Chris Osborne Exhibiting "Who's Driving? Legendary Cars and Legendary Stars" at the Trucking Museum, Middlebury, Connecticut

"James Dean with a 1949 Mercury"

© Chris Osborne

Fine artist Chris Osborne will be exhibiting "Who's Driving? Legendary Cars and Legendary Stars" at the Golden Age of Trucking Museum from November 15, 2009 until November 2010. There will be an artist's reception from 2-4 pm on November 15. The museum is located at 1101 Southford Rd., Middlebury, CT.

Chris Osborne's art bridges a love of cars and a love of music and film. Often familiar faces are paired with significant automobiles--Marilyn Monroe with a pink 1956 Thunderbird, Johnny Cash with a 1954 Chevy pickup, Robert Johnson with a 1935 Hudson Terraplane. When she is not traveling the country with her artwork, she sometimes drives around in a green vintage Chevy truck of her own.

Osborne says of the museum, "I love the museum for the quality of the displays and the sense of history, and I am grateful for the chance to be a part of it over the next year. The antique trucks are truly impressive. The museum has always been very supportive of my work; they sell my posters in their gift shop."

On exhibit will be original paintings, as well as digital fine art prints and posters.

"Green Bean" and Chris Osborne

© Chris Osborne

Lys

Tony Donovan's "Ardoyne, Belfast, Ireland 1971-1972" at NESOP

© Tony Donovan

Tony Donovan of Ivoryton Studio's portfolio of work from Ardoyne, Belfast, Ireland 1971-1972 will be exhibited from November 16, 2009 to January 8, 2010 at The Garner Center for Photographic Exhibitions, New England School of Photography, 537 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA. There is an opening reception November 19, 7-9 pm.

Donovan, who was a 26-year-old filmmaker at the time, ended up by chance living in a brick row housing estate in the small community of Ardoyne, in north Belfast, Ireland and photographing its residents with his Leica. "To a lot of Irish Americans, [Ireland] was the promised land," said Donovan. What he saw when he got there was more like a police state.

"At the time the images were made, no one was interested in the work--people didn't want to talk about it," Donovan said. His time in Ireland coincided with some of the worst civil unrest caused by paramilitary groups who waged a war against British rule. Donovan worked on a scaffolding gang rebuilding houses that were burned during the conflict. He says there was around 60% unemployment among the men of the community, as well as high rates of alcoholism and suicide. Some of these problems continue to this day.

As an outsider, Donovan had to gain the trust of his neighbors, and he often photographed children playing in his neighborhood. His images capture the contradictions Ardoyne's street life, at once tender and supercharged with tension. The black and white carbon pigment prints for the exhibition were made by Still River Editions from the original negatives.

Lys

Catherine Vanaria Featured in Faculty Exhibition at WCSU, Danbury, CT

"Stacy" © C.A. Vanaria

Catherine Vanaria will be exhibiting two black and white photographs from her series of portraits taken with her 8x10 film camera at the Western Connecticut State University Faculty Art Show. The exhibition takes place at Higgins Hall Gallery, 181 White St., Danbury, CT from November 17 to December 10. The reception will be on the 17th of November from 5-7 pm.

Cathy's use of the 8x10 camera is a counterbalance to the digital approach, which often tempts us to overshoot and underthink. The images themselves are formal and yet extremely intimate; little space stands between the camera's lens (therefore the viewer) and the subject. The narrow area of focus is usually around one eye, and the most arresting visual element is the subject's gaze. The two prints included in the faculty show are of former photography students.

Lys

Catherine Vanaria at the opening party

Photographer Jay Maisel to speak at Yale

Photographer Jay Maisel will be discussing his career at Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Yale University on November 12th, 7pm Always an entertaining listen. Hosted by the Connecticut ASMP. For info see here.

Loft Artists Open Studios this weekend

This weekend, Stamford's Loft Artists Association will be hosting open studios featuring original artwork by over 40 artists. The event is Nov 6, 7, and 8 (Fri. 6-9 pm, Sat./Sun. 12-6pm). I saw some cards from the last one they held, and it looks like a really interesting mix. The LAA is located at 845 Canal St., Stamford, CT.

