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Seattle photographer, Rosanne Olson

Presented by MSU Northwest Art Center at Aleshire Theater

September 19, 2011

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MSU HALL OF FAME
PHOTOGRAPHER TO SPEAK AT
NORTHWEST ART CENTER

 

Rosanne Olson, Seattle photographer and recent inductee to the Minot State University Academic Hall of Fame, will present “The Creative Life” Monday, September 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the Aleshire Theater, MSU, as a part of the Northwest Art Center Lecture Series.

 

Olson will chronicle her work as a photographer, artist, and author, sharing insights into the creative process and methods to nurture it and keep it flourishing over a lifetime. An informal reception and book signing will follow the lecture. The lecture is free of charge. Parking in campus lots is unrestricted after 5 p.m.

 

Olson will be honored at the MSU Academic Hall of Fame Banquet September 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Audubon Room of the MSU Student Center. Tickets for the banquet are $18 and are available in advance by calling 1-800-777-0750, ext. 3989, or at the door.

 

Olson received her B.S. degree from Minot State in 1972 and M.S. in journalism from University of Oregon in 1981. She began her photographic career at The Register-Guard in Eugene, OR, then moved to Seattle, where she founded Rosanne Olson Photography.

 

Over the past 25 years she has collaborated with designers and art directors around the country, photographing for advertising campaigns such as the New York City Ballet, Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony and Children’s Hospital. In 2008 she authored This is Who I Am, a book of photographs and essays that celebrates women and their stories.

 

Olson’s fine art photography is represented by Robin Rice Gallery in New York, Iris Gallery in Boston and Benham Fine Art in Seattle. Her work has appeared in Communication Arts and Graphis photography annuals, and she has been featured in articles in Communication Arts, Photo District News, View Camera, LensWork, PhotoMedia and More magazine.

 

Olson recently completed a video of still images of the flood aftermath in Minot to raise awareness and support for flood recovery. Images are online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPUqrqsfGNY

 

Olson currently lives in Seattle with her husband, Ted McMahon.

 

This project is funded in part by a grant from the North Dakota Council on the Arts, which receives funding from the state legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information about Northwest Art Center activities, call 701-858-3264.