Randy Brown is a Denver, Colorado based documentary photographer, writer, and arts educator.

who has worked and exhibited in the Denver and national arts community for more than thirty-five years.

 

Through his work as a photographer and writer, Randy has consistently created documentary based photographic projects that are focused on the specifics of drought and water exportation from the San Luis Valley in Colorado and New Mexico, and the Rio Grande River basin. His attention is on the existential threats to a multi-cultural community with long held agricultural traditions including the Traditional Pueblo Culture, and the 19th century Mexican Land Grants.

 

Academically, Randy serves as a Professor of Photography at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design where he has taught in the Photography BFA for 19 years. Initially serving as adjunct faculty 2005-2013, then in 2013, Head of Commercial Photography, in 2014 appointed as Chair of Photography, and currently, since 2019, Professor of Photography at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD) in Denver, Colorado, Randy teaches photography to students focused on a degree in Photography. His teaching philosophy includes a process of engagement, the facilitation of student’s commitment and work ethic, the interpretation and completion of projects, establishing an understanding of the works of important photographers who use photography as their medium, and research into the writings and philosophies of important educators. On a practical level, this is manifested through a series of lecture/group discussion classes, the teaching of core principles of art making, and importantly, one-on-one conversations with students that provides an opportunity to fully understand the students’ needs and clearly map out a path in which they will achieve their goals.

 

 

Current and previous documentary projects:

 

The Rio Grande: The River in Us: A Watershed Moment” is an extension of his Sal Luis Valley project which tells the stories of those who live along the rivers path and their struggle to maintain a lifestyle that has been present for more than 1100 years.

 

“In The Middle of Everywhere” The San Luis Valley and the existential threat of the exportation of scarce water resources. This work is in collaboration with the Alamosa Citizen based in Alamosa, Colorado

 

“Human Trafficking: and Conscious Consumerism”. Working with the University of Denver Human Trafficking Center and others to communicate the horror of the issue.

 

“The River in Us” Veterans Documentary Project: Working with veterans of Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria as they address issues with PTSD and addiction.

 

“Portraits: Borneo and Sumatra”. In partnership with the University of Denver’s Dept. of Anthropology, a project in Sumatra, Nias Island, and Central Borneo addresses the use of traditional building practices that are earthquake resistant in Sumatra and Nias Island. In Central Borneo, the Ikat Weavers of the Dayak Putussibau, which is a historic, traditional 33 door Longhouse. The focus of the families in that longhouse are focused on maintaining traditional Ikat weaving processes, maintaining a community based agricultural practice in the context of the threats of modernity.

Randy Brown pg. 2

 

 

In the arts community he served as Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Invisible Museum, a Denver based 501 c 3. Recently named Executive Editor, Production Manager, and writer of Eye-Level Magazine.

 

In addition to his work with Eye-Level and The Invisible Museum, he served as president of the Colorado Artist Coalition from 2001-2003. The CAC was a not-for-profit arts organization that had as its mission increasing the social, economic, and community awareness of artists and the value they contribute to our society. Offering professional development programs for artists, affordable studio space, and interaction with the community through member led creativity workshops and seminars, the CAC facilitates partnerships that convey the importance of art in our lives.

 

Randy’s photographic works have been included in more than 30 gallery and museum exhibitions and is in the collection of the Denver Art Museum as well as multiple individual and corporate collections.

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

Photography Faculty Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design 2019-Present

Spearheaded the research and production of a BFS Photography degree program.

Chair of Photography BFA Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design 2014-2019

Head of Photography BFA Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design 2013-2014

Board of Directors, Invisible Museum, 2001-2009

Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Invisible Museum 2010-2014

Commercial photographer, 1984 to Present.

Executive Editor, Eye-Level Magazine 2005-2007

Board of Directors, Colorado Photographic Arts Center (2007-2008)

President, Board of Directors, Colorado Artist Coalition (2001-2003)

 

PUBLISHING:

Current: Contributor, Alamosa Citizen, Alamosa, Colorado

https://www.alamosacitizen.com/chris-canaly/

https://www.alamosacitizen.com/san-juan-ranch/

https://www.alamosacitizen.com/jones-oil-moe-jones/

https://web.archive.org/web/20220808164738/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alamosacitizen.com%2Fcorset-ranch%2F

 

Editor, Writer, Production Manager, Eye-Level Magazine (2004-2006)

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Professor of Photography 2019-Present. Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

Adjunct Faculty, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (2005-Present)

Adjunct Faculty, Community College of Denver (2003)

Photographic Workshop Leader, Working With Artists (2002-Present)

Workshop Leader, ArtStreet 2002

                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

  in residence at The MacDowell Colony. Funds distributed by MacDowell, 2000

  Awarded five-week residency to advance in-progress photographic work.

