Regional Juried Railroad Show set to open in September
PHOTOSTOP Gallery’s first juried show, “All Aboard! Riding the Rails”, will be on display from September 3rd through the 25th with an opening reception on Sept. 3 (a White River Junction First Friday) from 5-8 pm. Juror Tony Decaneas, former owner of the Panopticon Gallery in Boston, has selected thirty-eight images from photographers all over New England for the exhibition which focuses on various aspects of the train experience.
In addition to the selected regional photographs, Shawn Michelle Smith, a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, will be exhibiting a portfolio of her conceptual work during the exhibition. Using found photographs, her work documents the historical evolution of the train and photography as catalysts for mobility in the modern age.
The Gallery is located in White River Junction, VT, just steps from the Amtrak rail system. The town was the first and largest railroad center in Vermont and New England north of Boston.
On September 11, during the exhibit, White River Junction will hold its 18th Annual Glory Days of the Railroad Festival, an event chosen as one of the Top Ten events by the VT Chamber of Commerce in 2007.
photo credit (above, in header): ©Stuart Lovell “Bloemfontein Morning, South Africa”
Wanted: Students, Pros, Amateurs, & Photo fanatics . . . for our First PhotoSlam!
What’s in YOUR Camera? Show Us! We can’t wait to see what you’ve been shooting. We want to fill the Gallery walls with creative photo energy.
The submission deadline is April 9 at midnight. At this point (4/9 at 6:30 pm, as I’m writing this post) images can be entered online (instructions below on downloadable PDF entry form) or delivered to the Gallery in person. Regretably, no submissions can be accepted after this date/time.
At least one image from each photographer will be printed and shown in the PHOTOSTOP Gallery from April 30 – May 22 during our community ‘Slam. Photographers of all ages and experience levels are encouraged to enter. PHOTOSTOP is hoping to create a unique exhibition for the Upper Valley, showcasing the wide variety of photographs residents of all ages from the area are making and to provide a way that photographers can share them with each other.
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The Opening reception will be 5/7 from 5-8 pm so come join in the fun! We’re also hosting a Closing party on May 22 where you can pick up your print, talk about your photograph to the assembled group (if you’d like!), or trade photos with other photographers. Photos can be submitted by e-mail, or a CD with images can be mailed in or dropped off at the Gallery. Click on the link here to download the entry form or write us at photostopvt@gmail.com and request that a form be sent to you. PhotoSlam Entry Form
To pay entry fee through the website, click button below.
Other available payment options are detailed on the PDF entry form.
Reviews coming in for “Memories & Wanderings” and “Auschwitz-Birkenau 2009″
Amy Rahn wrote a thoughtful review of our current shows in the current issue of the Seven Days newspaper (based in Burlington, VT). Here’s the link: http://7dvt.com/2010looking-back-looking-forward
Rubin Opening A Fun Evening Filled with Memories and Images
Renowned digital artist Cynthia Beth Rubin talked about her drawings, which were done 40 years ago.
PHOTOSTOP’s opening reception for artist Cynthia Beth Rubin on Feb. 5 was well attended. The artist traced her history as a digital artist and her long ties to Vermont and the Upper Valley. She was one of the original founders of the AVA Gallery, currently located in Lebanon, NH. In the above photo she holds her drawings which were later paired with photographs in her Glen Memories series of works, on display in the Gallery through March 6th.
LAST WEEK! Cynthia Beth Rubin exhibits “Layered Histories” and “Memories & Wanderings” 2/5-3/6, 2010, Workshop 3/6
Cynthia Beth Rubin, a renowned digital media artist, will be showing digital paintings/collages and an interactive sound and image installation in a show titled “Memories & Wanderings” at the PHOTOSTOP Gallery from February 5 through March 6, 2010. An opening reception for the artist will be held on February 5th from 6-9 pm with a gallery talk by Rubin at 7:30 pm.
Rubin’s exhibition will include a variety of electronically based artworks, including an installation called “Layered Histories: The Wandering Bible of Marseilles” created in collaboration with Bob Gluck. This interactive installation combines moving images and sounds triggered by a visitor’s use of a stylus moved across a digital tablet, illustrating the imaginary story of an actual 13th century Spanish illuminated Hebrew Bible. Fleeing Spain with the 1492 Expulsion, the Bible was known to be in Safed until the mid-16th century, but then apparently disappeared until it was discovered around 1888 in the Bibliothèque Municipale in Marseilles. “Layered Histories” has been shown at Yale University, in major cities in the U.S., and at the Jewish Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. For more information, visit: http://www.cbrubin.net/layered_histories/index.html. Prague installation photograph on homepage by Dana Cabanova, Jewish Museum, Prague.
In addition, Cynthia Rubin will be exhibiting works from several series combining digital drawings and photography. Her “ Glen Memories: 40 Years of Wandering” series is based on pen and ink drawings and photographs taken over a forty-year period in the same locations. She will also be showing selected works from her career, including digital paintings and collages based on themes from Eastern European history.
Rubin’s work has been written about in publications throughout the world and she is a frequent lecturer at national and international graphic and digital art conferences. She is currently affiliated with the Rhode Island School of Design and is involved in the boards of ISEA, the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts and SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques). She is a three-time recipient of an individual artist grant in New Media from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and has received numerous other grants and awards. Cynthia has exhibited in Brazil, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands and her work is found in many public and private collections.
The workshop, “Rivers of Pixels: Fluid Animations from Still Images”, will be held in conjunction with the exhibit on March 6th. Think of your pixels as wet paint on a sheet of glass. Imagine pushing parts of the image across the surface, stretching the forms and merging the colors as you go. This is what morphing really is all about! Morphing applications are mostly known for transforming faces, but creative artists can use morphing to create wonderfully complex and subtle movement out of abstract images, photographs, and anything in between. Make your images dance, make your images breathe! Resulting animations can be posted on YouTube or on your personal web site, or become the start of a DVD animation. Participants in this workshop will need to bring a portable computer (laptop or easy to carry desktop). Trial copies of Morpheus Software will be available. An additional recommended materials list will be sent upon registration. If you do not have a laptop computer, come watch! Participants will need basic computer skills but do not need knowledge of other digital-editing programs in order to participate. Call PHOTOSTOP for more information, 802.698.0320.
Image: Stepping Stones; Glen Memories Series
LAST WEEK! Rothstein to exhibit Auschwitz-Birkenau photographs Feb. 5-March 6, 2010
Lia Rothstein will be showing toned black and white photographs in a show titled “Auschwitz-Birkenau 2009” in the PHOTOSTOP Corridor Gallery from Feb. 5 – March 6, 2010. This exhibit will run in tandem with “Memories & Wanderings”, digital art by Cynthia Beth Rubin, which will be exhibited in the main PHOTOSTOP Gallery during the same time period. An opening reception for both shows will be held on Feb. 5th from 6-9 pm.
“Auschwitz 2009” examines issues of remembrance, memory, destruction and rebirth after the Holocaust. Rothstein, who directs the PHOTOSTOP Gallery, is a career photographer who has exhibited throughout the eastern United States. Her work is in numerous private and public collections, including the Polaroid International Exhibition Collection.