Libby Project

AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS TEACH PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS AT THE LIBBY CENTER MAGNET SCHOOL IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

Hermon Joyner and Kathleen Monaghan, the authors of the award-winning textbook Focus on Photography by Davis Publications, taught a week-long artist-in-residence at the Libby Center School in Spokane, Washington. This program took place on October 25 - 29, 2010, and was underwritten by SMILE (Students Mastering Important Lifeskills Education), a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization dedicated to providing valuable resources to at-risk individuals.

The description of the programs is as follows:

Window and Mirrors: The Art, Science, & Ethics of Photography
From cave paintings to digital cameras, people have always documented their lives. Today, photography is now fully integrated into daily life. Cameras are on your phone, on your computer, and part of your everyday life. This is how we record our lives. However, as much as we use cameras, very few people know about the history, art, and science of photography, or think about the consequences of taking a picture.

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Kathy and Hermon are the coauthors of Focus on Photography and You Can Weave! Projects for Young Weavers, both from Davis Publications.

Hermon Joyner is an award-winning photographer, writer, published poet, educator, musician, baker, and voracious reader. His photographs have been featured in more than 100 exhibits across the country, including 12 solo exhibits. His images have been published in several leading photography magazines and he writes articles for regional and national publications.

Joyner is the author of Visual/Haiku, a handmade artist book (hand-bound by Kathy Monaghan) that combines his black-and-white images of Japanese gardens with his original haiku poetry, as well as a short history of Japanese gardens.
Bachelors of Science in Arts & Letters and Masters of Science in Professional Writing.

Kathy Monaghan is a past winner of the Arts Alliance Art Teacher of the Year. She has taught art to students from K-12 in private and public schools, textiles to college students and adult learners, and developed curriculum standards for art in elementary classrooms.

When not blogging, photographing, knitting, sewing, spinning, beading, or felting, Kathy works for Pendleton Woolen Mills and teaches weaving at Multnomah Art Center in Portland, Oregon.
Bachelors in Art Education and Masters in Curriculum Development (Creative Arts in Learning).

For more information, please contact Hermon Joyner and Kathy Monaghan at 503-645-2796, or
hermonjoyner@hotmail.com or kathymopdx@gmail.com .