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| Photo credits, top-bottom: Vivid Solutions DC Print Lab, Jane Butler (2), Mark Doxey and Paddy Kelly. |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Beth Ferraro
202-536-8994 / bferraro@archdc.org
1227 Good Hope Road SE WDC 20020
The Gallery at VividSolution’s current exhibit, Some Account of Lacock Abbey consists
of twelve exquisite photographs taken with a Holga camera by Lisa McCarty. Lacock Abbey is best known as the home of William Henry Fox
Talbot. Tucked away in rural Wiltshire, England, the Abbey and surrounding
woodland grounds became both site and subject of Talbot’s wondrous photographic
experiments. In fact, it was within the Abbey walls, in front of the now famous
oriel window in the South Gallery, that Talbot created the first surviving
photographic negative. This exhibit explores McCarty’s own pilgrimage of this
historic photographic site. The gallery will host a reception with
artist talk on November 2nd between 2-5pm with the photographer during
FotoweekDC.
The Gallery at Vivid Solutions: 2208 MLK Jr. Ave SE. Some
Account of Lacock Abbey, photographs by Lisa McCarty. October 15-December 16th.
Reception and artist talk, November 5th, 2-5pm. www.vividsolutionsdc.com
ARCHArtists in Residency Program is hosting three Northern
Irish photographers as part of an on-going cultural exchange between with Arts
Council of Northern Ireland and Belfast Exposed. As part of their two month
stay, the three selected artists for this program; Mark Doxey, Jane Butler and
Paddy Kelley have integrated themselves into the Anacostia community,
culminating in a group exhibition at Blank Space SE on November 2nd, from
5-7pm. Expect to see documentary style photography through the use of
traditional processing, pin hole cameras and digital images. ARCH’s residency
program is funded, in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Blank Space SE: 1922 MLK Jr. Ave SE. Exhibit opens on November
2nd, 5-7pm. Open hours are 10am-noon and by appointment, email
bferraro@archdc.org / www.blankspacese.com
Honfleur Gallery presents
award-winning photographer Louie Palu’s work, The Fighting Season,
which was documented as several related studies of Kandahar and the surrounding
region of Southern Afghanistan. October 2011 marks the tenth anniversary of the
current conflict in Afghanistan and FotoweekDC is the perfect opportunity to
showcase this timely work. The exhibit’s opening reception and artist talk will
open November 2nd at 6pm, a few days before the official start of this years
FotoweekDC. Louie Palu was a finalist for the Sondheim Artscape Prize exhibited
at the Baltimore Museum of Art where a portion of The FightingSeason was
featured this past summer. Excerpts of video and Louie’s diaries made on the
front lines will be also featured in the gallery.
Honfleur Gallery: 1241 Good Hope Road SE. The Fighting Season,
Louie Palu. November 2-December 16th. Opening reception and artist talk
November 2nd 6-8pm. www.honfleurgallery.com
Historic Anacostia also has a new
public art installation that is on display for the next year. VividSolutions DC Print Lab printed twenty photo panels that are part of the
Ward 8 Business Distrcit Beautification Project and installed on Martin
Luther King Jr Ave SE. The photo panels are sponsored by DC Department of
Housing and Community Development and Four Points LLC. Photographers involved
with this project are: Marlon Norman, Renee Woodward, Melani Douglass, Luis
Peralta, Tendani Mpulubusi El, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Jonathan French, Bruce
McNeil, Deborah Terry, David Garber, Ozy Mandais, Nikki Tameko Peele, Ashley
Boyd, Andrea Hope, Shannon Holloway and Amber Robles-Gordon.
This project is displayed in Historic Anacostia on Martin Luther
King Jr Ave SE. Questions, please contact Vivid Solutions DC Print Lab,
ahope@archdc.org, www.vividsolutionsdc.com. Vivid Solutions DC Print Lab is
proud to be a print sponsor for the Youth Photography Contest and Critical
Exposure exhibitions which will show as part of the fourth annual Fotoweek DC
photography festival. For more details visit www.fotoweekdc.org
All projects are produced by the ARCH Development Corporation.
(www.archdevelopment.org)
Honfleur Gallery & The Gallery at Vivid Solutions are open from
Tuesday-Friday noon-5pm and Saturday 11am-5pm. Extended hours for FotoweekDC
(November 5-12) are Tuesday-Friday 10am-6pm. All exhibits are also available by
appointment.
Contact:
bferraro@archdc.org
or 202-365-8392.
Press photos are available upon request.
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