Shawna Hanel is an internationally exhibited fine art photographer. A Boise native, she received her initial training at BSU before pursuing her M.A. (equivalent to an American M.F.A.) at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) in Australia. Her creative work is diverse; ranging from detailed nature studies to highly structured and staged compositions, often crucially contextualized by accompanying text. What unifies this work is an abiding concern with how we ought relate to the world in which we live. It has been exhibited widely, both within the United States and overseas. Shawna is also an accomplished technical photographer. She shares her outstanding skills with the BSU community both as a photo lab manager and teacher. She recently developed service-learning curricula which unify her artistic, technical and social justice concerns.
Articles
Invisible Hands: American Hypocrisy, Global Consumer Complicity and Actions for a Better Future, http://www.rmit.edu.au/ (2004)
Invisible Hands follows the flow of oil, through a terrain afflicted by the overwhelming production...
As Long As You Think You're White..., www.lightwriting.net, InfoRMIT (2001)
This body of work encourages white people to recognize that their histories, perspectives, and experiences...
Exhibitions
Impact: The Legacy of Art Educator Jane Wilson (with Tricia A. Stackle), Boise State Student Union Fine Arts Gallery (2012)
Art education is about developing visual literacy in a multi-cultural, multi-media world and empowering people...
Legacy Web Sites
Invisible Hands: American Hypocrisy, Global Consumer Complicity and Actions for a Better Future (2004)
Invisible Hands follows the flow of oil, through a terrain afflicted by the overwhelming production...
As Long As You Think You're White... (2001)
This body of work encourages white people to recognize that their histories, perspectives, and experiences...