Even though the juried show is now no longer on the gallery walls, we’ll continue to feature two images per week from EXPOSURE: The 14th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition until next Thursday. Check back Monday and Thursday to see the last images and artists, including artist statements and website links.

Surf on in to our flickr site and check out installation shots and photos from the opening reception of EXPOSURE by clicking here.

BETSY SCHNEIDER-”Scenes” 2000-2009

With the hope of subtly subverting expectations of what childhood should look like, I strive to make images which are at once familiar and strange, provocative and reassuring, candid and performative. I believe that childhood is defined less by an idealized state of innocence and more by a drive for knowledge and experience. The series consists of intuitive and spontaneous pictures taken when I am with my children and their friends in our everyday lives: in backyards, pools, parks, motels, zoos, etc..  The work grows out of my observations of my children’s’ experience of the world. Ultimately, the work, like parenthood itself, has proven to be far less of a means to express my previously established ideas about children and being a parent, but has taken on much more of its own journey, teaching and revealing as much as reflecting. This continues to be a work in progress.

Betsy Schneider, The Tub, 2003, from the series “Scenes,” Archival inkjet print, 16 x 20 inches, courtesy of the artist

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Please note: If you have a lecture or reception in New England that you would like publicized, please include it in the comments section below, or email prc@bu.edu before the calendar month in which it occurs.

THURSDAY, JULY 2

The Hallway Gallery.
First Thursday: Brent Refsland, Roberta Stone, Vanessa Irzyk, and Kat Russell. Reception: 6-9pm. 617-818-5996. 66a South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, 02130.

FRIDAY JULY 3

Addison Woolley At Studio 203A.
First Friday Art Walk.  Opening Reception: 5–8pm. 207-450-8499. 61 Pleasant Street, #203A, Portland, ME 04101.

Sharon Arts Center.
Water: Mystery & Plight. Opening Reception: 5–7pm. 603-924-7676. 30 Grove Street, Peterborough, NH 03458.

Even though the juried show is now no longer on the gallery walls (it is closed as of June 29th), we’ll continue to feature two images per week from EXPOSURE: The 14th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition until next Thursday.  Keep checking back to see an image per artist as well as artist statements and website links.

Surf on in to our flickr site and check out installation shots and photos from the opening reception of EXPOSURE by clicking here

LYDIA PANAS-”Family Pictures/Untold Stories” 2007-2008

These are family pictures.  Not the ones you find in a family album, but the ones we put aside.

The photographs are not always comfortable. They ask that we look deeper than the surface. They record the distances that separate individuals. They hold ambiguities and conflicts as well as expose secrets.

I invite families to pose for me. I feel deep affection for those who stand in front of my camera and tread gently with their feelings.  I wait until the face they present to the public is gone and try to photograph what lies underneath: the complex part we often don’t see about ourselves.  Though at times, I am unsure if I should continue, it is the job of the artist to expose and reveal.

My own feelings are uncovered in the process. (We can only see that which we recognize.)  I photograph so I can understand.

Lydia Panas, Tony and Maddie, 2007/ 2008, from the series “Family Pictures / Untold Stories,” C-print, 32 x 40 inches, courtesy of the artist

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In this new feature, we’ll be featuring two images per week from EXPOSURE: The 14th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition. Keep checking back on Mondays and Thursdays to see an image per artist as well as artist statements and website links.

This is the last weekend of the physical show, but we’ll continue to feature images from Exposure until mid July.  So, if you are in the Boston area, stop by before June 28th!  The PRC is open this Thursday, 10 - 8pm, Friday 10- 6pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 12-5pm. Click here for directions.

Surf on in to our flickr site and check out installation shots and photos from the opening reception of EXPOSURE by clicking here

BRAD MOORE

These photographs were shot in modest, well-worn, suburban cities in central and inland Southern California. Built in the 1950s and 60s, these cities provided a new home and future to a post-war population. This is where I grew up and, after 25 years, I returned. The areas I remembered were fading away, and I was struck by the simultaneous growth and decline. Initially, it was the buildings that interested me; I shot them in formal, almost symmetrical compositions. Then I began shooting the surrounding shrubbery with the same architectural approach. I liked the way the buildings and plants worked together, so that is how the project evolved. I have opted to avoid traditional, documentary-style photography; instead I have photographed in primarily static compositions, reflecting change, irony and evolution.

