Ann Harriet Carew's Barns Featured in Roxbury Exhibition

"Mr. O'Brien's Barn"
©Ann Harriet Carew
Painter Ann Harriet Carew has several pieces in the show, "Barn Stories from Roxbury, CT: The Exhibition,” which opened Oct. 30 and runs through Nov. 30 at the Minor Memorial Library Community Gallery, located at 23 South St., Roxbury, CT

The exhibition was inspired by the publishing of a book on Roxbury's barns--“Barn Stories from Roxbury, Connecticut: A Survey and Oral History,” designed by Jack Huber featuring essays by historians Rachel Carley and James Sexton and photographs by Donna Cloutier and Lincoln Turner.

Painters who have work in the exhibit include Carew, Cookie Finn, Carol Johnson, Lorraine Ryan, Bettina Skor, Tina Underwood and Chuck Urban and photographers Donna Cloutier and Lincoln Turner.

An article about the book and exhibition in Litchfield County Times may be found here.

~Lys

Robert Hanna, cinematographer of "Circus", six-hour PBS series airing Nov. 3

© Robert Hanna
We know Robert Hanna because of printing his black and white still photographs of circus life. It turns out Hanna is actually a specialist in moving images--and he is one of two principal cinematographers on the documentary series "Circus", a multi-part documentary series premiering November 3, 2010, 9:00pm-11:00pm on PBS.

A gallery of Hanna's intimate stills from the series is on PBS's website here. His photography gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what happens to the performers beyond the performances.

From the PBS website: "[T]he documentary follows the legendary Big Apple Circus on an unforgettable journey from the big top to the “back lot,” where nail-biting drama unfolds both high in the air and down on the ground and the real heart of the circus beats. CIRCUS goes behind the scenes to explore a distinctive world with its own rules and lingo and no fixed address."

~Lys

Call for Fall/Halloween themed cell-phone or analog lo-fi photos

Counter Fronds
© Lys Guillorn
Send me your Halloween or autumn-themed cell phone or digitized analog lo-fi (Holga, Brownie) photos for posting on the blog next week. Deadline Wednesday, Oct. 27. This is just for some community fun.
Keep the photos safe for work, of course. Give me your photo credit info, and if you'd like me to link to your website, let me know the URL.
I will post as many as I can. Email to lysbeth [at] ctphoto.com.

Thanks!
~Lys

Audrey Lodato and Jennifer König: "Left Behind" in Poughkeepsie

© Audrey Gallant

Photographer Audrey Lodato is featured in collaborative exhibition with Jennifer König at Cubbyhole Coffeehouse in Poughkeepsie, NY. The theme is "Left Behind", with attention focused on abandoned buildings and other ruins, capturing the beauty in decay.

The Facebook page for "Left Behind" includes a selection of images from the series.

Lodato's artist statement on her website gives some background on her interest in urban exploration, and features this lead paragraph, "In the absence of the living, there still exists a life. Every abandonment has a heartbeat, a pulse that makes it both unique and alive. Finding that rhythm is one of the purest things I‘ve experienced, but explaining why I’d want to can be something else entirely."

There is an opening reception October 23 at 8 pm. The Cubbyhole Coffeehouse is located at 44 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY. The opening will feature music and poetry written based on the photographs.

~Lys

Tracy Walter Ferry and Anita Gangi Balkun: Rootage at Artspace Hartford


Sculptors we met at City Wide Open Studios Tracy Walter Ferry and Anita Gangi Balkun are exhibiting at Artspace Gallery, 555 Asylum Ave., Hartford CT. Ferry's background as a nurse informs her sculpture, which sometimes incorporates medical supplies into objects that look visceral but intriguingly unfamiliar. Read Hank Hoffman's blurb about the exhibition on ctartscene.blogspot.com here.

There is an opening reception with music by the Balkun Brothers Thursday, Oct 7, 5-7 pm, and the show will run until Saturday, Oct. 16.

~Lys

Paul Berger launches Over the Horizon Photography

© Paul Berger
Client Paul Berger just launched his new website Over the Horizon Photography. Berger shoots medium format color and black and white film, and his prints are both traditional and fine art digital. The website includes selections from his series on Nantucket Island, as well as images from national parks and monuments, and other locations.

