{"id":77228,"date":"2022-03-23T10:28:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=77228"},"modified":"2022-03-23T16:31:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:31:54","slug":"visual-arts-prof-commissioned-for-new-york-times-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/03\/visual-arts-prof-commissioned-for-new-york-times-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Arts prof commissioned for New York Times Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

When artist and Brock University Professor Amy Friend was contacted by the deputy art director for The New York Times Magazine<\/em> inviting her to collaborate on an article, she was immediately intrigued.<\/p>\n

Friend, Chair and Associate Professor of Visual Arts (VISA), was struck by the enduring nature of the theme of the piece \u2014 focused on loss \u2014 written by author Meg Bernhard, and was thrilled to be commissioned for her photography by the weekly publication boasting 4.4 million print readers and a digital readership of 7.7 million.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article \u201cWhat if There\u2019s No Such Thing as Closure\u201d<\/a> discusses the work of social scientist and academic Pauline Boss surrounding various types of loss. Specifically, the 87-year-old scholar is well known for her theory of \u2018ambiguous loss\u2019 developed in the 1970s with roots in family psychology.<\/p>\n

Boss\u2019s academic research on the subject has seen a resurgence in relevance and popularity given the world events of the past few years, most notably the COVID-19 global pandemic and associated trauma and loss experienced by many, often without the ability to grieve and mourn as was previously done in many cultures.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friend said the framework of \u2018ambiguous loss\u2019 resonated with her because of her recent inability to communicate with her father after he had a stroke.<\/p>\n

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A process image by Amy Friend, part of her body of work commissioned by The New York Times Magazine in 2021.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThis commission bridged with my personal experience given that loss is not necessarily death-specific,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Friend worked with the art director in a collaborative manner and greatly enjoyed the creative editorial process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was particularly engaging for me, as creating art can sometimes be a solitary process,\u201d she said. \u201cI thought through the conversations and responded to the feedback from the NYT Magazine team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Engaging with this type of professional process relates back to the classroom for Friend, as such collaborations introduce students to the possibilities of how fine arts practice integrates with mainstream media. It also demonstrates to aspiring student artists the importance of being paid for the creative work they do.<\/p>\n

\u201cCreative practice enters the world through multiple avenues. It folds into the cultural sector, holds a place in the economy and is a vital component of societal interaction,\u201d said Friend.<\/p>\n

In addition to The<\/em> New York Times Magazine<\/em>, Friend recently had her work featured in Aesthetica Magazine<\/a><\/em> from her bodies of work \u201cTiny Tears Fill An Ocean and Multi-verse,\u201d <\/em>and Musee Magazine<\/a><\/em>, a photography magazine with a section focusing on women in photography.<\/p>\n

Friend has international exhibitions coming up this spring in Paris at In Camera Gallery<\/a> and at Bildhalle Gallery<\/a> in Amsterdam. In June (pending travel restrictions), her work will be shown Ricami Gallery in Trapani, Sicily, where she has been invited to give an artist\u2019s talk to local communities. This would not be her first introduction to the Sicilian culture; she has artwork in the permanent collection in the Foundation Orestiadi in Gibellina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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