OVEREXPOSURE

OverExposure is the first and only Twin Cities arts organization whose mission is to create documentary photography projects that engage the community. OverExposure believes documentary photography plays an important role in modeling narrative story telling through visual images. We are a small organization that survives with minimal funding and countless volunteer hours to continue our commitment to an engaged art practice that provides opportunities to local photographers whose work is overlooked in art and mainstream outlets.

To accomplish our mission we:

• Create documentary projects that engage the public on relevant regional issues.
• Present completed projects as public art exhibition to illuminate issues and engage the community.
• Sponsor community forums that use the created work to foster dialogue and public debate.
• Provide professional opportunities to documentary photographers whose work examine racial, ethnic, and economic differences and are underserved in both the mainstream media and art markets.
• Offer summer workshops free of charge to immigrant youth whose completed work presents the view of contemporary youth culture.

Since 2006 OverExposure has:

• Provided over $72,000 in artist grants and fellowships to 16 photographers.
• Completed “What’s New”, a four year neighborhood documentary project that has created over 1020 photographs of each Metropolitan Twin Cities neighborhood.
• Presented 7 public art exhibitions at Augsburg College, Intermedia Arts, the McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis Central Library and St. Paul Travelers.
• Sponsored 4 community forums to discuss engaged art projects.
• Initiated an Individual Artist Fellowship program
• Offered free summer photography workshops to over 40 immigrant and refugee youth and presented completed work as public exhibition.
• Worked with local designer, Matthew Rezac who is designing an online exhibition of What’s New.

In 2012 WE HOPE TO:

• Create a mobile art exhibition using light rail transit to showcase photographs from “What’s New”.
• Host a reception to inaugurate the “What’s New” online exhibition of 1020 photographs that showcase Twin Cities neighborhoods.
• Continue our newly launched Individual Documentary Photographers Fellowship program.
• Expand our youth and outreach programs.

This has been a challenging year for OverExposure. Please donate and help us sustain our organization.

Our projects use documentary photography to explore common interests and differences. Through projects, workshops, exhibitions, and community forums.

OverExposure brings divergent groups together in one venue. We believe it is an innovative way to engage community, present public art exhibition, foster dialogue and suggest positive social change.