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Kudos, May 2008 Kudos pdf
by Shoshana Rothaizer
Openings, Receptions and Special Events (see details below)
Thurs. 5/1, 6-8 p.m. - Catherine Steinmann, opening reception at Tibet House, 22 West 15th Street, NYC
Sat. 5/3, 2:30 — 5:30 p.m. - Jane Hoffer, Janice Wood Wetzel and Robin Glasser Sacknoff, opening reception at West Side Arts Coalition, Broadway Mall Community Center, 96th Street and Broadway (center island). 212-316-6024
Sun. 5/4, 2-4 p.m. - Myrna Harrison-Changar, reception at the Ear Inn @ the James Brown House of 1817, 326 Spring Street, 2nd Floor, NYC. 212-226-9060
Sun. 5/4, 4-5 p.m. - Sheri Lynn Behr, guided gallery talk with the exhibition’s curator, Pierro Gallery at the Baird Center, 5 Mead Street, South Orange, NJ. 973-378-7754. Exit 3. http://www.pierrogallery.org/exhibits.asp
Thurs. 5/8, 6-8 p.m. - Ruth Gitto, opening reception at Manhattan Borough President’s Office, 1 Centre Street, 19th Floor, NYC. Bring photo ID.
Thurs. 5/8, 8 p.m. - Shelley Seccombe, screening of film “Deathbowl to Downtown,” theater at Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street, NYC. RSVP to 212-989-4451
Fri. 5/9, 6-7 p.m. - Susan Heske, Jane Hoffer, Joan Katz, Catherine Kirkpatrick, Andy Mars, Betsy Pinover Schiff, Karen Smul and Deb Tobias, PWP Community Service Committee exhibition with University Settlement, Houston Street Center, 273 Bowery (corner of Houston), 2nd Floor, NYC. RSVP to Kirkley Strand at 212-453-4548 or kstrand@universitysettlement.org
Fri. 5/9, 7 p.m. - midnight - Shelley Seccombe, opening reception at Etnies Showroom, 29 Greene Street (between Grand and Canal Streets), NYC. RSVP to rsvp@deathbowltodowntown.com no later than 5/4
Sat. 5/10, 3-5 p.m. - Phyllis J. Featherstone, Ruth Gitto and Janice Wood Wetzel, awards reception at Pen and Brush Galleries, 16 East 10th Street, NYC. 212-475-3669
Sat. 5/10, 4-8 p.m. - Susan Bowen, reception at TRA (The Rising Arts) Gallery, 35 Claver Place (between Fulton Street and Jefferson Avenue), Brooklyn, NY. http://www.tragallery.net
Sat. 5/10, 8-10 p.m. - Janice Wood Wetzel, artists and poets reception at Second Presbyterian Sanctuary Gallery, West 96th Street and Central Park West, NYC
Thurs. 5/15, 6-8 p.m. — Daryl-Ann Saunders, reception at Safe-T-Gallery, 111 Front Street, #214, Brooklyn (DUMBO), NYC. 718-782-5920. Go to http://www.DASfineart.com/UP-1.htm for details
Sun. 5/18, 2:30 — 5:30 p.m. - Jane Hoffer, Janice Wood Wetzel and Robin Glasser Sacknoff, closing reception at West Side Arts Coalition, Broadway Mall Community Center, 96th Street and Broadway (center island). 212-316-6024
Fri. 5/30, 7 p.m. - Catherine Steinmann, lecture at the School of the International Center of Photography, 1114 Sixth Avenue (at 43rd Street), NYC. 212-857-0001. $10
Fri. 6/27, 6-8 p.m. - Susan Ledwith, awards reception at Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, NYC
Sheri Lynn Behr has work in Is it possible to make a photograph of New Jersey regardless of where you are in the world? at Pierro Gallery in South Orange, NJ from 4/6 — 5/25. The exhibition catalogue can be downloaded at http://aphotographofnewjersey.com/catalogue-newjersey.pdf, and Sheri’s image is number 173. == Susan Bowen has one piece in Represent Brooklyn, at TRA (The Rising Arts) Gallery in Brooklyn, NY from 4/12 — 5/10. == Susan Heske, Jane Hoffer, Joan Katz, Catherine Kirkpatrick, Andy Mars, Betsy Pinover Schiff, Karen Smul and Deb Tobias are the members of the Community Service Committee of PWP. The group recently completed its first year of volunteer photography work, choosing