Openings, Receptions and Special Events

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

Thurs. 6/3, 5:30-8 p.m. – Myrna Harrison-Changer, Marilyn Fish-Glynn and Helen Bohmart Pine, opening reception at the Manhattan Borough President’s Office, Municipal Building, 19th Floor, NYC. Bring photo ID.

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

Fri. 6/4, 6:30 p.m. – Deborah Matlack, opening reception and benefit, Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway (at Avenue Z), 2nd floor, Main Building, Brooklyn, NY 11235. 718-374-6806. bgsag.artists@live.com

Sat.-Sun. 6/5-6, 12-6 p.m. – Daryl-Ann Saunders, exhibition reception at Diana Jones Senior Center, 9 Noll Street (between Bushwick Avenue and Stanwix Street), Bushwick, Brooklyn, in conjunction with the Bushwick Open Studios festival. All are welcome to enjoy art, special events, music, food and beverages free of charge. 718-782-3601. For details: http://www.DASfineart.com/News.htm

Mon. 6/7, 6 p.m. – Carol Fassler, Patricia Gilman, Catherine Kirkpatrick, Deborah Marcano, Andy Mars, Sheila Smith and Karen Smul, reception at Baruch College Faculty Lounge, Newman Conference Center, 151 East 25th Street, 7th Floor, NYC

Thurs. 6/10, 6-9 p.m. – Karen Smul, exhibition and benefit, Hotel Palomar, 2121 P Street NW, Washington, D.C.

Sat. 6/12, 5-7 p.m. – Anne Sager, opening reception at the Southampton Cultural Center on Pond Lane, Southampton, NY. 631-287-4377

Sat. 6/12, 5-7 p.m. – Carla Berger, opening reception at Columbia Council of the Arts, 209 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534. 518-671-6213. http://www.artscolumbia.org

Sat. 6/19, 2-4 p.m. – Trish Mayo, reception and artist talk, Morris-Jumel Mansion, 65 Jumel Terrace (at West 162nd Street, NYC 10032. 212-923-8008. http://www.morrisjumel.org. Free admission.

Sat. 6/19, 5-7 p.m. – Sandra Gottlieb, opening reception at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 500 Palm Drive, Novato, CA 94949. 415-506-0137

Sat. 6/19, 6-8 p.m. – Anne Sager, opening reception at Delaney Cooke Gallery, 150 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963. 631-899-4467

Thurs. 6/24, 6-8:30 p.m. – Shoshana Rothaizer, opening reception at A.I.R. Gallery, 111 Front Street, #228, Dumbo, Brooklyn

Fri. 6/25, 6-8 p.m. – Trish Mayo, opening reception at Manhattan Times Office, Inwood Center, 5030 Broadway, Suite 801, NYC 10034. 212-569-5800

Sun. 6/27, 6-9 p.m. – Carla Berger, opening reception at Gallery That, Superluck Inds Centre PH1, 45-53 Sha Tsui Road, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. http://www.artrend-now.com

Tues. 7/6, 6-8 p.m. – Sheila Bernard, opening reception at Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 212-226-8571. http://www.sohophoto.com

Sat. 7/10, 12:30-2 p.m. – Daryl-Ann Saunders, artists’ talk at Diana Jones Senior Center, 9 Noll Street (between Bushwick Avenue and Stanwix Street), Bushwick, Brooklyn. 718-782-3601. For details: http://www.DASfineart.com/News.htm

Wed. 7/28, 6-8 p.m. – PWP group show opening reception at Calumet Photo, 22 West 22nd Street, 2nd Floor, NYC

