About the Artist
Jeanine Michna-Bales (American, b. 1971) is a visual storyteller working in the medium of photography. Her work explores the impact of cornerstone relationships on contemporary society—the bonds with ourselves, others, communities, and the land we inhabit. Her work sits at the crossroads of curiosity and knowledge, combining documentary, fine art, and activism with disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, and environmental studies.
Through deeply researched photographic essays—often incorporating primary-source materials, Michna-Bales connects the past to the present to address societal disparities in order to foster dialogue that inspires viewers to reconsider how they engage with others and the world as a whole.
Michna-Bales’ work is held in permanent collections including the Archive of Documentary Arts, Duke University, Durham, NC; Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA; Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX; and University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
Her photographs have been exhibited nationwide and are currently featured in three traveling exhibitions (Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, 2017-2032, A Yellow Rose Project 2020 - 2025 and Two Minutes to Midnight and the Architecture of Armageddon, 2021-2026), with a fourth set to launch (Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage, 2025-2030). Selected solo exhibitions have been hosted at AIRIE (Artist in Residence in the Everglades) Nest Gallery, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL; Dunn Museum, Libertyville, IL; Gettysburg Foundation, Gettysburg, PA; Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL; Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL; Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Experience, Meridian, MS; Museum of Science and History,Memphis, TN; The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.; and Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti, MI. Selected group exhibition venues include Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN; National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Albuquerque, NM; Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA; Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Jacksonville, FL; Open Society Foundations, New York, NY; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; and the Rubenstein Library Photography Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC. She has also been invited to give artist talks at over 50 institutions and festivals nationwide including the National Gallery of Art.
Her work has been written about extensively, including in two monographs, Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad (2017), Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage (2021) and a photo book co-authored with Adam Reynolds, COUNTDOWN: A Visual Exploration of the Cold War’s Opposing Architecture (2022). It has also been highlighted in numerous publications and online including BBC World News, CityLab from The Atlantic, Dallas Morning News, Feature Shoot, Geo Historie, Hyperallergic, In Sight by The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Lenscratch, Outrider, NPR (National Public Radio), NBC4 Washington D.C., The New York Times, Oxford American Eyes on the South, Smithsonian Magazine, Transition from Harvard University, UK Daily Mail, among other outlets.
Including other honors, Michna-Bales was awarded anArtist Residency in the Everglades (AIRIE)in 2018 and her work was selected for the2016 Documentarian of The American South Collection Awardfrom the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University. She was named to theCritical Mass Top 50in 2014 and again in 2017.
Whether exploring the darkened stations along the Underground Railroad in Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad (2002 - 2016), a campaign trail for women’s votes in Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage (2016 - 2020), long-forgotten nuclear fallout shelters in Fallout: A Look Back at the Height of the Cold War in America, circa 1960 (2013 - 2022), or the invisible epicenters of environmental turmoil through the project Terra Fractura: A Visual Survey of Manmade Earthquakes (2015 - present), her work seeks out places that are hidden in plain sight.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Revisiting Through Darkness to Light Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Artsy exclusive)
2021 Standing Together Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Standing Together PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020 The Four Moments of the Sun AIRIE Nest Gallery, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL
2019 Through Darkness to Light The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
2018 Through Darkness to Light The Photography Show by AIPAD, Arnika Dawkins Gallery
2017 Through Darkness to Light CENTER at photo-eye Bookstore + Project Space, Santa Fe, NM
Through Darkness to Light Jefferson School African-American Heritage Center, Charlottesville, VA
Through Darkness to Light PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
Through Darkness to Light Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2016 Two Projects: An Overview PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Prize, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery
2015 Through Darkness to Light Denison Museum, Granville, OH
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
2017 - 2032 Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad
Solo Exhibition, Mid-America Arts Alliance
Evanston History Center and Evanston Art Center Evanston, IL, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2017
