“Amazing” comes to Portland/UNE
For months I’ve been working with Anne Zill, Director at Univ. of New England Gallery in Portland, and Curator Steve Halpert to create an amazing exhibit: Going Forward, Looking Back: Practicing Historic Processes in the 21st Century. 24 New England photographers are featured, exhibiting over 150 photographs from ziatypes to salt prints to palladium prints and many, many other processes from the 19th century. The exhibit runs through January 31, 2010 and then travels to three other locations, two in MA and finally winding up at Maine Media Workshops in October, 2010.
Rooftop View, Queens, New York © 2008 Keliy Anderson-Staley
It opens Nov. 17, but the Opening Reception is not to be missed on Nov. 21, from 3-6. Here, from 3-4 France Scully Osterman will be lecturing – a real treat to have this illustrious artist and teacher come to us to talk about her work and others’ work. Her lecture will be “Serendipity and the Exquisite Manipulation”. Miss this and you will be missing a real gift to photographers in Maine.
Your Braid © Dan Estabroook
AND – on Dec. 5 (3-5) and Jan. 30 (3-6) many of the artists will be at the Gallery just to talk one-on-one with you and show you the materials and cameras they use. On January 30 from 3-4, famed photographer and history of photographer lecturer Brenton Hamilton will lecture “19th Century Photographers and Their Processes.”
Circa 1480 Redrawn © Brenton Hamilton
Both lectures (Nov. 21 and Jan. 30) are open to the public and are $10 at the door.
The whole shebang is an opportunity not to be missed. Go early and often. If you really care about photography, you’ll need several visits to soak up this amazing opportunity.