Brad Moore, Kermore Lane, Stanton, California, 2008, Archival pigment print, 16 x 21 3/4 inches, courtesy of the artist

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TUESDAY, JUNE 23

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. Sarah Charlesworth.  Lecture: 7:30-9:30pm.  617-585-6770.  Boston University, Kenmore Classroom Building, 565 Commonwealth Ave, Room 101, Boston, MA.

Griffin Museum of Photography. Fashion Photography: Photographs by Matt Albiani. Student Talk: 5-5:45pm.  Tour of exhibition: Lifeguard on Duty, 5:45-6pm.  Book signing with wine and cheese reception: 6-8pm.  781-729-1158.  67 Shore Road, Winchester, MA 01890.

Jamaica Plain Arts Council. Small Works Show & Sale. Show: 6-9pm. 617-272-5354. Doyle’s Cafe, 3484 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25

American Society of Picture Professionals. ASPP New England Summer Party and Silent Auction. 6:30-8:30pm. The Precinct, 70 Union Square, Somerville, MA 02143. Please RSVP to KL_Potvin@hotmail.com by June 20.

Massachusetts Audubon. Spontaneous Synergy: Texture, Light and Color.  Reception: 6-8pm. 781-784-5691 x8111.  Moose Hill Wildlife Gallery, 293 Moose Hill Street, Sharon, MA 02067.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26

Boston Center for the Arts. And the fair Moon rejoices: contemporary visionaries in the wake of Blake.  Opening Reception: 6-8pm.  617-426-5000.  539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116.

Boston Young Contemporaries. Opening Reception: 6-8pm.  808 Gallery, 808 Commonwealth Ave,
Boston, MA.  02115.

University of Maine Museum of Art. Highway of Thought: Photographs by David Hilliard; Elegant Darkness: Photographs by Connie Imboden. Show Openings: 10am-5pm.  207-561-3350.  40 Harlow Street, Bangor, ME 04401.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

The Art Institute of Boston. MFA in Visual Arts: Graduate Exhibition.  Reception: 8-10pm.  617-262-1223.  AIB Main Gallery, 700 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215.

The Little Gallery Under the Stairs. Important Things.  Opening Reception: 2-5pm.  781-715-1445.  25 Exchange Street, Lower Level, Lynn, MA 01901.

The Loading Dock Gallery. Small Person Giant Presence.  Opening Reception: 5-8pm.  978-349-8069.  122 Western Ave, 2nd Floor A*Mill, Lowell, MA 01851.

TUESDAY, JUNE 30

Griffin Museum of Photography. Miles to Go: Portraits of Elite Senior Athletes, photographs by John Rich.  Opening Reception: 6-7:30pm. 781-729-1158.  The Griffin Museum at the Aberjona River Gallery, Aberjona Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 184 Swanton Street, Winchester, MA 01890.

Parachute Factory. White Collar. Blue Collar. Pink Slip.: Art at Work. Artist Reception: 5-7pm. 203-772-2788. Erector Square, 319 Peck Street, Building 1, New Haven, CT 06513.

In this new feature, we’ll be featuring two images per week from EXPOSURE: The 14th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition. Keep checking back on Mondays and Thursdays to see an image per artist as well as artist statements and website links.

Surf on in to our flickr site and check out installation shots and photos from the opening reception of EXPOSURE by clicking here.

SARAH A. MARTIN-”You are What You Love” 2007-2008

Growing up, I was told the acronym, J.O.Y, was the key to establishing a fulfilled life. J.O.Y. is a reminder that life is balanced when your priorities are: Jesus, others…and then, you. So, what happens when your religious upbringing doesn’t make sense and all of a sudden you are O.Y.J. or just O.Y.? That doesn’t spell anything, does it?