Wooden boats by the harbor
© Paul Berger
His online bio highlights his philosophy of shooting and his reasons for sticking with film: "Film requires that I slow down a bit, put a little more thought into the individual compositions, and be more disciplined with what I am exposing."

Putting together a cohesive website takes a lot of work, so it deserves some mention that there's a nice balance between black and white and color.

~Lys

The Paintings of Faith Stewart-Gordon - Fra Tavole e Tavolozze (Of Plates and Palettes)

© Faith Stewart-Gordon
Faith Stewart-Gordon's paintings inspired by the Sannio region of Italy  will be exhibited at Polo Culturale Gastronomico in Piazza Umberto I, Montesarchio (BN), Italy. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 7:30 pm, at which Stewart-Gordon will give a presentation.

The paintings capture the colorful landscape and architecture of the region, and little details that make it unique.

I encourage you to read Savour the Sannio's blog post about the show which gives the background and flavor of the exhibition. Stewart-Gordon was the proprietor of the Russian Tea Room in New York City for many years.

~Lys

Marko Susla at The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado

We Were to Meet Here
© Marko Susla
New Jersey photographer Marko Susla recently participated in Black and White, the international photography exhibition that took place at the gallery at Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado, from August 27 to September 25, 2010. The juror for the exhibition was Andrea Modica.

In addition, he was the featured artist on the center's blog on September 16.

Enjoy!

A Few Photography Exhibits in NYC Now & Soon

I made this list for myself (a client had told me about the upcoming Stieglitz, Steichen, and Strand exhibit at the Met, and I figured I'd see what else was going on) and thought you might be interested as well.

The Mexican Suitcase (Capa/Taro/Chim) and Cuba in Revolution at ICP both from Sept 24-Jan 9 2011.

Abelardo Morell The Universe Next Door, new camera obscura work at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery Oct. 29-Dec. 11, 2010  and also Groundwork at Bonni Benrubi Oct 7-Dec 18. Check out the description for Groundwork--Morell is doing something a bit different with a "tent camera" that interacts with the landscape in a completely different way from his "indoor" camera obscura photographs.

Lee Friedlander Recent Western Landscape 2008-2009Mary Boone Gallery from Sep. 9 to Oct. 23, 2010, also Lee Friedlander America By Car at Whitney Museum of Art  Sep. 4–Nov. 28, 2010.

Paul Strand in Mexico at Aperture Gallery Sept 9-Nov 13

(Jean-Michel Basquiat), Robert Mapplethorpe, and Mayumi Terada at Robert Miller Gallery Sep. 23-Oct. 30, 2010

Coming up in November: Steiglitz, Steichen, Strand at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Nov. 10, 2010-April 10, 2011.

~Lys

Keith Johnson and John Harris at Kehler-Liddell Gallery in New Haven

Glyphomatic, 2009
© Keith Johnson
Kehler-Liddell Gallery in New Haven is presenting a two-person show of recent works by photographer Keith Johnson and painter John Harris from September 30 to October 31, 2010.

Johnson's recent work includes his Extended Landscape Series--in which he goes beyond the photograph as a single image fixed in time. Multple images give him the ability to more fully describe his subjects.

Kehler-Liddell's website says Johnson, "makes photographs to explore 1) the intrinsic meaning of images, 2) how and why these meanings change over time, and 3) how position, context and presentation affects their meanings."

Harris's paintings focus on the rippled surface of water. Within that constraint, there is both realism in the depiction of water's glossy multicolored surface, and a level of abstraction as reflections take on bright colors and the horizon is nowhere to be seen.

Kehler-Liddell Gallery is located at 873 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, CT. There is a reception Sunday, October 3 from 3-6 pm with an artist talk at 3pm followed by live music from group Bee El Tee, 4:30-6pm. Every artist talk I've seen at KL has been well presented, so it's worth the effort to get there on the early side.

~Lys

Phyllis Crowley's Thinking Twice at City Gallery in New Haven

© Phyllis Crowley
Phyllis Crowley is featured in a solo exhibition called Thinking Twice in New Haven's City Gallery from September 30 to October 24, 2010.

