12″x16.75″x1″; photo-collage; 2024. Courtesy of the artist.
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Estelle L. Roberge at the Donald M. Robinson Photography Biennial 2025
at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA
25 July-19 October 2025
The Donald M. Robinson Photography Biennial is a juried exhibition occurring every two years attracting photographers from across the nation. Cash awards include a top prize of $2,000 for first place, $1,000 second place award, and $750 for the third-place award. Artworks included in the exhibition were selected by juror Nicole Elliott. Prizes will be awarded during the celebration and were selected by juror Skip Allen. The exhibition and events are sponsored by the Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation and Benzel’s Bretzel Bakery Inc.
12.5″x9.75″x1″; photo-collage; 2024. Courtesy of the artist.
Estelle L. Roberge grew up in Biddeford, Maine, the sixth of nine children, in a Franco-American Irish-Canadian household. The town was full of factories and triple decker tenement buildings, and she and her siblings played in the streets. After graduating from the nearby Portland School of Art in Printmaking and the University of Southern Maine in Art Education, Roberge traveled west in search of employment. In 1992, she began a teaching career at Navajo Community College in Tsaile, Arizona, a college dedicated to the preservation of Navajo traditional life. Later, she pursued an MFA at Idaho State University with a focus on wilderness desert landscapes in South Central Utah. After receiving a MFA degree in Painting, she taught in Maine and Utah for five years. Finally, she made a home in Magdalena, New Mexico, where she continues to reside.
(text adapted from material provided by the artist)
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