I'd also like to note that Nancy Lasar has two large digital fine art pieces in "Narrative Art", a juried group show at the Silvermine Gallery in New Canaan until November 13. We unfortunately missed announcing this earlier, but there is still time to see it. The Silvermine Guild is located at 1037 Silvermine Road, New Canaan, CT.

Lys

Cambridge in Colour

Cambridge in Colour. This is a great website, has plenty of information about digital photography, cameras, and tech forums. Hosted by Sean McHugh of University of Cambridge in the UK. Some of it is real basic but some of it gets pretty technical.

Mark

PhotoPlus Expo NYC is happening now

PhotoPlus Expo is starting today and runs through Saturday. The candy store of everything to do with photography. Cameras, printers, papers, lighting, books, demos, software, photo exhibits, lectures, workshops, etc. Cathy and I will be attending on Saturday looking for the latest and greatest products to make Connecticut Photographics and Still River Editions continue to offer the best prints possible. Maybe we will run into YOU!

Mark

Christina Dixcy at Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack

Client photographer Christina Dixcy is exhibiting in a group show titled Fractions of Sight at the Rockland Center for the Arts, Emerson Gallery, 27 South Greenbush Rd., West Nyack, NY.

Dixcy's landscapes use dramatic depth of field to play with dream-like perception of scale. There is an opening reception on Sunday, October 18, 1-4 pm. Featuring the work of Keliy Anderson-Staley, Katherine Newbegin, Meredith Davenport, Lauren Orchowski, Ingrid Roe, Anna Lise Jensen, Pamela Steinman, and Cybele Lyle. The exhibit runs until December 2, 2009.

~Lys

Keith Johnson to exhibit at Panopticon

© Keith Johnson

Keith Johnson's New Grids will be on exhibition from October 5 - Nov 8, 2009 at Panopticon Gallery, Hotel Commonwealth, 502c Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA, 02215. There is an artists' reception Thursday, October 15 from 6-8:30 pm.

Barnstorm 2009

2008 class photo

Barnstorm 2009, October 9th - October 12, 2009 - 100 hand-picked students along with 100 photojournalism professionals descend upon Jeffersonville, New York for the XXII annual Eddie Adams Workshop. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, Eddie Adams, founded the intensive four-day program 22 years ago. The tuition-free workshop's purpose is to create a forum in which an exchange of ideas, techniques, and philosophies can be shared between both established members and newcomers to the world of visual journalism.

I and Cathy have been to it as guest visitors, it is an amazing thing. So much talent, new and old, in one place, eating, drinking, and breathing photography for four days non-stop.

View some of the final projects from the students.

Mark

Irving Penn

Irving Penn passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 92. His obit is in the New York Times this morning.

New Haven's City-Wide Open Studios, Oct. 3-4

A number of clients, friends, and colleagues are participating in New Haven's 12th annual City -Wide Open Studios, presented by artSPACE this weekend Oct. 3-4, 2009 in New Haven, CT and the surrounding areas.

Some familiar participants include (in no particular order): Keith Johnson, Phyllis Crowley, Joan Fitzsimmons, Joe Fucigna, Kehler Liddell Gallery, Tom Peterson, Sara Bouchard and Leslie Kuo, Valerie Richardson, Margaret Roleke, Andrew Hogan, Dorothy Powers. There are other artists whose names I recognize from reading local arts publications, and far more whose names I don't know whose work looks really interesting.

On Friday, Oct. 2, artSPACE will hold a kickoff party for CWOS and reception for Dispersion, the CWOS juried exhibition, from 6-8 pm at 50 Orange St., New Haven. Saturday Oct. 3 open studio hours are from 11 am to 6 pm, and on Sunday Oct. 4, from 11 am to 5 pm.

In addition, local community-sponsored radio station WPKN will be hosting a fundraising art sale event (including a cat by friend Sue Czark).

