[Scmusenet] "Trends in Photography" Exhibition to Open at the Pickens County Museum, THIS SATURDAY, June 23

[Allen Coleman]

 "Trends in Photography"

Comprehensive Photography Exhibition Opening at the Pickens County
Museum June 23


 


     The Pickens County Cultural Commission is pleased to announce the
opening of a very special exhibition at the Pickens County Museum of Art
& History. Please join us from 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. on June 23, 2007 as
we host a reception to open "Trends in Photography". This exhibition
featuring works by thirty-five regional photographers will continue
through August 25, 2007.

 

     Serving as a survey on the state of photography in the South
Carolina Upcountry, "Trends in Photography" is an ambitious endeavor
featuring photographers as artisans through three separate thematic
displays.

 

     The main exhibit, in the museum's G-1 Gallery is simply
"Photographers in the Carolina Upcountry" and will consist of a wide
range of regional photographers dealing with a wide variety of
techniques and subject matter. Included in this mix will be Terri
Bright, Barbara Ann Castelloe, Terry Davenport, Polly Donohue, Marie
Gruber, Jack Kates III, Sandy King, Thomas King, Carl Lane, Steve
Marlow, Mali Martin Hardy, Dede Norungolo, Ernie Norungolo, Ken Osburn,
Blaine Owens, Bev Peeples, Jack Schmidt, Kim Sholly, Robert Silance,
Blake Smith, Steve Stinson, Rebecca Stockham, Dana Taylor and Skip
Woodward.

 

     In the museum's new wing Focus Gallery, featured will be "The
Manipulated Image," which will be five artists that may begin with
photography, but through one means or another, manipulates that
photograph into something new. Manipulations may include hand coloring
or altering, digital treatments and a variety of installation work.
Nonetheless, it remains photography in a broad sense of the word.
Included in the Manipulated Image are Debbie Cooke, David McIlwain, Phil
Moody, Michael Slattery and Jean Paul Tousignant.

 

     Finally, the museum has brought together, in the Sealevel Gallery,
an elite group of six true artisans that, through conversation with
numerous regional photographers and the museum's own curatorial staff,
might be known as "The Photographers' Photographers." This diverse mix
of talented professionals, consisting of Clay Bolt, A. David Crosby,
Diane Hopkins-Hughs, Blake Praytor, Bill Robertson and Sam Wang well
represent the aspirations found in the numerous strata of any arts
community.

 

     From this group of photographers, a cross section of styles is
represented and a figurative pulse-taking of the photographic arts is
accomplished. As each artist looks at the world around them and explores
the variety of media and technique that is available to them, they share
with the viewer what it is that they have found, and what it is that
they present as part of the numerous 'trends in photography'. 

 

     The Pickens County Museum of Art & History is funded in part by
Pickens County, members and friends of the museum and a grant from the
South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National
Endowment for the Arts.

 

     Located at the corner of Hwy. 178 at 307 Johnson Street in Pickens
SC, the museum is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m., Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays
from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Admission is free but donations are
welcomed.

 

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