WaterWorks - A Photography Exhibition at Art Studios and Gallery - Features Bay Area Photographers

June 26, 2012 - PRLog -- San Francisco, Calif., June 25, 2012 – Work by twenty one members of the Bay Area Photographers Collective has been chosen for an exhibition entitled “WaterWorks,” to be shown at ARC Studios and Gallery.

“WaterWorks” will open on July 7, with an Artists’ Reception from 7 to 9 PM. The show will run through July 28, 2012.

Curator for the show is Ed Carey, Director and Owner of Gallery 291.

Discussing the theme for the exhibit Carey said, “Few subjects in art history have been portrayed more frequently than water. From primitive cave drawings to the water wall in Bill Viola’s ‘Ocean Without a Shore’ video, water has captured the artistic imagination.

It is not difficult to understand the artist’s attraction. Water is beautiful, awe-inspiring, universal, mesmerizing, mutable, life giving and life sustaining, a source of recreation and pleasure, a luxury and a scarce and sacred resource. Our affinity to water is visual, sensual and tactile. And it is also essential. Our blood is chemically similar to seawater. Our bodies, like the surface of the planet, are both about sixty-five percent water. And our life form originated in water. We wonder how the meanings we find in these water images resonate with our eternal longing to return to our original habitat – the sea.”

Ed Carey will give a talk on the exhibition “WaterWorks,” on July 28, 3 to 5 PM.

Artists selected for the exhibit:
Jack Androvich
Henry Bowles
Adrienne Defendi
Anthony Delgado
Malcolm Easton
Linda Fitch
Ingeborg Gerdes
Steve Goldband
Ralf Hillebrand
Irene Imfeld
Ellen Konar
Barbara Kyne
Eric Larson
Thomas Lavin
Erin Malone
John Martin
Charlotte Niel
Heather Polley
Ari Salomon
Kirk Thompson
Gary Weiner

To see examples of the photographers’ work, please visit the Member’s Gallery: http://www.bapc.info/members-gallery/

July 7, 2012 – Exhibition Opens, Artists Reception, 7 PM to 9 PM
July 28 – Curator talk, 3 to 5 PM
July 28 – Exhibition Closes

Reception and Curator talk are free.

Arc Studios and Gallery is located at 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Arc’s regular business hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays 12-5 PM, Saturdays 12- 3 PM.

See More Work by Selected BAPC Members off the Main Gallery in our “MarketPlace” display. Open Saturday night July 7, 7 to 9 PM during the opening reception and Saturday July 28, 12 to 5 PM.

More Info
http://www.arc-sf.com
http://www.bapc.info/waterworks

About BAPC
We are a nonprofit organization committed to building a community of photographers. Our work ranges from fine art to documentary, color to black and white, traditional darkroom to digital imaging. We nurture each other’s professional and artistic growth through member activities such as artist talks, portfolio reviews, workshops, salons, and exhibitions. Please visit the gallery to view our members’ work. If you’re interested in joining, please review the membership information. And please check out our public programs—all are welcome to attend.