Octagon Center for the Arts

Aperture: The Biennial Juried Photography Exhibit 2018
2018-09-14 - 2018-11-21 | Octagon Center for the Arts, 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
Aperture: The Biennial Juried Photography Exhibit 2018
Theme: Community Sports
September 14 – November 21, 2018
Main Gallery
We experience the world around us in flashes of action and emotion in the world of sports. From the youngest to the oldest members of our community, competitive games bring people together and spark movement and involvement. Photographers exercising their trigger finger are invited to submit their photographs highlighting athletes and athletic experiences in their lives.
This exhibit is a companion to the traveling Smithsonian exhibit: Hometown Teams.
Jurors: Alex & Dan McClanahan
McClanahan Studio is the creative collaboration of husband/wife duo Dan and Alex McClanahan. Their studio is headquartered in historic downtown Ames, Iowa – the town where Dan grew up and where he and Alex met as students at Iowa State University. The couple founded McClanahan Studio in March of 2009 and quickly established themselves as a fresh and innovative alternative to traditional photography in Iowa and beyond.
The couple has worked extensively in athletics, photographing pieces for the Iowa State University basketball and football programs and the Minnesota Vikings. The McClanahan’s distinctive style of imagery has become known around the world through success in international print competition.
In 2015, Alex won 1st place for best wedding album in the largest International Photographic Competition. In 2016, Dan took 1st and 2nd place for best senior portrait photography in the same competition. This year Dan took home three international first place awards in the Landscape, Commercial, and Artist categories. This year his landscape image was selected to represent Team USA for the World Photographic Cup in Japan.
Both Dan and Alex have received Master of Photography degrees from the Professional Photographers of America and have been heavily involved in the photography community as educators, teaching the craft at dozens photo conferences around the country.
AWARDS:
ADULT
1st Place
“Over Shadowed”
Matthew Lepke
2nd Place
“Taking the Bull by the Horns”
Shane Abbitt
3rd Place:
“Mets”
Mike Corones

YOUTH
1st Place:
“Untitled”
Samantha Wilbur
2nd Place:
“Batter Up”
Grace Long
3rd Place:
“Brother Playing Soccer”
Sadie Brockett

Smithsonian Institution's Museum on Main Street Exhibit: Hometown Teams
2018-10-04 - 2018-11-11
Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street Exhibit
Hometown Teams
October 4 – November 10
MAIN GALLERY
Our love of sports begins in our hometowns. We play them on ball fields and sandlots, on courts and on ice, in parks and playgrounds, even in the street. From pick-up games to organized leagues, millions of Americans of all ages play sports. Win or lose, we yearn to compete and play another day.
If we’re not playing sports, we’re watching them. We sit in the stands and root for the local high school team, or gather on the sideline and cheer on our sons and daughters as they take their first swing or score their first goal.
Hometown sports are more than just games—they shape our lives and unite us and celebrate who we are as Americans.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS UNIQUE EXHIBIT HERE
