About
Kate Salisbury Wool is a photographer/artist who has lived in Asheville, NC (18 years), Athens, GA (5 years), Alaska (30 years), and is currently based in Harvard, MA just outside of Boston. She is a member of @womenphotograph- an evergreen catalogue of independent women photojournalists, the @thejournal_collective- a collective project of hundreds of women photographers worldwide, and is a partner with @forfreedoms- a collective of artists, institutions, & organizations across the US activating innovative pathways to civic participation and @wideawakes.
Kate has had work recognized, published, and exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally. Publications include Americans for the Arts, The Washington Post, The Alaska Quarterly Review, The Art Newspaper, Together We Rise, The Women's March Organizers and Condé Nast, Politico, and more..
All of Kate's work commences with observations in color + tone, composition + sentiment. She has completed many professional and personal projects. One of her many favorite past times is her family. She received her BFA in Photographic Design from the University of Georgia in 1992 in film + the very first Photoshop. After photographing and traveling the world, she continued her education and received a MFA in Art + Photography from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks in 2001. Teaching, researching, studying, and talking about all things photography is her life long passion. Kate has shared that passion with students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where she taught in the journalism and art departments for over 17 years. Kate currently works as creative director at Tech Wise Systems in Alaska, and free-lances for all things photography.
Kate Wool was awarded the Ruth Lister Feminist of the Year (2018) for her gun safety activism in Alaska. Kate implemented the ASKING SAVES KIDS (BRADY) program at her daughters’ elementary school, which eventually was adopted district wide and statewide (with the assistance of MOMS DEMAND ACTION ALASKA and SMART), has attended and held gun safety community forums and continues to advocate for gun safety legislation at all levels. You can read more about this and her partnership with @forfreedoms on her BLOG or the ART FOR CHANGE page.
Professional Experience
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: Creative direction, art direction, creative consulting, creative thinking, problem solving, journalism, editorial experience, PR, professional communication, creative/political campaigns, creative digital services, analog/digital photography, graphic/web design, branding, IT consulting, technology, research, and so much more…
Currently + since 1992 Professional Photographer specializing in all editorial, portrait, commercial, multimedia, and fine art
2019 - 2024 Creative Services, Tech Wise Systems, Fairbanks, Alaska
2018 Fairbanks Coordinator, Creative Services, Photographer, Governor Bill Walker Re-Election Campaign statewide, July-Nov, Alaska
1998 - 2017 Adjunct Professor of Photography, Journalism and Art Departments., UAF (1998-2001 Instructor of Record)
-teach Basic, Advanced, Analog/Digital, Photojournalism, Studio, Portrait, Art, medium/large format photography, commercial
2014 - 2018 Graphic, Digital, and Web Designer, Mammoth Marketing, Fbks, AK
1996 - 2019 Photography, Graphic Design, Web Design, Blue Loon, Fbks, AK
2001 - 2002 Visiting Lecturer of Photography, Journalism Dept., UAF
2000 Photography Teacher for high school art students, Fairbanks Summer Fine Arts Camp, UAF
1996 Photographer, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, AK: spot news, photojournalism, sports, commercial photos
Prior to 1996 Youth Counselor, Unit Secretary, Waitress, Cook, Student, World Traveler
Artist Lectures + Workshops + Podcasts
2022 Collective Eye Podcast, Mentorship & Growth: with Lina Collado and Kate Wool, Spotify, March 11, 2022
2021 Artist Virtual Talk, Pandemic Photography- a year of isolation, innovation, collaboration, and connection to photography around the globe, Alaska Photographic Center, Alaska and beyond
2020 Guest Juror/Presenter for Rarefied Lite, Statewide Juried Online Exhibition, Alaska Photographic Center, Alaska
2020 Visiting Artist Presentation, I am NOT a Target Project and Gun Safety Education Activism, Juneau MOMS Demand Gun Sense in America, Juneau Public Library, Juneau, Alaska
2019 Artist presentation, I am NOT a Target project, Society for Photographic Education, Northwest Conference, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska
2019 Visiting Artist Presentation, I am NOT a Target Project and Gun Safety Education Activism, Juneau MOMS Demand Gun Sense in America, Juneau Public Library, Juneau, Alaska
2018 Guest Artist, Art as a Protoganist for Change, Voice of Art Workshop, Fairbanks, Alaska
2012 Visiting Artist Workshop and Lecture, Figure in the Landscape, UAA Camera Club, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
2007 Homer Photography Symposium, panel discussion: Ethics in Digital Photography, Homer, Alaska
2004 UAA Camera Club Lecture, University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska
2000 Artist Lecture, Bunnell St. Gallery, Homer, Alaska
Represented by
Well Street Art Company, 1304 Well St. (in the railroad industrial area off of Phillips Field Road), Fairbanks, Alaska
tel: (907) 452 - 6169
email: david@wellstreetart.com
World Traveler: USA, Canada, Europe, Thailand, India, New Zealand, Mexico
from MId-life, an ongoing self-portrait project,
see more work on Instagram