Alan Gaynor's Photograph Included in the "My World in Black & White" Virtual Exhibition

Alan Gaynor’s photograph is included in the
"My World in Black & White” Virtual Exhibition.
Click here to view the show!

Congratulations, Alan!

Arlene Finger will be exhibiting work at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition

Arlene Finger will be exhibiting work at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition:

This exhibit runs from Saturday, May 13th through Sunday June 18th
Opening Reception: Sat 5/13, 1-6pm.
BWAC is Located at:
499 Van Brunt 2nd Floor, Brooklyn New York

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Press Release: May DeViney "social studies"

May DeViney
"social studies"

(the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities,

including history, culture, geography and political science)
May 23–June 17, 2023
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 25, 6–8pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 10, 4pm

Proceeds will be donated to Women in Need NYC.

Chelsea: Viridian Artists Inc. is pleased to present the exhibition "social studies"(the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities, including history, culture, geography and political science), a mixed media exhibition by May DeViney. The show opens May 23 and continues through June 17, 2023 with an opening reception on May 25, 6-8pm. The artist will present an informative talk about her work on Saturday, June 10 at 4pm.

May DeViney continues to explore and expand visually her ideas about the environment, women’s lives, gun violence and an area that she calls “personal power” struggles. In the past as now, politics has been a critical aspect of her motivation for artmaking. Creating with no holds barred, no subject is taboo to her. 

Our environment feels doomed as those in power prevaricate and procrastinate, leaving future generations the insurmountable task of dealing with what we have been unable to solve. In this exhibit, her pieces such as “Uncertainty” and “The Gleaners” are an attempt to cry out that so much more needs to be achieved for climate normalization. Advances have been made, but we have so far to go…

Her Madonna Series continues, humorously exploring the idea of the “working saint” as if she were an ordinary woman, beset with the drudgeries of daily life and the subservience ever-present in attitudes towards “women’s work.”Though there have been many advances in attitudes towards women, DeViney is distressed by “how many parts of women’s lives remain in contest; a push-and-pull against antiquated limitations on women’s freedoms and rights to determine the paths of their own lives. The blame heaped on women for societies’ ills reflects thousands of years of indoctrination. A new ‘replacement theory’ about women has emerged that, like the racial ‘replacement theory,’ posits that anything gained by women emasculates men and deprives them of their god-instilled authority.

Focusing on the theme of Gun Violence, the artist has created works to address this frightening aspect of American life. Incorporating spent bullet casings and a children’s game board “Go to the Head of the Class – If They Let You” is a painful reminder that violence has become an everyday matter for children as does “Joey’s Last School Day.

DeViney is always creatively inspired by politically tinged issues and opens up whole new worlds of thought for viewers to consider as they meander through her provocative artworks. The artist sees our personal politics as deeply ingrained in our thinking and with her works “Power Plays” and “Last Judgment/Disco Inferno” she hints at the day-to-day attempts we make to impress “important people,” climbing up the ladder of achievement while kicking those below.

About her artistic powers, the artist says, “I am basically a cartoonist. My focus is to get my point across directly; the themes of my works are clearly expressed in simple forms – deep investigation is not warranted – and any grace or eloquence is realized later. I adorn the simple themes with notes from antiquity, and from societal detritus that lend the work a hint of the past that spawned the underlying ideas.” Still, the seriousness behind all that DeViney creates must be heard and seen so that we can safely consider better paths to follow as we deal with the issues of the day

A native Mid-westerner, May DeViney attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she absorbed the influences of the Chicago Imagists and iconoclastic art movements such as the Hairy Who, where Hairy Who icon Jim Nutt, was her instructor. She now resides in New England, studying art most recently at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Along the way she also earned a degree in Computer Science from Boston University, reflecting her detail-oriented, analytical eye. The experiences she has gained and her trenchant observations on the human condition are constantly reflected in her work.

DeViney's art has been exhibited in New York and at university galleries and museums throughout the United States and is in many collections. It has also appeared in national publications including Harper’s Magazine, the New York Times, Wall Street International and the cover of Prism magazine. We hope that you enjoy this show and gain some insights on where we should go from here.

Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12–6pm
For further information please contact: Vernita Nemec, Gallery Director or Jenny Belin, Assistant Director at viridianartistsinc@gmail.com or view the gallery website: www.viridianartists.com

Wally Gilbert will open his studio as part of Somerville Open Studios on Saturday, May 6th and Sunday, May 7th: 12 to 6 pm

Wally Gilbert will open his studio as part of Somerville Open Studios
on
Saturday, May 6th and Sunday, May 7th: 12 to 6 pm

One Fitchburg Street
Somerville, MA 20143

Wally Gilbert's Studio is C319

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Alan Gaynor will be showing work at the Jadite Gallery in NYC

Alan Gaynor will be showing work at the Jadite Gallery’s International Photography Exhibit.

Here are the details:
NYC4PA Presents
The International Photography Exhibit
April 18–April 29th
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 20th, 6–8PM
At
Jadite Gallery
660 10th Avenue
New York, NY

This work was also shown at Red Dot Miami.
Congratulations, Alan!

Photographs by Alan Gaynor

WAKING by Celia Gilbert has been published as a paperback and is available for purchase on Amazon

WAKING by Celia Gilbert is a novel describing a young mother's experience as she matures during a family's year abroad in Paris.

Recently published by Viridian Artist, Wally Gilbert and available for purchase on Amazon:

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Steffani Bailey will be exhibiting work at the Marblehead Arts Association, in Marblehead, MA

“Thicket” by Steffani Bailey

Steffani Bailey will be exhibiting work at the Marblehead Arts Association, in Marblehead, MA

Here are details about the show:

”Variations 2023”
April 22 - June 18
Opening Reception: Sunday, April 23 • 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
At
The Marblehead Arts Association
8 Hooper Street
Marblehead, MA 01945

Variations is the Marblehead Art Association’s annual national exhibit which features the artwork of artists from across the country. Since 2021, artists from across the country, representing a diversity of styles and media have been invited to participate in this eight-week, juried exhibit of 2D and 3D work.

Congratulations, Steffani!

Shawn Marshall is exhibiting work at the Capacity Contemporary Exchange, in Louisville, KY

Shawn Marshall is exhibiting a series of paintings at Capacity Contemporary Exchange, in Louisville, KY. Congratulations, Shawn! Here are the details:

Imprints and Abstraction: 

A Series of Paintings by Shawn Marshall  

March 17th - May 7th

Opening Reception 3/17 from 5-8:00 pm 

Capacity Contemporary Exchange

641 W Main Street | Louisville, KY

Click Here to read more about the Exhibition

Christopher T. Terry will be exhibiting work at the Hidell Brooks Gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Christopher T. Terry
”Washstand Offering”
40x32”; Oil on canvas,

Christopher T. Terry will be showing recent work at the Hidell Brooks Gallery
in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Exhibition is titled “new paintings” and will extend from April 7-29, 2023

The gallery is located at:

1910 south blvd. suite 130
charlotte, nc  28203

Click Here to view more of Terry’s work in the exhibition

Jenny Belin’s portfolio is featured in the current UPPERCASE Surface Pattern Design Guide.

Jenny Belin’s portfolio is featured in the current UPPERCASE
Surface Pattern Design Guide.

Click here to read more about this publication.

Press Release: “DIRECTOR’S CHOICE, 2023”

“DIRECTOR’S CHOICE, 2023”
Juried by Vernita Nemec
April 25–May 20, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 29th, 4–6pm
Artist Talk and Closing Reception: Saturday, May 20, 4–6pm

Steffani Bailey * Alyson Barton * Denise Brook * Dan Cohen * Matt Cohen * Jo Cosme 
Tonia Cowan * Patricia Downs * Sharon Draghi * Anne Dushanko Dobek * Elaine M. Erne * Emily Fisher
 Sungji Huh * Haley Indorato * Kimberly Keller * Alfia Kircheva * Valerie Mann * Paul Murray
 Victoria Perry * Xan Peters * Jelisa Peterson * Michael Rainey * Adam Strange * Mary Jane Tenerelli
 Basia Tov * Meredeth Turshen and J. Yvonne Skaggs 
Margaret Vega * Catherine Walker * Mollie Ward  * Kenneth Witkowski * Donna Wolfe 

Chelsea: Viridian Artists presents “DIRECTOR’S CHOICE, 2023”, juried by Vernita Nemec, April 25–May 20, 2023 with an opening reception: Saturday, April 29, 4–6pm.