University Settlement as their first partner. Almost 3,000 of their images of the vibrant Lower East Side immigrant community have been added to University Settlement’s photo archive for use on their website, annual report, and other promotional materials. This yearlong partnership has culminated in a photo exhibition, University Settlement: A Year in Pictures, at the Houston Street Center, NYC from 5/9 — 6/12. == Phyllis J. Featherstone, Ruth Gitto and Janice Wood Wetzel are participating in the 2008 Juried Photography Exhibition at Pen and Brush Galleries, NYC from 5/1-25. This gallery has been dedicated to women in the arts since 1894. == Ruth Gitto has three infrared images in the 2008 Photography Exhibition, at the Manhattan Borough President’s Office, NYC from 5/1-25. == Myrna Harrison-Changer will show a collage in Then and Now, an exhibition with Women in the Arts at Ear Inn, NYC from 5/2-16. == == Jane Hoffer, Janice Wood Wetzel and Robin Glasser Sacknoff are in Made in New York, an exhibition of black and white photographs, at the West Side Arts Coalition, NYC from 4/30 — 5/18. Janice will also exhibit at the Life on the Street show at Second Presbyterian Sanctuary Gallery, NYC from 5/4-18. == Susan Ledwith has work in the 2008 Annual Open Exhibition in Photography and Graphics, at the Salmagundi Club, NYC from 6/16-27. == Daryl-Ann Saunders is one of several artists highlighted in the Project Room at Safe-T-Gallery in Brooklyn, NY from 4/17 — 7/20. == Four photographs by Shelley Seccombe are included in the film “Deathbowl to Downtown,” about New York City street skateboarding. The first showing of the film will be at the Borough of Manhattan Community College on 5/8, and an exhibition of work by thirty photographers with stills in the film, titled The Moving Image... a photographic history of skateboarding in New York City, will be on view at Etnies Showroom, NYC from 5/9-10. Shelley has six pictures in that show. For more information go to http://www.nysk8movie.com == Catherine Steinmann and former PWP member Danny Conant spent seven years working on their book, Vanishing Tibet, and it is available at their two-person show at Tibet House, NYC from 5/1 — 7/1. On 5/20, Catherine will present a lecture at the school of the International Center of Photography, NYC on the alternative processes she used for the Tibet House exhibition.
Current Exhibitions
Sheila Bernard’s solo exhibition, Graphsicals in Italy (combined GRAPHic + WhimSICALS), is at the YM-YWHA of North Jersey, 1 Pike Drive, in Wayne, NJ from 5/1 — 6/30. Call 973-595-0100. Another solo show, The Urban Series, is at Verona Town Hall, 600 Bloomfield Avenue in Verona, NJ from 3/3 — 7/1. Call 973-857-4767. Sheila also has work in a group show at Art Way Gallery in Princeton Alliance Church, 20 Schalks Crossing Road, Plainsboro, NJ from 3/30 — 5/31. Call 609-799-9000. == Irma S. Bohórquez-Geisler has work in Leap into Spring, at Red Carpet Gallery, 1207 Castleton Avenue, in Staten Island, NY 10310 from 2/28 — 5/31. Call 718-816-4775. == Susan Bowen was the winner of last year’s Soho Photo Gallery’s Annual Juried Members Show, and therefore she was featured on this year’s postcard. The show runs from 4/1 — 5/3, at 15 White Street, NYC. Call 212-226-8571 or go to http://www.sohophoto.com. Susan also has one piece in Unrefined Light: Image-Making with Plastic Cameras and their Friends, at Foundry Art Centre, 520 North Main Center, in St. Charles, MO from 3/28 — 5/9. == Idell Conaway’s solo photographic exhibition, Underwater Oasis: Coral Reef Communities, which opened 1/27/07 at the American Museum