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ART GALLERIES: Suffield’s Pinney Gallery features photo exhibit | Time Out

Robert G. Mull 2 months ago

The Suffield Arts Council will present a display of photographs by Springfield resident Bill Ferro at Kent Memorial Library’s Pinney Gallery, 50 North Main St., in Suffield.

Ferro, formerly of New York City, was introduced at an early age to photography by his uncle and dabbled in the field for many years while traveling the country.

Since moving to Western Massachusetts, Ferro has photographed the coast from Maine to Florida.

The exhibit will feature many examples of Ferro’s portfolio, which includes vivid images of seascapes, wildlife, florals, and landscapes.

More recently, Ferro traveled to Alaska to photograph glaciers, mountains, and wildlife. 

The show, titled “Expressions In Light,” runs through March 31.

The exhibit is made possible through the joint efforts of Ferro, the Suffield Arts Council, and the staff of Kent Memorial Library.

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Art Focus features photography for March | Local News

Robert G. Mull 3 months ago

Art Focus Fine Art & Custom Framing is hosting local photographer Teysha Vinson for March, with an artist reception on Friday, March 4.

Vinson’s show is titled “Here and Further Still” and features images of the Bitterroot Valley, the Bitterroot Mountains and beyond.  

“Most photos are from here and some are further,” Vinson said. “I’ve only lived here a few years but take my camera with me as I go around. I love the landscape.”

Her preference is not to take grand photos that try to capture the whole forest but prefers to take more intimate images.

“I’m often photographing the ground and the grass and plants, a section of the forest,” she said. “It’s what’s in front of me because I’m easily enchanted.”

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Avenue West Fine Arts Gallery features photographer Freddie B; ‘Company’ and ‘Pippin’ at Regional Theatre

Robert G. Mull 3 months ago

Feb. 24—Avenue West Fine Art Gallery will showcase works by photographer Freddie B from March 3-31. Diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, B has often struggled with socializing, but photography has given him a new voice.

“I have always had challenges with social communication, so for me, photography has been my ‘voice, a medium for me to share the beauty of the world in my own unique way,” he said in a news release.

B’s work has been featured in magazines including Landscape Photography, San Diego Voyager, Flip and Avant Guard and shown in galleries all over the world from Orange County in California to Berlin, Germany.

The gallery will also feature guest artist Larry Bergman and a series of his pen and ink drawings that juxtapose “geometric lines, random graphics and images drawn with minute pen strokes.” For more information, visit visionsinblackandwhite.com.

Located at 907 W. Boone Ave., the gallery

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2022 Scholastic Art Competition features young artists from across region

Robert G. Mull 4 months ago

The Abraham Art Gallery, located on the atrium level of the Wayland Baptist University Learning Resource Center library in Plainview, is exhibiting the West Texas Regional 2022 Scholastic Art Competition, featuring more than 300 works of art from students, grades 7 through 12, from across regional Texas counties.

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Competition was founded in 1923 to celebrate and support the imagination, insight and perspective of youth in the community. With the help of the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to distinguishing students who demonstrate outstanding artistic and literary talent, students and educators alike are encouraged in the creative process.

Entries for judging this year included drawings, paintings, sculpture, photography, digital art and mixed media, comic art, fashion and ceramics. Winners awarded the Gold Key will continue on to be judged in New York in the National Scholastic Art Competition, with opportunities

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