APPEARANCES:
March 11, 2023: I presented via Zoom to the Gilroy Chapter of the California Daughters of the American Revolution regarding my new book "Bighorn Visions, the Photography of Jessamine Spear Johnson."January, 15, 2022: I spoke via Zoom to the Weston County Historical Society in Newcastle, Wyoming introducing them to Jessamine Spear Johnson, An Early Photographic Artist of Wyoming and Montana.
January 11, 2022: I spoke at The Hub on Smith in Sheridan, Wyoming sponsored by the Sheridan Community Land Trust as part of their “explore history programs.” My Zoom presentation was titled: Discovering Jessamine Spear Johnson, An Early Photographic Artist of Wyoming & Montana.
October 27, 2021: I spoke to the Palo Alto American Association of University Women via Zoom. Topic: Jessamine Spear Johnson, An Early Woman Photographer of The Changing West.
October 10, 2021: Presentation for the Newcastle, Wyoming, Weston County Wyoming Historical Society on Zoom. Topic: Discovering Jessamine Spear Johnson, A Photographic Artist of Montana and Wyoming.
October 10, 2021: Presentation for the Newcastle, Wyoming, Weston County Wyoming Historical Society on Zoom. Topic: Discovering Jessamine Spear Johnson, A Photographic Artist of Montana and Wyoming.
June 23, 2021: Speaker for the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in California via Zoom. Topic: Jessamine Spear Johnson, An Early Western Photographer.
June 9, 2021: I spoke to the Channing House Retirement Community in Palo Alto, CA. My topic was "Discovering Jessamine Spear Johnson, A Photographic Artist of the Changing West.”
March 24 , 2021: Speaker for the San Mateo American Association of University Women meeting via Zoom. Invitees included the Palo Alto and Peninsula AAUW chapters. Topic: Jessamine Spear Johnson, An Early Western Photographer.
January 7, 2021: I spoke to the monthly Zoom meeting of the Shutterbug Photography Club, Roseville, CA. Topic: Jessamine Spear Johnson, Uncovering a Great Photographic Artist.
November 14, 2020: Speaker at the monthly Zoom meeting of the El Palo Alto Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in California. Topic: Uncovering a Legacy: Jessamine Spear Johnson, An Early Western Photographer in Montana and Wyoming.
June 21, 2019: I was a speaker at the annual symposium of the Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association in Hardin, Montana. Topic of my speech: Jessamine Spear Johnson, An Early Southeaster Montana Battlefield and Native American Photographer. Here is a link to the content and photos used: /images/tempejavitz/Javitz%20Article.pdf
The mission of the CBHMA, organized in 1953, is to provide a mechanism for the study of the
Battle of the Little Bighorn, the people involved on both sides, the times, and the Plains Indian Wars in general. The association meets each June in Hardin, Montana. Visit their website at https://custerbattlefield.org/
June 2018: Scripps College's Summer Camp program. Title: When is Photography
Art or Just Snapshots? Using the photos of Tempe's grandmother,
Jessamine Spear Johnson, a noted photographer from 1910 through the
1950s in Montana and Wyoming, Patty Cogen (class of 1970) and Tempe
Javitz (class of 1971) explore and explain what makes great art photography.
Art or Just Snapshots? Using the photos of Tempe's grandmother,
Jessamine Spear Johnson, a noted photographer from 1910 through the
1950s in Montana and Wyoming, Patty Cogen (class of 1970) and Tempe
Javitz (class of 1971) explore and explain what makes great art photography.