of Natural History, West 79th Street at Central Park West, NYC, was extended through Spring 2008. Look for the Akeley Gallery at the far end of the African Hall (with the elephants). Museum admission is required. == Elisa Decker has a solo show, Photographs, at Yaffe Ruden Galleries, 201 East 65th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, inside a doctor’s office), NYC, which opened on 4/16. Call 212-879-4700. Also, a photograph by Elisa was chosen for Waking Dreams, at Ultimate Eye Foundation at the Peninsula Museum of Art, in Belmont, CA from 3/22 — 5/25. == Holly Gordon, who recently became an associate member of b.j.spoke gallery, 299 Main Street, in Huntington, NY, has ten images in a members’ show there from 4/4 — 5/4. Call 631-549-5106. Holly is also participating in the NWPLI Spring Exhibition at the Fire Island Lighthouse on Captree Island, NY from 4/19 - 5/10. For more information go to: http://www.nwpli.com == Two images by Leslie Granda-Hill, which were used in the movie “Baby Mama,” are on display at The Gallery at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA from 5/15 — 8/24. Admission is free. Call 310-247-3000. == Myrna Harrison-Changar has work in Fine Arts Exhibition, a show presented by Metropolitan Artists at Weill Cornell Medical Library, 1300 York Avenue (at 69th Street), NYC from 2/20 — 5/7. == Lydia Panas has work in Women Shooting Women/Contemporary Interpretations of Formal Portraiture, at the Roger Smith Hotel, 501 Lexington Avenue, NYC from 4/4 — 6/29. Call 212-755-1400. The show can be viewed 24 hours a day. == Catherine Steinmann has one image in Concrete Erections II at Michael Ingbar Gallery, 568 Broadway (at Prince Street), NYC from 4/17 — 7/31. Call 212-334-1100.
Recent Exhibitions
Monica Barnes, Shoshana Rothaizer, Esther Babb and Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin participated in Generations VI, a biennial celebration of women artists, at A.I.R. Gallery, NYC from 2/6 — 3/1. The show included a silent auction, which was partially a benefit for CodePink. == Sheri Lynn Behr had work in Sprawl: A look at the overbuilding of New Jersey, at the Arts Guild of Rahway in Rahway, NJ from 3/28 — 4/25. == Carla Berger had work in the 13th Annual Juried Art Show at Columbia Council on the Arts in Hudson, NY from 3/1 — 4/5. == Sheila Bernard’s solo exhibition, Graphsicals in Italy, was displayed in the South Building of Port Authority Bus Terminal, NYC from 4/1-30. == Elsa Blum and Janice Wood Wetzel were in Circling the Globe Through Women’s Lives, sponsored by the Smithtown Township Arts Council, at Mills Pond House Gallery in St. James, NY from 3/29 — 4/25. == Susan Bowen participated in the annual Krappy Kamera Show at Soho Photo from 3/4-29, and she had work in Peace, at Slideshow Gallery in Brooklyn, NY from 1/19 — 3/2. == Lynne R. Cashman, Myrna Elfenbein, Melissa Fleming, Ruth Formanek, Rosalie Frost, Ruth Gitto, Joan E. Lappin, Helen Bohmart Pine, Marilyn Thypin and Diane Waller were among twenty-eight photographers in Science Rocks, the NYC Sierra Club Photo Committee’s exhibit at the New York Hall of Science, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park (Queens), NY from 2/2 — 4/27. == Elisa Decker had two photographs in the Contemporary Artists Guild 40th Anniversary Exhibition at Broome Street Gallery, NYC from 4/15-27. == Noel Farese had work in Currents, the annual open juried exhibition at Court Gallery, William Patterson University, in Wayne, NJ from 3/24 - 4/22. == Phyllis J. Featherstone, Barbara Kane-Massey, Susan Ledwith and Irma Bohórquez-Geisler had work in The