Babs Armour has one photo in the Alumnae/i Reunion Art Show at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY from 6/4-5. == Carla Berger has work in Face to Face, at Columbia Council of the Arts in Hudson, NY from 6/12-7/30, and she’s also in the International Postcard Show, at Gallery That in Hong Kong from 6/27-8/31. == Sheila Bernard is participating in Water, at Soho Photo Gallery, NYC from 7/6-8/7. == On 6/7, photographs by Carol Fassler, Patricia Gilman, Catherine Kirkpatrick, Deborah Marcano, Andy Mars, Sheila Smith and Karen Smul will be displayed at the “Volunteers Providing Help and Hope€ reception for Women In Need, Inc. (WIN) at Baruch College Faculty Lounge. NYC. The reception honors all volunteers who have helped WIN throughout the year, including the members of PWP’s community service committee. Jane Hoffer and Joan Katz also served on the committee. == Two 30″ x 40″ photographs by Sandra Gottlieb are included in Private Eyes: Artists’ Visions, the summer national juried exhibition at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in Novato, CA from 6/19-7/18. == Myrna Harrison-Changer, Marilyn Fish-Glynn and Helen Bohmart Pine are in The Four Seasons, an exhibition with the Park West Photo Club, in the Manhattan Borough President’s Office at the Municipal Building, NYC from 6/2-30. == Deborah Matlack is participating in Aquatic Coney Island, a show with Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group in collaboration with Coney Island Hospital, from 6/4-7/31. In addition, there is a silent auction benefit for the people of Haiti. == Trish Mayo is participating in DESIGN IN THE HEIGHTS: Contemporary Meets Colonial, at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, NYC from 6/1-8/31. Trish also has work in What’s Left When All is Said and Done, at Manhattan Times Office, NYC from 6/25-7/23. == Shoshana Rothaizer is participating in Wish You Were Here 9, an annual benefit postcard show at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, from 6/23-7/18. == Anne Sager will show photographs of Frank Gehry’s architecture in F-Stop: 4 Contemporary Photographers, at Southampton Cultural Center in Southampton, NY from 6/12-7/11. She’ll also have images in Nudes, at Delaney Cook Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY from 6/19-28. == Daryl-Ann Saunders is curating and participating in Urbanity: Interpretations of the Urban Landscape, a mixed-media exhibit by local artists and senior citizens at the Diana H. Jones Senior Citizen Center in Brooklyn from 5/17-7/10. The exhibit coincides with the annual art-filled Bushwick Open Studios (BOS), 6/5-6. On 7/10, the last day of the Urbanity show, the public is invited to an artists’ talk. == On 6/10, Karen Smul is participating in An All Woman Art Exhibition in All Media Benefiting Dress for Success at the Hotel Palomar, Washington, D.C.

PWP Group Exhibition

Objects of Affection, a show organized by Christina Cipriano, Ann Littlejohn, Katie Mantell, Sindi Schorr, Sheila Smith, Janice Wetzel and Pat Yancovitz, is at the HP Gallery at Calumet Photo, NYC from 7/28-8/13. The members is the show are: Gloria Aks, Paula Berg, Carla Berger, Sheila Bernard, Ann Brandeis, Giselle Chamma, Christina Cipriano, Elisa Decker, Myrna Elfenbein, Noel Farese, Pamela Fingerhut, Barbara Freedman, Patricia Gilman, Ruth Gitto, Pamela Greene, Jane Hoffer, Linda Kessler, Catherine Kirkpatrick, Susan Kuhlman, Joan Lappin, Susan Ledwith, Ann Littlejohn, Barbara Macklowe, Katie Mantell, Andy Mars, Alyce Mayo, Trish Mayo, Debbie Miracolo, Joyce Morrill, Elizabeth Niesuchouski, Shirley Pasternak, Nyla Patrick, Joan Pearlman, Bobbie Pearson, Wendy Ploger, Laurie Rhodes, Maddi Ring, Roz Rosenblum, Shoshana Rothaizer, Robin Glasser Sacknoff, Sindi Schorr, Beth Portnoi Shaw, PM Simmons, Sheila Smith, Karen Smul, Helena V. de Vengoechea, Jackie Weisberg, Janice Wood Wetzel, Ilona Williamson, Pat Yancovitz, Susan Zigman and Charlyn Zlotnik.

Current Exhibitions

One piece by Carla Berger was chosen for the Women’s International Juried Photography Exhibition 2010 at 12 12 Gallery, 12 East 12th Street, Richmond, VA 23224 from 5/2-6/20. Call 804-233-9957. == Miriam Berkley has a solo exhibition of forty photographs, New York Now, at New World Stages, 343 West 49th Street, NYC from 4/20-6/13. Also, ten of Miriam’s images are on view at Nook Restaurant, 746 Ninth Avenue, NYC. == Susan Bowen is participating in Nailed, the annual spring show with BWAC, 499 Van Brunt Street at Beard Street, in Red Hook, Brooklyn on weekends from 5/8-6/13. Susan’s panel is #128, upstairs on the far left aisle. == Jackie Neale Chadwick has work in the PAC Exhibit, a show for staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 6/9-23. == Phyllis J. Featherstone is exhibiting a photolithograph and Susan Ledwith is also participating in Metamorphosis, a group show that is part of the “Art by the Ferry€ festival, at the Lighthouse Museum by the Staten Island ferry terminal on the Staten Island side. Go to Building 11, entrance at 1 Bay Street. The show is open Saturdays and Sundays only, from 6/5-27. == 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 (at Mercer Street), NYC from 4/20-7/10. Call 212-998-6780. == 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. == Barbara Leven has one photograph in Botanica, at Hunterdon Art Museum, 7 Lower Center Street, Clinton, NJ 08809 from 5/23-9/12. Call 908-735-8415 or go to: http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org == Alyce Mayo has one photograph in Focus on Photography, the Baruch College juried photography exhibition, at Sidney Mishkin Gallery, 135 East 22nd Street, NYC from 5/14-6/4. == Debbie Miracolo has two images in Bed Two, at Umbrella Arts, 317 East 9th Street, NYC from 5/13-6/13. Call 212-505-7196. == Diane Smook is participating as an “invited artist€ in Visions of Mont Lebanon, an exhibit and fundraiser for the Shaker Museum and Library, at the Joline Arts Center, Darrow School at Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, in New Lebanon, NY from 6/18-7/3. All images were photographed on the grounds of the Mount Lebanon Shaker Village. Call 518-794-9100 ext. 220.

