newsletter #8 - january, 2009

• Book Manuscript Nearing Completion:

   
  The manuscript for my upcoming book, The Colonial Meetinghouses of New England, is coming along nicely. The field and darkroom work is completed, and the prints are ready for final scanning. The written sections by Brent Glass, Peter Benes, and Willie Williams are either complete or in progress. The book will be published probably in early 2010 by University Press of New England.
  
  For more information about the book, and the traveling exhibition, please visit the Colonial Meetinghouse Project Website.
  
  Limited edition prints from this and other projects are currently available - please click limited edition prints for more details.

• Grant from Mass Humanities:

   
  I am very pleased that Mass Humanities has announced a grant to University Press of New England to support my upcoming Colonial Meetinghouses book. While additional funding is yet needed in order to make the book a reality, this is an important first step.
  
  In their letter of commitment, Mass Humanities said: "The committee was unanimously enthusiastic about the quality of this proposal. To complement the almost translucent quality of the photographs, the writers are all first-rate humanists. This project is a wonderful example of an interdisciplinary project that is likely to attract readers from a variety of audiences."
  
  

• Acquisition by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston:

   
  The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has purchased my photograph Interior, Sandown Meetinghouse for their permanent collection. I am honored to have my work included at this prestigious institution.

• Exhibition at the Currier Museum of Art:

   
  My photograph, Chandelier, Old South Meetinghouse, has been included in this year's New Hampshire Art Association juried exhibit at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire. This exhibit was juried by Trevor Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Peabody Essex Museum. I was one of only 50 artists, only 10 of whom were photographers, selected from more than 250 entries, and the only one still working with traditional photographic media. The opening reception at the Currier will be Friday, January 16th from 5:30 to 8:00 PM. The show will run through February 16th, 2009.

• Web Site Enhancements:

   
  I have been updating the Project Locations section of the Colonial Meetinghouses web site with detailed information supplied by the various meetinghouses I have included in this project. Structures with a thumbnail photo on the Locations page have been updated, and others will be added as I receive more information. This web site is an important companion to the Meetinghouses book and exhibition, and it enables me to "give back" to the organizations that maintain these buildings by helping to raise the public's awareness of them and their importance to our nation's history.