Open, at Art Lab in Staten Island’s Snug Harbor Cultural Center from 1/13 — 2/24. == Melissa Fleming had work in The Topography of Nature, at Kaufmann Arcade Gallery, NYC from 3/13 — 4/25, and she also had work in Grace, at Peer Gallery, NYC from 1/31 — 3/8. == Patricia Gilman had three pieces in the Monmouth Festival of the Arts, at Monmouth Reform Temple in Tinton Falls, NJ from 4/5-9. == Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin was in a two-woman show at Nina Bliese Gallery in Minneapolis, MN from 2/18 — 3/28. == A photograph by Sandra Gottlieb was selected for The Paradox of Water, a juried show at Westport Arts Center in Westport, CT from 3/7 — 4/14. == Robin Glasser Sacknoff, Sindi Schorr and Anne Benvenuto were in Made in Italy: Art and the Il Chiostro Experience 1995-2008, at Broome Street Gallery, NYC from 3/11-25. == Leslie Granda-Hill had three images in Diversity of Devotion, in the lobby gallery of the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library from 1/15 — 4/19. This photography exhibit illustrated over twenty religions and spiritual practices which can be found in New York City, and was the culmination of a competition launched in 2006. == Catherine Kirkpatrick had two photographs in the Women’s History Month Exhibit at Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College in Grants Pass, OR from 3/6 — 4/11. == Lydia Panas had a solo show, Truth and Beauty, at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, PA from 3/9 — 4/9. == Lynn Saville had work in Darkness, Darkness, an Exhibition of Night Photographs, at Three Columns Gallery, Mather House at Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA from 3/19 — 4/30. On 3/20, Lynn participated in a panel discussion with her fellow artists at Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA. == Sindi Schorr participated in the 19th Annual SOAG Juried Photography Show at State of the Art Gallery in Ithaca, NY from 3/7-30. == Catherine Steinmann had work in the 1st Annual Alternative Process Digital Printing juried exhibition at Booksmart Studio Gallery Kunstler in Rochester, NY from 3/7-31.
Recent PWP Group Exhibition
2007NEWWORK2008, sponsored by A.I.R. Gallery and the National Women’s History Project, was at Chelsea Gallery Space, NYC from 2/28 - 3/9. The members in the show were:
Lori Arbel, Sheila Archer, Esther Babb, Monica Barnes, Arlene Becker, Lore Behrendt, Betsy Bell, Anne Benvenuto, Carla Berger, Miriam Berkley, Sheila Bernard, Elsa Blum, Irma Bohórquez-Geisler, Laura Boone, Jean G. Bortner, Susan Bowen, Leslie Arlette Boyce, Ann Brandeis, DC Brandon, Tina Buckman, Karen Corrigan, Katherine Criss, Elisa Decker, Fran Dickson, Joan Easton, Noel Farese, Carol Roy Fassler, Phyllis J. Featherstone, Judith Feinman, Ruth Formanek, Patricia Gilman, Ruth Gitto, Robin Glasser Sacknoff, Paula Goldfader, Leslie Granda-Hill, Patricia Greene, Susan Heske, Jane Hoffer, Marilyn Kaggen, Barbara Kane-Massey, Joan A. Katz, RJ Katz, Susan Kuhlman, Linda LaSala, Susan Ledwith, Barbara E. Leven, Ann Littlejohn, Julie Mardin, Andy Mars, Deborah E. Matlack, Alyce Mayo, Amy Morgenweck, Joyce Morrill, Barbara Nelson, Mary Newman, Erika Nusser, Jade O’Connell, Shirley Pasternak, Wendy Paton, Joan Pearlman, Wendy Ploger, Beth Portnoy Shaw, Lesly Reichek, Madeline Ring, Donna Rocco, Roz Rosenblum, Mayda Rumberg, Linda Sandow, Daryl-Ann Saunders, Sindi Schorr, Shelley Seccombe, Nancy Sirkis, Sheila Smith, Karen Smul, Maura Sullivan, Rebecca Swanson, Debra Tobias, Lucille Tortora, Diane Waller, Jackie Weisberg, Ilona Williamson, Janice Wood Wetzel and Patricia Yankovitz.
