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Upcoming Shows at The Gallery at Still River Editions

Next exhibit:
Nearly Forgotten
Photographs by Catherine Vanaria
June 8 - September 27, 2013

Catherine Vanaria, "Top Hat" © 2013

Nearly Forgotten is a solo exhibition of photographs by Catherine Vanaria. Catherine Vanaria has been photographing hats in the collection of the Danbury Museum and Historical Society since 2011. Vanaria's hat photographs are softly focused, and are carbon pigment printed on rice paper, making them look solid, but ethereal. The hats serve not just as artifacts, but as documents of the eras from which they originated. Their current value is reinforced by being photographed. In addition to her original photography, she has also curated a selection of "salvaged" photographs of hats and headgear that tie into her own.

Vanaria is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Western Connecticut State University and has been a fine art photographer and professional photographic printmaker for over 30 years. She is co-owner of Connecticut Photographics. Her first book, "The Boston Years: The Music Scene in Photos", was published in 2008 by Laughing Camera Press. She received an M.F.A. in Visual Arts from the Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA in January 2012.

Artist's Statement

We are all collectors. We have albums and shoeboxes of stuff that we’ve removed from our shelves and put into storage for safekeeping. But something happens when things are removed from our sight. Connections to memories kept under cover get diffused and are slowly forgotten.

For the past three years, I’ve been exploring Danbury’s history through the archives of the Danbury Museum and local tag and estate sales to build my own understanding of the lost stories of this area. I’m creating my own historical archive by collecting and photographing objects found at these locations that might otherwise be destined for the trash bin.

This on-going photographic project ebbs and flows with each new discovery. I am attempting to bring both the past and present day histories together to comment on our changing country, bringing forth the old stories that have settled this community to question its future.

--Catherine Vanaria © 2013

About the Gallery at Still River Editions

The Gallery at Still River Editions has hosted national and regional photographers and artists since 1989. In spring 2011, after a brief hiatus from exhibiting new work, the gallery returned to hosting shows on a quarterly basis. The Gallery's mission is to show traditional and digital prints of photographs and fine artwork, and to be a center of creativity and connection in the Danbury area.

The Gallery at Still River Editions is open during normal business hours 8:30 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday, and during posted hours for special events. The Gallery does not accept unsolicited submissions at this time.

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