Fort Smith Regional Art Museum Fort Smith, AR, Apr. 7 - May 28, 2017
Griot Museum of Black History St. Louis, MO, Jun. 23 - Aug. 11, 2017
Wyandotte County Historical Society & Museum Bonner Springs, KS, Sept. 1 - Oct. 14, 2017
Ontario Museum of History and Art Ontario, CA, Nov. 10, 2017 - Jan. 7, 2018
Texarkana Regional Arts Center Texarkana, TX, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2018
Panola College Carthage, TX, Apr. 6 - May 25, 2018
Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center Portsmouth, VA, Jun. 16 - Oct. 20, 2018
Alexandria Black History Museum Alexandria, VA, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2019
West Baton Rouge Museum Port Allen, LA, Apr. 6 - May 25, 2019
Boone County Public Library Burlington, KY, Jun. 16 - Aug. 11, 2019
Canton Museum of Art Canton, OH, Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2019
Gorman Discovery Center Kansas City, MO, Nov. 10 - Jan. 7, 2020
Upcountry History Museum Greenville, SC, Jan. 28 - Aug. 9, 2020
Bell County Museum Belton, TX, Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2020
Temecula Valley Museum Temecula, CA, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2021 (virtual)
Pink Palace Museums Memphis, TN Apr. 6 - Aug. 11, 2021
Martin-Lett Gallery of Art Oxford Performing Arts Center, Oxford, AL, Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2021
Mennello Museum of American Art Orlando, FL Nov. 10, 2021 - Jan. 7, 2022
Windgate Gallery University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, Jan. 28, 2022 - Mar. 16, 2021
Kansas City Public Library Kansas City, KS, Jun. 16 - Aug. 11, 2022
Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Experience Meridian, MS, Sept 1, 2022 - Jan. 7, 2023
Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County Libertyville, IL, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2023
Temecula Valley Museum Temecula, CA, April 6 - May 25, 2023
New Bedford Historical Society New Bedford, MA, Sept. 8 - Oct. 20, 2023
Gettysburg Foundation Gettysburg, PA, Nov. 10, 2023 - Jan. 7, 2024
St. Mary’s County Museums Leonardtown, MD, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2024
Sand Springs Cultural & Historical Museum Sand Springs, OK, Apr. 1 - May 21, 2024
Tryon Palace New Bern, NC, Jun. 16 - Aug. 11, 2024
Ypsilanti District Library Ypsilanti, MI, Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2024
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts Florence, AL, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2025
Mid-America Arts Alliance Kansas City, MO, Jun. 16 - Aug. 11, 2025
Irving Museum and Archives Irving, TX, Sept. 1, 2025 - Jan. 7, 2026
The National Willa Cather Center Red Cloud, NE, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2026
Watkins Museum of History Lawrence, KS, Apr. 6 - May 25, 2026
Allen County Museum Allen, OH, Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2026
City of Fairfax Fairfax, VA, Nov. 10, 2026 - Jan. 7, 2027 (pending)
Mississippi Department of Archives and History Jackson, MS, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2027 (pending)
Southeast Ohio History Center Athens, OH, Jun. 16 - Aug. 11, 2027 (pending)
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Green Bay, WI, Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2027 (pending)
Nova Southeastern University Davies, FL, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2028
2025 - 2030 Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage
Solo Exhibition
2021 - 2026 Two Minutes to Midnight and the Architecture of Armageddon
Co-Exhibition with Adam Reynolds, Mid-America Arts Alliance
2020 - 2024 A Yellow Rose Project
Group Exhibition
2018 - 2021 Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South
Group Exhibition
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Female Gaze PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
2023 Deep in the Art of Texas PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
2022 Light in Four Acts: Between Science and Poetics Rubenstein Library Photography Gallery, Durham, NC
Beyond the Frame: Celebrating 70 Years of Collecting Hunter Museum of American, Chattanooga, TN
2021 FORGE: ACP Fundraising Exhibition Atlanta Decorative Arts Center
Hear Me Roar: Women Photographers Lehigh University Art Galleries
Shadow to Substance Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
Back to the Garden CADD Space, Dallas, TX
Seeing Differently: The Phillips Collects for a New Century The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
Celebrating Women Artists PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX (virtual)
Black History: Past, Present and Future Capital One Art Program (virtual)
2020 Exquisite Corpse Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
SUFFRAGENOW: A 19th Amendment Centennial Exhibition Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, TX (virtual)
Juneteenth: Celebrating Freedom Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA (virtual)
Women We Have Known: Photographs by Women Artists PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
Covid-19 Relief Effort Arnika Dawkins Gallery (virtual)
25 years/25 photographs PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX (virtual)
2019 Echoes of History Nebula Gallery University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
Toughened to Wind and Sun: Women Photographing the Landscape Portland Art Museum, OR
SECOND LOOK: A Review of Two Art Fairs PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
Houses for Sale PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018 Critical Mass Top 50 PhotoSummer, CENTER, Santa Fe, NM
HIGHLIGHTS: New York and Dallas Art Fairs PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016 Moving Walls 23: Journeys Open Society Foundations, Washington D.C.