As always, Viridian makes a concerted effort to expand the opportunities for outstanding artists’ work to be seen and exhibited. Consequently, the gallery director, Vernita Nemec, also selects artwork from those submitted for our Juried Competitions, Virst showing her selections digitally with the juried exhibition and later when scheduling permits, as a new exhibition entitled “Director’s Choice.” At Viridian, we feel it important to tangibly demonstrate that curatorial choice is often as much about personal taste as it is about the “quality” of the art, for “quality” in art is often open to opinion. Also, during the Director’s Choice exhibit, we plan to show the art selected by the juror digitally, as we previously had shown the Director’s Choices so that gallery visitors can see both curatorial selections.

The competition selection as always is difVicult, but especially so for the nature of art in our world today encompasses a wide variety of methods, materials, and conceptualizations of what art is. Environmental and political concerns are more and more apparent in the art of the 21st century, and Nemec is especially interested in art that is concerned with these social issues and worldly concerns, particularly art that explores these concerns in new ways.

Curiously, both Ms. Ferrell and Ms. Nemec selected some of the same artists, despite the many outstanding and diverse submissions. And we are especially pleased that Stefani Bailey, Sungji Huh, Stephanie Lempres and Lauren Cassidy are now represented by Viridian Artists. We look forward to sharing this fascinating exhibition of timely contemporary art by artists we are sure you will see more of in the future.

Juried winners selected by Heather Ferrell to be presented digitally:

1st prize – Steffani Bailey 2nd prize – Emily Fisher 3rd prize – Hongmi Kim Hoog Honorable Mention: Christopher Daniggelis & Virginia Sharkey

Norman Aragones * Enrico Battan * Pernel Berkeley * Christa Capua
Lauren Cassidy Laura Cleary * Kei J Constantinov * Peter De Pelsmacker
Denise Dmochowski * Patricia Downs Sharon Draghi * Alan Garry * Britt Harrison Sungji Huh * Samar Hussaini * Sue Im Koo Stephanie Lempres * Edward Mills Meghan Mirasolo * Ruth Poor * Michael Rainey Sarah Rockower
Betty Usdan-Zwickler * Céline Vankimmenade * Mark Vogel

Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm
For further information please contact: Vernita Nemec, Gallery Director or Jenny Belin, Assistant Director at viridianartistsinc@gmail.com or view the gallery website: www.viridianartists.com

Art From Detritus Featured on The DART Board: 03/29/2023

Thursday, March 30, 6-8 pm: Art from Detritus at Viridian Gallery

Gallery presentations of art from detritus, or art from trash, was first conceived and curated by artist/curator Vernita Nemec in 1994 in Portland, Oregon during the annual conference of the National Recycling Coalition (NRC). Presented in the lobby of a recycled Sears Roebuck building and the corporate headquarters for municipal waste and recycling, the exhibit has re-occurred over the years since with funding from the Kauffman Foundation, the Puffin Foundation and sponsorship by the NRC and has been held in numerous locations from coast to coast. Left: Charles Olsen, Plastivegitation #2.

Creating art from discarded materials is a crucial and responsible way that artists can reduce environmental harm. Art From Detritus further serves to enrich the dialogue between art and the lives of ordinary people because we all have too much trash. By focusing on recycling or "upcycling" as their method and source for creating, these artists will have made their artmaking serve as both a message and inspiration. This exhibit will reach beyond the art world, serving as a message not only about art, but also about recycling for the good of the environment.For more info on past Detritus shows at www.ncognita.com

Vernita Nemec will be speaking in a Panel Discussion with ATOA: Monday, March 27th at 7PM.

ATOA (Artists Talk On Art) is now virtual! & we will be talking next Monday, March 27th  at 7PM. Please please join us & listen!

