PIC Grant winners for 2020

(Programming Innovations for Click)

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The team at the Click! Festival has been working to reimagine what our festival might look like in the midst of this pandemic. We are collectively crossing our fingers that by October the world may have returned to some sense of normalcy, but we don’t think we can assume that.

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Therefore we are making some adjustments. We have already committed to hosting our portfolio reviews in a virtual format (October 14-17). We are striving to make it more affordable for artists who are struggling in this time, while at the same time trying to recreate the communal experience that is so vital to our community. More details about our plans will be explained on our website as they become formalized.

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Regarding other aspects of our programming, we are making dual plans. Click! Continues to be a month-long festival in October with our Click! 120 programming from October 14-18. Click! is continuing to plan to present most of that programming in a live, in-person environment, with back up plans to convert as many as possible into a virtual realm if the universe dictates it.

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So please stay tuned, subscribe to our newsletter, and as things crystallize, we be sure to share that with you. We look forward to celebrating photography with you again this October.

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Susan Patrice: The Six Feet Project

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Six Feet is a collaborative photography project that inspires photographers to create personal and intimate images from within this time of social distancing and confinement. They host thematic photography forums and facilitated practice groups free of charge to all photographers committed to making work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The PIC grant will support the Documentary Photography Forum Series and Practice Group and The PIC Grant will culminate in a curated exhibition of work from the Six Feet project at the Durham Arts Council.

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John Allen: Big Camera Trailer

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The Big Camera is a 10x6’ enclosed trailer that is converted into a camera obscura. The Big Camera focuses on bringing photographic education to settings in which traditional/analog photography may no longer be included in curricula, to marginalized groups and to adults and children who have an interest in optics, science, art history. It makes accessible theories of photography to the broadest possible audience. The Camera will make appearances at select locations during Click, demonstrate the camera, display large scale analog negatives and create analog images on site with festival participants. The Big Camera is supported by A1LabArts.

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Will Warasila: Big Backyard a publication and exhibit

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A group show and publication of images that respond to the ideas of invisibility and during these uncertain times, juxtaposing private and public spaces. Participants Tom Rankin, Chris Sims, Phyllis Dooney, Jeremy M. Lange, Cassandra Klos, Rachel Jessen, Alanna Styer, have been asked to point their camera at the people close to them during the Covid 19 isolation.

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The Click! Photography Festival is a month-long festival in October that brings together exhibitions and programming while fostering dialogue between photographers and community members, all in hopes of inspiring artistic excellence, supporting professional development and promoting community engagement. The 2020 Click! 120 is five days of core programming that focuses on exceptional photo-based works and artists that celebrate the medium of photography and its cultural influence. Those 120 hours will feature Keynote addresses, Portfolio Reviews, Workshops, Art Tours, Panel Discussions, Artist Talks, Gallery and Museum openings and so much more. Stay tuned for more details to come.

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