Illuminations, an MFA Thesis Exhibition

April 14-May 12, 2000 reception: Monday April 17, 4-6 PM
for further information contact Elizabeth McDade at (716) 461-2222

From April 14 through May 12, 2000, the Pyramid Arts Center will present Illuminations, an MFA Thesis Exhibition by Visual Studies Workshop graduate student Diann Manning. This is Pyramid's first satellite exhibition since closing up shop at the Village Gate Square and it will take place at the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester at 277 N. Goodman Street (hours: 9-5PM Monday-Friday). There will be a reception on Monday April 17, 2000 from 4-6 PM. This event is free and open to the public.

Illuminations is a series of almost abstract black & white photographic prints exploring nature as a metaphor for the internal landscape of thought, feeling, and emotion. Through the study of light and darkness the images initially appear abstract before they appear representational. In that split second, before recognition, the images evoke a moment of connection on an emotional, intuitive level. Where the visible speaks of the invisible, where the landscape conveys or illuminates a sense of mystery, fear, promise, and excitement.