by Shoshana Rothaizer

Openings, Receptions and Special Events

(Note: All exhibitions are group shows except where indicated as solo shows. Details are in the following paragraph.)

Sun. 5/2, 6-9 p.m. – Carla Berger, opening reception at 12 12 Gallery, 12 East 12th Street, Richmond, VA 23224. 804-233-9957

Mon. 5/3, 5-7 p.m. – PWP New Members exhibition, TD Bank, 2109 Broadway (at 74th Street), NYC. 646-505-1118

Tues. 5/4, 6-8 p.m. – Marilyn Fish-Glynn, opening for solo exhibition at Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 212-226-8571. http://www.sohophoto.com/

Fri. 5/7, 1-5 p.m. - Susan Bowen, opening reception at the Gallery at Hallmark, 85 Avenue A, Turner Falls, MA

Fri. 5/7, 1-5 p.m. - Susan Bowen, opening reception at Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Street, Hood River, OR

Sat. and Sun. 5/8-6/13 – Susan Bowen, BWAC, 499 Van Brunt Street at Beard Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. Susan’s panel is #128, upstairs on the far left aisle.

Sat. 5/8, 2:30-5:30 p.m. – Patricia Gilman, Jane Hoffer,Deena Weintraub and Janice Wood Wetzel, opening reception at West Side Arts Coalition, Broadway Community Mall, Broadway and 96th Street, center island, NYC. 212-316-6024

Thurs. 5/13, 5:30-7:30 p.m. – Miriam Berkley, reception for solo show, New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, NYC. For the duration of the show, please enter at 343 West 49th Street.

Thurs. 5/13, 6-8 p.m. – Alyce Mayo, opening reception, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, 135 East 22nd Street, NYC

Sun. 5/23, 2:30-5:30 p.m. – Patricia Gilman, Jane Hoffer,Deena Weintraub and Janice Wood Wetzel, closing reception at West Side Arts Coalition, Broadway Community Mall, Broadway and 96th Street, center island, NYC. 212-316-6024

Fri.-Sat. 6/4-5, 9-5 – Babs Armour, Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708. 914-337-0700

Sat.-Sun. 6/5-6, 12-7 p.m. – Daryl-Ann Saunders, exhibition reception at Diana H. Jones Senior Citizen Center, 9 Noll Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn, in conjunction with the Bushwick Open Studios festival. All are welcome to enjoy art, food, beverages and music.

Babs Armour has one photo in the Alumnae/i Reunion Art Show at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY from 6/4-5. == One piece by Carla Berger was chosen for the Women’s International Juried Photography Exhibition 2010 at 12 12 Gallery in Richmond, VA from 5/2-6/20. == Miriam Berkley has a solo exhibition of forty photographs, New York Now, on 4/20 at New World Stages, NYC from 4/20-6/13. == Susan Bowen will have six pieces in Holga Inspire, at the Gallery at Hallmark in Turner Falls, MA from 5/7-30, and two of her images were selected for Art and Agriculture 2010 at Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, OR from 5/7-30. Closer to home, Susan is participating in Nailed, the annual spring show with BWAC in Red Hook, Brooklyn from 5/8-6/13. == Marilyn Fish-Glynn has a solo show, Elders, at Soho Photo Gallery, NYC from 5/4-29. Also the guest photographer at the gallery in May is former PWP member and speaker, Rebecca Lepkoff, who has demonstrated how to grow old with verve! == Patricia Gilman, Jane Hoffer, Deena Weintraub and Janice Wood Wetzel are in the High Line Park exhibition, at West Side Arts Coalition, NYC from 5/5-23. == Alyce Mayo has one photograph in Focus on Photography, the Baruch College juried photography exhibition, at Sidney Mishkin Gallery, NYC from 5/14-6/4. == Daryl-Ann Saunders is curating and participating in Urbanity, a mixed-media exhibit by local artists and senior citizens at the Diana H. Jones Senior Citizen Center in Brooklyn from 5/17-July. The exhibit coincides with the annual art-filled Bushwick Open Studios, 6/5-6.

PWP Group Exhibitions

(1) PWP 2010 New Members Photographers is at TD Bank, NYC from 5/3-31. The participating members are: Asha Agnish, Amy Magano, Trish Mayo, Laura Dwight, Laurie Klein, Debbie Miracolo, Linda Sandow, Shell Sheddy and Deborah Terry.