I am looking to my childhood friends, old Sunday-School rooms, and the new generations of J.O.Y. seekers to make sure I’m not missing the point. Some of my old friends are also struggling to balance priorities, secret desires, and misplaced maternal instincts (pets) ultimately hoping more than anything to find a place to put their love.

Sarah A. Martin, Untitled, 2007/2008, from the series “You are What You Love,” Archival inkjet print, 12 x 18 inches, courtesy of the artist

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In this new feature, we’ll be featuring two images per week from EXPOSURE: The 14th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition. Keep checking back on Mondays and Thursdays to see an image per artist as well as artist statements and website links.

Surf on in to our flickr site and check out installation shots and photos from the opening reception of EXPOSURE by clicking here.

CAROLYN V. MARSDEN

To create these woven photographs, I photograph either a location at two different times of day from the same vantage point or a set of two family members from a similar point of view. I cut the photographs into strips, and then weave them back together. The landscapes are static objects, but they demonstrate the divergent appearances created in a single place by the light of different times of day. The portraits are a representation of family resemblance and genetic similarity. The weaving technique shows the siblings’ resemblance and individuality at once.

Carolyn V. Marsden, Brother and Sister, 2008, Woven photograph using inkjet prints, 30 x 30 inches, courtesy of the artist

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17

Lichtenstein Center for the Arts. Pittsfield Art Show Invitational. Opening Reception: 5-8pm. 413-499-9348. 28 Renne Avenue, Pittsfield, MA 01201.

THURSDAY, JUNE 18

Brookline Arts Center. Shots Abroad: International Photography by John Martino. Opening Reception: 7-8pm. 617-566-5715. 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline MA 02446.

The Odysseus Project: Finding Home. Artist Panel Discussion: 7pm.  617-388-5919. Fort Point Gallery, 12 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210.

FRIDAY, JUNE 19

The Bancroft Gallery. 54th Annual Arts Festival. June 19-21:10am-4pm. 781-383-2787.  South Shore Art Center, 119 Ripley Road, Cohasset, MA 02025.

The Schoolhouse Gallery. NEW/NOW: New painting, drawing, and photography.  Opening Reception: 6-8pm.  508-487-4800.  494 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657.

SATURDAY, JUNE 20

The Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography. Gallery 85 Annual Exhibition and Benefit Print Sale work by volunteer students from the Hallmark Institute of Photography. Artist’s Reception. 413-863-0009. 85 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01376.

SUNDAY, JUNE 21

Griffin Museum of Photography. Backstage at the Apollo: Photographs by Jenn Warren.  Reception: 3-4:30pm.  781-729-1158.  Atelier Gallery at the Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main Street, Stoneham, MA.

Mobius. Photographs by Bob Raymond.  Opening Reception: 3-7pm.  617-638-0020. 725 Harrison Ave, Suite One, Boston, MA 02118.

In this new feature, we’ll be featuring two images per week from EXPOSURE: The 14th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition. Keep checking back on Mondays and Thursdays to see an image per artist as well as artist statements and website links.

Surf on in to our flickr site and check out installation shots and photos from the opening reception of EXPOSURE by clicking here.

BETH LILLY-”Monster” 2005-2009

The recent explosive growth seen by many Southern cities began a turf war where both trees and power lines fight for the same thin stretch of green space. The idea of an actual war waging unnoticed on city streets caught my imagination. Hidden in plain view were literally the front lines in what could be called the “Nature versus Civilization” conflict.

Starting in 2004, I photographed in Atlanta, Nashville, and Charlotte to tell this story hopefully from the trees’ point of view. The photograph becomes the portal though which the fauna demand to be taken into account and prompt viewers to ask questions about the relationship between nature and culture, the difference between humans and non-humans, and the evolution of the city’s civic landscape. Just who are the monsters? Is it the trees that have been forced into unnatural shapes or the systems that place trees at the bottom of the power hierarchy?

Beth Lilly, Highland View, Atlanta , 2007, Archival pigment print, 22 x 17 inches, courtesy of the artist

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