About Cary
Cary Conover is a photographer and educator based in Wichita, Kansas. He is currently a faculty member at Andover High School, where he advises the yearbook and broadcast journalism programs and teaches beginning and advanced photojournalism classes. He is also an adjunct instructor of photography at Newman University, teaching analog and digital photography in the school's art department. From 2000 to 2010 Cary lived in New York City and freelanced for a variety of clients, most notably The Village Voice and The New York Times. Cary lives in College Hill with his wife, Ivonne, and their son, Julian.
Teaching and Instruction
Andover High School, Yearbook/Broadcast Adviser and Photojournalism Instructor, 2011 to present
Newman University, Adjunct Photography Instructor, 2017 to present
Butler Community College, Adjunct Instructor, 2011 to 2018
Flint Hills Publications Workshop, Kansas State University, 1998 to present
Jayhawk Media Workshop, University of Kansas, 2016 to present
Photographic Experience
Freelance Photographer, Wichita, KS, 2011 to present
The New York Times, New York, NY, Contributing Photographer, 2004 – 2010
The Village Voice, New York, NY, Contributing Photographer, 2000 – 2010
The Monroe Evening News, Monroe, MI, Staff Photographer, 1996 – 2000
Education
Kansas State University, B.A. Journalism and Mass Communications, 1996
Emporia State University, M.Ed. Secondary Education, 2013
Savannah College of Art and Design, M.F.A. Photography, 2021
Individual Exhibitions
2021–Close to Home, CityArts Gallery, 334 N. Mead, Wichita, KS
2017–Turning Point, Steckline Gallery, Newman University, 3100 McCormick, Wichita, KS
2015–Kansas Work, Jones Gallery, 414 S. Commerce, Wichita, KS
2013–Contrasts, Meeting Place Gallery, Derby Public Library, 1600 Walnut Grove Rd., Derby, KS
2012–M.T. Liggett, Art of Emprise Collection, Andover Public Library, 1511 E. Central Ave., Andover, KS
2010–Looking Back, Lunasa Photo Series, 126 First Ave., New York City
2007–Bank the Nine: A Pocket Billiards Portfolio, The Elbow Room, 89-91 Chapel Market, London, England
2003–Medley of Commonplaces, Tom and Jerry, 288 Elizabeth St., New York City
Group Exhibitions
2020–Foot in the Door, Wichita Art Museum, 1400 Museum Blvd. Wichita, KS
2016–Visual Justice in Our Own Backyard: Teenage Social Comment Photography (organizer), ShiftSpace, 416 S. Commerce, Wichita, KS
2015–Symphony in the Flint Hills, National Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, 2480 K-177, Strong City, KS
2013–Street Shots/NYC, South Street Seaport Museum, 12 Fulton St., New York City
2010–Always New York, Lunasa Photo Series, 126 First Ave., New York City
2009–Eye on the Strand, Pratt Institute CCPS Gallery, 144 W. 14th St., New York City
2003–Seventh Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition, HERE Arts Center, 145 Sixth Ave., New York City
2002–48 Photographers, 48 Hours, Arts International Gallery, 251 Park Avenue South, New York City
2002–Common Bonds, CBGB's Gallery, 313 Bowery, New York City
2002–Untitled: Photographs from the Time Out New York Archives, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, 580 Broadway, New York City
2001–Here Is New York: A Democracy of Photographs, 116 Prince St., New York City
Lecture and Slide Show Venues
2019–Roxy’s Downton, Wichitalks, sponsored by KMUW
2017–Newman University, Art for Lunch, Steckline Gallery
2015–Wichita Art Museum, Wichita Art Chatter
2015–Wichita State University, Duerksen Fine Arts Center, Insomnia in the City (projection of photographs accompanied by WSU’s Impulse Percussion Group)
2013–Botanica, The Wichita Gardens, Rotary Club of Wichita
2008–Wichita State University, McKnight Art Center, WSU Photography Guild