(2) Americana is at MH Art & Framing Gallery, 9 West 20th Street, NYC from 4/17-5/22. Call 212-242-1251. The members in the show are: Gloria Aks, Babs Armour, Terry Berenson, Sheila Bernard, Paula Botstein, d brandon, Lynne Cashman, Karen Corrigan, Elisa Decker, Adele Epstein, Noel Farese, Carol Fassler, Patricia Gilman, Pamela Greene, Jane Hoffer, Joan Katz, Linda Kessler, Catherine Kirkpatrick, Susan Kuhlman, Susan Ledwith, Sonia Leon, Barbara Leven, Barbara Macklowe, Amy Mangano, Katie Mantel, Andy Mars, Trish Mayo, Joyce Morrill, Joan Pearlman, Barbara Pearson, Wendy Ploger, Ginger Propper, Julie Robertson, Robin Glasser Sacknoff, Linda Sandow, Daryl-Ann Saunders, Sindi Schorr, Shelley Seccombe, Robin Selditch, PM Simmons, Nancy Sirkis, Sheila Smith, Diane Smook, Catherine Steinmann, Janice Wood Wetzel, Ilona Williamson, Ellen Stockdale Wolfe and Susan Zigman.

Current Exhibitions

Ten images by Miriam Berkley are on view at Nook Restaurant, 746 Ninth Avenue, NYC. == The Landscape of Memory, a solo exhibition of over twenty-five pieces from Ann Brandeis‘s series of the same name, is at the Gallery of the Riverhead Free Library, 330 Court Street, Riverhead, NY 11901 from 4/4-5/31. Call 631-727- 3228. == Elisa Decker has two photographs in the 42nd Anniversary Exhibitionof the Contemporary Artists Guild, at Broome Street Gallery, 498 Broome Street, NYC from 4/27-5/9. Call 212-226-6085. == Two films which Silvianna Goldsmith made of Lil Picard are on display during the run of the show Lil Picard and the Counterculture, New York, which is at Grey Art Gallery, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, NYC from 4/20-7/10. Call 212-998-6780. == Holly Gordon‘s solo exhibition, Antarctica: Journey to the Extreme, is at Fotofoto Gallery, 372 New York Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743 from 4/9-5/16. Call 631-549-0048 or go to: http://www.fotofotogallery.com/. This show first debuted at the New York Hall of Science in 2006. == Theresa King has a solo show, The Last Day of the Myrtle Avenue El, at the New York Transit Museum, Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn Heights. The exhibition opened 9/29, and has recently been extended through July because of popular demand. Also, Theresa curated Moment to Moment – Consistency and Change, a four-person show at Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune Street (between Washington and West Streets), NYC, in which she will show forty-two photographs. The exhibition runs from 4/10-5/2. Call 212-989-4650. == Pat Yancovitz has a solo show of eight photos, Boatyards and Fishing Docks, in the window of West Side Camera/Ritz Camera, 2400 Broadway (at 88th Street), NYC from 5/1-31. Call 212-877-8760.

