Tripping the Light Fantastic: Excellence in Photography – an international juried photography exhibit

People from Absolutely Everywhere:
Photography by Amy S. Dane

Culture and Costumes:  Marguerite Dennis

EXHIBIT DATES:  July 23-August 28, 2016
OPENING RECEPTION & ARTIST TALK:
July 23, 5:00-7:00pm
Please join us for a talk with the artists at 5pm
followed by a reception.

About the Exhibits

Tripping the Light Fantastic: Excellence in Photography – an international juried photography exhibit

The first international juried photography exhibition presented by Cotuit Center for the Arts.

Juror: Rowland Scherman
Gallery exhibition July 23 – August 28, 2016
Opening reception July 23  5-7pm
3 categories: People. Places. Things.

Congratulations to the artists invited to have their work hung in our first international photography exhibit!  These images will be eligible for cash prizes.  Winners will be selected by our juror, Rowland Scherman.  And thank you to all who submitted images.  We are grateful that you entered.  All images submitted will be shown in our digital gallery during the run of the exhibit.

TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC: 
EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Invited to Exhibit:

Artist, Title of Photograph, Location

Ric Allendorf, Dryad, Middleboro, MA
Bob Avakian, Into the Light, Edgartown, MA
Mark Bennington, KEN – Couple #2, Jersey City, NJ
Bruce Berkow, Street Soccer, Madrid, New York City, NY
Bart Blumberg, Ted’s Red Seat, Hull, MA
Chris Casler, Homage to Hopper, Orlando, FL
Laura Cobb, Mt. Saint Helens, Overland Park, KS
Amanda Constant, Captured Star, Fort Collins, CO
Stephen Datnoff, Melting of an Icicle, Hood River, OR
John Economos, Pete Seeger, Provincetown, MA
Hollis Engley, River Stones and Feet, New Hampshire, Pocasset, MA
Marco Garabello, Reflejos, Muzzano, Italy
Susan Gingras, Pinkish, West Barnstable, MA
James Gradwell, Dawn in the Karst Lands, Cape Town, S. Africa
Mitchell Green, Personality Always Shows Through, Boston, MA
Don Jacobson, Otherworldly, Portland, OR
R. J. Kern, Haze, Minneapolis, MN
Giorgio Majno, La Farnia delle Streghe di Capannori, Milano, Italy
James McCracken, American as Fuck, Brooklyn, NY
Stephen McDowell, Abstract Ferris Structure, San Antonio, TX
David Morze, Monomoy Seal, South Dennis, MA
Tom Noonan, Shadows and Fog, East Falmouth, MA
Elizabeth Panzer, Queen Anne’s Lace Op. 1,  Accord, NY
Russ Price, Hand Shadow, Marstons Mills, MA
David Quinn, Bag 3006, Brooklyn, NY
Sheinina Raz,  Intercultural Hawaiian Woman, Los Angeles, CA
James Rohan, Little People #7, Wakefield, MA
Johnny Shahnazarian, car, Westport, CT
Susan Simon, Abstract Wave 2, Marstons Mills, MA
Maxine Smith, David Amram, Provincetown, MA

Online Gallery
We appreciate the work of all photographers entering this important exhibition.  During the course of the exhibit all entries will be featured in an online gallery on our website, and the images will be rotated in a digital exhibit that will be mounted in the physical gallery.

* Photo by Rowland Scherman

About the Juror:
Rowland Scherman was the first photographer for the Peace Corps in 1961, documenting the work of volunteers all over the world. His photos helped define the image of the agency we know today. He became a freelance photographer in 1963. His photographs appeared in Life, Look, National Geographic, Time, Paris Match, and Playboy among many others. He photographed many of the iconic musical, cultural and political events of the 60’s including the 1963 Newport Folk Festival, the March on Washington, DC, the Beatles first US concert and Woodstock.

He traveled with Bobby Kennedy on his campaign for the presidency, went on tour with Judy Collins, was in the studio with Crosby, Stills and Nash recorded their first album. In 1968 he won a Grammy Award for the cover photo of Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits.

Mr. Scherman has continued to shoot portraits, fashion photography and photo essays including “Elvis is Everywhere”, “Love Letters” (a freestanding human typeface), and “US 11” documenting life along the Alabama highway. He currently lives on Cape Cod, still actively engaged in photography.

Revisit the 1963 March on Washington – Every picture in this mini collection was made by Rowland Scherman, our juror, the official photographer for the March, hired by USIA (United States Information Agency) to cover it. He was 26 years old. The pictures were all moved into the NARA files when USIA disbanded. To see more of these, and other images please visit Mr. Scherman’s site: http://www.rowlandscherman.com

People from Absolutely Everywhere: 
Photography by Amy S. Dane

The 30-something photographs will display colorful portraits and daily life scenes of the very young to the very old from 17 countries around the world.

Dane, a lifelong resident of western Massachusetts, describes herself as “a travel addict who loves to take pictures.”  She believes that travel builds bridges and promotes tolerance and understanding between diverse cultures.  Her favorite subject is people.

Amy S. Dane also enjoys sharing her experiences by giving culturally informative presentations about her travels.  Please visit her website at www.amydaneadventures.com.  The extensive photo gallery provides a drop box of over 50 countries to choose from.  Browsers may also view photographs tagged by theme.  The website also includes a wide selection of past exhibitions, slide shows, newspaper articles, and cable television shows.

Culture and Costumes:  Marguerite Dennis

“Travel pushes one’s boundaries. It allows you to be invisible,if you want. You are free to make memories, for today and for the future.”
– Frances Mayes, Author, “Under the Tuscan Sun”

Cotuit Center for the Arts is pleased to host an exhibit of clothing and artifacts from around the world.

As part of her work as vice president of enrollment and international programs at Suffolk University, Marguerite J. Dennis travelled around the world for more than twenty-five years collecting clothes, costumes and artifacts from the countries she visited.

Join us and travel to China, Senegal, Korea, India and the Mideast and share the stories behind the clothes.