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Look Momma, I made it!
This moment was surreal
It is such an honor to be part of the Danforth Museum's 2022 Juried Art Exhibition. As if that weren't enough, my self-portrait "Side-View" took Third Place. 🥉
Words cannot express how grateful I am for this priviledge. A HUGE thank you to Danforth Art and all of the jurors who voted for me. And a special shout out to the team at Panopticon Imaging imaging The printing, matting and framing look absolutely amazing!!!!! Last but certainly not least, I'd like to thank Martha of Tepper Takayama Fine Arts for mentoring me and guiding me to this moment that she never doubted would happen since the day that we met 4 years ago.
Also, congrats to the other 71 talented artists who are gracing these museum walls with me! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 It is an honor to be counted as worthy of being among you.
The exhibition is open until September 25, 2022. It's definitely worth the trip.
We encourage you to attend or help spread the word on the Film Is Not Dead event. Panopticon Imaging is a remarkable all service digital and darkroom photo-imagining lab located on Union Street. Panopticon Gallery is in Boston. See details in the link:
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Best wishes to Panopticon Imaging!
Many thanks to Panopticon Imaging for generously matting the Museum’s recently acquired photographs by Sally Gall on view in the exhibition “Above/Below” through April 24, 2022. Matting works of art with archival materials is an essential aspect of caring for photographs. Over the years, Panopticon has generously matted many of the Museum’s collection of photographs.
Gall’s photographs featured in “Above/Below” explore the beautiful and mysterious elements of the ocean. The titles of both of her works, "Puglia" and "Hawaii," roughly reference where they were taken, yet are not about a depiction of place as much as they are of the ephemeral and experiential qualities of seas, whether it be the high-contrast dynamism of the tides or a singular bolt of lightning punctuating the otherwise tranquil seascape in hazey gradients of gray.
Many thanks to Panopticon Imaging for matting these recent acquisitions!
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Sally Gall, “Hawaii,” 2002, Archival pigment print, 24 x 20 inches, Gift of the Rybicki Family, 2020.004.036. © Sally Gall.
Sally Gall, “Puglia,” 2009, Archival pigment print, 24 x 20 inches, Gift of the Rybicki Family, 2020.004.036. © Sally Gall.
Many thanks to Panopticon Imaging for generously matting and framing the Museum’s recently acquired photographs by photographer Neal Rantoul on view in the exhibition “Above/Below” through April 24, 2022. Matting and framing works of art with archival materials is an essential aspect of collections care, and we appreciate Panopticon Imaging’s support of the Museum.
Photographed from a plane flying over the terrain, Rantoul’s aerial views capture stunning compositions and features of the land that would be impossible to see in their full scope and immense scale from ground level. These photographs depict salt evaporation ponds in California’s San Francisco Bay area. Companies siphon the salt water from the Bay into these ponds that as they evaporate leave behind salt and minerals that can be sold for other products and uses and as a byproduct of this process creates the stunning pink and red hues seen in Rantoul’s photographs.
Along with other works featured in “Above/Below,” Neal Rantoul’s photographs of the salt evaporation ponds demonstrate how taking a new point of view can reveal out-of-the-ordinary perspectives on both our natural and human-made environments.
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Neal Rantoul, “Salt Evaporation Ponds,” Edition 1/5, 2018, Archival Inkjet print, 34 x 40 inches, Gift of the Artist, 2021.002.004. © Neal Rantoul.
Neal Rantoul, “Salt Evaporation Ponds,” Edition 2/5, 2018, Archival Inkjet print, 34 x 40 inches, Gift of the Artist, 2021.002.005. © Neal Rantoul.
Many thanks to Panopticon Imaging for generously matting and framing the Museum’s robust collection of photographs by Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) and rare prints by Corita Kent (1918-1986). Matting and framing works of art with archival materials is an essential aspect of collections care, and we appreciate Panopticon Imaging’s support of the Museum.
As another “Call & Response” exhibition is underway for 2022 (an exhibition in which artists create works of art that respond to objects in the Museum’s collection), we would like to highlight some artists in our collection who were inspired by other artists.
Corita Kent (a.k.a. “Sister Mary Corita Kent”) was a Catholic nun, artist, and educator who lived and worked in Los Angeles and Boston. As a Pop Artist, Kent drew from an array of popular culture and literature in her work. For this print “be of love,” Kent incorporated lines from an e.e. cummings poem by the same title: “Be of love (a little) More careful Than everything . . . .” Kent was not only an admirer of Cummings’ poetry, according to scholar Eva Payne, she was a personal friend of Cummings and his widow, Marion Morehouse.
