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Roberta McGowan
USA Nominee People Professional "Drums" From the Annual Palio,Italy Horse Race festivities, which dates from Medieval times. From her earliest years with a point and shoot camera to newspaper photographer to corporate photojournalist to western photographer, Roberta has carried with her the joy of image making. She is a horsewoman as well as a documentary photographer who combines both passions to create Visual West Photography with her dynamic style. Roberta is an award winning photographer. She has been honored by the New Jersey Press Association, the New York Institute of Photography, and was named Photographer of the Year by the Philadelphia Chapter of Women in Communications. She is a member of Cowboy Photographers and Artists International, Association of Professional Rodeo Photographers, Colorado Pro Rodeo Association, Equine Photographers Network, and the Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council. Her national clients include the National Cutting Horse Association, and ArtFinders. Her Colorado clients include Snowmass Village Rodeo, Broken Spear Ranch, Coulter Ranch, Skyline Ranch, Lazy O Ranch, Apishipa Ranch, Someday Ranch, Witt Ranch, National Little Britches Rodeo, Parachute Rodeo, and Western Heritage Wild West Show, and Crystal River Ranch. Roberta's education includes Temple University, New York Institute of Photography, Douglis Workshops, Equine Photographers Network Seminars and Workshops, the Philadelphia School of Marketing and Public Relations, Moab Photography Symposium, Carolyn Guild Private Training, and Dan Ballard Workshops. She has recently exhibited at: *Redstone Arts Foundation, Redstone CO - group exhibits - Annual Event Labor Day Weekend 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 *The Red Brick Arts Foundation Wild West Exhibit (scheduled for May 2015) *Roaring Fork Open, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen CO - group exhibit - October 2013 *Western States Horse Expo and Art Show, Sacramento CA 10 photographers - June 2013 *Cowgirls with a Camera, Wickenburg AZ - 9 photographers, March 2013 *Redstone Arts Foundation, Redstone CO - group exhibits - Annual Event Labor Day Weekend 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 *River Valley Ranch Gallery, Carbondale CO -group exhibit - August and September 2012 *Vectra Bank, El Jebel CO - solo exhibit - June 2012 to August 2012 *Red Brick Arts Foundation, Aspen CO - group exhibits - Biennial Exhibit - May 2012 and Visions West Exhibit - October 2009 *Gallery 809, Glenwood Springs CO - group exhibit - November to December 2011 *Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts, Glenwood Springs CO- group exhibit - September 2009 *Vectra Bank, Aspen CO - group exhibit - May 2009 *Guerilla Gallery, Aspen CO - group exhibit - May and June 2008 *Aspen Colors, Basalt CO - group exhibits - March 7-8, 2008 (Western Artists) * Zele's Gallery, Aspen CO - solo exhibits - November 2006 and September 2007 *Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen CO - group exhibit - May 2007 *Bella Mia Gallery, El Jebel, CO - solo exhibit, November to February 2006 *Carbondale Fine Arts, Carbondale CO - 2 artists, March 2005 New and Ongoing Projects include "Branding; Their Way of Life," - May 2012 and "The Pour House, a Colorado Saloon " photographic history book published June 2013 Roberta and her husband Michael have lived in Missouri Heights/Carbondale on the Western Slope of Colorado since 1998. |
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