Other News
Helen Bohmart Pine and her husband Chuck Pine presented Above the Arctic Circle - Norway and Finland, a digital slide show, at two venues: Tuesday Evening Hour, NYC on 4/15 and the Appalachian Mountain Club, NYC on 4/24. == Irma Bohórquez-Geisler is one of eight visual artists who were selected to receive the Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island 2008 Excellence in Exhibiting Arts Award. Irma will have an exhibit of her on-going photo-documentary essay on the Mexican immigrant community. == Paula Botstein is a finalist in the American category of Smithsonian Magazine’s 2008 annual photo contest — votes are presently being tabulated. == A public art mural by Susan Bowen, showing a photo-montage of historical photographs celebrating the labor movement in New Haven, was installed on 4/14 at Troup Middle School in New Haven, CT. Installation shots can be viewed at http://www.susanbowenphoto.com/pages/Public%20Art/New%20Haven%20Installation.htm. The project was one and 3/4 years in the making, and the resulting artwork is porcelain enamel on steel, comprising twelve 4-foot wide panels with an overall size of 5'3" x 48'. An official dedication ceremony will take place in the fall. == A photograph by Ann Brandeis, a member of the Society for Photographic Education (SPE), was chosen for the photography show at SPE’s 45th National Conference, 3/13-16, in Denver, CO. Of the thousands of images that were submitted, fifty were chosen, and just ten of them were displayed in SPE’s convention gallery. == On 4/28, Silvianna Goldsmith’s 1975 film, “Nightclub, Memories of Havana in Queens,” was shown at Collective Unconscious, NYC. == An image by Leslie Granda-Hill was chosen for the Moore at Kew autumn showcase photography competition at Kew Gardens in London. The winning images will be used for posters, brochures, etc. == Nine photographs by Dianora Niccolini were selected by the Library of Congress in December. An additional nine photographs were acquired by the Carlos Museum of Emory University in Atlanta, GA on 4/8. == On 3/26, Roz Rosenblum presented “The Art of Seeing” at Nassau Camera Club in Westbury, NY and on 2/13, she participated in a forum, “What judges look for,” at the Princeton Photo Club in Princeton, NJ. Roz judged photo contests on 4/5 at the New York Botanical/Zoological Photo Society, and on 4/30 at the Cranbury (NJ) Digital Camera Club. In March she judged photo competitions at the Great Neck Camera Club, the Westchester Photo Club, and the Gateway (Staten Island) Camera Club. == Lynn Saville taught a five-session workshop, “New York at Twilight,” at the International Center of Photography from 2/11 — 3/17. == Photo note cards by Ronnie Schultz are showcased in the window of At Home Gramercy Gift Shop, 234 Third Avenue (near 20th Street), NYC, and a selection of Ronnie’s cards with ultra-fine glitter is available at NYU Cancer Center, 160 East 34th Street (off Third Avenue), NYC. == On 4/27, Nancy Sirkis hosted an open tour of her Soho studio. == In February, Joan Tedeschi managed a one-week multimedia workshop for Maine Media Workshops called “New York Street Stories.” The participants came from four countries and several states, and their compelling portraits can be seen online.
