Spinning Yarns: Photographic Storytellers featuring Carol Golemboski (left) and Blue Mitchell (right)
Spinning Yarns : Photographic Storytellers
Written and photographed by Laura Storck
To spin a yarn: (idiomatic) To tell or create a story, especially one which is lengthy or far-fetched (Source: wikitionary.org). The twenty-three photographers featured in this show reach outside of the scope of this simple definition. They are masters of their craft as portrayed through the feelings provoked by the stunning narratives that each artist individually conveys to the viewer.
Rachel Girard Reisert, Still series, archival inkjet prints
Spinning Yarns was curated by Anne Leighton Massoni, UArts Photography Program Director, and Libby Rowe, a professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio. After nearly five years as a traveling exhibition, this show is wrapping up and the photographs will be auctioned off to support student scholarships for the UArts Photography program. Eighty-one framed images are available for purchase.
Rachel Girard Reisert, Bee (from Still series), 2007, archival ink jet print
Several of the artists’ stories are personally moving, such as Joy Christiansen Erb’s series Portrait of a Mother, which explores motherhood, family, and illness. Rachel Girard Reisert’s Still series shines a light on a smaller universe that routinely takes shape in the backyard. Anne Massoni’s project, Holding Leighton, explores concepts of memory and evidence of experience and existence. And each amusing image that Andy Bloxham’s Beta series provides a limited glimpse into a larger anecdotal account.
Morgan Konn, Rebecca, Undergraduate Student, Art (from Her House, Her Clothes series), 2006, Lightjet Print
Using photography as their chosen art form, each artist’s narrative simply pulls the spectator in…further…beyond the image, and subsequently plugs both into an engaging dialogue. A new awareness can emerge, as well as a distinctive ending, all depending on the unique experiences and mindset of the viewer — thus the yarn has spun.
Morgan Konn_First Year Law Student (from Her House, Her Clothes series), 2006, Lightjet Print
All images can be seen and starting bids made here: www.paddle8.com/auction/uarts. However, I encourage everyone to see these photographs in person, if possible, on display at UArts’ Hamilton Hall. For me, the experience of tangibly engaging with each of these images in person is ethereal, intense, and penetrating.
Joy Christiansen Erb, Portrait of a Mother Series, 2010, archival pigment prints
The online auction is already taking place through noon on Friday, October 9th, with a live auction and closing reception from 6-8 pm. Auction catalogs can be purchased from Anne Massoni at amassoni@uarts.edu for $15. For more information, please visit: http://www.uarts.edu/spinningyarns.
Grace Weston, Fuji Crystal, Archive C-prints
Participating Artists:
- Bess Bieluczyk
- Andy Bloxham
- Muireanne Brady
- Jason DeMarte
- Alex Emmons
- Joy Christiansen Erb
- Ashley Feagin
- Carol Golemboski
- Jay Gould
- Christopher Jordan
- Priya Kambli
- Morgan Konn
- Nate Larson
- Anne Massoni
- Blue Mitchell
- Rachel Girard Reisert
- Libby Rowe
- Christine Shank
- Marni Shindelman
- Erin V. Stoak
- Grace Weston
- Ruth Zelanski
Anne Leighton Massoni, Holding Leighton series, archival pigment prints
The University of the Arts, Hamilton & Arronson Galleries, 320 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, (215) 717-6300
Written and photographed by Laura Storck
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