Associate Professor
Art and Art History, College of Arts and Sciences
Co-Director Museum Studies Program
Museum Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences
Blodgett Hall 317
516.877.4469
hallen@adelphi.edu
MFA, School of Visual Arts (2007)
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design (1999)
My primary goal as a teacher is to encourage my students to recognize that photographing (and art making in general) is an interpretive and transformative act. An image is both a record of and a reaction to the world. Thus, art students must actively engage in the world around them. They must observe it from multiple perspectives; they must see it as form and inspiration and also as an ever-evolving site of drama, discourse, and dreams. The world is something to notice, to celebrate, to comment on, and to criticize. It is not stagnant. Students must first see it with conviction and passion before they can create meaningful images.
Contemporary Art
Introduction To Digital Imaging
Introduction To Photography
Photography: The Photobook And Other Narrative Forms
Senior Thesis Project 2
Senior Thesis Project I Ai And The Sculpted Form
Senior Thesis Project I Exploration In Photography
Documentary Photography
History of Photography
Portrait Studio Photography
Art Seminar
Photography, History of Photography, Digital Media, War and Representation
Allen, H. S. (2021, Forthcoming). Borderlands, Visual Studies Press, Rochester, NY
Allen, H. S. (2018), Battlegrounds, Hannah Smith Allen (Self Published), Printed at Edition One (CA), Perfect Bound Artist Book in an Edition of 100, New York, NY
Allen, H. S. (2021, Forthcoming). The History of Photography. In M. Muratov & H. Horton (Eds.). Art and it’s Histories: from Renaissance through Contemporary, Cognella Inc.
Allen, H.S. (2020) Photographer’s Field Notes: Borderlands, Afterimage: Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, University of California Press, Irvine, CA
Hannah Smith Allen (2021, Forthcoming). Borderlands, iDMA (International Digital Media Arts) Annual Conference, Broken Media, Winona, MN
Hannah Smith Allen (2014). Re-presenting History: Photography, the Ephemeral, and Our Future Pasts. In College Art Association, Ephemeral Panel (Carson Fox, Chairperson). Chicago, IL.
Hannah Smith Allen | Borderlands (2019, March). Humanities Lecture Series: Truth in A Post Truth World. University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT.
Hannah Smith Allen (2018, November). Artist Lecture/Gallery Talk. Hampshire College, Amherst MA.
Hannah Smith Allen (2014, October). Artist Lecture/Gallery Talk. Pratt鈥擬unson Williams Proctor Art Institute, Utica, NY.
Hannah Smith Allen, Erica Magrey, Amani Willlett (2014, August). MFA Photo, Video, & Related Media Orientation. School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
Hannah Smith Allen (2011, August). "Bronx Calling," Gallery Talk. Wave Hill Cultural Center & Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY.
2015-2016, Contributing Writer, American Photo Magazine, New York, NY
View my profile on American Photo to read a full lsit of articles:
2020 (Forthcoming), “At Home & In the Streets,” Dadian Gallery, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington DC
2020, “Home Alone, Together,” Exhibition Project, Image Journal, Seattle, WA
2019, “Aspects of War,” NIU Art Museum, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
2019, "MOPLA Photobook Exhibition," House of Lucie Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2019, "Thirty Year Anniversary Book Exhibition and Fair", School of Visual Arts, MFA Photo & Video, New York, New York
2019, "Scheduled Implosions" book aqcuired (as part of the 10 x 10 "Awake" collection), Brooklyn Museum Library, Brooklyn, New York
2018, “Borderlands,” Leo Model Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (Solo Exhibition)
2018, "Faculty Exhibition," UC Gallery, 麻豆直播, Garden City, NY
2018, "Three Days in the Desert," Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
2018, “Waging Peace,” Florida State University Museum of Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2018, "Vacancy," Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
2017, “Street Smart,” Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2017, “Awake,” Image Text Symposium--Ithica College, 10x10 Reading Room, Ithica, NY
2017, “Photobook,” Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2017, “Awake,” Magnum Foundation Book Fair, 10x10 Photo Books, New York, NY
2017, “The Jump Off,” Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2017, “Awake,” Carnagie Museum of Art, 10x10 Reading Room, PGH Photo Fair, Pittsburgh, PA
2016, "InFOCUS: Photo Books" (Group Exhibition), Phoenix Art Museum, Center for Creative Photography, Phoenix, AZ.
2016, "Scheduled Implosions" (Portfolio Feature), Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, Rochester, NY
2016, "Re-Context" (Group Exhibition), Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
2016, "Fresh Finalist Showcase" (Catalog), Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016, "Print Center Annual Competition" (Finalist), Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2015, "Faculty Spotlight" (Three Person Exhibition), UC Gallery, 麻豆直播, Garden City, NY
2015, "Heat" (Group Exhibition), San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
2014, "Picture Books" (Group Exhibitions), Power Plant Gallery, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke, Raleigh, NC
2014, "Unheard" (Two Person Exhibition), Pratt WMP Gallery, Utica, NY
2014, "InFOCUS: Photobooks" (Group Exhibition), Phoenix Art Museum, Center for Creative Photography, Phoenix, AZ. September 2014.
2014, "Scheduled Implosions: Recent Work By Hannah Smith Allen" (Solo Exhibition), Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013, "PhotoBOMB" (Group Exhibition),The Front, New Orleans, LA
2013, "Battlegrounds" (Solo Exhibition), A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011, "Gimmie Shelter" (Group Exhibition) Kunsthalle Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
2011, "Bronx Calling:AIM Biennial" (Group Exhibition), Bronx Museum of Art & Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
Visual Studies Workshop Project Grant (2020)
麻豆直播 Faculty Development Grant (2019)
Lower East Side Keyholder Grant & Residency (2017-2018)
麻豆直播 Faculty Development Grant (2017)
A.I.R. Fellowship, A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2012-2013)
AIM 30 Resident, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY (2011)
Artist Fellowship in Photography, New York Foundation of the Arts (2010)
Individual Photographer’s Fellowship, Aaron Siskind Foundation (2007)