PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 27, 2008
CONTACT: Ellin Beltz 707-407-6660 / 707-786-9259
EMAIL:
ebeltz@ebeltz.net
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January 27, 2008
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS GRACE LOCAL GALLERY
February 3 to March 20, 2008
Ferndale, CA: Seven international photographers will be featured in "Out of the Box" an invitational exhibit which runs concurrently with "Small Works in a Small Town," Hobart Galleries first open call show since the death of its founder, local celebrity and founder of the Kinetic Sculpture Race, Hobart Brown.
Hobart Galleries is pleased to introduce seven talented national and international photographers and artists to Humboldt County.
Mariah Carle
San Jose, California
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Mariah Carle is a Bay Area photographer. She works from any indoor or outdoor location imaginable, and often can be found scrambling up a tree or into the top of a refrigerator if that is what it takes to get an unusual angle for an image. Mariah has learned photography in the past several years through many mentors and teachers all over the United States, with lessons from professional photographers from all over the world. Photography started as a means to an end for a business that created handmade jewelry Several years later, photography has become the art that she lives every day.
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Leo Chan
Delaware and Hong Kong
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Leo Chan has been a photographer since 1987. He has worked as a commercial and documentary photographer in Hong Kong and has been residing in the US since 1992. In recent years, he has been focusing on fine art portraits of women. In his portraits, he intend to capture the inner beauty of his subject. Other favorite subjects include nature and landscapes.
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Sita Mae Edwards
Pasadena, California
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Sita Mae Edwards is relatively new to photography. Mentored by several experienced artists and professional photographers, she seeks to explore the unconventional human form. Her images of heavily tattood individuals and muscular athletes find beauty in those outside of the mainstream.
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Leo Lam
Seattle, Washington
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Leo Lam was born in Hong Kong to parents who combined scientific backgrounds with great admiration for the Arts. He learned photography from his father, but only began to photograph seriously in 2000. Today, his focus on fashion and beauty work, and enjoying the human connections that come with it. Lam has been published in the US, Canada, the UK and Hong Kong and has been a finalists for the Black and White Spider Award and the Iconique Fashion Photography Award. He is based in Seattle, but frequently travels the world.
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Dave Levingston
Dayton, Ohio
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A photographer for 40 years, Levingston has concentrated on photographing the female figure, often outdoors in natural settings, for the past 10 years. He believes the female body is the original aesthetic object, the source of all our ideas of what is beautiful. While he doesn’t focus on the erotic in his work, he also does not shun it, embracing the idea that a photograph of a nude woman cannot help but be somewhat erotic. However, his work is primarily about form and texture, light, shadow and color and the relationship of the female body to the natural forms of our environment.
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Kim Melia von Seidl
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Kim Melia von Seidl works in different media, primarily photography, ceramics and assemblage. Mostly self-taught, she is an outsider artist by most accounts.
Her photographic work is comprised of rather eclectic components that come together to explore what she calls "Emotional and spiritual narrative." She says, "Dreams are very real to me and I see them even awake. My work is an attempt to capture my dreamtime, and as such doesn't fit into any one particular photographic genre. I am inspired by classic imagery of Weston and Cunningham, abstract work of Paul Strand, the glamour of Jeanloup Sieff, the fashion work of Dominique Issermann, and the street photography of Henri Cartier Bresson. I enjoy creating images using available darkness. The night fascinates me, and so does the dark. We mistake it often, calling it a void, but I see it as filled with riches, if one is willing to look. Mix in with that my hippie (which explains my trippy dreamy color work) and goth and gothic (yeah both) aesthetic, my additional interests that range into fetish, retro and burlesque and you can see resultant imagery that is somewhat dark and/or mysterious rather than high-key and overt."
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Wolf189
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Wolf189 is a rather new pen name for me. I tend to reestablish myself and my style of whatever I do once in a while from scratch, under various pen names. It might sound unproductive, and yet on a personal level, it has been helpful to me and my growth.
I studied Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, Physics and Cinema in various times of my life but always have stayed close to photography .
I have been doing photography for about 20 years now and during this journey I have touched various styles of photography from War Journalism to Portrait and from Street Photography to Fashion. These days I mostly shoot Fashion, Fine Art and Editorial Portrait.
