interested in all aspects of the cemetery:  primarily the art of the carving, history of cemeteries as a reflection of the culture of the times and people buried there, and conservation and preservation of monuments.

 Connecticut Academy of Fine Art, founded in 1910 as an organization promoting quality and excellence in Connecticut art—elected member