Coming Exhibit

New shows will be on exhibit beginning Tuesday, June 7 through Sunday, July 30:

Timeless - Photographs by Susan Meyers
looking back / moving forward - Encaustic images by Danny Conant

Please join the artists at the opening reception on Sunday, June 11, 2-4pm.

Last week to see Two Visitors by Sand and Henderson

Two Visitors will be on exhibit through Sunday, June 5. If you have not yet had a chance to view the work, stop by this week.

Upcoming Exhibit in Manassas

Members of the Multiple Exposures Gallery will be exhibiting a group show entitled “Sacred Spaces” in June at The Center for the Arts of Greater Manassas/Prince William County. The show will be on exhibit June 22 – July 15.

June 22 – July 15
Multiple Exposures Gallery
Sacred Spaces
A unique blend of quality photographic images representing “Sacred Spaces” from Multiple Exposures Gallery of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, Old Town Alexandria, will be on view. These fine art photographers express an infinite range of creativity from the greatest of sublime to the most tension-poised in their imagery.

New Exhibit - Laurie Sand & Colleen Henderson

New work by Laurie Sand and Colleen Henderson, Two Visitors, Italia 2010, is currently on view through June 5. Please join Laurie and Colleen at the gallery for their reception on April 17, 4-6pm.

Artist Statement - Laurie Sand

As much as I prefer to photograph in solitude and still spaces my images in Two Visitors are of Italian urban dwellers en route to somewhere, and in one case at work. These people live in the old and bustling cities of Venice and Florence, overrun with tourists from every corner of the world. Visitors with cameras are pervasive and simply everywhere. I was but another visitor with a camera yet I was treated with surprising graciousness.

I set out to photograph Italians in their thoughtful moments. I found the mysterious suited man ambling to work before sunrise, the purposeful nun hustling from an appointment near San Marco Plaza in Venice, and the young Florentine artist practicing her technique on the streets for small change.

Because there are so many visitors with cameras disrupting daily living, Italians have earned the right to invade our perceived photographic space. Without ill intention they consistently and obliviously walk right through the moment of capturing an image.

In this way, a young boy stopped right in the middle of a frame to savor the smells from a trattoria and became my picture. Just a few minutes later a diminutive woman bent on going somewhere hurried straight through another frame. I do not really know exactly what their intentions where because I never asked them. My perceptions are just a visitor’s imagined reality.

Traveling to Italy in the fall of 2010 was for the pure pleasure of photography with a group of friends. This trip of a mere three weeks included Venice, Florence and parts of Tuscany. Hundreds of images were taken. Because we were visitors for only a short period of time, looking at Italy with such rich culture and storied history, choosing which images to exhibit was difficult.

Fortunately, included in our group was Colleen Henderson, a long-time friend, teacher and accomplished colleague. We have our own interests and styles but through this exhibit, together, we became Two Visitors.

Artist Statement: Italian Gifts - Colleen Henderson

Since my first visit during college, Italy has always captivated me. Initially it was the art - the quality as well as the sheer quantity, but over time it came to include the people, the language, the food, the scenery, the ambiance: everything about Italy charmed me.

Over the years I was fortunate to make several trips, but by early 2010 I realized it had been over a decade since my last visit, and I was itching to go. And, not incidentally, over that same time period I'd gone from being an amateur "shutterbug", to a full time, fine art photographer and instructor. I was anxious to translate my feelings about Italy into fine art photographs.

And so the planning began. In September of 2010, ten good friends, (8 of whom happened to be photographers), would depart for a three week Italian odyssey: 6 days in Venice, 12 days in Tuscany, and a final 4 days in Florence. Itineraries were mapped, reservations made, and expectations were set.

Most photographers are fond of early morning light, and I am no exception. My personal plan was simple: rise early, grab my camera, take a walk, and see what gifts were offered. A passage in Anne Morrow Lindbergh's book, Gift from the Sea, was my guide during these walks:

"The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach — waiting for a gift from the sea."

And so I would walk and look, wander and observe, patiently waiting with only one goal: try to be ready when the gifts are offered.

Openings this weekend - Michael Borek

This weekend, Michael Borek’s photographs will be shown in three venues:

Photoworks gallery in Glen Echo. Opening on Friday, March 18, 6-9 p.m.

Michael is showing pictures from his latest project, the Scranton Lace Factory, as part of the “Mirror to the World” exhibition. For more information, see Mirror to the World.

Flash Foto DC in Crystal City. Opening on Friday, March 18, 8-11 p.m.

Michael is showing photographs from the Scranton Lace Factory selected by Phillip Brookman of the Corcoran Gallery. For more information, see Flash Foto DC.

Dumbarton Church in Georgetown. Opening on Saturday, March 19, 6-8 p.m.

Solo exhibition of Michael’s Wide Asleep/Half Awake photography project. For more information, see Dumbarton Concert Gallery.

To view Michael’s photographs and for additional information, please go to www.michaelborek.com

Michael Borek - Exhibits in and around DC

Five of Michael Borek’s photographs from his Scranton Lace project were selected by Phillip Brookman, Chief Curator and Head of Research at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, to be shown at the Flash Foto DC exhibition at Crystal City, VA. The opening party will be held on Friday, March 18, 2011, 8-11 p.m. The exhibition will be open from March 17 to April 17, 2011. For more information, go to Flash Foto DC.

Michael Borek’s photograph #4801 (Chair I) from his Scranton Lace project was selected by Milena Kalinovska, Director of Public Programs for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, for the annual Washington Project for the Arts Auction Gala. For more information, go to WPA 2011 Art Auction Gala.

Eight of Michael Borek’s photographs from his Scranton Lace project were selected for the exhibition Mirrors to the World, curated by Frank van Riper, photography writer, photographer, and faculty member at the Photoworks Gallery at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Maryland, 20812. The opening reception will be held on Friday, March 18, 2011, 6-9 p.m.

Dumbarton Church in Georgetown, Washington, DC, presents Michael Borek’s solo exhibition Wide Asleep/Half Awake. The opening reception will be held on March 19, 6-8 p.m., and it will be followed by a concert of the Vogler Quartet. The Dumbarton Church is located at 3133 Dumbarton St. NW Washington D.C. The exhibition will be open from March 18 to March 25, 2011. For more information, go to www.dumbartonconcerts.org or call 202.965.2000.

The National Institute of Health presents solo exhibition of Michael Borek’s photographs from his Urbania and Wide Asleep/Half Awake portfolios. The exhibition, curated by Lillian Fitzgerald, Curator of the Clinical Center Art Program, will be held at NIH, 10 Center Drive MSD 1352, Bethesda, Maryland, from May 13, 2011 through July 8, 2011.

New Exhibit - Clifford Wheeler

A solo exhibition of work by Clifford Wheeler is on exhibit at MEG from March 8 - April 3, 2011. Join Clifford at the exhibit reception on March 13, 2-4pm.

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