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Mission Statement
The School of the Photographic Arts:
Ottawa's mission is to furnish the resources, environment, tools and instruction to develop the students' signature style, hone their photographic skills, and cultivate their visual literacy.
Our Approach
Our motto is Vision, Content and Craft.
SPAO was created to deliver intensive photographic training. The full-time curriculum is portfolio driven and designed with the committed student of photography in mind. The part-time studies offered are geared to many levels of experience, but still share an intensity of concentration, and emphasis on craft and execution, with the full-time program.
SPAO's 2-3 year, full-time curriculum, produces skill-sets that exceed industry standards and merge the fine arts with commercial applications, while allowing students the freedom to develop their portfolios. The small class sizes, (ratio approximately 1 instructor : 7 students) grant students ample one-on-one attention.
This school is a unique facility that provides a lot of creative freedom and open access to its students. Open 7 days a week, the full-time students have regular access to the darkroom, computer lab and studio.
Critiques and thesis-style advisory sessions encourage the pursuit of a personal aesthetic and evolve individual talent. As it educates through performance, the program maintains an organic relationship between its component courses. Digital and analog course content merges classic and contemporary techniques seamlessly.
The core curriculum addresses: Photographic Theory, Photographic History and Achievement, Studio and Lighting Techniques, Printmaking Techniques, Digital Techniques, Portfolio Concepts, and Personal Aesthetics. SPAO also presents regular intensive workshops, on topics ranging from alternative printmaking processes to fashion photography.
Faculty
The two directors of the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa, are Michael Tardioli and Khalia Scott. Both have strong academic,
professional and artistic backgrounds in photography, as does the
third regular instructor, Martin Lipman.
Michael Tardioli has been a professional photographer for over 17 years, with a degree in photography. Working primarily in Ottawa, he has had extensive experience in all aspects of high-end image capture and production, and is a nationally recognized master printer. A former professor of Algonquin College, Michael co-founded SPAO to create an intensive photographic experience for those seeking to hone their skills or pursue an artistic or professional photographic practice.
Khalia Scott is a co-founder of SPAO and a working photo-based artist. A grant recipient, she has worked in the photographic print media for over 10 years, and has produced and shown her work in various studios and galleries in Ontario and Quebec. She has worked commercially as an assistant photographer and stylist at the professional level and as an instructor both privately and in academe.
Martin Lipman is a professional photographer and regular instructor at SPAO. A photographer for over 20 years, he has in-depth knowledge and experience in digital and film capture and production at the highest commercial level. He has a BAA in Photography and Media Studies from Ryerson, and a MA in Journalism from Indiana, and heads the Academic Advisory Committee of SPAO.
The School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa also regularly invites professionals and recognized artists as guest lecturers to provide intensive workshops and seminars on their areas of expertise and bodies of work.
Michael Tardioli and Khalia Scott are both directors and instructors of the new School of Photographic Arts in Ottawa. The school was opened due to the demand by students to learn the traditional art of photography. |
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