Solace in Nature: An Exhibition of Alternative Photography

Solace in Nature
An Exhibition of Photography Using Alternative Processes

In times of uncertainty, many artists seek quiet and calm found outdoors. Nature can be a symphony that soothes the senses. Time in nature helps distance world events, encouraging us to slow down and relearn what is important.

Juried by Christina Anderson

Exhibiting Artists:

Emma Backer, Allan Barnes, Mohan Bhasker, Jo Bind, Kevin Black, Jacquelyn Blackstone, Lisa Brussell, Carol Byron, Li Canorro, Sally Chapman, Shelley Curtis, Debbie Danna, Nancy Dodd, Rick Finn, Noah Gottesman, Clarissa Gurd, Sheri Hill, Claudia Hollister, Joel Kitchens, Kathleen Koopman, Donald Kratt, Annie Lemoux, David Marsh, Marek Matusz, Lou McCorkle, Judith Ann Meyer, Nancy Miiller, Kelsey Nolin, Eleanor Oakes, Andrew Orr, Cyd Peroni, Robert Poole, Liz Potter, Natalia Rudychev, Dennis Segers, Olivia Stowe, Tom Wise.

Exhibition Dates: August 1 – October 5
Reception August 2^nd, 5 – 7 pm

Juror Bio:

Christina Z. Anderson’s work focuses on the contemporary vanitas printed in a variety of 19th century photographic processes. Anderson’s work has been shown nationally and internationally in 120 shows and 60 publications. Anderson has authored books that have sold in 40 countries—The Experimental Photography Workbook, Gum Printing, and Other Amazing Contact Printing Processes, Gum Printing, A Step by Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice, Salted Paper Printing, A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Contemporary Artists, and Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice; also Digital Negatives with QuadToneRIP, Demystifying QTR for Photographers and Printmakers co-authored with Ron Reeder, and Handcrafted: The Art and Practice of the Handmade Print co-authored with Wang, Jianming, and King. Her latest book, The Experimental Darkroom, Contemporary Uses of Traditional Black and White Photographic Materials will be published in 2022. Anderson is a Series Editor for Focal Press/Routledge’s Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography series and a Professor of Photography at Montana State University.

Christina Z Anderson

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