Dale Stewart reports from Lakeville, CT.On Friday, February 22, the Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School hosted a reception and artist talk with photographer Leigh Merrill, pictured left, and about 60 staff, students, and local artists. The show, Manifest Destiny: Photographic Works by Leigh Merrill, is an exhibition of new photographs and videos. The exhibition is a collaboration between gallery directors Greg Lock and Terri Moore and Melissa Stafford of the Albany-based Stafford Contemporary, which represents artists working in a wide variety of artistic approaches. Featuring a selection of Merill's works from three different yet connected series ("Into the Sunset," "Delphinidin," and "Mockingbird"), the show explores her fascination with themes of beauty, control, class, and romanticism. The exhibition will remain on view through March 8.
Sergei and Zoe Fedorjaczenko; Donna and Jeffrey Fitzgerald.
Artist Matthew Slaats and Sarah Anderson Lock; Hannah Rosenthal and gallery co-director Terri Moore.
Editor Arliss Paddock and her daughter Madeleine Paddock; artist Brad Faus with gallery co-diretor Greg Lock.
Kim McLean and curator Melissa Stafford; Hotchkiss Photo and Film Department Chair Robert Haiko and student Danielle Jacobs.
David Thompson and Della Xu; Colleen MacMillan, artist Leigh Merrill and curator Melissa Stafford.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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