Recent Exhibitions

On 4/23, Esther Babb participated in The Self Portrait Project, a one-day exhibition of artists from around the world, at the Brooklyn Art Library. A book will be published documenting the project. == Photographs by Paula Berg and Janice Wood Wetzel were selected for inclusion in the online gallery for the Floralexhibit at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, VT from 2/9-3/6, and images by Sandy Alpert and Diane Smook were displayed on the gallery’s walls. Also, the images of all four women were included in the exhibit catalogue, published by Blurb Books. == Irma Bohórquez-Geisler had a solo show, MEXICANation, at Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island from 4/6-30. The show was in conjunction with Immigrant Heritage Week, a citywide celebration that honors the experiences and contributions of immigrants in New York City with free or low-cost programs that build cross-cultural understanding among New Yorkers. == Susan Bowen participated in the 15th Annual Members Juried Show at Soho Photo Gallery, NYC from 6/1-5/1, and she was in Fresh Fairs 2010, at Pier 59 Studios in Santa Monica CA from 4/23-25. == Ann Brandeis exhibited several pieces from a new series at Hampton Road Gallery in Southampton, NY from 3/13-4/11, and she had work in Artists, at the same venue, from 2/13-3/7. == A solo exhibition of Elisa Decker‘s photographs, Portraits, was at the Gallery of the Office of the Manhattan Borough President, NYC from 3/3-26. == Photographs of Iceland by Patricia Gilman were in the window of Ritz Camera, NYC during the month of March. == Sandra Gottlieb had a solo show, Images of the Sea, at the Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art in Midland, MI from 1/23-4/25. The exhibit consisted of thirty large pieces (up to 50″) in two rooms, as part of a large exhibition relating to water called “WaterWorks.€ == Mary Heller had a solo exhibition, Fine Art Photography, at Sunita’s Bar, 106 Norfolk Street, NYC from 2/25-4/25. == Amy Kosh had a solo show, Landscape Allegories, at Fuzziwhigs in Nyack, NY from 2/16-3/20. == Images by Amy Kosh and Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin were selected for … and sweeps me away, National Members Exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn from 3/3-28. == Susan Ledwith had several photos in Vernal Variations, an exhibition sponsored by the Staten Island Creative Community, at Art at Bay in Staten Island from 4/2-25. == In celebration of Women’s History Month, Trish Mayo had two photographs in Women in the Heights, Contemporary Women Artists of Northern Manhattan, at the NoMAA (Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance) Gallery, NYC from 3/4-4/2. On 3/19, Trish had two photographs in Harlem: Our Shared Global Culture, which was part of the 1st Annual Harlem Arts Alliance International Arts Event. == Debbie Miracolo had work in The Sweet Escape, at the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg, FL from 1/15-3/13. == Laurie Rhodes had work in an international documentary photography exhibition, Building an Ethical Economy: Theology and the Marketplace, at the Trinity Church Museum, NYC from 1/25-4/5. The show was in conjunction with Trinity Institute’s annual theological conference of the same name. == Sindi Schorr and Robin Glasser Sacknoff had images in La Dolce Vita: Impressions of Italy from Il Chiostro Workshops 1995-2009, at Broome Street Gallery, NYC from 3/23-4/4. == Janice Wood Wetzel and Deena Weintraub were the co-curators for Trash, at the West Side Arts Coalition, NYC from 3/3-21. == This year’s PWP Student Awards exhibition showed black and white images on the theme of Water. The exhibition was at the Ernest Rubenstein Gallery at the Educational Alliance, NYC from 3/21-4/1. PWP members donated photographs and services for a silent auction at the reception.

Other News

On 4/26, Irma Bohórquez-Geisler showed several photographs to accompany an academic talk on “Emigration and the Mexican State,” at Barnard College, NYC. == Ruth Gitto is conducting one-day photography workshops from April through October. Her Foto Safaris, using New York City as subject matter, will take place once a week, and will be limited to five participants per Safari. For information and to download a brochure, go to: http://www.nycfotosafari.com. PWP members can receive a 25% discount. == Laurie Klein offered three workshops at her home studio during February and March. == On 4/14, Andy Mars presented a Mixed Media Photography Workshop at her New York apartment. == Birgit Pohl recently sold two Polaroid transfers to a collector in Westchester. == Roz Rosenblum will judge two photography competitions in May. On 5/3 at 6:30 p.m., she’ll be at the Manhattan Miniature Camera Club, Community Church, 28 East 35th Street, NYC, and on 5/24 at 8 p.m., she’ll be at the Ocean County Camera Club, Lakewood High School Library, 855 Somerset Avenue, Lakewood, NJ. On 4/8, Roz presented a lecture, “The Art of Seeing€ at the Vailsburg Camera Club in Springfield, NJ, and on 4/19, and she presented “Australia/New Zealand€ to the Photographers of Sussex County in Augusta, NJ. Also, on 4/15, Roz judged a competition at the Color Photographers Club of Staten Island, and she also judged two camera competitions in March and three in February. == Daryl-Ann Saunders was selected to participate in a new Artist-in-Residency program launched by the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC), in partnership with the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York City Department for the Aging. At the Diana H. Jones Senior Citizen Center in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Daryl-Ann will set up a photo studio for six months. Then, she’ll work on her proposed project, The Pioneers of Bushwick, which will commemorate long-term residents through portrait sessions and written text of their experiences. Visit http://www.DASfineart.com/News.htm for project updates. == On 4/12, Lynn Saville gave a lecture, “Night/Shift,€ co-sponsored by the Center for Architecture and Neighborhood Preservation Center, NYC.

