Photographer Anne Dunn writes:
Hey all you porn fans,
There’s an erotic art show in Catskill [NY, US] next Saturday at Wilder Gallery (395 Main Street) from 5-9PM. I will be showing some racy photos amongst some other people’s kinky art.
So come on by and get cho’self a piece.
(DJ to spin until wine is done…)
Work from over 30 artists will be on display covering a wide variety of media from photography to oil, acrylics, quilting, and installation. Must be 18 or older.
Nature Without Glass is the first exhibition of fine art photography by Mark Stetler, a resident of Olive, New York and a successful commercial photographer in Manhattan. While his NYC career has focused on fashion and portraiture, this new body of personal work builds on his affinity with nature and combines it with his fascination with the pinhole camera to presents his own unique viewpoint.
Mark hikes into the woods or along the coast or in the mountains near his home and returns with images that reveal hidden places and give us a glimpse of a rare moment in time, not typically seen. The enigmatic color landscapes are shot "without glass", using a pinhole camera to capture those mysterious moments just before dawn or the obscured vision in stormy weather.
Mark Stetler moved to New York in 1994 to pursue his life long interest in photography and worked as an assistant to Richard Avedon, which further fueled his interest in the photography industry and in portraiture, in particular. Mark has achieved worldwide visibility through his recognition as a Mamiya Emerging Photographer and through publication of his images of September 11, shot from the rooftop of his apartment near the World Trade Center.
The show runs through February 12, 2007 at Galerie BMG, 12 Tannery Brook Road, Woodstock, NY, US. Gallery hours are Friday through Sunday, 11 am to 6 pm, or other times by appointment.
As I lived in Woodstock and the surrounding area for years, I’m excited to see his view of a landscape I know well.
Via Pinhole Visions
This 10 week class at ICP in New York City, meets on Fridays from 10am to 1pm starting on February 2nd. It is called Digital Alternatives, but we will be going back and forth between the digital lab and the alternative lab, using all aspects of photography to create work. Paper negatives, digital negatives, historical techniques, transfers and decals so that we can combine photographic skills from the beginnings of photography up to the 21st century. Participants with basic Photoshop skills will learn how to optimize their files using various manipulation techniques. Demonstrations will address subjects from scanning and image editing to the production of the final enlarged digital negative.
The workshops run Fridays 10:00am – 1:00pm, 2 Feb – 6 April, 2007 at the International Center for Photography, New York, NY, US.
About Jill:
Jill Enfield, one of this country’s most experienced and respected handcoloring artists; is a fine art, editorial and commercial photographer. She has taught handcoloring and non-silver techniques at Parsons School of Design, The New School, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York University, Long Island University and the International Center of Photography in New York, as well as in workshops throughout the USA and Europe. Her work is in the collections of RJ Reynolds Co., Southeast Banking Corp., Museo de Arte Moderno de Mediellin in Colombia, The Boca Raton Museum of Art and Hotel Parisi in LaJolla.Jill’s book on non-silver techniques titled: Photo Imaging: A Complete Guide to Alternative Processes published by Watson-Guptill in November 2002, won the Golden Light Award for Best Technical Book of 2002 through the Maine Photographic Workshop and is already in its second printing.
Nikon has honored Jill by featuring her on their web-site as a "Legend Behind The Lens" photographer as well as in their Full-Line product guide and an upcoming issue of Nikon World. Jill has also appeared on The Today Show Weekend Edition, New York One and The CBS Saturday Morning Edition as a spokesperson for www.takegreatpictures.com on several occasions.
Thanks to Tom Persinger of f295 for the heads up!
"Black and white, infrared, pinhole, and IR pinhole photos depicting landscapes, portraits, and urban forms."
The show runs 3 January – 28 February 2007 at the Paine Branchof the Onondaga County Library, 113 Nichols Ave, Syracuse, NY, US.
Hours are Mon–Tues 8:30–8:30 and Wed–Sat 9:00–5:00.
Via Pinhole Visions
THE DINER SHOW @ kmoca ON SATURDAY
this saturday
august 5th, 5-7pmkmoca is pleased to present
THE DINER SHOW
images of the diner in artthis is kmoca’s first group show, but first…
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN DINER
Amidst the hustle and bustle of 19th century American urban life, the diner was born.
What started as a basket with sandwiches and coffee became a lunch wagon that could remain open late into the night when proper restaurants were closed. As the popularity of such wagons grew, several companies began improving upon their design so as to allow customers to come in out of the elements.
As local governments began passing ordinances governing the operation of these wagons on city streets, some vendors began setting up in semi-permanent locations. It became common to do business out of old trolleys or dining cars taken from railway trains. The word "diner" itself is an abbreviation of "dining car."
The classic streamlined design was something that began to appear in the 1930s as diners tried to improve their image. Diners were something that were often able to stay in business during the Depression because they were an affordable place to eat.
The boom times after World War II created an even greater demand for diners, and new man-made materials that had been developed during the war (Formica etc.) went into commercial production and were quickly utilized in diners throughout the country.
As America entered the Space Age in the 1950s, styles changed with the times. Diners which had started out as railway cars not long before were displaying details that would look more at home on a rocket ship.