Publications
Monica Barnes co-edited Andean Past, Volume 8, which was recently published by Cornell University Latin American Studies Program. It contains approximately one hundred photos and black and white line illustrations. The volume costs $25 and can be ordered at http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu:80/LatinAmerica/publications/journals.asp == Elsa J. Blum is the editor of The Body Image in Psychoanalysis and Art, a book published by NICOMP L.E. which contains the papers that were presented at the Third International Symposium on Psychoanalysis and Art in Florence, Italy in May 2005. (The Fourth Symposium takes place this month (May 2008), and information can be found at http://www.florencepsyart.com) For more information on the book, go to http://www.nicomp-editor.it == Be a Poet! by Nancy Bogen, which contains original illustrations created from Nancy’s black and white digital photos, was published in October by Twickenham Press, New York. == Images by Carolyn Bross appear on two new book covers. Celtic Devotions, published by Intervarsity Press, had a March release date, and Steven King’s Sara was released by Random House in April, along with the German edition published by Verlagsgruppe. == Katherine Criss published One Day — A New Reality: One New Yorker’s Journey Through Shock and Grief Surviving 9-11-01. The hardcover edition is available at http://www.MyPublisher.com == Photographs by Ruth Formanek are included in The Walking Dunes: East Hampton’s Hidden Treasure, with text by local naturalist Mike Bottini, to be published in Spring 2008. Several of Ruth’s digital color prints from the book were exhibited at Soho Photo Gallery in December. == A photograph by Holly Gordon was on the cover of the February/March issue of Creations Magazine, a Long Island publication. == Freda Leinwand’s photograph of an angry driver will be in the fourth edition of Interpersonal Communications, a textbook by Canary, Cody and Manusov, to be published by Bedford/St. Martin’s in 2008. == Daryl-Ann Saunders was commissioned to photograph a Microsoft Corporation top woman executive, and this image was published in an advertorial in the 3/31 issue of Crain’s Magazine. == Shelley Seccombe’s book, Lost Waterfront, containing Shelley’s long-term series on the Greenwich Village waterfront, was on the Spring list from Fordham University Press, co-published by Friends of Hudson River Park. A one-day show and book launch party took place at Westbeth Gallery, NYC on 2/28, and on 4/28, Shelley participated in Authors’ Night at The Nightingale-Bamford School, NYC, where several other noted authors were in attendance to autograph copies of their books. == Catherine Steinmann is co-author of Vanishing Tibet, recently published by Overlook Press. In his foreword, Robert A.F. Thurman, President of Tibet House U.S., describes the book as “a labor of love, deep perception, and artistic excellence!” == A photo by Cindy Walpole was chosen by NANPA (North American Nature Photography Association) for their up-coming print journal Expressions. Over four thousand images were submitted, and Cindy’s photo was one of only 100 chosen for publication.
On the Web
Photographs by Sheri Lynn Behr are included in the Polling Place Photo Project at The New York Times Online. Go to: http://www.pollingplaces.nytimes.com/content.cfm?page=photo_detail&voterID=1583689&photoID=4735838&fromSearch=1 == Carla Berger has work in the 10th Annual Faces International Online Juried Art Exhibition at http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com from 3/1 through 2/28/09. == Online viewing of the work of Irma Bohórquez-Geisler can be viewed at: http://www.lightstalkers.org/irma_s_bohorquez_geisler. Also, Irma is one of two artists interviewed in a video on the website of the Staten Island Advance newspaper. Go to: http://videos.silive.com/staten-island-advance/2008/03/making_art.html == Photos by Fran Dickson and Sheri Lynn Behr were chosen for The Photo Review’s 2007 Competition, where over 4,000 photographs by nearly a thousand photographers were submitted. The work was recently published in Photo Review’s quarterly, Volume 28, Number 2. Go to: http://www.photoreview.org/portfolio.php. Fran’s photo is on Page 13. == An online article by Holly Gordon, “HARMony:The China Landscape,” with photographs, was posted in March. It can be viewed at: http://www.photomigrations.com/articles/0803300.htm. Holly’s images have been on three covers of Creations Magazine, a bi-monthly Long Island publication available in multiple locations. Go to http://www.creationsmagazine.com/index.html. Other Long Island images can also be found at: http://www.longisland.com/special_events/sp_event.php?ID=125 == Four photographs by Alyce Mayo were selected for the 10th Annual Realism International Online Juried Art Exhibition at Upstream People Gallery. The show is on view from 2/1 through 1/31/09. Go to http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com == Executive portraits by Daryl-Ann Saunders are being utilized for the revised websites of two organizations, a media advertising company and the French government. == Images by Mayda Rumberg, Robin Glasser Sacknoff, Linda Sandow and Sindi Schorr were selected for the 9th Annual Photographic Process Juried Online International Art Exhibition at Upstream People Gallery, which is based in Omaha, NE, from 9/1 — 8/31/08. Go to: http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/exhibition/default.asp?XD=7/1/2007&AN=Ndoye%2C+Ib