2015 Critical Mass Top 50 GuatePhoto International Photography Festival
Moving Walls 23: Journeys Open Society Foundations, New York, NY
Southern Exposure: Portraits of a Changing Landscape MOCA | Jacksonville, FL
2014 Newspace Now: 2014 Members’ Salon Newspace Center for Photography
The Curve CENTER Awards Traveling Show, Colorado Photographic Arts Center
32nd Annual Juried Membership Exhibition Houston Center for Photography
Photowork ‘14 The Barrett Art Center; Poughkeepsie, NY
The Curve CENTER Award Winners Show, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
NOPA Member’s Exhibition New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University, Durham, NC
Capital One Corporate Collection Richmond, VA
Everglades National Park Homestead, FL
Harn Museum of Art University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Hunter Museum of American Art Chattanooga, TN
Lehigh University Art Galleries Bethlehem, PA
Library of Congress Washington DC
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Houston, TX
Portland Art Museum Portland, OR
Princeton University Art Museum Princeton, NJ
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, MO
The Phillips Collection Washington, DC
The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX
University of North Texas Denton, TX
Joan Morgenstern, Julia J. Norell and other Private Collections
MONOGRAPHS AND ART BOOKS
2022 COUNTDOWN: A Visual Exploration of the Cold War’s Opposing Nuclear Architecture
Trade Publication, Yoffy Press
Co-Authored with Adam Reynolds
Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage
Limited Edition Portfolio, Self-Published
2021 Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage
Trade Publication, MW Editions
2017 Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad
Trade Publication, Princeton Architectural Press
2016 THREE PROJECTS: An Overview Self-Published
EXHIBITION AND COLLECTION CATALOGS
2026 A Yellow Rose Project Exhibition Catalog (forthcoming)
Pioneering Women Book Series by Texas Women’s University, Texas A&M Press
2022 The Joy of Looking: Great Photographs from the Library of Congress
Collection Catalog, Library of Congress
2021 Seeing Differently: The Phillips Collects for a New Century Exhibition Catalog
2018 Southbound: Photographs of and About the New South Exhibition Catalog, 2019 Alice Award Winner
LIMITED EDITION MONOGRAPHS AND PORTFOLIOS
2023 COUNTDOWN Limited Edition Cardstock Case, Self-Published with Adam Reynolds
2022 Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage Limited Edition Portfolio, Self-Published
2021 Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage Limited Edition Monograph, MW Editions
2018 Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad Limited Edition Portfolio, Self-Published
FILMS AND ADDITIONAL BOOKS
2023 Fashioning Politics and Protests: New Visual Cultures of Feminism in the United States
incorporates images from Standing Together, Palgrave MacMillan
2022 Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom PBS documentary film, incorporates images from Through Darkness to Light
2018 Critical Distance in Documentary Media
Essays on Documentary Media, highlights Through Darkness to Light, Palgrave MacMillan
SELECTED AWARDS
2017 2017 Critical Mass Top 50 Photolucida, Portland, OR
2016 Through Darkness to Light 2016 Archive of Documentary Arts Collection Award: Documentarians of The American South,
Duke University
2015 2015 PhotoNOLA Review Prize First Place, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA
Through Darkness to Light 2015 Lange-Taylor Prize Semifinalist, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University
2014 Through Darkness to Light 2014 CDS/Honickman First Book Prize Finalist, Center for Documentary Studies,
Duke University
2014 Critical Mass Top 50 Photolucida, Portland, OR
Through Darkness to Light 2014 Lange-Taylor Prize Semifinalist, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University
Beth Block Juried Membership Honoraria Juror Malcolm Daniel, Houston Center for Photography
Review Santa Fe Scholarship Recipient CENTER
Through Darkness to Light CENTER 2014 Choice Award Winner, First Place, Gallerist’s Choice, Juror Steffi Schulze
PUBLICATIONS