  Nov. and Dec.,1999.

  Awarded six-week residency to advance ongoing photographic work.

  Feb. & March,1996.

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

Denver Art Museum, MONY, IXL Corporation, Ernst & Young, TIAA-CREF, Delta Dental of Colorado, MacData Corp., Sue Cannon, Kathy Guisie, Peter Durst, Senn Lewis Vischiano, Invesco Funds, Vectra Bank, 360 Network, Rebound Corporation, Dr. Charles Hamlin, Hand Surgery Associates

 

EDUCATION:

MA, Design Strategy, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, 2017

BBA, Texas Tech University, 1976

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Alamosa Citizen, 2022,2023

Rocky Mountain News 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001,2002, 2003, 2004,2005, 2006, 2007

Denver Post 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,2002,2004, 2005, 2006

Westword 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004,2005, 2006, 2007

 

Randy Brown pg. 3

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

  1. Faculty Exhibition. Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
  2. Faculty Exhibition. Philip J Steele Gallery Denver, Colorado
  3. 2016. Arts Brookfield Denver. Veteran Portraits
  4. Faculty Exhibition, Phillip J. Steel Gallery, Denver, Co

2014     Landscape as Metaphor: Brookfield Properties

2013     Photo-Synthesis, Month Of Photography, Republic Plaza, Denver

2012     Haiku, Brookfield Arts 2015

2012     Together Now, Phillip J. Steel Gallery, Denver, Co

2011     Botanica, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO

2010     Under The Influence, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

2009     Corporate Collections Denver, Co

            New Work The Pattern Shop Gallery Denver, CO

2008     In And Out Of Focus, Denver, Co

            Faculty Exhibit, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO

2007     I Am A Man Ironton Gallery, Denver, CO

            The Tribe. 910 Arts, Denver, CO

2006     Corporate Collections, Denver, Co

            The Nitto Files.  910 Arts, Denver, CO

Minimalism, Flash Gallery, Denver, CO

Faculty Exhibit, Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver, CO

The Figure Explored. Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO

2003     Corporate Collections. Republic Plaza, Denver, CO

            Members Select. Spark Gallery, Denver, CO

            Love For Sale Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver

            Trances. Funky Buddha, Denver, CO

2002      Artists of Choice Art Students League of Denver

2001     New American Talent 16, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin,TX

            Figuration, Carson Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO

            National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Center, Boston, MA

            New American Talent 16, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

            Dream Mill, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO

            Past/Present, Carson Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO      

2000     Searching for Balance, DeLeon White Gallery, Denver, Co

            THE NO ZONE, Market Street Gallery at Guiry's, Denver

1999     Black & White, Perspectives in Contrast, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO

            Intro II, Carol Keller Gallery, Denver

            AAA Open Studios, Alternative Arts Alliance, Denver      

1998     The Bob Newart Show, Ron Judish Gallery, Denver

            Co=Excellence 1998

   Emmanuel Gallery, Denver

               Eleanor Biss Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs, Co

               University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, Co

            Intro I, Carol Keller Gallery, Denver

            Spark Open, Spark Gallery, Denver

1997     Colorado Contempo, Republic Plaza, Denver

            Photo Colorado, Core New Art Space, Denver   

1994     Native Peoples, Our ways Shall Continue, Denver Art Museum

Thrive, Works of Innovation in Architecture, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO

            Architectural Landscapes, Harvard School of Design, Cambridge, MA

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Randy Brown Resume

Randy Brown is a Denver, Colorado based documentary photographer, writer, and arts educator.

who has worked and exhibited in the Denver and national arts community for more than thirty-five years.

 

Through his work as a photographer and writer, Randy has consistently created documentary based photographic projects that are focused on the specifics of drought and water exportation from the San Luis Valley in Colorado and New Mexico, and the Rio Grande River basin. His attention is on the existential threats to a multi-cultural community with long held agricultural traditions including the Traditional Pueblo Culture, and the 19th century Mexican Land Grants.

