Although the exhibit technically ended July 31, 2008 the wonderful staff at the Westchester Italian Cultural Center were in no hurry to take down the exhibit. They allowed the works to remain until mid-September, when we finally began the careful dismantling process. Like all endings, it was bittersweet.
The exhibit had gone extremely well for the Center and for us. It was wonderful to read the comments written in the Visitors Book in the Exhibit Halls. Here are some of them:"Wonderful eye for beautiful scenes. Thanks for this mini-vacation"; "Le fotografie sono meravigliose!"; "Absolutely breathtaking - I feel as if I am there having wine & bread sharing happiness with my friends & loved ones!"
We were so grateful to the Center for the opportunity, and they treated us so well throughout the experience, that we donated a 24x36 inch canvas of "Waiting" to the Center.
A narrow totem with 3 display screens stands in the front lobby of the Center. Jefferson had created a slideshow of selections from the exhibit that played continuously on one of the screens. As the time for removing the exhibit drew near, Evelyn Rossetti, the Center Director, told us that the slideshow was so beautiful that she didn't want to remove it. She asked if we wouldn't mind leaving it on display in the totem. Mind?? Not at all! The slideshow had to be reworked because it had announced the exhibit dates.
This link will take you to Carolyn's Blog. Scroll down to view
the streaming video version of the new slideshow.
The Center also used my photograph,
"Bogliasco Cliffs"
for the cover of its Fall and Winter
2008 Program Catalogue.
Bogliasco is a small town near Genoa,
in the region of Liguria, on the
Italian Riviera.
Click the thumbnail on the left
to see the full cover image.
I had the opportunity to give a live radio interview about the exhibit on WGHT - 1500.
You can listen to it here:
We had good press throughout the exhibition. We're very proud of the exhibit review that appeared in the Westchester County ArtNews Supplement to the Westchester County Business Journal, June 2008:
Here's the text of the review:
See "Italy, Through The Eyes of Love"
Carolyn Masone at the Westchester Italian Cultural Center
By Jessica Migliore
As Italian-American photographer Carolyn Masone sees it, "The Earth herself has dreams. In Italy, you can see them everywhere you turn..." But beginning April 29 you can also see them captured in her upcoming solo exhibition, "Italy, Through the Eyes of Love" at the Westchester Italian Cultural Center in Tuckahoe. The collection consists of luscious color photographs teaming with the essence and immediacy of stolen moments in Italy. While many photographers are drawn to Italy for their love of photography, Masone was drawn to photography because of her love of Italy.
In fact, it took a few visits to Italy before she even brought along a camera. At first, her profound and healing experiences seemed too private to express. The first she visited Italy she could not shake the feeling that her father, who had passed away before getting to see Italy himself, was seeing Italy through her eyes. Eventually, her camera became her vehicle for treasuring Italy's, "subtle surprises, freshness and the constant invitation to consider the familiar in unfamiliar ways."
Perhaps this intuition-propelled progression towards photography is what accounts for the visceral and sensuous, almost magical quality, about Masone's work, whether her subject is a motorcycle propped against a flower-draped stucco wall or a cat sunning itself next to some overturned pottery. It seems she has mastered the paradox of finding the universal in the minutia - the more personal the image, the more authentic the art. The result of this is that many of Masone's pieces have the effect of one of Virginia Woolf's wonderfully crafted "moments of being."
As it turned out, the theme of discovery and awe in Masone's work melds perfectly with the mission of the Westchester Italian Cultural Center. Evelyn Rossetti, Executive Director, is very excited about the serendipitous collaboration. "The WICC is where Italy comes alive in Westchester County. Carolyn Masone's exhibit, 'Italy, Through The Eyes of Love', brings alive the lushness and the beauty that is Italy, and we hope that many people will come to discover Italy through Carolyn Masone's images and the richness of Italian culture at the WICC."
A wonderful article also appeared in The Herald News, focusing not only on the exhibit but on our collaboration, on July 11, 2008.
Click the thumbnail on the left to read the article.
The Exhibit was also featured in The Italian Tribune - June 19, 2008:
Click the thumbnail on the below to read the article.
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