2025 TimesDaily ‘Through Darkness to Light:’ Jeanine Michna-Bales’ Underground Railroad Exhibit, Feb. 2, 2025
2021 Orlando Sentinel From Darkness to Light, Nov. 14, 2021
Orlando Arts Perilous Passage, Nov/Dec 2021
The Park Press Mennello Museum of American Art Opens “Through Darkness to Light”, Nov. 2021
Dallas Morning News Bringing History to Light Oct. 10, 2021
Paper City Who Was Inez Milholland? The Gloria Steinhem of 1916 Gets Her Day in Dallas September 2021
2020 New York Times She Was More Than Just the ‘Most Beautiful Suffragist’ Aug. 21
Smithsonian Magazine Recreating a Suffragist’s Campaign Through the American West July/August 2020
2018 Zoom Magazine Jeanine Michna-Bales: Through Darkness to Light, Issue 124, Mar 2018
2017 pdn Magazine How to Publish Your Book: The Underground Railroad by Night
Photograph Magazine Jeanine Michna-Bales: Through Darkness to Light at Arnika Dawkins Gallery
O, The Oprah Magazine Through Darkness to Light in The Gratitude Meter Section, Volume 18 Issue 02, Feb 2017
Virginia Quarterly Review Through Darkness to Light: Visions of the Underground Railroad
2016 Wordt ver volgd Amnesty International, Picture of the Month, Volume 49 Issue 03, Mar 2016
2015 Transition Magazine Harvard University, Bras-Coupé, Issue 117, 2015
Spot Magazine Houston Center for Photography, Spotlight, Spring 2015
2014 Geo Histoire Magazine La Grande Évasion, Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
SELECTED PRESS | ONLINE
2024 Stateside, Michigan PublicNPR Stateside: Jeanine Michna-Bales “Through Darkness to Light”
2023 Lenscratch Magazine Jeanine Michna-Bales and Adam Reynolds: COUNTDOWN
2022 C4Journal Imagining a Road to Freedom – Jeanine Michna-Bales’ “Through Darkness to Light”
WUTC 88.1 Chattanooga’s NPR Station Scenic Roots
Evanston Round Table Inez Milholland, the celebrity suffragist who captured the nation’s attention
2021 New York Times Art Created 100 Years Apart, Linked by Trauma, Offers Solace
2020 KERA Art and Seek 100 Years of Women Photographers
WLRN National Public Radio Sundial: Everglades Black History
South Dade NewsLeader New AIRIE Exhibition in Everglades National Park examines little-known history
of societies established by former slaves in the Florida Wilderness
Chattanooga Times Free Press New Exhibit at Hunter Museum puts the new South on Display
The Pulse Southbound Comes to Town
2019 DCist.com At The Phillips Collection, Follow the Underground Railroad Through Photographs
Lenscratch Magazine Southbound: Photographs of and About the New South, Day 6
Midland Daily News Former Midlander Brings History to Life in Photos
BBC World News Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad
2018 Nighthawknyc.com What Walking Looks Like – Q&A With Jeanine Michna-Bales
Nighthawknyc.com The Photography Show Discoveries: Jeanine Michna-Bales
In the In-Between The Present is Female: Women Steal the Show at AIPAD 2018
ArtNet News 7 Breakthrough Artists to Discover at the 2018 AIPAD Photography Show
Collector Daily Highlights from the 2018 AIPAD Photography Show Part 1 of 2
2017 Oxford American Eyes on the South The Long Road to Freedom
Smithsonian.com Photographer Reconstructs 1,400-Mile Route Along the Underground Railroad
Miss Rosen Presents Jeanine Michna-Bales: Through Darkness to Light
New Books Network Through Darkness to Light Podcast Interview
Observer This Is What Traveling the Underground Railroad 150 Years Ago May Have Looked Like
PasaTiempo | Santa Fe New Mexican Dark Night of the Soul: Photographing the Underground Railroad
American Photography’s Pro Photo Daily BOOKS: Visualizing the Dangers and Hopes of the Underground Railroad
Musée Magazine Book Review: Through Darkness to Light
Hyperallergic Photos Evoke the Terror and Hope of the Underground Railroad
UK Daily Mail The Perilous Journey to Freedom: First pictures inside the ‘Underground Railroad’
New York Times Lens Blog From Slavery to Freedom: Revealing the Underground Railroad
Dallas Morning News Fear and Wonder Hold Equal Footing in Artist’s Photographs of the Underground Railroad
Los Angeles Times A Powerful Symbol of Resistance, the Underground Railroad Inspires a Wave of Books, TV and More
F-Stop Book Review: Through Darkness to Light by Jeanine Michna-Bales
L’oeil de la Photographie | The Eye of Photography Through Darkness to Light