If you are participating this weekend and want to send me photos of your lil' corner of the event, please send them to lysbeth [at] ctphoto.com.

Happy lookin'/happy makin',

Lys

A few snaps from Saturday:

Phyllis Crowley

© Photo by Mark Savoia

Joan Fitzsimmons

© Photo by Mark Savoia

Keith Johnson (on right)

© Photo by Mark Savoia

Chris Durante exhibiting at Fairfield Arts Council, reception Friday 9/25

© Chris Durante

Chris Durante is exhibiting at Fairfield Arts Council from September 25 to November 7 along with Mary Jo McGonagle. Durante's recent abstract drawings combine elements from his earlier comic book inspired pieces. These are fractured and exploded until they no longer resemble their representational forebears. His lines are incredibly fluid; in addition he uses marks that are culled from daily life, like coffee stains, and burns. Those marks are used with equal gravity.

McGonagle's multi-layered, abstract, large-scale images combine painting with monotype. I think the artists are a great pairing, and I'm looking forward to seeing the show.

The reception for this exhibition is Friday, September 25 from 6-8 pm. Fairfield Arts Council is located at 70 Sanford St. Fairfield, CT (near the train station).

There is a brown bag lunch discussion with the artists and curator Laura Einstein on Thursday, October 22 from 12:30-1:30 pm.

Chris teaches drawing at Norwalk Community College, and also owns a framing studio in Danbury. He prepares artwork for many galleries, museums and private collectors in and around the area. He is a Silvermine Guild artist and will be showing there in January.

See you around.

~Lys

Chris Durante at the opening

© Photo by Mark Savoia

Florence Froeder / New Fairfield Artist Tour, September 26th

© Florence Froeder

Watercolorist, painter, and client Florence Froeder is opening her studio as part of the New Fairfield Artists' Studio Tour on Saturday, September 26. There are five artists participating in the event sponsored by the Candlewood Arts Fund. Studios will be open from 1-4 pm, and afterward there will be an artists' reception from 4-5pm at Sue Newton's Barn Gallery at 82 Route 37 in New Fairfield.

Check out the above link for more details on the other artists.

If you've never gone on a studio visit before, this is a good opportunity to check out some artists, and see how they work, without having to drive to a major city. It'll be a good weekend to do that, get some apples and cider doughnuts, and see the blushing leaves.

~Lys

Archive of Photojournalist Eddie Adams Donated to Briscoe Center, University of Texas at Austin

© Eddie Adams

The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin has received the complete photographic archive of photojournalist Eddie Adams. An exhibition of some of the many photographs will be held at the Sid Richardson Hall location. The exhibit will run through January 16, 2010 Still River Editions printed all the photographs in cooperation with Mr. Adams estate and his widow. Press release info, online gallery of images. NPPA story.

Mark

Ben Larrabee in New Canaan, CT

"Nantucket Lighthouse"

© Ben Larrabee

Cobble Court Interiors and New Canaan Chamber of Commerce are showcasing a selection of Ben Larrabee's fine art photographs at a reception this evening from 5-8 pm. Cobble Court is located at 13 South Ave., New Canaan, CT. The photographs will be on display until December. I hear there will be martinis...

This is the perfect time of year to be going to art openings. Take a drive on the Parkway, see that the leaves have started turning already... bittersweet autumnal beginnings...

Have fun seeing new things,

Lys

Phyllis Crowley at Gallery 195 in New Haven

"Carp, Shanghai - 2008,"

© Phyllis Crowley

Photographer Phyllis Crowley is showing with painter Janet Lage at Gallery 195, a project of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven and Alliance Bank from now until November 13. Crowley's multiple images often destabilize the viewer by suggesting motion; varying points of view reflect a shifting gaze as seen all at once. There is an artists' reception Tuesday, September 15, 5-7 pm. Gallery 195 is on the 4th Floor of 195 Church St., New Haven, CT (across from the New Haven Green.)

