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“Baker’s Dozen: A Pinhole Dialogue
with Amy Rockett-Todd and Antonia Small
April 1-30, 2016
Opening ReceptionApril 1, 2016, 6p.m. – 9p.m.
at the Tulsa Artists’ Coalition Gallery
9 East M. B. Brady
Gallery Hours: 6:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. Thursday, Friday & Saturday
by appointment for other times via email: info@tacgallery.org; www.tacgallery.org
(Tulsa, OK) – The Tulsa Artists’ Coalition is pleased to present “Baker’s Dozen: A Pinhole Dialogue with Amy Rockett-Todd and Antonia Small” from April 1 through April 30, 2016. The public will have the opportunity to meet both artists at the opening reception on Friday, April 1, 2016 from 6pm to 9pm. This exhibit remains up through Saturday, April 30. The TAC Gallery is located at 9 East M. B. Brady, Tulsa. This event is free and open to the public and is part of the M. B. Brady Arts District’s First Friday Art Crawl.
A chance meeting in the woods near Fairy Beach in Maine brought these two pinhole photographers together. As they describe it, “…we found ourselves stepping into a visual dialogue that would span almost 2,000 miles and 13 months. We began this project in April 2013 on Worldwide Pinhole Day, shooting images specific to each one’s own artistic vision as well as reflecting the contrast between the flatlands of Oklahoma and the rugged coast of Maine. Each image includes a back story which is a personal account of the experiences of discovery and image capture which are included in the self-published book on the Baker’s Dozen Project.” This exhibit will be up during Worldwide National Pinhole Day April 24th.
Amy Rockett-Todd, a native of North Carolina, has been living and working as a designer, studio art and photographer in the flatlands of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She began her professional life working with local architecture firms as well as an environmental graphics and signage design firm. She received her Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture and Studio Arts Minor from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her current art explores the relationships between the hand and technology through alternative photographic processes and traditional black and white film photography.
Antonia Small is a stage performer turned photographer who has lived in Paris and New York, but now calls the small fishing village of Port Clyde, Maine home. She holds a B.A. from Vermont College, certificates from the SALT Center for Documentary Studies and the Maine Photographic Workshops. Influenced by her theater and dance performance training, Toni likens the frame of her twin-lens to a proscenium arch. She is equally interested by the mystery of a ten-minute performance exposure in front of her pinhole camera, or the “happening” of submerging her camera underwater.
TAC Gallery Hours: 6:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. Thursday, Friday & Saturday by appointment and for other times through email: info@tacgallery.org. Check out our website: www.tacgallery.org.
Tulsa Artists’ Coalition is a member of Arts Alliance Tulsa.
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