WABE 90.1 Atlanta’s NPR Station City Lights with Lois Reitzes
CityLab from The Atlantic Capturing the View Along the Underground Railroad
2016 Lenscratch Magazine Art + Science: Jeanine Michna-Bales
NBC4 Washington D.C. Journey to Freedom: Commemorating Black History Month
Blink from Vantage To Photograph People Not as Victims, But as Agents of Change
In Sight by The Washington Post What It Was Like to Walk in the Shoes of America’s Slaves
2015 PDN Photo of the Day Decisition to Leave from Through Darkness to Light
WJCT Radio American South Gets Portrait Taken in MOCA’s ‘Southern Exposure’ Photography Show
2014 Fstoppers ‘From Darkness to Light’ Documents Journey from Slavery to Freedom Along the Underground Railroad
Feature Shoot Riveting Photos Trace the Historic Underground Railroad at Night
A Photo Editor The Best Work I Saw at Review Santa Fe ‘14
Canada AM Photographing the Underground Railroad
Wired Raw File Haunting Underground Railroad Images Retrace the Steps of Fleeing Slaves
Wired Raw File This is Where Americans Planned to Spend the Nuclear Holocaust
Lenscratch Magazine The CENTER Awards: Gallerist’s Choice 1st Place Winner: Jeanine Michna-Bales
VISITING ARTIST | LECTURES | TALKS
2024 Spotlight Speaker Guided Meditation on Within Reach, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (virtual)
Artist Talk Two Minutes to Midnight, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Pooler, GA (virtual)
2023 Artist Talk Women Talk in conjunction with Deep in the Art of Texas, PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
Artist Talk Through Darkness to Light, Dunn Museum, Libertyville, IL
2022 Artist Talk Standing Together, DOROT New York, NY (virtual)
Artist Talk Through Darkness to Light, DOROT New York, NY (virtual)
Artist Talk Through Darkness to Light, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Visiting Artist Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts, Chattanooga, TN
Artist Talk Standing Together, Evanston History Center, Evanston, IL (virtual)
2021 Opening, Artist Talk and Book Signing Standing Together, Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Opening, Artist Talk and Book Signing Standing Together, Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
Artist Talk Standing Together, League of Women Voters, Dallas TX Chapter (virtual)
Visiting Artist Two Minutes to Midnight, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX (virtual)
Artist Talk Standing Together Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY (virtual)
Panel Discussion Black History: Past, Present and Future Capital One Art Program (virtual)
Panel Discussion SUFFRAGENOW Elisbet New Museum, Austin, TX (virtual)
2020 Artist Talk Sundays in the Park: Everglades as Sanctuary, Past and Present with Audrey Peterman, Homestead, FL
Visiting Artist Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX
2019 Artist Talks | Open House Dallas International School, Dallas, TX
The Underground Railroad Then and Now Panel Discussion held in conjunction with Jeanine Michna-Bales:
Photographs of the Underground Railroad, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Artist Talk Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, VA
Public Memory in the New South Symposium held in conjunction with Southbound: Photographs
of and about the New South, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, SC
2018 The Evidence of Things Seen and Unseen with Clarissa Sligh in celebration of Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Photography Books Panel Discussion with Rachel Cox and Dornith Doherty, The Cedars Union Annex, Dallas, TX
Marketing Your Photographic Work to Galleries with Missy Finger of PDNB Gallery, Dallas Center for Photography
2017 Artist Talk and Book Signing St. Tammany Parish Public Library, Slidell, LA
Opening, Artist Talk and Family Workshop Griot Museum of Black History, St. Louis, MO
Visiting Artist Texas Women’s University Graduate Photography Class
Visiting Artist University of North Texas Photography Classes
Opening, Artist Talk and Book Signing Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Opening, Artist Talk and Book Signing Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