~Lys

Edith Morrison at H. Pelham Curtis Gallery in New Canaan

"Betrothed," © Edith Borax-Morrison

Edith Borax-Morrison is currently showing Penweave Drawings at the H. Pelham Curtis Gallery at New Canaan Library. The show is up until October 12, 2009. Borax-Morrison calls her spectacular abstract, and free-flowing mandala drawings "penweaves." The textures created resemble fibers, and the process by which Borax-Morrison creates them recalls the meditative qualities of weaving. The New Canaan Library is located at 151 Main St. New Canaan, CT.

~Lys

Two Keith Johnson exhibitions in Massachusetts open in September

© Keith Johnson

Keith Johnson's photographic series Suite Niagara will be at the Griffin Museum Sept 9-October 18, 2009. Johnson made Suite Niagara during his recent residency at CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, NY. The Griffin Museum is located at 67 Shore Road, Winchester, Massachusetts.

Keith will also be featured in a group show focusing on architecture at Panopticon in Boston in September 10-Nov 10, 2009 with an opening reception Thursday, October 15, 5-7 pm.

The show includes photographs by Steve Rosenthal, John Woolf, Keith Johnson and Peter Vanderwarker. From the gallery's website: "Keith Johnson's new work isolates landscape elements, laying them out in grid and multiple linear formats. He suggests that the presentation of multiple images has a very structured and multilayered effect, creating a visual experience larger than the sum of the individual parts."

~Lys

Keith Johnson to exhibit at NESOP

© Keith Johnson

Photographer and photography educator Keith Johnson will be exhibiting at New England School of Photography (NESOP) from August 24-October 2, 2009. The show is titled Extended Landscape, and features Johnson's series of constructed panoramics of both human-made and natural landscapes. NESOP is located at 537 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. There is an opening reception Thursday, August 27, 7-9 PM

Johnson, who was a student of both Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan at RISD, also has two shows coming up in September. Details on those in a couple of weeks.

~Lys

Missouri School of Journalism Honors Bill Eppridge

© David Burnett

Another well deserved award. Congrats Epp! See the Missouri School of Journalism website for details.

Bill Eppridge: Remembering Woodstock

© Bill Eppridge

Bill Eppridge is featured in The New York Times Lens section starting today and talks about his memories of Woodstock and 1969. See here for details.

Richard Klein at Project Room in Washington, CT

"Black Friday, 2009"

© Richard Klein

Ashtrays, speakers, eyeglass lenses,

jar lids, shopping cart

Richard Klein will be exhibiting at Project Room of the Washington Art Association, 4 Bryan Plaza, Washington Depot, CT from July 25 to August 23. Tony Carretta of Litchfield is also exhibiting. There will be an artists' reception this Saturday, July 25 from 6-8 pm.

Klein's sculptures incorporate eyeglass lenses and other glass and found objects; they shape surface, volume, light, and shadow. They're surprising and beautiful. Tony Caretta also uses glass in his antiquity-inspired, sculptural vessels.

Klein is Director of Exhibitions at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT. Tony Caretta is gallery director at the New Arts Gallery in Litchfield, CT, where Nancy Lasar is exhibiting this month.

~Lys

Monroe Gallery Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 - featuring Bill Eppridge photograph

Apollo 11 Roll-Out, Cape Canaveral, Florida,

May 20, 1969

© Bill Eppridge

Another amazing photo by Bill Eppridge, scanned and printed by us. See here for more info.

Nancy Lasar in two Litchfield County exhibitions

© Nancy Lasar

Nancy Lasar, from Washington Depot, Connecticut, often utilizes new technologies along with traditional printmaking in her unique, multi-layered images.

She and Inga-Britta Mills are in the exhibition "Inscripted Earth: An Exhibition of Prints and Paperworks" at Minor Memorial Library, 23 South St., Roxbury, CT from July 25 to September 9. There is a reception on Saturday, July 25 from 2-4 pm.

Also from July 25-August 23 she is exhibiting with her brother John Davis and Stephan Fowlkes at New Arts Gallery, 513 Maple St. Litchfield, CT. There will be an artists' reception from 3-6 pm on Saturday, July 25.

So if you time it right, you can go to both exhibition openings. Sounds like an ideal afternoon to me.

