WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. InsideOut: The Museum School Art Sale. Opening Celebration: 5-8pm. 617-267-6100. 230 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20

Boston University Art Gallery. Exposures: Other Histories in Early Postcards from Africa. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. 855 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215.

New England School of Photography Center for Photographic Exhibitions. Zia Ayub.Public Opening Reception: 7-9pm. 617-437-1868. 537 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.

Lesley University Gallery Marran Gallery. Facing Peace: Struggles, Strengths, Strategies of Families Surviving Violence. Photos by Lisa Kessler. Artist Talk: 5-6:30pm. Corner of Mellen St. & Oxford St., Cambridge, MA.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21

Panopticon Gallery. “Prohibition: Celebrating the Repeal” Photographs from the Collection of the Boston Public Library. Reception: 5-7pm. 617-267-8929. 502c Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22

Artists Foundation Gallery. Caleb Cole: Other People’s Clothes. Reception: 3-5pm. 617-464-3559. 516 East Second Street #49, Boston, MA 02127.

Brickbottom Studios. Open Studios. 12pm-6pm. 617-332-0822. 1 Fitchburg St. Somerville, MA 02143.

Danforth Museum of Art. Bruce Myren, Markers: Memory. Artist Reception: 6-8pm. 508-620-0050. 123 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23

Brickbottom Studios. Open Studios. 12pm-6pm. 617-332-0822. 1 Fitchburg St. Somerville, MA 02143.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5

Pine Manor College Hess Gallery. Captured Moments of Being Female: Photographs by Georgia Litwak. Artist’s Reception and Gallery Talk: 11:30-1pm. 617-731-7157. 400 Heath Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6

Lesley University. Transitions: An Evening in Word and Image with Mary Kocol and Cornelia Veenendall. Lecture: 7pm. 617-868-9600. University Hall Amphitheater, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138.

Keene State College. Facing the Holocaust: 25 Years of the Cohen Center. Reception: 5:30-7:30pm. 1-800-KSC-1909. On Wyman Way off Main Street, Keene, NH 03435.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7

Addison Woolley Gallery and Center for Photographic Inquiry. Odin Stone-A new book by Tilman Crane Opening Reception: 5pm-8pm. 207-775-0678. 87 Market St. Portland, ME 04101.

Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University. Eye of History: The Camera as Witness. Panel Discussion: 4:30-6:30pm. Gallery Reception: 6:30-7:30pm. 860-685-2684 or 860-685-2076. Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459.

First Fridays, South End, Boston. 5:30-8pm. Various Locations.

Gallery Kayafas. Robert Knight and Bruce Myren. Opening: 5:30-8:00pm. 617-482-0411. 450 Harrison Ave. #61, Boston, MA 02118.

Howard Yezerski Gallery. Embodiment: An installation by Lalla Essaydi. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. 617-262-0550. 460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118.

Khaki Gallery. Em-body: Nahid Khaki. 617-423-0105. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. 460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118.

Vermont Center for Photography. Domestic Pleasures. New Work by Lynne Jaeger Weinstein. Opening Reception: 5:30pm-8:30pm. 802-251-6051. 49 Flat St., Brattleboro, VT 05301.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21
Massachusetts College of Art & Design. William Christenberry Photographs, 1961-2005. Reception: 6-8pm. 617-879-7333 621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115.

Northeastern University. David Hilliard. Visiting Artist Lecture: 6-8pm. 617-373-4340. Shillman Hall, Northeastern Campus, Boston, MA 02115.

Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Lauren Greenfield. Lecture: 7pm. 401-454-6500. 224 Benefit Street, Providence, RI 02903.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology. Finding His Focus: The Extraordinary Robert Burkitt in Copán. Lecture with Reception to follow: 5:30pm. 617-496-1027. Geological Lecture Hall, Harvard University, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.

Photographic Resource Center. Polaroid Spotlight Lecture featuring Barbara Crane. Lecture: 7pm. 617-975-0600. Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
Khaki Gallery. X: Nick Veasey. Reception: 6-8pm. 781-237-1095. 9 Crest Road, Wellesley, MA 02482.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
Atlantic Works Gallery. Tea and Sympathy: Provocative new work in Video, Photos & Dioramas. Third Thursday Reception: 6-9 pm. 617-347-8539. 80 Border St. 3rd floor, East Boston, MA 02128.

Davison Art Center. Document or Art? Photography in the Long 19th Century, 1839-1914. Opening Reception 5-7pm. Gallery Talk by Jennifer Tucker and Clare I. Rogan: 5:30pm. 860-685-2500. 301 High Street, Wesleyan Univerity, Middletown, CT 06459.

New England School of Photography Center for Photographic Exhibitions. Jonathon Stark. Artist Lecture: 6:30pm. 617-437-1868. 537 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.

Williams College Museum of Art. Season Premiere Party. Reception: 5-7pm. 413-597-2429. 15 Lawrence Hall Dr. Suite 2, Williamstown, MA 01267.

Williams College Museum of Art. Beyond the Familiar: Photography and the Construction of Community. Artist’s Talk by Tina Barney: 7pm. 413-597-2415. Bernhard Music Center, Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, Williams College, 54 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA 01267-2687.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
Belmont Gallery of Art. Tony Loreti: Photography. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. 617-484-5727. Homer Municipal Building, 3rd Floor, 19 Moore Street, Belmont, MA 02478.