Crowley's close-up photographs transform cuts of meat and fish into gutsy (both literally and emotionally) abstract landscapes.

There will be an opening reception Sunday, October 3, 2010 from 3-6 pm. City Gallery is located at 994 State St., New Haven, CT

Crowley was a participant in this past weekend's City Wide Open Studios in New Haven, and she shared her studio space with Keith Johnson, who also has a show opening this week (at Kehler-Liddell Gallery--see upcoming blog post tomorrow).

~Lys

City Wide Open Studios Wrap-Up

 © Mark Savoia
Mark (Savoia), Cathy (Vanaria) and I had a blast doing City Wide Open Studios in New Haven this weekend. Thanks to everyone who came by and looked at our personal photography, and for those who took the time to talk with us about it.

The overall quality of work was much higher than some of the other such events I've been to as a spectator. I can imagine that for those visiting it felt sort of like when you're a tourist in a foreign city and you're trying to hit more than one major museum in a day. I managed to sneak out and look around a little bit--I bought a couple of tiny pieces--a small square painting of a cloud by Suzan Scott, and some letterpress monoprints by Dexterity Press (proprietors Jeff and Kerri are recent transplants to CT from Chicago).

Lys talking to Ivan about her work
© Mark Savoia
Normally, we print for other people (which we love), but it was nice to have a chance to show our own images. I found that grouping my recent photographs together on the wall was encouraging, and feedback on it made me want to work on exhibiting more.  I sold a few greeting cards with my images on them, which was a little bonus.

© Mark Savoia
Mark got a lot of comments and questions on his 14-foot-long negative digital cyanotype triptych of deer in the woods. People seemed to be drawn in by Cathy's intimate portraits, and were intrigued about both her 8x10 camera and the fiber based prints. I got to say "yes we still use chemistry in a darkroom" a bunch of times. She and Mark both had some large digital prints in the hallway, which probably helped draw people in to see us.

It was great sharing the space with Zachary Keeting, whose wall of abstract paintings was a balancing and energizing force. I really enjoyed meeting the other artists.

~Lys

Garry Camp Burdick's A Morning with Norman Rockwell at Carole Peck's

© Garry Burdick
Garry Camp Burdick of Southbury, CT is exhibiting his photographs of beloved painter and documenter of Americana Norman Rockwell at the Good News Cafe in Woodbury, CT from September 22-Nov 30, 2010.

Burdick photographed Rockwell at his studio in Stockbridge, MA one winter morning in 1968. An account of the morning is located here in Burdick's own words.

Garry Camp Burdick worked as a staff photographer for Seventeen Magazine, taught at the Famous Artist's School and at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT. Burdick has been a professional freelance commercial photographer for the last fifty years.

Images from Burdick's portfolio of Rockwell are on display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

There will be a reception from 3-5 pm on Sunday, September 26. The Good News Cafe is located at 694 Main Street South, Woodbury.

~Lys

Three Photographers: Mark Savoia, Catherine Vanaria and Lys Guillorn at City Wide Open Studios New Haven: Sept. 25-26.

Stacy
© Catherine Vanaria
The three of us at Connecticut Photographics/Still River Editions will be sharing a gallery space at City Wide Open Studios New Haven this weekend.
Sat. 9/25 12-5pm and Sun. 9/26 from 12-5 pm
Three Photographers from Still River Editions: Mark Savoia, Catherine Vanaria, and Lys Guillorn at Erector Square, 315 Peck St. New Haven, CT Building 2, 3d Floor, Unit 1

There is an opening reception Friday night from 5-8 at Artspace New Haven in which Mark and I will have one piece each, but the bulk of the show is during the weekend at Erector Square. I'll be going to the opening.

Other folks we know are participating include: Keith Johnson, Phyllis Crowley, Tom Peterson, and kHyal™ and Karl Heine from DesignerGrill, Joan Fitzsimmons, Valerie Richardson (WPKN DJ), and Lisa Nichols. We're sharing a space with painter Zachary Keeting.