~Lys

A few snaps from the opening at New Arts Gallery

Photo © Mark Savoia

Post-reception photo updates: Tom Peterson and Karl Decker

I just added some photos to the post about Tom Peterson's exhibit, as well as the one about Karl Decker's.

It's a Monday morning virtual art opening. Enjoy.

~Lys

Tom Peterson in new members show at City Gallery, New Haven

Client Tom Peterson and printmaker Amy Arledge are featured in the new members' show called "Juxtapositions" at City Gallery in New Haven. There will be an artists' reception Saturday, July 11, 3-6 pm. City Gallery is located at 994 State St. New Haven, CT.Peterson, from Hamden, photographs the local urban landscape for its shapes and colors, not just its familiar sites. I will admit--there is some fun in trying to figure out where some of the photos were taken.

~Lys

Added 7/13--Mark took some photos at the opening... and here they are:

Photo © Mark Savoia

Photo © Mark Savoia

Photo © Mark Savoia

Vasilios Sfinarolakis at Soho Photo, NYC

"Pennamacoor"

©Vasilios Sfinarolakis

Client Vasilios Sfinarolakis is one of the winners of the 2009 Soho Photo National Photography Competition, juried by Susan Kismaric of MoMA. Soho Photo is located at 15 White St., New York, NY. The reception is Tuesday, July 7 from 6-8 pm.

Sfinarolakis is a Brooklyn-based artist with a background in film as well as still imagery. The image the jurors chose is a mysterious, traditional black and white gelatin silver print, seen above. It leaves the viewer with some interesting unanswered questions...

~Lys

The end of Kodachrome

Say goodbye! Kodak announced they have stopped making the film. A good 74 year run for the iconic film. See the details here.

Visit Daniel Bayer's Kodachrome Project

Processing still available until December 2010 from Dwayne's Photo

Michele Muir's "Every 71 Seconds - Memories of Alzheimer's"

© Michele Muir

"Every 71 Seconds - Memories of Alzheimer's" is a black and white photo essay by Michele Muir about the lives of those affected by Alzheimer's disease. It will be exhibited at Mill Street Loft, 25 Pershing Ave. Poughkeepsie, NY from June 20 to July 31. There will be an artists' reception Saturday, June 20, 3 to 7 pm with a gallery talk, music and readings.

Muir's photographs follow the lives of people with Alzheimer's over the course of a period time--whether an afternoon, a day, a few months, or a couple of years. The images show the confusing and sometimes subtle changes that occur from moment to moment, from day to day in those coping with the disease. The relationships between those with the disease and their caregivers show both tenderness and frustration. Some of the images are metaphorical or symbolic. All of the images are infused with compassion, as Michele works for an Alzheimer's organization, and in addition, her father has Alzheimer's.

More information about the exhibit may be found here.

I printed much of the exhibit, and found it an emotional experience.

~Lys

C.A. Vanaria exhibiting with Connecticut Women Artists at the Jorgensen Center in Storrs, CT

"Stacey" © C.A. Vanaria

My friend/mentor/owner of Connecticut Photographics Catherine Vanaria will be included in the Connecticut Women Artists' 80th Annual Open Juried Exhibition from June 20-July 25.

Cathy's entry, shown above, is from her recent black and white portrait series captured using an 8x10 film camera. The behemoth 8x10 has built-in mojo, and it invites a deliberateness that is rarely present in making a digital photograph. There's an unbelievable degree of intimacy when you are that close to the camera/that close to the subject.

There will be a reception and awards ceremony on Saturday, June 20 from 2-4 pm. The exhibit is located at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3104

In addition, Cathy is now posting her portfolios to blogs accessible here or by clicking on her name above.

Keep lookin',

Lys

Karl Decker's "The People of Townshend, Vermont" on exhibition at Sterling College

© Karl Decker

Photographs from Karl Decker's series, "The People of Townshend, Vermont, 1998-2003", will be on exhibit during June and July at the Brown Library of Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont. The black and white gelatin silver prints are 20"x20," and were printed from Decker's medium format negatives here at Connecticut Photographics by Catherine Vanaria. There will be an opening reception on June 18th at 4:30-6 pm. Driving directions are on the Sterling College website.