 

Academically, Randy serves as a Professor of Photography at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design where he has taught in the Photography BFA for 19 years. Initially serving as adjunct faculty 2005-2013, then in 2013, Head of Commercial Photography, in 2014 appointed as Chair of Photography, and currently, since 2019, Professor of Photography at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD) in Denver, Colorado, Randy teaches photography to students focused on a degree in Photography. His teaching philosophy includes a process of engagement, the facilitation of student’s commitment and work ethic, the interpretation and completion of projects, establishing an understanding of the works of important photographers who use photography as their medium, and research into the writings and philosophies of important educators. On a practical level, this is manifested through a series of lecture/group discussion classes, the teaching of core principles of art making, and importantly, one-on-one conversations with students that provides an opportunity to fully understand the students’ needs and clearly map out a path in which they will achieve their goals.

 

 

Current and previous documentary projects:

 

The Rio Grande: The River in Us: A Watershed Moment” is an extension of his Sal Luis Valley project which tells the stories of those who live along the rivers path and their struggle to maintain a lifestyle that has been present for more than 1100 years.

 

“In The Middle of Everywhere” The San Luis Valley and the existential threat of the exportation of scarce water resources. This work is in collaboration with the Alamosa Citizen based in Alamosa, Colorado

 

“Human Trafficking: and Conscious Consumerism”. Working with the University of Denver Human Trafficking Center and others to communicate the horror of the issue.

 

“The River in Us” Veterans Documentary Project: Working with veterans of Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria as they address issues with PTSD and addiction.

 

“Portraits: Borneo and Sumatra”. In partnership with the University of Denver’s Dept. of Anthropology, a project in Sumatra, Nias Island, and Central Borneo addresses the use of traditional building practices that are earthquake resistant in Sumatra and Nias Island. In Central Borneo, the Ikat Weavers of the Dayak Putussibau, which is a historic, traditional 33 door Longhouse. The focus of the families in that longhouse are focused on maintaining traditional Ikat weaving processes, maintaining a community based agricultural practice in the context of the threats of modernity.

Randy Brown pg. 2

 

 

In the arts community he served as Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Invisible Museum, a Denver based 501 c 3. Recently named Executive Editor, Production Manager, and writer of Eye-Level Magazine.

 

In addition to his work with Eye-Level and The Invisible Museum, he served as president of the Colorado Artist Coalition from 2001-2003. The CAC was a not-for-profit arts organization that had as its mission increasing the social, economic, and community awareness of artists and the value they contribute to our society. Offering professional development programs for artists, affordable studio space, and interaction with the community through member led creativity workshops and seminars, the CAC facilitates partnerships that convey the importance of art in our lives.

 

Randy’s photographic works have been included in more than 30 gallery and museum exhibitions and is in the collection of the Denver Art Museum as well as multiple individual and corporate collections.

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

Photography Faculty Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design 2019-Present

Spearheaded the research and production of a BFS Photography degree program.

Chair of Photography BFA Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design 2014-2019

Head of Photography BFA Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design 2013-2014

Board of Directors, Invisible Museum, 2001-2009

Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Invisible Museum 2010-2014

Commercial photographer, 1984 to Present.

Executive Editor, Eye-Level Magazine 2005-2007

Board of Directors, Colorado Photographic Arts Center (2007-2008)

President, Board of Directors, Colorado Artist Coalition (2001-2003)

 

PUBLISHING:

Current: Contributor, Alamosa Citizen, Alamosa, Colorado

https://www.alamosacitizen.com/chris-canaly/

https://www.alamosacitizen.com/san-juan-ranch/

https://www.alamosacitizen.com/jones-oil-moe-jones/

https://web.archive.org/web/20220808164738/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alamosacitizen.com%2Fcorset-ranch%2F

 

Editor, Writer, Production Manager, Eye-Level Magazine (2004-2006)

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Professor of Photography 2019-Present. Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

Adjunct Faculty, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (2005-Present)

Adjunct Faculty, Community College of Denver (2003)

Photographic Workshop Leader, Working With Artists (2002-Present)

Workshop Leader, ArtStreet 2002

                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

  • Recipient, Faculty Development Grant, 2021 Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
  • Recipient, Faculty Development Grant, 2022 Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
  • Recipient, 2019 Hal Gould Vision in Photography Award from the Colorado Photographic Arts Center.
  • Recipient, Museum of Outdoor Arts Exhibit Stipend, 2017
  • Recipient, University of Denver, Indonesian Documentary Project Honorarium, 2008
  • Recipient, Invisible Museum, Curators Stipend, 2007
  • Recipient, Museum of Outdoor Arts Exhibit Stipend, 2005
  • Recipient, MacArthur Foundation grant for travel and materials while

  in residence at The MacDowell Colony. Funds distributed by MacDowell, 2000

  • Recipient, Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony for the Arts, Peterborough, NH.