We'll be bringing traditional and digital prints of our own work. I chose to work a bit bigger than I have been lately, and had Mark print some 20"x36" carbon pigment inkjet prints of black and white film double exposures. Mark is bringing black and white carbon prints that recently were exhibited at NESOP that show off his sense of humor and eye for irony. He might also have a 13-foot-long triptych in the works. Cathy is bringing some of her intimate portraits made with the 8"x10" camera currently residing about 12 feet away from me, like a lone dancer in the middle of the lab.

It's free, so if you feel like having a New Haven day trip to see some interesting art of all varieties and qualities, please come over and say hello. We're looking forward to meeting our fellow artists and jumping in the fray.

Be well,
Lys
A view of our space before the start on Saturday

Keith Johnson at Mercy Gallery

Aerial Photographs
©Keith Johnson
Photographer Keith Johnson is exhibiting new work in a group show called Earth & Sky at Mercy Gallery from Sept. 21 - Oct. 27, 2010. There will be an opening reception on Tuesday, Sept. 21 from 6:45-8:45 pm.

Other artists participating are Susan Scott, John Mullin, and Leila Daw. Mercy Gallery is located at Richmond Art Center, The Chaffee School, Windsor, CT.

~Lys

Pam Lindberg at Darien ArtWorks, Darien, CT

© Pam Lindberg
Photographer Pam Lindberg will be exhibiting archival prints made at Still River Editions at Flowers & Flowers as part of Darien ArtWorks beginning  Thursday, Sept. 16. Lindberg's subjects are often botanical, so her work will harmonize well with the 3d flora at Flowers & Flowers.

There will be festivities including live music and children's activities in Grove St. Plaza this Saturday, September 18 from 1-9pm. More than 40 artists will be participating in and around the businesses of Darien.

Flowers & Flowers is located at 876 Post Rd. Darien, CT.

~Lys

Keith Johnson at Panopticon Gallery, Boston

Mac Music, Chicago, IL 2010
© Keith Johnson
Photographer Keith Johnson is exhibiting in the Gallery Room at Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA from September 8 to November 8, 2010. Two bodies of Johnson's work will be on display: "Ground/Cover" and "Extended Landscapes". Panopticon is located at 502c Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA.

There is an opening on Thursday September 16 from 5:30-7:30 pm for "Heights of Observation: The Photographs of Vittorio Sella", also at Panopticon.

Johnson will be at City Wide Open Studios in New Haven September 25-26 (sharing a studio with Phyllis Crowley at Erector Square Building 5, 3d Fl., Studio D), and he will be showing recent work at Kehler Liddell in New Haven, CT beginning September 30, 2010.

Ben Larrabee's Moments of Grace in Old Greenwich, CT

Phoebe & Gussie Boy, 2008
© Ben Larrabee
Ben Larrabee is exhibiting Moments of Grace® at the Gallery at Greenwich Tavern, Old Greenwich, CT from September 9-October 31, 2010.  In  definining Moments of Grace on his home page, Larrabee says "I really want to make the camera itself disappear so that I'm performing effortlessly and my subjects are acting naturally, unselfconsciously, expressing their spirit and their love for one another."

On display will be Larrabee's recent work in black and white photography. Subjects include Nantucket, horses, and the beautiful natural intimacy of families interacting with each other. Larrabee's prints are archival carbon pigment prints; some recent work is printed on cream-colored Kozo paper and hand-shaped, adding a three-dimensional element to what is usually a two-dimensional art form.

Ben and Trudie Larrabee will be present at the opening reception on Tuesday, September 14 from 6-8 pm. Hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be served. The Gallery at Greenwich Tavern is located at 1392 East Putnam Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT.

~Lys

Matt Frieburghaus: Waveforms at the Center For Digital Arts, Peekskill, NY

Ruin
© Matt Frieburhaus

Matt Frieburghaus will be exhibiting at Westchester Community College Center for the Digital Arts, 27 N. Division St., Peekskill, NY 10566, from September 7 to October 16th.

An opening reception will take place on Tuesday September 14th, 5:30 - 7pm, with an artist talk at 6:30pm. The exhibit will show digital prints, single channel video, and sound.

Matt is interested in collecting sound, video, and other data and transforming elements digitally. He is interested in investigative procedures for manipulating the recorded data and presenting it as a visual or aural experience.