Singer Editions Gallery. From the Inside: A Photography Show. Reception: 6-8:30pm. 617-423-3484. 300 Summer Street, Mezzanine Level, Boston, MA 02210.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19
Fitchburg Art Museum. Stephen DiRado’s The Dinner Series: How We Lived. Gallery Talk: 1-2pm. 978-345-4207. 185 Elm Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420.

Griffin Museum of Photography. Archy LaSalle’s More Precious Than Diamonds: People of South Africa. Senior Sunday Artist Talk: 3pm. 781-729-1158. 67 Shore Road, Winchester, MA 01890.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10
New England School of Photography Center for Photographic Exhibitions. Jonathon Stark: Skin Deep, A Collection of Intimate Moments Public Opening Reception: 7-9pm. 617-437-1868. 537 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11
The Center for Photography at Woodstock. 30th Annual Benefit Auction. . Vision Award Reception and Ceremony: 5-7pm. Live Benefit Auction: 7-9pm. 845-679-9957. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY 12498.

Danforth Museum of Art. Jo Sandman: Once Removed. Opening Reception: 6-8pm. 508-620-0050. 123 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702.

Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography - Gallery 56. Paul Caponigro. Public Reception: 1-5pm. 413-863-0009. Corner of 2nd Street and Avenue A, Turner Falls, MA 01376.

Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography - HIP Education Center. Paul Caponigro. Artist’s Presentation: 7:30pm. 413-863-0009. 27 Industrial Boulevard, Turner Falls, MA 01376. www.hmcp.org

The Old Schwamb Mill Museum. 3 Somerville Photographers. Reception: 2:30-4:30pm. 781-643-0554. 17 Mill Lane, Arlington, MA 02476.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14
The Boston Camera Club. Travel Photojournalism: The Graphic Reporter’s Approach. Lecture by Essdras M. Suarez: 7:30pm. Lower Level, All Saints Parish Church, 1773 Beacon St. Brookline, MA.

Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Uta Barth. Lecture: 7pm. 401-454-6500. 224 Benefit Street, Providence, RI 02903.

Inspired by our current landscape show, New England Survey, I thought it would be interesting to place a map in the gallery and encourage folks to notate it with their own “senses of place.”

It took me a while to track down a map of New England with the region all on one side (thanks AAA!). My hunt for map pins also took a little longer than expected (thank you Bob Slate!). I stocked a wooden sketch box full of materials (thanks Pearl!) and cut up pieces of vellum upon which to write. After ironing the map flat, I hung it up in the gallery and waited…

Whenever I come up with such ideas, I never know if visitors will go along. Well, I am happy to report that they did! After the opening, we had about 25 notes/places and as of yesterday, I counted over 125! As you can see in these installation shots, folks have shared a wide variety of places and ideas. Interestingly, a vast majority of them are along the New England coast, Cape Cod, or in Maine.

I have noted a few of my favorites below, but you can also check out others on the PRC Flickr page. (In our flickr group we’ve had an active discussion on what makes New England, New England.) I’d love to hear more. What spaces and places in New England are you moved by and why? Share them below, or come to the PRC and add to the collective notion of our region before the show’s last day, May 11th!

~ When I was 9, I was mobbed and pinched by a flock of geese. It was the first time I saw the ocean - Chatham Beach, MA
~ Jack’s Old Cottage - Craigsville Beach, MA
~ I fell in love, and felt home - Ayer, MA
~ Where I lived my whole life - Hudson, NH
~ Every October, our family gathers in this isolated cottage. Each morning I’d wake to the breathtaking harbor view - East Boothbay, ME
~ I realized that there is always a back road leading home - Near the border of MA & NY

CALL FOR PHOTOS!

The PRC invites you to share your photographs with our new Flickr group, “New England Survey Online.” - www.flickr.com/groups/newenglandsurveyonline

Can’t make it physically to see the exhibition New England Survey at the Photographic Resource Center? Or, you did see it, were inspired, and want to respond artistically? Or even, have you scads of wonderfully poetic photographs of and about the New England landscape?

Well then, you are in luck… we have launched a topical PRC flickr group. Help us test the waters of this new idea in the hopes that we can do it with other topics in the future. Share your work with us and the world! To date we have over 100 photos, 40 members, and an active discussion. Browse the photographs in the pool here and see how to add yours below.

This is an open opportunity for all to share and discuss photographs which resonate with our current exhibition and asks “What is New England about New England landscape?” We are hoping to gather together images that explore a state of mind and a sense of place that is unique to this region. We invite you to post your thoughts about this issue as well as any information on your images (and even poems too!).

To share your New England photographs and get started, first you must have a Flickr account (free!). After you do, sign in as yourself first, then go to the PRC’s group page by clicking here and to the right you’ll see “Join this Group” link. Click on it, read the rules and if you agree, and then join the group! (The rules are very minor but will help to keep the group running smoothly and a joy to all.) After you’ve joined, return to your Flickr page, click on the picture you want to share and along the top of it you’ll see “Send to group.” Click on that, select our group’s name, and then presto you are all set! If you have any issues, first visit these Flickr group FAQs, or send us an email.