Publications

Monica Barnes edits Andean Past, an academic journal dedicated to the archaeology and ethno-history of western South America, which is published by Cornell University. Volume 9 is now available, and can be purchased at: http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/latinamerica/publications/journals.asp == One photograph by Irma Bohórquez-Geisler was published in the Staten Island Advance on 4/15, and articles by Irma were published in Diario de Mexico, USA on 4/15 and 4/19. == A photo by Ann Brandeis is included in Best of Photography 2009, which was released by Serbin Productions in December. == An article by Elisa Decker, in which she reviews an exhibition by Joseph Stashkevetch, was published in the January 2010 issue of Art in America (see p. 116). == A two-page spread about Marilyn Fish-Glynn is featured in 100 New York Photographers, by Cynthia Dantzic, recently published by Schiffer. Marilyn was honored by the invitation to participate in this book, which includes many iconic figures, spanning over fifty years of work. Alyce Mayo and several former PWP members also have images in the book, including a 1937 photograph by Rebecca Lepkoff. == In January, National Wildlife Magazine announced that Holly Gordon won first place in the global warming category of their annual photography competition. Her image was selected from nearly 70,000 submissions. Go to: http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/PhotoZone/Archives/2009/2009-Photo-Contest-Winners.aspx. Also, a photo by Holly is on the cover the February/March issue of Creations Magazine, a Long Island bi-monthly publication. The image and magazine contents can also be viewed online at http://www.creationsmagazine.com == An article in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle on 2/4 features the solo show of Theresa King at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn. == A group photo by Andy Mars, which includes Dr. Ruth Wertheimer, is in the January/February issue of Fido Friendly magazine. == Tequila Minsky has been traveling to and photographing in Haiti for a number of years, resulting in various exhibitions, publications and more. She was in Haiti in January when the earthquake happened, and her astute, compassionate photos appeared in print and online in The New York Times. To view Tequila’s images and a discussion about her work, go to: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/behind-28/. You can read Tequila’s unique and personal perspective of Haiti in her article in The Villager. Go to: http://www.thevillager.com/villager_351/sohophotog.html. Additionally, Tequila’s images have been Tweeted and re-Tweeted many times. == An image by Erika Nusser is on the cover of the second issue of Imprints, the new publication of Professional Women Photographers. == A photograph by Ann Marie Rousseau is in MS and the Material Girls, Images and Issues of Women in the Twentieth Century, a book published by Twenty-First Century Books in Minneapolis. See page 100. == A Polaroid transfer image by Daryl-Ann Saunders won the most votes in a field of eighty-five submissions in an international contest, the AlternativePhotography.com Calendar Competition 2010. Daryl-Ann’s image is featured on the cover of the color calendar and also inside, along with the work of eleven other artists who work in non-silver processes such as gum bichromate, palladium, cyanotype, etc. To see the artists’ work and to purchase the calendar, go to: http://www.alternativephotography.com/books/calendar_2010.html