I have been lucky enough to participate in various group/solo and online exhibitions around the world. Painting is new to me. I started drawing many years ago but for some reason never got close to this medium. It has been a joy to rediscover my imagination in new ways, using new tools.
I have certain sentiments in technical aspects of photography.
Usually I don't crop my images nor digitally manipulate them and to this day I still shoot film. These are simply personal boundaries that I have set for myself and nothing more.
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January 1, 2008
HOBART GALLERIES SEEKS ARTISTS FOR NEW SMALL WORKS SHOW
"Small Works in a Small Town"
Hobart Galleries Exhibition and Competition
February 3 to March 20, 2008
Ferndale, CA: Hobart Galleries, the oldest art gallery in Humboldt County, is proud to announce its inaugural Small Works in a Small Town exhibition from Sunday, February 3, 2008 to Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 393 Main Street in Ferndale, California. An artists' reception will be held on Sunday, February 3, 2008 from 1 to 4 p.m.
All small works submitted for the exhibition and competition must be for sale. The standard gallery consignment agreement and rates will apply to each piece.
Humboldt County Artists may submit not more than three (3) pieces each of which must fit entirely including frame and/or bordering materials into a physical box which has the following interior dimensions: four-and-a-half (4 and 1/2) inches by four-and-a-half (4 and 1/2) inches by six and-a-half (6 and 1/2) inches. Any solid and essentially non-moving artistic media may be submitted for this show including: Photography, painting, sculpture, assemblage, glass and visible written work. All art work must be suitable for display in a gallery, framed under glass or considered solid and unbreakable during display. Two-dimensional work must have hardware attached for hanging and sculptural and/or kinetic work must be stable, freestanding and ready to display upon arrival. Pieces must be delivered in person to 393 Main Street, Ferndale, CA starting 12 noon Tuesday January 22, 2008 and ending not later than 3:00 p.m. Saturday, January 26, 2008. Automatically disqualified submissions include any form of video, television or film, fluids whether constrained or not, unframed or pieces too fragile to display in an open environment, pieces not hand delivered by the artist who will concurrently sign the consignment agreement, and pieces which do not fit into the box. In addition to the foregoing, some pieces may be disqualified at the discretion of the gallery owners who support artistic freedom of speech as well as the health and well-being of gallery visitors. At least $100 in Prizes will be awarded to three pieces chosen by Gallery Curator Dan Cornell, Collections Manager Kevin Lumbert and co-owners Ken Mierzwa and Ellin Beltz. All awards and prizes will be posted on the gallery website (http://hobartgalleries.com) by 10:00 p.m. February 4, 2007.
"We think *Small Works in a Small Town* will lead to a cross-polination of local artists by their ability to see and be seen with a full cross-section of fellow local artists and a selection of invitation-only artists from around the world," said Ken Mierzwa, co-owner of Hobart Galleries, who added, "I know some of the work we have already received from artists outside the area will inspire local artists in familiar media."
Summary
- Exhibition and sale dates: February 3 through March 20, 2008.
- All works must be for sale and less than 4.5, 4.5 by 6.5 inches.
- Entries accepted: 12 noon Tuesday January 22, 2008 - 3:00 p.m. Saturday, January 26, 2008.
- Acceptance notification at time of entry.
- Standard gallery consignment agreement: Artist selects retail price and receives 60% of sales price by check within 30 days of sale.
- Maximum number of entries allowed per artist: 3
- Prizes: 1st, 2nd and 3rd certificates, public notification and display ribbons.
- Notification: All awards and prizes will be posted on the website February 4th by 5:00 p.m.
About Hobart Galleries
Hobart Galleries is the oldest art gallery in Humboldt County. Established in 1962 by the late sculptor Hobart Brown, the gallery has been at its present location in Ferndale since 1963. Hobart Galleries is located at 393 Main Street in the Victorian Village of Ferndale and is open 365 days a year from 11 a.m. to 5:16 p.m. although winter hours may vary slightly. # # #
If you'd like more information, or to schedule an interview, contact Ellin Beltz at 707-407-6660 (cell) or by email ebeltz@ebeltz.net
Hobart Galleries *
393 Main Street *
Ferndale, CA 95536 * http://hobartgalleries.com
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