Decker's environmental portraits reflect his deep rela

tionship with Townshend, Vermont, the small rural town in which he has spent time throughout his life. The photographs take the pulse of the town from 1998-2003, with its changes measured against the persistence of its inhabitants. Decker is a writer as well as a photographer, and I do believe some

of the deep listening of a writer comes through in his photographs. A selection from his series is viewable on Decker's website here.

In other news... Ben and Trudie Larrabee were kind enough to send us photos from the exhibition on Nantucket. They're at the end of the post from May 20.

~Lys

Added 7/13--Karl sent us some photos from the reception, and here they are:

© 2009 Karl Decker

© 2009 Karl Decker

© 2009 Karl Decker

© 2009 Karl Decker

© 2009 Karl Decker

© 2009 Karl Decker

Edith Borax-Morrison at Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven

Client Edith Borax-Morrison, and Emilia Dubicki are featured in the two-artist show No Constraints at the Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, CT. The exhibition runs from June 4-July 5. There is an artists' reception this Sunday, June 7, 3-6 pm, and an artists' talk Thursday, June 18, 7 pm. In addition, there is a poetry reading Sunday, June 28, 3 pm.

I liked this tidbit from the gallery's description of the show, "No Constraints defines an attitude, a self motivating creative directive and its results. [...] Unstressed discipline, intellectual curiosity, and a joyful compulsion to work are evident in this exhibition of abstract art."

Both artists work abstractly. Morrison's work is visionary and intricate; her drawings are "pen weavings" of "mind fibers". I encourage you to go see her work, and to meet her at the reception.

~Lys

Edith Borax-Morrison at the opening.

Upcoming, interesting, local: in the mix...

© June Bisantz

June Bisantz is featured in a show called Commentary/Herself along with Jennifer Knaus and Rachel Siporin at the Brickbottom Gallery, 1 Fitchburg St., Somerville, MA from May 28-June 27. There is an opening reception Sunday, May 31 from 3-5 pm. Bisantz's work is thought provoking, and often humorous. (Check out her website to see the very cool things she's done with public utility signage and billboards.) 

Chalk Walk Danbury Saturday, May 30 10 am-2pm on the Danbury, CT Green. "Participants turn the sidewalks of CityCenter Danbury into an artistic walkway." If you feel like participating and drawing out in the sun on Sat, check it out. There will be some live music, and music from WXCI radio. 

The Connecticut Film Festival comes to Danbury June 2-7. "6 days and nights of film, music, interactive & screenwriting, 140 films, 70 bands, 100 workshops, panels & keynotes, and lots of industry networking & parties." Last year we went to several films and events. I have yet to peruse the schedule. If there's anything photography or art-related, or just plain too cool to go unmentioned, I'll be sure to post it.

If you're coming to our little city for any event, and want a few insider restaurant suggestions, please feel free to drop a line...

~Lys

Ben Larrabee exhibiting on Nantucket, show opens May 23

"Lily, Nantucket, 2007" © Ben Larrabee

Ben Larrabee's fine art portraits will be exhibited at The Sconset Cafe on 8 Main St. in Siasconset on Nantucket Island from May 23 to September 22, 2009. Larrabee's portraits capture a rare, relaxed intimacy in the families he photographs. He considers his purpose "to reveal those fleeting, yet memorable glimpses of life we take for granted, moments every family has but rarely sees revealed in photographs."

photographs of exhibition

at Sconset Cafe

© Ben Larrabee 2009

~Lys

The New York Times: LENS

If you have not seen this new blog on the New York Times website it is worth a visit. LENS is the photojournalism blog of The New York Times, visual and multimedia reporting — photographs, videos and slide shows. A showcase for New York Times photographers, it also highlights work of other newspapers, magazines and news and picture agencies; in print, in books, in galleries, in museums and on the internet.