In this black and white photograph of a funerary niche found in the Mexican city of Mérida Aaron Siskind pays homage to the artist Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) who was known for his 3D boxes that contained found objects. A Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, Siskind taught at the IIT Institute of Design in Chicago with Harry Callahan, and then joined him at Rhode Island School of Design where he taught until his retirement in 1976. The Museum owns 54 photographs by Siskind.
Thanks to Panopticon Imaging for matting and framing these works of art!
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Corita Kent, "be of love," 1982, Serigraph, 30 3/8 x 21 ⅞ inches, Gift of Mrs. James Rush Beeler, Newport Art Museum, 1996.008.012. Photo by Shane Godfrey.
Aaron Siskind, "Remembering Joseph Cornell in Merida 27," 1974, Gelatin silver print, 10 ¼ x 11 inches, Gift from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan, Newport Art Museum, 2009.009.026.
As part of a new creative venture I worked with 8 beautiful models to create personalized works of art for each of them. Not only did each model get a custom art piece but they also received a FREE 8x10 print of their image, courtesy of our friends at . I can not thank each of my models and Panopticon Imaging enough for everything they have done to support this new venture.
This work is part of my new business, Artistry & Aerials which you can find HERE:
I worked with collaboratively with each model to customize an image based on their color preferences, mood of the image and personal goals for their shoot.
As you can see by this first shoot Jay and Erika chose a couples shoot. Like many married couples the pictures you have with your partner fall into 2 basic categories, your wedding photos and countless selfies. While both capture memories we often don’t take the time to create a couples portrait for ourselves after our wedding day. So we set out to create a series of portraits showcases their love and affection for one another. Knowing that one of their favorite movies is “Love Actually” I wanted to create a dreamy portrait based on love.
The result, a sweet sweet dream full of romance and beauty. Jay and Erika are such a lovely couple and working with them brought excitement and a strong sense of marital connection and I loved the opportunity they gave me to create art they will hang in their home.
If you want to learn more about creating your own custom piece of art follow and contact me today!
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Do you do super 8mm to digital?
If so, how many small reels to a cd?
Cost per reel?
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Many thanks to Panopticon Imaging for generously matting and framing the Museum’s robust collection of photographs by Aaron Siskind (1903-1991). Matting and framing photographs with archival materials is an essential aspect of collections care, and we appreciate Panopticon Imaging’s support of the Museum.
These black and white photographs are from Siskind’s series, “Homage to Franz Kline.” Dedicated to the artist’s friend, Abstract Expressionist painter Franz Kline, these photographs are close-ups of graffiti and walls in Italy, Mexico, and Peru intended to resemble Kline’s energetic black and white paintings. The Museum owns 54 photographs by Siskind, and several from this series. A Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, Siskind taught at the IIT Institute of Design in Chicago with Harry Callahan, and then joined him at Rhode Island School of Design where he taught until his retirement in 1976. Thanks to Panopticon Imaging for matting these photographs so that visitors can see both the images and Siskind’s signature and handwritten titles.
Come see this work and other stunning photographs by Aaron Siskind in “Abstract Ideas,” on view through April 25.
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Aaron Siskind, “Rome 23,” 1973, “Homage to Franz Kline,” gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 9 ½ inches, Gift from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan, Newport Art Museum, 2009.009.013.
Aaron Siskind, “Lima 89,” 1975, “Homage to Franz Kline,” gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 9 ½ inches, Gift from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan, Newport Art Museum, 2009.009.015.
We are grateful to Panopticon Imaging() for their generous support of the Museum. They have matted and framed many photographs, prints, and drawings for the Museum including this large print by Victoria Wulff.
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A graduate of RISD, Wulff is well-respected for exploring her own unique voice and vision. This compelling print juxtaposes the disparate images of a photograph of the actor Oscar Homolka in unusual eye make-up, with her dog, Spotswood, overlayed with an art deco inspired graphic. It is part of the “Rhode Island School of Design Silk Screen Portfolio” (1972) which also features work by Mags Harries, Alan Metnick, and many others. Wulff has exhibited in New York and throughout New England and received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002. Thank you, Panopticon Imaging, for enhancing our works of art with beautiful mats and frames.
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Victoria Wulff, 𝘖𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥, 1972, from the “Rhode Island School of Design Silk Screen Portfolio,” Color screen print, Gift of Alan Metnick, Newport Art Museum, 2007.001.020.
