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LAURIE BLAKSLEE

Laurie is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Boise State University. Laurie received her MFA in Photography from the University of Arizona Tucson and her BFA with a Painting Emphasis from Boise State University.


Laurie's work has recently been exhibited at the Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington; The Visual Studios Workshop, Rochester, New York; Huston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas and J Crist Gallery, Boise, Idaho.

Her current work includes the digital series "objects" which focuses on the female body. Through isolated close-up fragments of women's bodies, this work questions beauty, desirability, gender and representation. The possibility that these images may be digitally manipulated mirrors society's obsession with the practice of cosmetically altering the body to achieve an unattainable concept of beauty. Laurie teaches all levels of photography, and is also currently teaching basic design.  

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JENNIE MYERS

Jennie Myers is a Graphic Designer and activist artist living and working in Boise, Idaho where she is an active member of the progressive art community.  She graduated from Boise State University with a BFA in Graphic Design in 2001 and in 2004 attended a summer grad school program in Switzerland. Her work experience includes six years as the Promotions Coordinator for Boise State University and an equal number of years designing for local non-profit organizations addressing issues of gender justice and human rights,  including; a.l.p.h.a. (Allies Linked for the Prevention of HIV and Aids), Boise Contemporary Theater, Conservation Voters for Idaho, ACLU of Idaho, The Idaho Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence and the Idaho Women’s Network where she also serves as a member of the board of directors. Jennie has received several awards and local and national recognition for her design work.  

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DAN SCOTT

Dan is an Assistant Profession in the Department of Art at Boise State University Where he teaches drawing and painting. He received his MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art and his BFA in drawing and ceramics from Boise State University. Dan serves as the faculty advisor to Amnesty International at Boise State. Within this capacity he partners with individuals and other organizations interested in human rights and social justice to raise awareness about injustice. He continues to paint and to exhibit nationally with the support and tolerance of his partner Art and their puppy Delilah.
 

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AMY HERZFELD

Amy works as the executive director of the Idaho Human Rights Education Center, builders of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in downtown Boise. A native Idahoan, Amy has been active in statewide progressive movement building for over ten years. Her work experience ranges from nonprofit advocacy and community organizing to electoral management and award-winning journalism. Amy has a degree in American History and Gender Studies from Boise State University and is a graduate of Western State Center's Western Institute for Organizing and Leadership Development. Currently, Amy serves as board president of the Idaho Women's Network and Speak Out co-chair for Your Family, Friends and Neighbors. She is also an advisory member of Western States Center's regional gender justice
committee. She is proud to be an organizer of Queer as Film for three years and counting. QAF is her favorite volunteer project.

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SHARON MATTHIES

Ms. Matthies has been studying LGBT television and cinema most of her life.  For example, smitten as a child by Barbara Stanwyck in The Big Valley, Sharon was delighted years later to discover she’d been watching a real-life lesbian.  She attended Boise’s first theater showing of a lesbian film (Lianna, The Flicks, 1985) and the local premieres of selections such as Desert Hearts (Flicks, 1986), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), and The Crying Game (Flicks, 1993).  Tapped for a 1994 Diversity interview with Carole Skinner, she created a 2-page piece that included a list of 48 LGBT movies for rent at The Flicks.  Today that number has grown exponentially.  Sharon’s thrilled at the plethora of quality cinema now available, is in her third year on the QAF committee, and loves to recommend the video and book versions of The Celluloid Closet.  

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