Artist Talk Sheldon Peck Homestead | Lombard Historical Society, Lombard, IL
Artist Talk and Book Signing Evanston History Center, Evanston, IL
Artist Talk Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Artist Talk and Book Signing Jefferson School African-American Heritage Center, Charlottesville, VA
Monuments and Memory Panel Discussion with Colin Rafferty and Allison Wright, Virginia Festival of the Book
Artist Talk Albemarle High School during the Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
Artist Talk St. Anne's-Belfield School during the Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
2016 Artist Talk New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2015 Press Panel Discussion and Artist Talk Open Society Foundations, New York, NY
Artist Talk and Visiting Artist Guest Lecturer Denison Museum and Denison University, Granville, OH
2014 Artist Talk The Curve Group Exhibition, CENTER Awards Traveling Show, Colorado Photographic Arts Center
Artist Talk 32nd Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography
Artist Talk Review Santa Fe, CENTER, Santa Fe, NM
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2018 Artist in Residence in the Florida Everglades; AIRIE.org; Homestead, FL
TEACHING AND INSTRUCTION
2025 Lecturer Self-Promotion and Leave Behinds with Jeanine Michna-Bales, Webinar, Los Angeles Center for Photography
2023 Guest Lecturer The Contemporary Landscape with Brad Temkin, Online Course, Los Angeles Center for Photography
2022 Lecturer Self-Promotion and Leave Behinds with Jeanine Michna-Bales, Webinar, Los Angeles Center for Photography
Photography and Writing Workshop Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts, Chattanooga, TN
Guest Lecturer The Photo Project Toolkit created by Adair Rutledge, Online Course, Photographic Center Northwest
2021 Lecturer Self-Promotion and Leave Behinds with Jeanine Michna-Bales, Webinar, Los Angeles Center for Photography
REVIEWS AND FESTIVALS
2024 AIPAD: The Photography Show Arnika Dawkins Gallery and MW Editions, New York, NY
2022 AIPAD: The Photography Show Arnika Dawkins Gallery, New York, NY
2019 PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Participant New Orleans, LA
The Photography Show: AIPAD PDNB Gallery and Arnika Dawkins Gallery, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
Photolucida Portfolio Review Participant Portland, OR
2018 PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Participant New Orleans, LA
Dallas Art Fair PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
The Photography Show: AIPAD Arnika Dawkins Gallery and PDNB Gallery, New York, NY
2018 ISAS (Independent School Association of the Southwest) Arts Festival Dallas, TX
2017 PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Participant New Orleans, LA
Filter Photo Portfolio Review Participant Chicago, IL
Through Darkness to Light The Toronto North Star Festival, Toronto, Ontario
Dallas Art Fair PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
Through Darkness to Light Virginia Festival of the Book Selected Author, Charlottesville, VA
2016 FotoFest Portfolio Review Participant Houston, TX
2015 PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Participant New Orleans, LA
2014 PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Participant New Orleans, LA
Review Santa Fe 100 CENTER, Santa Fe, NM
FotoFest Portfolio Review Participant Houston, TX
2013 PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Participant New Orleans, LA
Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA, 2024
Dunn Museum, Libertyville, IL, 2023
Jeanine Michna-Bales: Photographs of the Underground Railroad at The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, 2019
Through Darkness to Light traveling exhibition at the Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, VA, 2019
Artist Talk and Book Signing at the Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, VA, 2019
Through Darkness to Light: Seeking Freedom on the Underground Railroad, Solo Show at PDNB Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2017
Southern Exposure: Portraits of a Changing Landscape, MOCA | Jacksonville, FL, 2015 with William Christenberry, Deborah Luster, Sally Mann, Richard Misrach, Andrew Moore and Alec Soth.