Images by Wright Schickli were selected for inclusion in the Open Theme Exhibition at the Praxis Gallery and Photo Arts Center in Minneapolis, and in the Urban, Suburban, Rural Exhibition at the New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA) in New York City.
Praxis Gallery:
Praxis Gallery selected Wright’s images, Cedar Falls Trail and Niles, California, for its Open Theme Exhibition. Praxis Gallery presents a curated selection of photographic works spanning genres, subjects, and approaches, brought together by a shared attention to how meaning is shaped through visual perception. The works reflect a range of strategies – images grounded in formal structure, photographs that suggest narrative or tension, and others that move between fiction and documentation. Together, they highlight photography as a medium shaped by intention, interpretation, and point of view. Ann Jastrab, Executive Director of the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, was the curator. The exhibition runs from February 21 through March 14; and the opening reception will take place on Saturday, February 21. You can view the exhibition in the temporary online gallery, here: https://www.praxisphotocenter.org/temp-gallery-3-2mb3.
Cedar Falls Trail… Cedar Falls is in the Hocking Hills State Park two hours outside Cincinnati. The afternoon we arrived it was misty and beginning to rain. Everything was eerily quiet and the landscape imposing. If you look hard you can see my daughter-in-law to give you a sense of scale.
Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center is a community-based arts organization that aims to support the development of emerging photographic artists and is the only non-profit dedicated photographic arts center in Minnesota. Praxis provides photographic exhibitions and learning opportunities that inform, challenge, and engage the individual artist, and promotes artists’ work to local and international audiences.
NYC4PA:
Wright’s images, Firetruck on Main Street and Pigs, are Juror Selections in NYC4PA’s Urban Landscapes, Suburban Scenes, Rural Impressions Exhibition. Urban, suburban, and rural areas are location choices we make for living, working, and vacationing, each with its own visual characteristics. NYC4PA sought images that catch a photographer’s eye in these places. Paula Tognarelli, Director of Firestarters and retired Executive Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography, was the juror. The exhibition is online at https://www.nyc4pa.com/urban-suburban-rural.
Pigs is a photograph from the last time I visited Shaker Village, Kentucky. The craftsmanship the Shakers displayed in the ordinary simple things they used every day (stairs, furniture, buildings) is unparalleled, and they have a working farm there with hungry pigs.
The New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA) was founded in 2012 by Maddi Ring and Patricia Gilman with a mission to provide exhibition opportunities to fellow photographers worldwide. NYC4PA sponsors international open calls, juried by respected members of the photography community, where submitters compete for cash prizes and/or the opportunity to participate in New York gallery exhibitions. Their advice is simple: Get out there and shoot!
Details:
Praxis Gallery and Photo Arts Center:
https://www.praxisphotocenter.org/
Main entrance: 2601 27th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55406
info@praxisphotocenter.org
612-475-1605
Open Theme Exhibition:
February 21 – March 14
Opening reception: Saturday, February 21, 6 to 8 PM
Online gallery: https://www.praxisphotocenter.org/temp-gallery-3-2mb3
Gallery hours:
Saturday: 12 PM to 5 PM
Tuesday – Friday, by appointment: phone 612-475-1605
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The New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA):
https://www.nyc4pa.com/
nyc4pa@gmail.com
Urban, Suburban, Rural Exhibition:
https://www.nyc4pa.com/urban-suburban-rural
Softcover proof copy:
https://www.blurb.com/books/12757070-nyc4pa-proof-copy-urban-suburban-rural