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Holiday Book Signing at Providence Animal Rescue League

Join me at the Providence Animal Rescue League on December 10 from 12-3 for a special holiday book signing.

Copies of Shelter Dogs will be available for purchase for $22.95 and visitors have the opportunity to get purchased copies autographed. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to PARL!

PARL's Paws for the Holidays Open House  is an annual event running from 11-4 featuring tasty refreshments, holiday gift options for pets and pet lovers, photos with Santa and other festivities.

Donations of blankets, toys and treats are also welcome and will be put under the “Wish Tree” for our animals.

 

RISD class for Fall 2011: Photographing Animals

I am excited to be teaching my first course at RISD this fall.

Details are below and enrollment is through: RISD Continuing Ed

Photographing Animals
Fall 2011; 6 weeks: 10/1-11-11/05/11
10am-1pm Saturdays

CF-PHO-1649-01   $305

Photographing the animals we share our world with is both a joy and a challenge. In this project based course, your instructor begins with sharing her experience and passion for photographign creatures that can sometimes be unpredictable but always fascinating. Through a combination of field trips, assignments, discussions and critiques you explore the modern genres of animal photography with emphasis on originality, vision and finding the humanity within your non-human subjects. Assignments focus on recognizing and choosing different approaches- from  portrait and documentary to editorial and educational- culminating with a self determined final project, all of which leads you to a better understanding of how to create meanignful images of our finned, furred and feathered neighbors.

RISD Lecture: "Animals Through The Lens"

Join me for a lecture at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) on Saturday, March 26 from 1-3pm

Registration through RISD is required. Tuition is $30. Visit: RISD Continuing Ed or call 401 454-6200

Animals Through the Lens/Traer Scott
Semester: Spring 2011
Date(s); Saturday 03/26/11 - 03/26/11
Time: 1-3pm

The challenge for every photographer is clear and consistent: to create a timeless image, which speaks to the humanity of every viewer. Capturing that decisive moment with human subjects presents its own set of challenges, but what about when the lens is turned instead on animals? Join us to discover the challenges and joy of photographing animals with your lecturer, whose career has been devoted to photographing animals both mundane and exotic, domesticated and untamed. She shares her experiences working with animal subjects that are wildly diverse in shape, size and temperament -- some from the local animal shelter, and some from globetrotting expeditions requiring a balance of datelines, deadlines and begrudging subjects.

Critical Mass 2010

I am pleased to annouce that my newest series Natural History has been chosen as one of the Top 50 portfolios in Photolucida's 2010 Critical Mass competition. The other winning portfolios are truly spectacular and well worth a look.

Ten Most Endangered Properties Exhibit

(The Arcade, Interior by Traer Scott)

The Ten Most Endangered Properties List from the Providence Preservation Society helps to call attention to significant historic and architectural resources citywide that are endangered by threats including deterioration, insufficient funds, insensitive public policy and inappropriate development–problems that jeopardize many properties throughout Providence.

This photography exhibit features striking photography by some of the most talented professional photographers in Rhode Island: Jan Armor, Michael Cevoli, Ryan Conaty Andrew Dernavich, Stephanie Ewens, Adam Hall, Deborah Hickey, Brian McDonald, Frank Mullin, and Traer Scott.

Using both black and white and color prints, and a variety of photographic formats, the photographers reveal unique details of the buildings and illustrate the story of their endangerment.

The Exhibit will be on display from  September 9th until October 16th at the Chabot Gallery, 379 Atwells Ave, Providence, RI on historic Federal Hill.

Gallery Night Opening Reception Thursday, September 16 from 5:00 pm- 9:00 p.m

2010 RISCA Fellowship Exhibit

2010 RISCA Fellowship Exhibition featuring photos by Traer Scott and  Fellowship Recipients in all genres

The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts is proud to present the 2010 Fellowship Exhibition at Imago Gallery in Warren, Rhode Island

2010 RISCA Fellowship Announcement

Traer Scott awarded 2010 Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Fellowship Grant for Photography

Notes from the judging panel on "Natural History":

The 2010 Photography Panel felt that this photographer's work is universal, as well as beautiful. They were impressed by the "solid" and "cohesive" feel of the group of photographs submitted. They felt that the images transcend a mere technical approach to photography and reach a deeper level. They remarked that the photographs "take [you] in and hold [you] there" and described them as a beautiful and impressive body of work.

Wild Horses Signing and Talk at Books on the Square

Wild Horses: Endangered Beauty

Book signing and talk

• WHEN: Saturday, December 13, 2008
• TIME: 4:00 PM
• LOCATION: Books on the Square, Providence, RI

People not able to attend but who would like to order autographed copies can do so through www.booksq.com.

A Special Exhibit and Book Signing Event

Street and Shelter Dogs, The Wandering Spirit: Photography by Traer Scott

• WHERE: Gail Cahalan Gallery
• OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, June 14, 4:00-7:00 PM
• GALLERY TALK: Thursday, June 19, 6:30-7:00 PM (Free, Catered)

Traer Scott receives 2008 Helen Woodward Humane Award

On July 12, Traer Scott accepted the 2008 Helen Woodward Humane Award in San Diego, California where she was a guest speaker at a reception for donors and staff of the Helen Woodward Animal Center.

The Humane Award is given annually to an individual who helps make a difference in the lives of animals. Visit the Helen Woodward Center and see the amazing work that they do locally and nationally at www.animalcenter.org.

Traer Scott receives 2008 Helen Woodward Humane Award

On July 12, Traer Scott accepted the 2008 Helen Woodward Humane Award in San Diego, California where she was a guest speaker at a reception for donors and staff of the Helen Woodward Animal Center.

The Humane Award is given annually to an individual who helps make a difference in the lives of animals. Visit the Helen Woodward Center and see the amazing work that they do locally and nationally at www.animalcenter.org.

Street Dogs signings and talks

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Signing and talk for Street Dogs

• TIME: 1:00 PM
• LOCATION: Barnes and Noble, Warwick, RI

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Signing and talk for Street Dogs

• TIME: 3:00 PM
• LOCATION: Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh NC

Signings with Author Ken Foster

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Signing with Ken Foster. All proceeds from book sales will benefit the Boston MSPCA.

• TIME: 1:00-3:00 PM
• LOCATION: Kiehl's, 112 Newbury St., Boston, MA

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Lecture and signing with Traer Scott (Street Dogs) & Author Ken Foster (Dogs I Have Met: And the People They Found)

• TIME: 7:00 PM
• LOCATION: Books on the Square, Providence, RI

Book Signing at Houston Museum of Fine Arts

Traer Scott will be signing copies of her new book Shelter Dogs at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, TX.

• TIME: 1:00-4:00 PM

• LOCATION: Houston Museum of Fine Arts

5th annual A Sugar & Champagne Affair

Special appearance by photographer Traer Scott and a book signing event for her new highly acclaimed book, Shelter Dogs. All proceeds will benefit the Washington Humane Society.

• WHEN: Monday, January 23, 2006

• TICKETS: www.washhumane.org