2016 A+ EXHIBITION
SPAO (School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa) created A+ in 2007 as a way to celebrate the work of its part-time students, working in the evenings and on weekends in SPAO’s studio, darkroom, and digital lab.
With the establishment of the SPAO Centre in 2017, the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa has been given a chance to reimagine this project. A+ is now a greater opportunity for emerging and seasoned artists to show their work in a professional and accessible gallery setting, to add to their visual arts resumés, to receive honours and awards for their work, and to be seen and considered by elevated visual arts community leaders.
The 2016 showing included, for the first time, Photo Books as a category. The categories this year were based on output media and were:
Photo Books
Digital Print
Silver / Alternate Process Prints
There were twenty-six prints and eight books selected by the jury - Joanne Rycaj Guillemette, Christian Lalonde, and Stephanie Germano. They also selected a Best In Show and two prizes for each category. Prizes for Photo Books were provided by Smiths Falls Bookbinding, the print categories were supported by Vistek and the Best In Show was provided by Epson.