Click here or copy link below :

 https://www.atoanyc.org/upcoming-programs/the-difference-weve-made-women-artists-active-in-the-nyc-art-world-in-the-70s-and-still-making-art

The Difference We've Made: Women Artists Active in the NYC ArtWorld in the 70's and Still Making Art

"In the 70's women artists created their own galleries to exhibit their art, but how much has the situation improved for us?"

A panel discussion moderated byAndrew Hottle, Art Historian & Professor
with:
Cynthia Mailman, artist, co-curator
Vernita Nemec, artist, co-curator
Susan Grabel, artist, co-curator
Ellen Lubell, writer

Alan Gaynor's Photograph is featured in Issue #31 of Artistonish : A Contemporary Arts Magazine

Congratulations to Alan Gaynor whose work is featured in Issue #31 or Artistonish Magazine!

Click here to view the magazine online.

Ellen Burnett is showing work with the Verum Ultimum Art Gallery

Congratulations to Ellen Burnett who is showing work with the Verum Ultimum Art Gallery
in a show titled "STRATA II: Manifesting through the Layers"

Click here to read more about the show

To view the virtual exhibition click here

Press Release: "Art from Detritus: 2023"

"Art from Detritus: 2023"

Curated by Vernita Nemec March 28 to April 22, 2023

Reception: Thursday, March 30, 6–8pm
closing reception & artists’ talk Saturday, April 22, 4–6pm

Mehgan Abdel-Moneim * Taylor Allison * Jennifer Bain * Brandin Barón * John Bassett * Annaliese Bischoff Marc Chicoine * Lindsay-Ann Chilcott * James Ciosek * Pamela Crockett * Genevieve Daly * Sherry Davis Schuyler Dawson * Michaela DiCosola * Phyllis Famiglietti * Debra Friedkin * Nina Friedman Michael Angelo Gagliardi * Lenny Gallo * Charlie Guterman * Eddie Hall * Kevin Jacobs * Julie Kornblum Bernice Sokol Kramer * Mia Loia * Elizabeth McAlpin * Brian Mitchell * Felicia Olch * Charlie Olson Melinda Rasch * Vincent Donato Roselli * Joshua Ruder * Olga Shute * Rebecca McGee Tuck
Robbii Wessen * Ed Whitmore * Chris Whittey

and Viridian Artists
Ellen Burnett * May DeViney * Rhonda Donovan * Nancy Nicol * Zoe Brown-Weissmann

Chelsea NY: Viridian Artists is pleased to present the exhibit “Art of Detritus: Recycling with Imagination" featuring fine art made primarily from trash. The heart of this exhibit is "upcycling" which is the essence of making art from trash. The exhibit will continue from March 28 to April 22, 2023, with an opening reception on Thursday March 30, 6–8pm. There will also be a closing reception & artists’ talk on Saturday, April 22, 4–6pm. Let's talk about trash!

Artists have long used found objects and discarded materials to create art, and this is more important than ever as we overload our landfills and endanger our environment with an abundance of trash. These artists are addressing the issue not only by using discarded materials but also by raising awareness of the problem. “Art From Detritus” serves to enrich the dialogue between art and the everyday life of people by focusing on recycling or "upcycling" as their method and source for creating. Consequently, these artists have made their artmaking serve as both a political message and creative inspiration.

“Art from Detritus,” or art from trash, was first conceived and curated by artist/curator Vernita Nemec in 1994 in Portland, Oregon, during the annual conference of the National Recycling Coalition (NRC). Presented there in the lobby of a recycled Sears Roebuck building & the corporate headquarters for municipal waste & recycling, the exhibit has re-occurred with funding from the Kauffman Foundation, the Puffin Foundation and sponsorship by the NRC. The exhibit was presented in Pittsburgh at the Westinghouse headquarters, the Museum of Arts & Crafts and the AIA; and in Kansas City, MO at the Linda Hall Library of Science, Rockhurst College & the Writer's Place. Phoenix AZ, Turners Falls, MA and NYC have all been Detritus exhibition sites since those early years. In NYC and nearby, Detritus exhibits have occurred at the Henry Street Abrams Arts Center, Gallery 450, Synagogue for the Arts, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Farleigh Dickinson University, WAH (Williamsburgh Art Center) and again at Viridian. (See more information and images of past Detritus shows at www.ncognita.com.)

