May 2008


I have this tiny obsession…taking living history portraits. Besides the fact that I am a living history participant myself, I have always enjoyed 18th century American history and find the very fact that people reenact the past to be completely fascinating. Check out those outfits! I am happy to report that I have just launched my latest website, www.livinghistoryphotography.com, as an outlet for strictly my living history work.

CHECK IT OUT!!

More progress to report! Now that I have graduated from RIT I have been forced out into the “real world” where I was faced with the task of purchasing my own hosting space for my website. After much research I chose a company, which I am happy with, and now I’m back up an running full steam ahead!

A new feature for my website is my e-mail address. Now you can reach me at: megan@megancharland.com. I feel so official now :-)

I have been so focused on my duties of being a Lieutenant and collecting work for 6×6x2008 that I hadn’t put much thought into my own submission!

Below is a rough shot of my piece that I submitted, entitled, Cornfields Reconstructed.

Copyright 2008 by Megan Charland. All rights reserved.

This past Saturday was my GRADUATION FROM RIT as well as the CIAS Senior Show Work In Progress @ Visual Studies Workshop. It was a great turnout and I was very proud of my peers and their hard work! Below is a shot of my work, Constructed Landscapes, hanging on the wall….looking fabulous!!

Besides my graduation being next Saturday, the gallery show Work in Progress @ Visual Studies Workshop will be having a HUGE reception from 4:30-7:30pm. Hope to see you there!!

Below are some close-ups of two versions of the show posters…can you find my pieces? (hint: Chairs and Lake)

I am happy to report that my business cards finally arrived today! :-)

I just finished up my new gallery on my website!! Go check it out :-) www.megancharland.com

I was browsing today and found this on Liz Kuball’s website.

So here I am! Ask me anything!

Yesterday was the IMAGINE RIT festival on campus and it was GREAT! I was a volunteer @ the Discovery Journey. I also designed the display for The Caroline Werner Gannett Project which did not come out as originally planned due to forces beyond my control, however it worked out well enough.

Here is a picture of the display I designed:

Click HERE for more photos of the festival!!!

Friday night was the gallery opening for both Seventeen @ Booksmart and the Alison Saar exhibit @ Rochester Contemporary Art Center.

Seventeen had a good turn-out. Below is a shot I took of my work:

This was the poster for the event:

This was a poster a fellow class-mate designed for the event, I would have to say I prefer seeing a poster with my work on it :-)

As for the Alison Saar exhibit, I would have to say my favorite pieces were Sea of Serenity, Sea of Nectar, and Sea of Fecundity which I have pictured below:

Overall it was a good night.