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AUTHORS
+ ARTISTS
Saturday, November 19, 3 – 5:00 p.m.
Authors and artists will be at Ferrin Gallery to sign and discuss recent
books, featured artwork and current writing.
DISH +
DINE
Saturday, November 19, 6 – 9:00 p.m.
3rd annual Thai Dinner by Chef and Artist Joe Wheaton to benefit St.
Stephen’s Table.
$50 per person, limited to 40
Ferrin
Gallery, Pittsfield, MA, USA – Saturday, November 19 - Ferrin
Gallery presents the two programs in conjunction with the current exhibition THE BIRDING LIFE. The
exhibition, a group show of art in all media, was inspired by the book The
Birding Life: A Passion for Birds at Home and Afield; Clarkson Potter Publishers;
the show presents recent works by various artists featured in the book in
addition to other invited artists who use bird imagery in their work. The first program, AUTHORS + ARTISTS takes place 3 – 5:00 pm, with artists and authors
affiliated with the exhibition and the gallery to join in an afternoon of casual
conversation with the public and one another about the books they wrote or
illustrated. The books will be available for sale and
signing.
BOOKS TO BE
FEATURED - AUTHORS + ARTISTS
Berkshire Stories
Author: Morgan Bulkeley, Sr.; Illustrated by Morgan Bulkeley, Jr.
The Birding Life: A Passion for
Birds at Home and Afield
Text Laurence Sheehan, Photographs by William Stites with Carol Sama Sheehan
and Kathryn George Precourt
Dish: 813 Colorful, Wonderful
Dinner Plates
Author - Shax Riegler - featuring plates by Molly Hatch
Reclaiming Our Food
Author: Tanya Denckla Cobb with photographic essays by Jason Houston
Jamali - Kamali: A Tale of Passion in
Mughal India
Author and Poet - Karen Chase – readings involving birds and flight
Making A Living in Craft
Author: Donald
Clark
Window on the Park – New York’s Most Prestigious Properites on
Central Park
Main contributing photographer: Cassandra Sohn; Author: D Fitzgerald
Attending Artists + Authors include authors Carol & Larry Sheehan, Kathryn
Precourt and artists featured in The Birding Life and the exhibit including
Michael Boroniec, Michael Rousseau, Mara Superior, Laura Zindel and TBA.
Other attendees of the event will are the writers and illustrators affiliated
with the books listed above, Morgan Bulkeley, Donald Clark, Karen
Chase, Molly Hatch, Jason Houston, Cassandra Sohn.
PHOTO CAPTIONS:
Book Cover Image: The
Birding Life
The Birding Life: A
Passion for Birds at Home and Afield
Text Laurence Sheehan, Photographs by William Stites with Carol Sama Sheehan
and Kathryn George PrecourtClarkson
Potter Publishers, New York, NY
Through
more than twenty delightfully written stories and two hundred gorgeous color
photographs, the authors of The Birding
Life capture the beauty, intrigue, and fun of birding—at home, in the
country, in the city, and out in the field—with a special focus on the
nostalgic memorabilia that signals devotion to birds of all kinds.
Artists featured in
the book:
Mary
Anne Davis
Steve Godfrey
Michael
Kline
Middle
Kingdom
Susan
Mikula *
Hannah
Niswonger *
Michael
Rousseau *
Mara
Superior *
Sam
Taylor *
Laura
Zindel
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artists from Massachusetts
Artists also featured in the show:
Leonard
Baskin *
Michael
Boroniec *
Morgan
Bulkeley *
Bernadette Curran
Walton
Ford *
Paul
Graubard *
Molly
Hatch *
Christy
Hengst
Giselle
Hicks
Jason Houston *
Matthew
Metz
Melanie
Mowinski *
Lynn
Peterfreund *
Gregory
Scheckler *
Cassandra Sohn *
Ven
Voisey *
Red
Weldon Sandlin
EXHIBITION: Ongoing
through December 31, 2011
Reclaiming
Our Food
Author: Tanya Denckla Cobb with photographic essays by Jason Houston
Storey Press, North Adams, MA
Reclaiming Our Food tells the stories of people
across America who are finding new ways to grow, process, and distribute food
for their own communities. Author Tanya Denckla Cobb offers behind-the-scenes
profiles of more than 50 food projects across the United States, with lessons
and advice straight from their founders and staff. Photographic essays of 11
community food projects, by acclaimed photographer Jason Houston, detail the
unusual work of these projects, bringing it to life in unforgettable images.
LINK TO WEBSITE PAGES:
ARTISTS + AUTHORS http://ferringallery.com/dynamic/exhibit_artist.asp?ExhibitID=464
DISH+DINE http://ferringallery.com/dynamic/exhibit_artist.asp?ExhibitID=465
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