Vernita Nemec, a.k.a. Vernita N'Cognita, the curator and creator of Art from Detritus, is a visual & performance artist and has been the director of Viridian Artists since 2000. Her complete biography can be seen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernita_Nemec.

Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm
For further information please contact: Vernita Nemec, Gallery Director or Jenny Belin, Assistant Director at viridianartistsinc@gmail.com or view the gallery website: www.viridianartists.com

Shawn Marshall: Recipient of the Artist Development Grant from the Great Meadows Foundation!

Congratulations to Viridian Affiliate, Shawn Marshall!
Shawn has been selected to be a recipient of the Artist Development Grant from the Great Meadows Foundation!

 Click here to read more about the Grant

 

Press Release: Herstory: An Exhibition For All Genders

History

HERSTORY
An exhibition for all genders

February 28 – March 25, 2023
Opening reception: Thursday March 2, 6–8pm
 

Marie Ange Hoda-Ackad * Denise Jones Adler * Linda Ganus-Albulescu
Teruko Asuguchi * Ayako Bando * Annaliese Bischoff * Renée Borkow * Jenny Belin
Vanessa Brown * Ellen Burnett * Sabine Carlson * Chasity Colón * Irene Christensen
May De Viney * Kiffi Diamond * Rhonda Donovan * Céline Downen * Bernice Faegenburg
Elizabeth Fidoten * Arlene Finger * Jean Foos *Gani * Rachel Green * Joshua Greenberg
Ishiyama Haruka * Halona Hilbertz *Miho Hiranouchi * K. Junko * Kat King
Bernice Sokol Kramer * Angela M. LaMonte * Catherine Lazure * Stephanie Lempres
Vern McClish * Vernita Nemec * Anna Novakov * No,44 * Mariko Okabayashi
Petronia Paley * Brett Poza * Laura Rutherford Renner * Sarah Riley * Frank Sheehan
Kasia Skorynkiewicz * Katherine Ellinger Smith * Sheila Smith * Vicky Tesmer
Chieka Uruga * Emily Waters * Victoria Webb * Courtney Lee Weida * Zoe Brown-Weissmann 

“Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.” Eleanor Roosevelt

Chelsea NY: Viridian Artists is pleased to present “HERSTORY,” an exhibition of outstanding art by all genders celebrating women. The show extends from February 28 – March 25, 2023.

HERSTORY: an exhibit dedicated to the experience, viewpoint, and history of women. The term dates back to 1962, but it wasn’t until 1970 that Robin Morgan elevated it into common usage in her book, “Sisterhood is Powerful.” And it was not until 1987 that the month of March was designated Women’s History Month. Gender continues to be in the public eye, and we are constantly reminded that there is a contest of power between entitlement and equality.

The art in this exhibit explores a wide variety of questions, doubts, remembrances, hopes, fears, and fury that women continue to have. In too many ways, women are still struggling to combat the gender gap. Feminism entered its 4th wave in 2012, epitomized by the MeToo Movement and similar developments, focusing on the empowerment of women. Since then, the dilemma of gender has become much more complex as gender fluidity and change has become more commonly embraced, and with targeted discrimination occurring in these increasingly-discussed avenues of identity.

Although, sadly, female artists must still struggle to gain recognition and value equal to that of male artists, this year we have invited artists of all genders to participate, allies demonstrating support through their art about continued gender inequity and the importance of parity.

We encourage everyone to recognize the importance of art and culture to reflect our memories of the past and our wishes for the future. Viridian invites you to view this exhibit of moving and truly outstanding artwork, and to experience how our artists view the experience of women in the world today.