On the Web

Two series of 11″ x 14″ Cibachrome photographs by Mariette Pathy Allen from the 1980s, Fantasy Found and Createdand Flowers, are represented by the Domeischel Gallery Ltd. These images can be found on the gallery’s website: http://www.domeischelgallery.com/ == Clues To Identity, the exhibition that Sandy Alpert, Mary Newman, Wendy Patonand Lucille Tortora were in at the International Center of Photography, NYC, was reviewed by The Artpoint – a well-respected art blog. Go to: http://theartpoint.blogspot.com/2009_12_19_archive.html == Three images by Carla Berger are in Bold/Subtle, a juried online International art exhibition with Upstream People Gallery, running from 12/1/09 through 11/30/10. Carla also has images in the 8th Annual Summer All Media, which went online beginning 7/1 for one year. Go to: http://www.upstreamgallery.com == Miriam Berkley was profiled in the online edition of the December “Picture of the Year€ issue of Rangefinder magazine. The article, which focused on Miriam’s author photographs and also included one of her New York City images, can be seen at: http://www.rangefindermag.com/storage/articles/RF1209_Berkley_Brownstein.pdf. Also, the printed magazine mentions the article on page 138 and has one image from the article. == An article about Irma Bohórquez-Geisler, with one of her photos, can be found at: http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2010/01/photos_of_mexican_immigrants_o.html == Images by Susan Bowen are showcased at http://www.holgainspire.com/, a website created by the makers of the silly plastic camera that she uses. == Six images by Phyllis J. Featherstone are included in a review of her pinhole photographs in an art bog. Go to: http://www.artezine.com/az17_rs_pinh.html == Holly Gordon shoots with an assortment of Kodak film and prints on a variety of Kodak papers, and examples of her work are showcased on Kodak’s professional website. Go to: http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/cpq/features/featuresIndex.jhtml, and then click on fine art. Also, Holly’s article, “Antarctica: Journey to the Extreme,€ was posted by the Photo Migrations Community for Nature Photography at http://www.photomigrations.com/home.htm during the month of February, and is now viewable in the archives. == Four images by Leslie Granda-Hill were in the group exhibit of the February edition of F-Stop Magazine, an on-line publication. Go to: http://www.fstopmagazine.com/groupexhibit.html == An article about Barbara Leven, titled “Barbara Leven Part I: What the Eye is Called to See,€ is in The Artpoint. Go to: http://theartpoint.blogspot.com/2009/10/barbara-leven-part-1-what-eye-is-called_5031.html == Andy Mars is represented by Busacca Gallery, an online gallery in San Francisco, CA, and two of her images can be seen at: http://theartpoint.blogspot.com/2009/10/barbara-leven-part-1-what-eye-is-called_5031.html and http://www.busaccagallery.com/catalog.php?catid=204&itemid=2614&page=2 == A photograph by Trish Mayo was used on the Municipal Art Society Website. Go to: http://mas.org/this-sunday-stroll-through-rosebank-staten-island-with-mas/. Also, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation selected one of Trish’s images as the Photo of the Month for February. Go to: http://www.nycgovparks.org/photo_of_the_month == Tequila Minsky was in Haiti when the earthquake hit in January. See “Publications€ for information and links! == Erika Nusser shot images for Artforum for auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s. Go to: http://artforum.com/diary/id=24172 == The finalists (called “nominees€) and winners for the 4th International Black and White Spider Awards were announced on 1/24. Mayda Rumberg and Jackie Weisberg were chosen as nominees, and it’s the fifth straight year that Jackie has been either a finalist or received honorable mention awards. Thousands of images were received from over sixty countries and the nominated photographers were selected by a Who’s Who judging panel from the international photography community, including Magnum Photos, Sotheby’s, Tate Gallery, and the Leica Photo Gallery. For a direct link to Jackie’s image, go to: http://www.thespiderawards.com/presentation/fullsize.php?t=Nominee%20in%20Architectural&id=43522 == Robin Glasser Sacknoff has her own gallery in the Museum of Modern Photography, an online museum, from 3/31-9/30. Go to: http://mmpca.viewbook.com/portfolio/advertising_galleries/robin_sacknoff new_york_ny?p=1 == Night subway work by Daryl-Ann Saunders was in the inaugural online exhibit by The Panocturnists, a subgroup created by The Nocturnes, a night photography group. Go to: http://www.thenocturnes.com/exhibits/panocturnists/index.html. Daryl-Ann’s images can be viewed at: http://bit.ly/dasbluebridge and at: http://bit.ly/daslaunchpad. The exhibition ran from 2/15-3/30, and now resides in an archive on The Panocturnists new website. An article about Daryl-Ann is on a photo-industry blog at: http://lg-reps.com/2009/12/218421867/. Also, Daryl-Ann has a photography page for Facebook members, that offers news on art and photography-related topics, tips and information as well as listings of her own events. To subscribe to the page, go to: http://bit.ly/FacebookDAS and click on the “Become a Fan€ link. == On 4/17, a piece about Lynn Saville was posted on the New York Times. Go to: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/ 04/15/scenes-from-the-night-shift/ and on 2/18, images by Lynn were selected for the Photo District News (PDN) Photo of the Day. Take a look at: http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/2010/02/3609