About
eileen powers
Eileen is a Cape Cod-based photographer, graphic designer and self-portrait artist whose Can you make hair for me? collaborative project about chemotherapy has been featured in exhibitions, podcasts and news media around the country as well as in The Boston Globe. She has an MFA in visual art, and is currently the curator of by Annie Powell, a project dedicated to the photography of Annie Powell, as well a principle at Javatime Design since 2000. She has led workshops at Creighton University, the Smith Center and the Nantucket Atheneum and others.
Eileen is also a PhD student in aesthetics, art criticism and philosophy at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts in Portland, Maine. In her spare time is working on a children’s book, A Day at Litterbox Beach, with her favorite feline, Ms. Cheeze, and a book of essays with images called Can you make hair for me? A memoir in strands.
What I do
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Javatime Design graphic design, spot illustration, collage, copywriting
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Photography portraits, fine art, and personal projects
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Workshops and classes in photography, expressive art, typography, self-portraiture, writing for professional artists
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Art and culture writing, scholarly research, personal and critical essays
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Inspiring public speaker and storyteller
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Independent curator
CV available upon request
Ph.D. Student
IDSVA
Portland, Maine
Areas of study: Art criticism, aesthetics, philosophy
Critical writing and presentations: Monobloc chair, Levittown and the American lawn, the concept of the grid
MFA
Lesley University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Areas of study: visual art and culture, photography, self-portraiture, critical research and writing
Graduate Studies and BA
Syracuse University IDSP graduate program in Advertising design
Hofstra University, BA Creative Studies and Social Sciences
Areas of study: Advertising concepting and copywriting, literature, creative writing, psychology, theatre arts, playwriting
