Fall River Rising Photography Exhibit Opens
From the Fall River Herald News:
Fall River featured in photo exhibit
By Staff reports
GateHouse News Service
Posted Jul 23, 2009 @ 12:42 PM
Fall River —
The Storefront Artists Project and Lotus Rising Center for Healing and the Arts are sponsoring a photography exhibit at 73 Columbia Street, from July 23 to Aug. 15, with an opening reception being held on Thursday, July 23, from 5 to 7 p.m.Fall River Rising will be open Wednesday through Saturday, noon until 5 p.m.
Fall River Rising will feature the works of Marc Belanger, Gabrielle Charbonneau, Shelley Dziedzic, and Alfred Lima. These four artists bring their unique vision to the exhibit in ways both wonderful and wise.
Fall River, once a major center of industry and wealth, has in more recent years been depicted as a city struggling to rediscover itself. Its economic rise and decline has been well documented; its mills stand today as a testament to that heritage.
Reflecting its industrial legacy, its cityscapes, landscapes and waterscapes, its people, Fall River Rising was a call to photographers to submit works that reveal the potential of this city—a city ready to reclaim its role as a cultural center in southeastern Massachusetts.
The curator for Fall River Rising is Kathleen Hancock, director of the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery at Bristol Community College. The exhibition space is at 73 Columbia Street, Fall River, MA 02721, in the heart of The Columbia Street Cultural District. It is one of the spaces in the Storefront Artists Project, administered by Arts United/Fall River. No commission will be taken on any sales.
Fall River Rising is actively soliciting volunteer docents to help us monitor our exhibit. Please contact Stefani Koorey at [email protected]. Thank you!
The opening today was VERY well attended. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, and only whipped out my iphone at the end. So here are some photos from tonight’s opening:
