Seeing, Making, Remaking: Art in a Digital Age with Anne Kelly and Jennifer Greenburg

Santa Fe Workshops collection of free online events, Creativity Continues, features a conversation featuring artist Jennifer Greenburg and art curator Anne Kelly. Their dialogue builds on a long-standing professional relationship formed during Kelly’s two decades at photo-eye Gallery, where she served as gallery director and exhibited Greenburg’s work.

In this program, Jennifer and Anne trace the evolution of Greenburg’s practice from her series Revising History to her most recent project, Constructed Portraits: Make Her More Beautiful. Throughout her career, Jennifer has examined the construction of identity and beauty through staged photography, advanced Photoshop techniques, and meticulous set-building. Her earlier work revisits and satirically reinterprets mid-century visual narratives, questioning the authority and authenticity often associated with historical images.

As the evening unfolds, Jennifer discusses how her practice has shifted in response to the contemporary digital landscape. Moving beyond traditional photographic methods, she now incorporates AI not as a shortcut, but as a conceptual framework for examining beauty. Rather than replacing authorship, these tools extend her long-standing investigation into how images shape perception, identity, and cultural ideals.

Together, Jennifer and Anne consider how photography has continually adapted to technological change from darkroom manipulation to digital editing and now artificial intelligence. They invite the audience to reflect on what is gained, challenged, and reimagined as artists navigate new tools while remaining deeply engaged with photography’s history.

The program concludes with an opportunity for audience Q&A.

Creativity Continues is a program that collectively develops creative voices by offering connection and encouraging expression. Because the goal is to engage all within our creative community, we encourage you to extend invitations and share Santa Fe Workshops Creativity Continues events with anyone who expresses an interest.