2008 October « Joanna Rees Photography

The 2nd Motivation for Innovation and Creativity of Youth (MICY) international colloquium held in Ljubljana, Slovenia was truly outstanding. It was an absolute pleasure to walk the scenic streets of Ljubljana as take in the historic pastel architecture, alpine surroundings, and rich culture which is mostly unaffected by tourists. However, the best part of […]

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Weekend getaway to Kaohsiung County September 22, 2009

Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

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Telling it like it is…… September 22, 2009

This is just something that I’ve been thinking about today. If you go through a very negative experience are you supposed to label it as positive to please others? Surprisingly yes. Many just don’t want to know about the bad times and prefer just to hear about the good. In fact, saying anything else could [...]

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Who Am I? Who Art You? Book Proposal Editors: Alice Arnold and Joanna Rees September 10, 2009

Images from American child artists Alice Arnold and Joanna Rees are in the process of initiating a book based on global child art. The project would continue a dialogue with middle school and high school child artists who participated in an international art exhibit at the 2nd World Creativity Summit (WCS), in June [...]

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Photographs of the lovely Sophia June 29, 2009

Here are some photographs of the lovely Sophia who is one of my students at Huafan University. In these photos we experimented with make-up. We started out with very little and then added more color as the series progressed. Very little make-up, a natural look A more pink/bronze look. Eyes-closed With black eye make-up and red lipstick In black and [...] […]

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The Tainan Confucian Temple, Chuan Tai Shou Hsueh June 21, 2009

Here are photos from the temple in Tainan.

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20 Things You Didn’t Know About Me June 12, 2009

Here is a note that was previously updated on my Facebook page: 1. My career is my passion and I feel thrilled to work in the fine arts/art education. There is a saying when you love what you do you’ll never work a day in your life. Research, learning, teaching, and art-making are extremely fulfilling activities [...]

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Art and Gender Studies Artwork Take 4 June 12, 2009

That last installment of this series. please click here, here, and here to view the series in its entirety. These images are intended to be viewed together as a series and should be considered as such. As my artists statement indicates this series concerns the depiction of the body in wet-drapery and the modern action of [...]

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Art and Gender Studies Artwork Take 3 May 15, 2009

From creating these images two things have become clear. Firstly, that the role of women has greatly evolved from classical times in which they wore wet drapery and secondly that the act of shaving is a very sensuous activity that is intended to physically attract. Hence there are many contradictions present in these photographs. Over the [...]

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Yoda the cat and the pizza box May 5, 2009

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Comment on Photographs of bead stores for Discover Taipei magazine by Kris November 10, 2009

hi, my boyfreind is in taipei right now...can you please send me the adress of this amazing beadshop...maybe he can buy some for me there!

Kris

Comment on Bella Carrie’s B-Day Part: 1 by Sherri November 7, 2009

Do you have Chinese translation for the Velvet Underground ? and what made it ture bad? I went to school at Shi-Lin before I came to United State. To read your writing makes me feel good. Have a great stay at Taiwan.

Sherri

Comment on I heart Gongguan, Taipei by Roch November 2, 2009

I love this place too :) I'm going to blog about it in a few minutes :)

Roch

Comment on Does anyone know of a good Chinese tutor in Taipei? by Terry Waltz October 22, 2009

I tutor Chinese; have a Ph.D in teaching Mandarin, certified teacher and national-level Mandarin teaching presenter in the US. I'm no longer based in Taiwan, though, (although I was for about 10 years) so it would be through videoconferencing. I've been making my living using Chinese for 25 years now. My e-mail is available on my translation servic […]

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Comment on A report on post-secondary teaching salaries in Canada and the U.S. by J October 21, 2009

Yeah I am in a Canadian PhD program right now and I have observed where my colleagues are going. About half of the people I know get jobs in the States and the other half get jobs in Canada. However, I attribute this partially to the fact that there are so many more schools in the states. Does the U.S. have something like SSHRC? Because I know that makes a b […]

Comment on A report on post-secondary teaching salaries in Canada and the U.S. by jorees October 21, 2009

This is very sobering news J and I have heard that this year things are very bad for American academics. Believe it or not I am in the process of applying to finish my PhD in the US and have been told that the states is the place to be in terms of money and research. Of course this depends on the job you are to receive and how ambitious you are in terms of r […]

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Comment on Photographs of bead stores for Discover Taipei magazine by Jay October 17, 2009

I have family in Taipei and need the name and address of this amazing bead shop. Really cool pictures.

Jay

Comment on A report on post-secondary teaching salaries in Canada and the U.S. by J October 13, 2009

Of course you wouldn't make very much money at a University College since they are not really considered to be real universities (they are more like community colleges and don't have very big endowments). You note that in the U.S: "By rank, the average was $91,548 for professors, $65,113 for associate professors, $54,571 for assistant professo […]

Comment on Cupcakes in Vancouver by Gordon Nicholas October 12, 2009

Really nice photos. The chocolate ones look delicious :)

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Hello Joanna, When I read your blog about your former friend using your photo, it reminded me somewhat about the struggle I had with 3 websites who will remain unnamed and their refusal to delete information that I had posted under my full name about 5 or 6 years ago. The information I posted was not damning or insulting to any individual or any company, but […]

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