Bobby Grossman at Mina Gallery in NYC

Client Bobby Grossman's photographs documenting the late 70s/early 80s TV Party/punk/avant garde art crowd will be on display at Mina Gallery in NYC. The opening is this Thursday, May 14 from 7-10 pm. The gallery is located at 32A Cooper Square, NYC.

From the gallery: "Grossman had the privilege to witness the late Factory and disco days as they melted into the new wave punk explosion, and these photos tell the story ; From Fred Hughes, Bianca Jagger and Andy Warhol to William Burroughs, Deborah Harry, Jean Michel Basquiat, Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party and everything in between. He was ‘Bobby

on the spot’."

Bobby's got both traditional and digital prints in the show. I'm not entirely sure if they're all black and white, but one of the highlights (among many cool shots of the era's hipsters) is an enlarged digitally printed b/w contact sheet of Andy Warhol eating cornflakes. The repitition-with-movement and numbered heavy black border suggest a film-on-paper.

Just an aside re: the gallery--Mina is a fashion + art gallery that opened last year and features not only wall art but art/couture garments. It's a sister to the nearby Albright Fashion Library, which rents clothing for red carpet events, and both are owned by former stylist Irene Albright.

~Lys

Just a few snaps from the opening, all photos © Lys

Bobby Grossman

Art of the Northeast opens at Silvermine this Friday

This Friday, May 8, there will be an artists' reception at the Silvermine Gallery for the Art of the Northeast 60th Annual juried competition. It will be 6-9 pm, with awards given at 8 pm. We know our fine art printing clients Edith Borax-Morrison and Nancy Lasar have work in the show, among others. The show will be on display until June 5. Silvermine Guild Arts Center is located at 1037 Silvermine Rd., New Canaan.

~Lys

Upcoming Exhibitions: "Mannequins" from Harrison Judd and "Musings" from Karen Neems

"Veiled" Paris 2005

© Harrison Judd

Harrison Judd's exhibition, "Mannequins: Paris, New York, Milan", May 1-21 at the WindhamArts Collaborative in Willimantic will have an opening reception on May 8 from 5-7 pm. Judd has been photographing mannequins for many years in locations near and far.

I found what his artist's statement had to say interesting, particularly about mannequins being "both messengers of popular culture and receptacles of our projections". The latter seems particularly true: the mannequins often seem caught in moments of emotion, as we relate our own feelings to their plastic expressions, however tender or blank.

WindhamArts is located at 866 Main St. Willimantic, CT.

"Miriam"

© Karen Neems

This weekend, client Karen V. Neems' exhibit, "Musings" opens at the Mayor's Gallery in Stamford, CT. There will be an opening reception Thursday, May 14 5-7:30 pm. A percentage of sales will be donated to the Sexual Assault Crisis and Education Center.

Featured along with her paintings, collages and mixed media pieces are photographs from her "Unmade Bed" series, for which we made the archival prints. Neems captures the play of light on tumbles of bedding and clothes. From her artists' statement: "As I take these forms (the unmade beds) a step further, I have used the abstract folds of the bed sheets as a muse to lead the viewer to another place." Instead of focusing on the disorganization, we are invited to see the unmade beds as another form of artistic expression.

The Mayor's Gallery is located at Government Center 10th Floor, 888 Washington Blvd. in downtown Stamford. There is a parking garage right next to the building.

~Lys

"Fly" with Banjie Getsinger Nicholas

"Parrot Presides"

© Banjie Getsinger Nicholas

This weekend marks the opening of Banjie Getsinger Nicholas' exhibition "Fly" at the Clement Art Gallery, 201 Broadway, Troy, NY. There will be a reception Friday April 24 from 6-9pm. The exhibit will showcase Nicholas' works in egg tempera. Her medium fits her subject matter--birds and nests figure very prominently in her work, and in addition to being a nationally recognized tempera artist, she is a certified wild bird rehabilitator.

Also, a reminder that this Sunday, April 26 is the opening for the Camera Works exhibition in Ridgefield, CT, for any who are interested. See post below.

~Lys