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A long-time club favorite returns to tell us about a recent show of her work and how the preparation affected her.

Join Alice Keeney as she walks us through the journey of creating a personal series of work that is meaningful to one’s self. Alice will talk about her most recent series of work entitled “Healers”, which was created as part of a 3 person show at the Charleston City Gallery this past fall. The forty-three portraits she created for the exhibit were a labor of love, and she has been energized by the process. She hopes to share that with you.

Alice Keeney graduated from the College of Charleston in 2004, where she balanced her time playing Division I Soccer while earning a B.A. in English. She then attended the Speos Institute of Photography in Paris, one of the top five ranked photography schools in the world. Keeney got her start in photojournalism with the Associated Press, covering news events in the coastal region of South Carolina for several years. Keeney’s images have appeared on the front page of the New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today, as well as many other newspapers both regionally and internationally. Her work has also been featured in Sports Illustrated and Newsweek magazines. Her love of soccer led to an important collaboration photographing Grassroot Soccer, an NGO based in Sub-Saharan Africa which provides African youth with the life skills to live HIV-free. Special projects like this have allowed her the opportunity to travel to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Living in Charleston, South Carolina with her husband and young daughters, Alice focuses on creating portraits for local brands, individuals, and families. Currently, Keeney is a resident artist at Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston and is a lululemon Ambassador. 

Check out Alice’s work: https://alicekeeneyphoto.com/portraits