SU Image Makers Extending the Frame

In a one-night exhibit billed as “Not Your Standard Black Frame Affair,” 15 Shepherd University students working in photographic media will do their best to expand the viewers ideas of the photographic form. The Extended Image exhibition is slated for December 7, 6–9 pm, at the newly renovated Heiston Square Regional Arts and Cultural Center in Martinsburg.

Directed by Stephanie Robbins, Assistant Professor of Photography/Computer, Extended Image explores ways in which traditional forms of photography can be expanded to include video, sound, installation, performance, etc. The work is all highly individual but collectively breaks free of the standard “white matt, black frame” method of presentation.

This exhibition will be the premiere event at Heiston Square Regional Arts and Cultural Center, which has recently undergone extensive renovations. Owner Consuelo Newman is eager to have the space filled with art and the public. “Heiston Square, simply and humbly, intends to be the catalyst to make it possible to share all kinds of ideas through art, photography, sculpture, textiles, food, and yes, the written word,” she said.

For information, contact Stephanie Robbins at srobbins@shepherd.edu, or visit the exhibition at www.extendedimage.org.

Martinsburg Artist Selected for Algonquin Show

West Virginia artist Carl Wright has been chosen for a yearlong outdoor sculpture exhibit in the Algonquin, Illinois, public art program. His abstract stone sculptures, Eihei and Motion, will be on display at the entrance to the Old Algonquin Town Hall November 1, 2007 to November 1, 2008. Wright’s two sculptures are carved from Indiana limestone, the same stone used for the sculptures and exterior cladding of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

For information, contact Carl Wright, WSG Gallery, 304 263-2391; www.wsggallery.com.

Shepherd’s art faculty to host retrospective of D.C. filmmakers

Shepherd University’s art faculty will host a retrospective program of Washington, D.C., filmmakers on Monday, November 26 at 8 p.m. in the Frank Center Theater. The two-part retrospective program will begin with the film works of Julia Nicoll. The films of director Eric Cheevers and producer Scott Mueller will conclude the program. All three artists will be in attendance to present and speak about their films.

Julia Nicoll has worked for more than 15 years in film. Her filmmaking practice includes using an optical printer to create small experimental works with adapted motion picture cameras and pinhole films. Professionally she works in film preservation and uses optical printers to salvage old films through photo-mechanical and photo-chemical means for institutions such as George Eastman House, Duke University, and the Library of Congress.

Films to be screened include “Twark” (16mm, color, sound, 1994) and “A Rejoinder’s Caption” (16mm, black and white, silent, 2000). Eric Cheevers and Scott Mueller of Parasite Films will present several collaborative film projects, including their two-part film series, “Las Historias Mas Sexy Del Mundo!” Part 1 and 2. These original comic films have screened in film festivals all across the country including the Santa Monica Film Festival and Maryland Film Festival. In addition to these films, Cheevers and Mueller will present their recently completed music video for the band Georgie James. The video will begin airing on MTV early next year.

Doors open at 7:30 pm. The event is free. For information, contact Don Ramirez at (304) 724-6566 or kramirez0528@aol.com.