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AIGA St Louis' 20th Anniversary

May 28, 2009 | Permalink

FK was honored to host AIGA St. Louis’ Annual Meeting & 20th Anniversary Celebration. Hats off to 2009 Fellow Award recipient Cherie Fister and “Local Legends” Buck Smith, Sarah Birdsall and John Heaney. And the icing on the cake…….? Each of the more than 200 attendees walked away with a piece of original art donated by one of 20 local artists!

Traci Moore Clay, AIGA President with Mark Katzman

AIGA Program Chair Karin Soukup, smiling for the camera

Mingling creatives

Katie Fischer’s Box of Curiosities

View more photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigastl/

dArt St Louis - A Party.

May 6, 2009 | Permalink

Last week's inaugural dART St Louis event was a real hit with larger than expected crowds. If you couldn't make it to the party, its not too late to participate. Pull up a map of the City of St Louis and pick a spot at random - then go there and take a photo or make some sort of artwork!

dArt St Louis

April 21, 2009 | Permalink

FK is excited to host dArt St Louis: How do you see your city? Here is how it works:

1. Come to the studio on Thursday, April 30th for a happy-hour Schlafly beer sampling.

2. Throw a dart at our big map of St Louis city. Write down which block you hit.

3. Over the course of the next month, visit your block and make a photograph, a series of photographs, a video piece, a painting, a drawing or any other kind of artwork.

4. Send us a digital file of your work.

5. Come back to FK on Thursday, May 28th for the results slide show and party.

Join us! You don't have to play to party!

Download the full flyer

DARK SIDE OF OZ

March 10, 2009 | Permalink

Recently we hosted the first of many events in FK's new venue, The Darkroom. The Dark Side of Oz has a cultish following - we wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Our conclusion, while it could all be coincidence, it is still very cool. Check out this clip to see for yourself. (it may be best to let it pre-load a little bit before playing).

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Read more about the night on Accidental Mysteries

Thanks to Dan Brindley for the idea and for designing the invite.

If you would like to be included in future Darkroom events, shoot us an email and we'll add you to the list

ReBUS Event at FK

April 9, 2008 | Permalink

Last night FK was pleased to host a discussion about the creative process with ReBUS, part of Ad Club St Louis. Photographer Mark Katzman and retoucher Curt von Diest presented case studies showing recent projects. The process from the initial concept all the way through to the final art work was discussed. We also looked at the role of stock photography and the pros and cons of using stock in comp layouts. A dynamic discussion followed. We all had a great time hosting this event and really enjoyed meeting everyone that came. ReBUS is welcome back at FK any time.

See more images from the event after the jump.

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ENHANCED FKPHOTO.COM

February 26, 2008 | Permalink

FK is pleased that the latest reincarnation of our website is live! You will notice that we've made the image sizes much larger (tip: resize your browser window to make the portfolio images bigger!) and we have added multiple portfolios for each photographer. Be sure to check us out often.

PHOTOGRAVURE.COM ON COMMARTS.COM

February 15, 2008 | Permalink

Photogravure.com | The Art of the Photogravure - Mark Katzman's personal labor of love - was recently featured as the Webpick of the week on Communication Arts' homepage. Launched in 2006, photogravure.com has become an invaluable resource for collectors of vintage photography throughout the world. Please take a moment to browse the collections and articles on photogravure.com.

PIEA CONTEST

January 14, 2008 | Permalink

Curt von Diest - FK's digital department - recently won Grand Prize in the faculty category of the Photo Imaging Education Association's annual photography competition. Below is his winning photograph of grazing horses in southern Utah. Curt currently teaches Digital Photography classes at Webster University in St. Louis.

BENEFIT EVENTS AT FK

December 10, 2007 | Permalink

FK proudly hosted 2 fundraisers at the studio in recent weeks.

ArtFix07, http://www.artfix07.com/, drew a crowd of more than 500 guests for an evening of art , music and appetizers to benefit Rebuilding Together-St. Louis, http://www.rebuildingtogether-stl.org/. A silent auction featuring the work of more than 45 artists, food stations provided by 10 restaurants and the sounds of the Curt Landis Band served as a backdrop for a beautiful and successful evening. Rebuilding Together revitalizes neighborhoods in partnership with the community by rehabilitating the houses of low-income homeowners, particularly the elderly and the disabled, so that they may continue to live independently in comfort and safety.

The 5th annual Red Door Party, benefiting Almost Home http://www.almosthomestl.org/, rocked the studio with the music of Farshid etniko, a "photo booth" & champagne cocktails upstairs followed by a DJ and a little karaoke in the lower level lounge later in the evening. Despite the fact that Oklahoma stole the championship from the Mizzou Tigers, a good time was had by all. Almost Home provides transitional programs and support services for teenage mothers and their children.