Expanded Vision —Palestine & Israel, 2008

To reserve slide shows or print exhibits

For a slide show

Skip Schiel usually travels with his slide shows, presenting them in person. Earning his production expenses thru fees and sales, he requests an honorarium of between $50 and $300 depending on who the sponsoring group is and what is requested. He also requests travel expenses and accommodation, which could be a bed in someone's home. Minimally, groups will little budget can pass the hat, collecting whatever the audience offers. He often donates a portion of the proceeds to some activist organization in Israel or Palestine, such as Rabbis for Human Rights, the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions, the Ramallah Friends School, and the Gaza Community Mental Health Program.
 
These digital slide shows usually last some 45 - 60 minutes, and at least 30 minutes of discussion helps. Depending on the location, he may provide his own computer and video projector, but at times he may request the sponsoring group to provide that equipment. He will also need a screen, darkenable room, and sound system.

For a print exhibit

His exhibits can be scaled from a minimum of 5 prints (requiring some 2 running meters) up to 50 (requiring about 20 running meters). They are 8 by 10 inches, 11 by 14 inches or panoramics 6.5 by 13 inches. He requests payment for shipping costs, but, depending on the venue, hopes for a stipend to help cover costs of matting and framing. He expects the exhibit will be secured and insured. He would gladly share proceeds of any print sales with the sponsoring institution.

Availability

Skip Schiel is available for touring from late September 2008 thru May 2009 when he plans a return trip to the Levant. He will be again available from fall 2009 on.

While there is a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.

--Dorothea Lange