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. == Irma Bohórquez-Geisler had a solo show, MEXICANation, at Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island from 4/6-5/31. 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 had 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. Susan also participated in the 15th Annual Members Juried Show at Soho Photo Gallery, NYC from 4/1-5/1, and she was in Fresh Fairs 2010, at Pier 59 Studios in Santa Monica CA from 4/23-25. == The Landscape of Memory, a solo exhibition of over twenty-five pieces from Ann Brandeis‘s series of the same name, was at the Gallery of the Riverhead Free Library, Riverhead, NY from 4/4-5/31. Ann also exhibited several pieces at Hampton Road Gallery in Southampton, NY from 3/13-4/11. == Jackie Neale Chadwick‘s recent project, Apparitions of the Death and Co., was on view at The Gallery at Astor Center and at Ramscale Gallery, both in NYC, from 5/14-19, as part of the NY Photo Fest and the Manhattan Cocktail Classic. == Elisa Decker had two photographs in the 42nd Anniversary Exhibition of the Contemporary Artists Guild, at Broome Street Gallery, NYC from 4/27-5/9. == Marilyn Fish-Glynn had a solo show, Elders, at Soho Photo Gallery, NYC from 5/4-29. Also the guest photographer at the gallery in May was forme2C 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. Susan also participated in the 15th Annual Members Juried Show at Soho Photo Gallery, NYC from 4/1-5/1, and she was in Fresh Fairs 2010, at Pier 59 Studios in Santa Monica CA from 4/23-25. == The Landscape of Memory, a solo exhibition of over twenty-five pieces from Ann Brandeis‘s series of the same name, was at the Gallery of the Riverhead Free Library, Riverhead, NY from 4/4-5/31. Ann also exhibited several pieces at Hampton Road Gallery in Southampton, NY from 3/13-4/11. == Jackie Neale Chadwick‘s recent project, Apparitions of the Death and Co., was on view at The Gallery at Astor Center and at Ramscale Gallery, both in NYC, from 5/14-19, as part of the NY Photo Fest and the Manhattan Cocktail Classic. == Elisa Decker had two photographs in the 42nd Anniversary Exhibition of the Contemporary Artists Guild, at Broome Street Gallery, NYC from 4/27-5/9. == Marilyn Fish-Glynn had a solo show, Elders, at Soho Photo Gallery, NYC from 5/4-29. Also the guest photographer at the gallery in May was 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 were in the High Line Park exhibition, at West Side Arts Coalition, NYC from 5/5-23. == Holly Gordon‘s solo exhibition, Antarctica: Journey to the Extreme, was at Fotofoto Gallery, Huntington, NY from 4/9-5/16. This show first debuted at the New York Hall of Science in 2006. == 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, NYC from 2/25-4/25. == Theresa King curated Moment to Moment – Consistency and Change, a four-person show at Westbeth Gallery, NYC from 4/10-5/2, in which she showed forty-two photographs. == 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. == 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. == Pat Yancovitz had a solo show of eight photos, Boatyards and Fishing Docks, in the window of West Side Camera/Ritz Camera, NYC from 5/1-31.

Recent PWP Group Exhibitions

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

(2) PWP‘s group show, Americana, was at MH Art & Framing Gallery, NYC from 4/17-5/22. The members in the show were: 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.

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, take place once a week, and are 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. == On 4/14, Andy Mars presented a Mixed Media Photography Workshop at her New York apartment. == During the month of May, Roz Rosenblum judged two photography competitions. On 5/3 she was at the Manhattan Miniature Camera Club, and on 5/24 she was at the Ocean County Camera Club in 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. == 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-time area 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 were published in Diario de Mexico, USA on 4/15 and 4/19. == A two-page spread about Marilyn Fish-Glynn is featured in 100 New York Photographers, by Cynthia Dantzic, published by Schiffer. This book, which contains many iconic figures spanning over fifty years of work, also includes images by Alyce Mayo and several former PWP members, including a 1937 photograph by Rebecca Lepkoff. == In early summer, an image by Sonia Leon will be on the cover of the next (third) issue of Imprints, the new publication of Professional Women Photographers. == A photo by Holly Gordon was 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 featured the current solo show of Theresa King at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn. == An image by Erika Nusser was on the cover of the second issue of Imprints, PWP’s magazine. == 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

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 == 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 blog. Go to: http://www.artezine.com/az17_rs_pinh.html == Holly Gordon‘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://www.busaccagallery.com/catalog.php?catid=204&itemid=2579&page=1 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 == 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

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