"New Overalls" in front of Hirsh's Store, Lebanon, NH, 1973. (c) Jonathan Sa'adah
If any of you will be in or near the Vermont/New Hampshire area next weekend, we'd like to invite you to come to the opening of Jonathan's photography exhibition, "Seeds of Change," at AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, NH, on Friday, April 17 from 5-7 pm. The show will include 33 large prints, most but not all included in his recently-published book, How Many Roads?, which documents the changes that took place in the society and landscape of rural New England during the turbulent years of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Poetically, the Carter's overalls proudly displayed in the photo above, taken in 1973, were made in the old Carter's garment factory that is now home to AVA Gallery and Art Center, where Jonathan will be exhibiting!
The show runs at AVA from April 17 through May 20, and on May 20 he'll be giving a gallery talk at 5:30 pm. Both events, and the exhibition itself, are free and open to the public. We'll both be there and would be delighted to see you, and I'd be especially thrilled to meet any Cassandra Pages readers I've never met in person!
AVA is one of the most established and prestigious non-profit art centers in northern New England. It has beautiful large gallery spaces, and five contemporary artists will be exhibiting during this time period. One of our old friends, Joan Morris, an extremely talented textile artist who works with shaped-resist dyeing, is among them, and I'm looking forward very much to seeing her recent work.
Jonathan's show will be in the upstairs Johnson Sisters Library; there will be delicious refreshments, nice people to meet, signed prints and books for sale, and a good time to be had!
Wish we could be there! Congratulations and all good wishes to you both, and have fun!
Posted by: Marja-Leena | April 12, 2015 at 05:23 PM
Oh, me too, how I wish I could be there! It's sure to be a great exhibition and marvellous event. I hope there'll be lots of photos of it and maybe a video of Jonathan's talk? My very best wishes and congratulations to you both.
Posted by: Natalie | April 13, 2015 at 07:40 AM
Really wish I could be there. Wouldn't that be fun!
Posted by: Hattie | April 13, 2015 at 02:41 PM
I hope to be there. I'm going to the Nile Project at the Hop at 2:00 (and Open Studio at ArtisTree in South Pomfret in the am). So, I hope I don't crash in the evening. Maybe I should just stay in Hanover and buy dinner....????
I hope the show is well received.
Posted by: Kathryn | April 15, 2015 at 07:53 AM