  Awarded five-week residency to advance in-progress photographic work.

  Nov. and Dec.,1999.

  • Recipient, Villa Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, CA.

  Awarded six-week residency to advance ongoing photographic work.

  Feb. & March,1996.

  • Recipient, Mayors Office of Workforce Development, ArtStreet Leadership Grant, 2002

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

Denver Art Museum, MONY, IXL Corporation, Ernst & Young, TIAA-CREF, Delta Dental of Colorado, MacData Corp., Sue Cannon, Kathy Guisie, Peter Durst, Senn Lewis Vischiano, Invesco Funds, Vectra Bank, 360 Network, Rebound Corporation, Dr. Charles Hamlin, Hand Surgery Associates

 

EDUCATION:

MA, Design Strategy, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, 2017

BBA, Texas Tech University, 1976

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Alamosa Citizen, 2022,2023

Rocky Mountain News 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001,2002, 2003, 2004,2005, 2006, 2007

Denver Post 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,2002,2004, 2005, 2006

Westword 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004,2005, 2006, 2007

 

Randy Brown pg. 3

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

  1. Faculty Exhibition. Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
  2. Faculty Exhibition. Philip J Steele Gallery Denver, Colorado
  3. 2016. Arts Brookfield Denver. Veteran Portraits
  4. Faculty Exhibition, Phillip J. Steel Gallery, Denver, Co

2014     Landscape as Metaphor: Brookfield Properties

2013     Photo-Synthesis, Month Of Photography, Republic Plaza, Denver

2012     Haiku, Brookfield Arts 2015

2012     Together Now, Phillip J. Steel Gallery, Denver, Co

2011     Botanica, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO

2010     Under The Influence, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

2009     Corporate Collections Denver, Co

            New Work The Pattern Shop Gallery Denver, CO

2008     In And Out Of Focus, Denver, Co

            Faculty Exhibit, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO

2007     I Am A Man Ironton Gallery, Denver, CO

            The Tribe. 910 Arts, Denver, CO

2006     Corporate Collections, Denver, Co

            The Nitto Files.  910 Arts, Denver, CO

  • Luminosity, Museum of Outdoor Arts, Denver, CO

Minimalism, Flash Gallery, Denver, CO

Faculty Exhibit, Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver, CO

  • Entrance/En-Trance. William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO

The Figure Explored. Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO

2003     Corporate Collections. Republic Plaza, Denver, CO

            Members Select. Spark Gallery, Denver, CO

            Love For Sale Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver

            Trances. Funky Buddha, Denver, CO

2002      Artists of Choice Art Students League of Denver

2001     New American Talent 16, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin,TX

            Figuration, Carson Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO

            National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Center, Boston, MA

            New American Talent 16, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

            Dream Mill, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO

            Past/Present, Carson Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO      

2000     Searching for Balance, DeLeon White Gallery, Denver, Co

            THE NO ZONE, Market Street Gallery at Guiry's, Denver

1999     Black & White, Perspectives in Contrast, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO

            Intro II, Carol Keller Gallery, Denver

            AAA Open Studios, Alternative Arts Alliance, Denver      

1998     The Bob Newart Show, Ron Judish Gallery, Denver

            Co=Excellence 1998

   Emmanuel Gallery, Denver

               Eleanor Biss Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs, Co

               University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, Co

            Intro I, Carol Keller Gallery, Denver

            Spark Open, Spark Gallery, Denver

1997     Colorado Contempo, Republic Plaza, Denver

            Photo Colorado, Core New Art Space, Denver   

  • Colorado Open, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Co
  • Personal Visions, Grant Gallery, Denver

1994     Native Peoples, Our ways Shall Continue, Denver Art Museum

Thrive, Works of Innovation in Architecture, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO

            Architectural Landscapes, Harvard School of Design, Cambridge, MA

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