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                             For More Information Contact:

                                    Jan Marlese

                             LH Horton Gallery Director

                                 (209) 954-5507

5151 Pacific Ave.                                                   jmarlese@deltacollege.edu

Stockton, CA 95207

For Immediate Release,

6/18/09

L.H. Horton Gallery Presents:

Street Photography: A Portrait of Stockton

An Exhibition of Photographs by Ilona Sturm and Stockton Youth

July 9th – 30th, Reception:  July 9th,   5 – 7pm

STOCKTON, CA

Delta Center for the Arts LH Horton Jr Gallery presents the culminating exhibition from Photographer Ilona Sturm’s summer photography workshop, Street Photography: A Portrait of Stockton.

The LH Horton Gallery was awarded an Arts Endowment Grant from the Stockton Arts Commission to produce the workshop. The Gallery partnered with Delta Kids College to recruit 15 participants, culminating in a final Horton Gallery exhibition, starting July 9th.

The project engaged students to express themselves through the visual medium of photography. They discovered how to reflect critically in an urban space. This project allows students to better understand their environment, and how people interact within it.

Instructor Ilona Sturm presented the history and present practice of fine art and documentary photography, while teaching basic skills of digital photography. Participants were exposed to photography genres, such as: portraiture, landscape, cityscape, abstraction, and, most specifically street photography. Street photography uses the pictorial medium to document life in public spaces. Students also learned basic curatorial techniques of exhibition installation and design from the Gallery Director, Jan Marlese.

Ilona Sturm received an M.A. in Creativity and Art Education from the San Francisco State University, Inter Arts Center. She also holds a B.F.A. in painting and photography from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. Sturm resides in Berkeley California, and has exhibited extensively throughout California, as well as in Spain and Italy.

Gallery Director, Jan Marlese, collaborated with Sturm in the development and implementation of the workshop and exhibition. Marlese received a Bachelor of Science in Arts Administration from the University of Minnesota, and has administered the Gallery exhibitions for Delta College since May of 2007. Her previous experience includes Executive Director of the Napa Valley Arts Council, Administrative Manager for Zeum – a youth arts and technology center at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco, and Public Art Program Manager for the Minneapolis Arts Commission.

The Street Photography exhibition will present two photographs by each student, as well as a body of photographs by the instructor. The exhibition will be held July 9 – 30, at the LH Horton Jr Gallery, with an opening reception on July 9th from 5 to 7pm. The Gallery is located on the campus of Delta College, on the ground floor of Shima Center, and is wheelchair accessible. Admission is free. Recommended parking is available in the Shima lot for a nominal fee. Tours are welcome.

Gallery Talks and special needs may be addressed by contacting the Gallery Director, Jan Marlese at: (209) 954-5507, or, jmarlese@deltacollege.edu.

Digital Images Available Upon Request!