Education
Master of Library & Information Science, 2014 - Simmons College GSLIS, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, 1991 - The Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
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Professional Experience
Simmons University, Boston, MA, 2017 - Present
LIS471 - Photographic Archives
Course Summary
Photographs as visual information. Problems of meaning, context, and definition. Responsibilities of the photo archivist. History of major types of photographic artifacts and development of photographic genres. Characteristics of 19th-century processes. Special problems of subject access and remote access. Utilization by scholars, visual researchers, and communication industries. Onsite examination of management practices in a variety of institutions. Guest specialists include, when possible, visitors from special libraries, historical societies, major archives, museums, and picture agencies.
Awards
Dr. Estelle Jussim Award – Simmons College (2015)
University of Massachusetts Amherst Visiting Artist award (2016)
Selected Talks
Keynote Speaker – “Vincent D’Addario, A Life in Photography” Holyoke Public Library (2019)
Guest Lecturer – "The Daguerreotype & Beyond," Martha Ackmann's Summer Research Course, Mount Holyoke College (2015)
Guest Lecturer – "The Photographic Archive, Martha Mahar," The Asa Kinney Project, Simmons College (2014)
Speaker – "The eBook & Print-On-Demand Publishing in the Library, Archive, & Museum," Graduate School Symposium, Simmons College (2013)
Guest Lecturer – "The House of Concrete Steel," Urban Geography, Mount Holyoke College (2012)
Guest Lecturer – "The Art of Seeing," History of Photography, Mount Holyoke College (2011)
Guest Lecturer – "The Seat of the Muses," Museum Studies, Mount Holyoke College (2010)
Selected Exhibitions & Presentations
Solo Exhibition, A Simple Circle, Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, STCC, March - April (2024)
Solo Exhibition, A Simple Circle, The Burnett Gallery, Amherst Ma, December (2023)
Co-Curator, The Great Fires of Mount Holyoke College, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (2019)
Group Exhibition, Four Voices in Black and White, Easthampton City Arts Gallery, October (2017)
Solo Exhibition, The Weight of Air, Western New England College, April (2017)
Solo Exhibition / Artist in residence, The Weight of Air, UMASS Amherst, Hampden Gallery, September (2016)
Co-Curator, The Recovered History of Prospect Hill, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (2016)
Solo Presenter, 3D Art Object Captures Workshop, Senior Art Symposium, Mount Holyoke College (2014)
Solo Presenter, Photography Workshop, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (2014)
Solo Presenter, A Medium of Change, Mount Holyoke College Archives (2012)
Selected Publications
Gehrt, J., Harmon, J., Lee, A., The Weight of Air, Front Porch Editions, Easthampton, MA. 2016.
Gehrt, J., Source, Front Porch Editions, Easthampton, MA. 2014. Collected by Martin Antoinetti for the Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.
Gehrt, J., Chronology, Front Porch Editions, Easthampton, MA. 2012.
Gehrt, J., Lapse, Front Porch Editions, Easthampton, MA. 2010.