Art Opening: Chandler Center for the Arts

The Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph ,VT will host the Art of Place from its opening reception on January 17 until March 8, 2015. I am pleased to say that two of my silhouette photographs have been accepted into the show.

Death

Starynka

 

 

 

The call to artists was for art that depicted a sense of place and space without suggesting a literal translation of the words but as a starting point for inspiration and creation. The work of 20 artists will be at the show.

My sense of place was the past, remembering and honoring my father and my paternal grandmother as well as my childhood in an ethnic Slovak community. 

These two pieces came about when a silhouette photography class I was taking coincided with the sixth anniversary of my father's death. Although I didn't consciously work to achieve a feeling of loss, what I created in "Death" clearly depicts the loneliness I feel when thinking of never seeing my dad again.

"Starynka"  holds more nostalgia than sadness though here, too, there is a touch of wistfulness.  My grandmother Buchta was the typical starynka in that she wore babuskas and loose dresses, believed strongly in her catholic faith, baked the traditional kolachki and zazvorniki from her home country, Slovakia.  She holds a special place in my heart, for she took care of me as a baby when my mother and two brothers visited my dad who was stationed away from home in the Navy shortly after World War II.

I will be at the reception at the Chandler on Saturday, January 17.  Here are the details of the show.

Chandler Center for the Arts

71 - 73 Main Street, Randolph, VT  05060

Office phone:  802 728-9878

   

Art of Place

January 17  6 - 9  opening reception with food, music and cash bar

January 18  11am moderated artist panel discussion 

March 8 closing

Gallery Hours: 

Fridays 3 - 5,  Saturdays and Sundays  12 - 2, open during performances