This same time period saw a vast increase in chain restaurants. Diners would have a tough time competing with franchised fast food places, so by the 1970s many diners were shifting gears once again and trying to appear more like restaurants in order to stay in business.
In recent years, nostalgia has prompted many diners to return to earlier designs. Chain restaurants have also gotten into the act and many are designed to be reminiscent of the classic American diner.
One thing that hasn’t changed since the invention of the diner is the most obvious: people gotta eat. Whether it’s midday or midnight, there are thankfully still plenty of independently owned diners right here in our area, dishing out that comfort food that helps keep us feeling at home in our hometowns.
KINGSTON IS A DINER TOWN
We’ve lost some over the years. A family favorite on Academy Green is now a dialysis clinic. The Elm Diner on Greenkill was carted away years ago. The Royal went eastward to Springfield, Vermont a couple of years ago—we ate there recently, it’s doing fine.
We still have a wonderful variety to choose from. Dietz is a perennial favorite. Broadway Lights did the retro thing and came out on top. Check out the Trolley Diner on East Chester if you want to get a real glimpse into diner history.
There are many nearby diners that are well worth checking out, most notably The Red Hook Diner.
Lunch counters may be slightly different creatures, but favorites like Dallas Hot Weiners certainly have the same spirit and are worth including.
WHAT DOES THIS ALL HAVE TO DO WITH KMOCA?
This is KMOCA’s first group show. We wanted it to be inclusive, which is one reason we picked diners as a theme:
Diners are for everyone, and so is this show. The show features the work of about a dozen artists. photographs, paintings, sandblasted images, sculpture and more… please join us for the opening reception this Saturday, the show runs until August 26.
People who might want to be involved in future group shows at KMOCA are invited to come to this first group show to introduce themselves. And all diner fans are especially welcome.
kingston museum of contemporary arts
105 Abeel Street, Kingston
regular hours Saturdays 12 – 4pmfor more info about diners, there are many websites to choose from.
www.dinermuseum.org for example is where much of the preceding
information was gleaned.**************************************************
SAVE THE DATE:
Monday night, August 14th
kmoca presents a live performance by Austin-based PETER & THE WOLF a band which is saving fuel costs by touring by sailboat, no kidding.
Via gardengal
Outrageous Look press release:
BROOKE WILLIAMS says that her work "is intensely personal and always involves using the photographs to make some kind of record of an experience, to try and make memories more permanent. I was never that good at keeping journals, but I do have a photographic record of experiences I’ve had, glasses of OJ I’ve consumed, shoes I’ve owned, cars I’ve driven, etc. This piece, then, can be seen as a visual diary of the various people with whom I’ve come in contact over the past several years. And they range from my closest friends, to colleagues I work with, to the UPS man… The one underlying principle—the only hard and fast rule of the piece besides the format (833 SX70 Polaroids)—is that I have had some kind of interaction or experience with the people that belong to the hands in the photos."
Freud uses the term "isolationism" to refer to the way the thinking mind interferes with the "possibility of successful contact." Williams sees this project as a "way of visually battling my own ego"—hoping to become enriched by the process of forgetting the self in the endless repetitive con- templation of the other. Brooke Williams lives and works in Williamsburg.
TOM BURKE‘s lyrical black & white photographs show us the sublime aspect of everyday objects and places. He lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.
In one of the two pieces by SACHAR MATHIAS, a sculptural transcription of a melody becomes an instrument of its own, while the other offers us a different mode of musical performance. She lives and works in Williamsburg.
The show runs through 17 August, 2006 at Outrageous Look, 103 Broadway, Ground Floor Brooklyn, NY 11211 (J, M, or Z to March or L to Bedford). Gallery hours are Thursday–Monday, 12–6 pm.
I’ve been following Tom Burke’s work on Flickr for a while. I usually stare, drool, try to think of something coherent to say about it, fail, and try to pick my jaw up off the floor. So, you know, I think it’s, like, really good. Check it out.
Mass.Romantic, Cynthia Meadows‘ debut show of color photographs, opens at the Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art on Saturday June 3, 2006, and remains on view through June 28.
An opening reception will be held on the evening of June 3, from 5 to 7 pm, at
KMOCA , 105 Abeel Street, Kingston, NY, US. In the gallery after the opening, it’s time to dance! Come celebrate life with Kandykorn and her friend Erica, aka DJ Meow Mix.
Via Mr. Andrew Long
Come check out the opening of an exhibition of photography by Susannah Shepherd and Jeffrey Shay, Saturday, March 4, 2006, at KMOCA (Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art) from 5-7pm. I’ve been following both of them for several years, first on Fotolog and then on Flickr, and I think you can expect more good work from them at this show!
KMOCA is located at 105 Abeel Street in Kingston, NY, US. (click for map). The space itself is noteworthy: recently opened by Aimee Gardner and Adam Snyder, it "…will be more than just an art space. Snyder and Gardner will draw upon their connections to young musicians and filmmakers, both locally and in New York City and Nashville. They hope to create a welcoming community space for films, readings and even a coffee klatsch." Sounds good—and worthy of support—to me!
