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News Release Aug. 15, 2006 Boise State Professor Larry McNeil Receives Prestigious National Geographic 'All Roads' Award Larry McNeil, a professor of photography in the Art Department at Boise State University, has been honored with an "All Roads" photo award from National Geographic. The "All Roads" awards showcase the film and photography of indigenous and underrepresented minority cultures. McNeil is the only American winner of the 2006 photography awards; the other recipients are Iranian, Mayan and Bangladeshi. McNeil is a member of the Tlingit and Nisga’a nations of Alaska and British Columbia. McNeil is being honored for his "fly by night mythology" mixed-media series, which includes pictures of his family and elements of his culture. National Geographic calls the work "a distinctive perspective on Native American biculturalism." The organization will present McNeil and the other photography winners with seed money, cameras and photo equipment. As part of the award, McNeil has been invited to the All Roads Film Festival celebrations in Los Angeles on Sept. 28-Oct. 1, Washington, D.C., from Oct. 5-8, and Santa Fe, N.M., from Dec. 6-10; his works will be on display during the events. McNeil ’s art is currently on display closer to home; his body of work "Keet H’it, Killer Whale House," is featured at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Hailey. It will be there until Oct. 20. At 7 p.m. Oct. 25, McNeil will give a lecture at the Center. McNeil’s art has been on display at the San Diego Museum of Art, the Boise Art Museum, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the Native Indian/Inuit Photographers’ Association Gallery in Ontario, Canada, the Museum of Anthropology in British Columbia and the Museum of New Mexico, among others. For more information about McNeil’s art or about the "All Roads" awards and exhibition, visit www.larrymcneil.com or www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads. -30- Contact: Larry McNeil, Art Department, (208) 426-4110, lmcneil@boisestate.edu Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu Boise State University is the largest institution of higher education in Idaho with about 18,600 students and 2,200 faculty and staff. More than 190 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and technical degrees are offered within eight colleges. A metropolitan university located in the capital city, Boise State is committed to life-enhancing research, teaching excellence and public service.
email communications@boisestate.edu Last reviewed on Wednesday, January 03, 2007
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