Fort Morgan, CO. 10/16/2013. Morgan
Community College’s Center for Arts and Community Enrichment is pleased to
present noted Colorado photographer John Fielder on Thursday, November 7 in
Founders Room at the Fort Morgan campus, 920 Barlow Road. Fielder will share a
slide presentation, Colorado’s Great Outdoors: Celebrating 20 Years of
Lottery-Funded Lands, showcasing the 20-year history of Great Outdoors
Colorado and its protection of Colorado’s natural heritage. Prior to the feature
presentation, a photography workshop lecture will give participants the chance
to learn how Fielder creates his award-winning images as he discusses
composition, light, the use of digital cameras, and post-processing of
images.
Both events are free and open to the
public. The photography workshop lecture will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and will be
followed by a book signing. The keynote presentation will begin at 7:15 p.m.
followed by a question and answer session and an additional book signing. Thirty
percent of gross proceeds from book sales are donated back to sponsoring
organizations. Slide presentations are tailored to each community in order to
feature photographs of what’s been invested in locally.
Great Outdoors Colorado was
established in 1992 to oversee the distribution of lottery funds allocated to
park, recreation, and open space purposes. John Fielder was a founder of Great
Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) and served two four-year terms on the board.
He approached the Great Outdoors
Colorado Board in 2010 and beseeched it to consider celebrating GOCO’s
20th anniversary in 2012 with the publication of a guide book,
Guide to Colorado’s Great Outdoors: Lottery-Funded Parks, Trails, Wildlife
Areas & Open Spaces, and a picture book, Colorado's Great Outdoors:
Celebrating 20 Years of Lottery-Funded Lands, depicting many of the places
invested in by GOCO. The board partnered with him to photograph hundreds of
county and city open spaces; wildlife habitat; state parks and wildlife areas;
local and regional trails; community parks, ball fields, and playgrounds; and
private ranches. John drove 35,000 miles in less than two years from one end of
Colorado to the other and visited all of the state’s 64 counties and practically
every city and town, in order to complete the project. The many working ranches
depicted have benefited from GOCO grants because of the significant wildlife
habitat they provide. They are not accessible to the public, but instead remain
in private ownership. This will be the first time many people have been able to
see these lands.
John Fielder has worked tirelessly to
promote the protection of Colorado’s ranches, open spaces, and wildlands during
his 30-year career as a nature photographer. His photography has influenced
people and legislation, earning him recognition including the Sierra Club’s
Ansel Adams Award in 1993 and, in 2011, the Aldo Leopold Foundation’s first
Achievement Award given to an individual. Over 40 books have been published
depicting his Colorado photography. He lives in Summit County, Colorado, and
operates a fine art gallery, John Fielder’s Colorado, in Denver’s Art District
on Santa Fe. He teaches photography workshops to adults and children.
Information about John and his work can be found at www.johnfielder.com.
The community is invited to attend one
or both events. An additional photo retouching class using Photoshop is being
held at MCC in conjunction with Fielder’s visit. Class participants must
register through MCC for the half-credit course. The one-day class will be led
by MCC Multimedia Instructor Jessica Edington, and is offered from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Saturday, November 9. Visit www.MorganCC.edu to enroll.
For more information about CACE, to
reserve a seat online for John Fielder, or to see a full list of calendar
events, check out www.MorganCC.edu/CACE.
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