And, as Gilda Radner once said, “I’d much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they’re the first to be rescued off sinking ships.”                                                        

Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm

For further information please contact: Vernita Nemec, Gallery Director

or Jenny Belin, Assistant Director at viridianartistsinc@gmail.com

or view the gallery website: www.viridianartists.com

Press Release: "Allusions"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                    Please List

"ALLUSIONS"

 January 31st – February 25th, 2023
Opening reception Thursday February 2nd, 6-8pm

  Zoe Brown-Weissmann * Irene Christensen * Joshua Greenberg *
Miho Hiranouchi * Vernita N’Cognita * Nancy Nicol *
Sarah Riley * Kathleen Shanahan

 Mask wearing is requested

Chelsea NY: Viridian Artists is pleased to present an exhibition of outstanding art by artists who are part of Viridian Artists' Affiliate program. The show opens January 31st and continues through February 25th, 2023 and includes Zoe Brown-Weissmann, Irene Christensen, Joshua Greenberg, Miho Hiranouchi, Vernita N’Cognita, Nancy Nicol, Sarah Riley and Kathleen Shanahan. In addition to seeing this exhibit in person, one can see this fascinating exhibit at www.viridianartists.com.

Allusions. Those connections we make that are intuitive. Suggestions and associations that hint at the meaning, yet are open to interpretation for meanings can be interpreted in so many ways, especially in art. And art is filled with allusion to the artists’ and the viewer’s realities. Allusions are more real than illusions for they are an interpretation of reality… a hint at what it might be.

 In Sarah Riley’s “Wired for Disaster” the viewer might see a face emerging from a web of violet that recedes into an arch leading perhaps the wilderness of our minds… multi-layered & filled with color. The artist in her own words says “presenting a balance of direction and mystery, there is a tension inherent in the combination of figurative depiction with abstraction, a real world mixed with imagined scenarios.”

Joshua Greenberg has approached this body of photographs with a touch of humor & irony. He titles this series The Colorful Whimsies with each work dominated by large color fields showing abstract scenes in reds, yellows, and blues. The artist claims to have made them “with head resting on hand while I am contemplating what series I want to work on next. They usually lighten the mood and send me on with a smile.”  

In Kathleen Shanahan’s artwork “riparian repast/repose’ are poignant images of nature, but in our current climate of environmental destruction it’s not clear if the creatures are resting or dying. Not wanting the scenario to be a requiem, the artist introduced other elements to be read into the scene, but this is a time for reminders that much in our world is being destroyed. Perhaps, it is time for the requiem.

Nancy Nicol’s “Dr. Moreau’s Necessities” contains skeletons & potions that allude to Joseph Cornell boxes of collected objects, but they convey a sense of dread & bad intentions. Or, perhaps its an innocent enough collection of creature fragments to remind us of time passing. For Nicol, the theme of the exhibit gives the gallery visitor as well as the artist a chance to make associations and to find both intentional and hidden meanings.

Both Nicol and N’Cognita work with the detritus of our lives, but in this exhibit, Vernita N’Cognita shares recent collages made from images collected from old magazines that she can’t bare to discard, stating “I am torn between exploring conventional imagery or images that are more surprising and unexpected. I am constantly asking “what art is” as I create.”

Zoe Brown-Weissmann’s textured nudes & complex abstracts images of mixed media come out of 22 years as a theatrical costume designer and stage milliner. Their rich surfaces convey a sense of the complexities of theater that alludes to the realities that we experience in life.

Miho Hiranouchi feels that two of her great passions in life are connected to color and the organic forms of circles and curves. Though she learned traditional Japanese forging, metal molded and welding technique when she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in industrial, interior and craft design from Musashino Art University in Japan, her professional art is more ephemeral with paintings and installations alluding to the natural world.

Irene Christensen explores and translates symbols of mythology and personal iconography to convey her sense of the primacy of nature. Christensen uses the Maori woman as a symbol of our dependence on nature and the inescapable bond we have with it. Representing both nature and the earth mother, she becomes a way for the artist to express both her environmental concerns and women’s issues in her work.

Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday 12–6pm
For further information, please contact the gallery at 212 414 4040 or at viridianartistsinc@gmail.com.
Please visit the gallery website at www.viridianartists.com.

Alan Gaynor has received a Bronze Certificate in the 2022 One Eyeland Black and White Architecture Award

Congratulations to Alan Gaynor who has recieved a bronze certificate in the 2022 One Eyeland Black and White Architecture Award for his photograph titled : “Under_BB_Manhattan”