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John Higdon: Photographs from
Antarctica.
Friday, Jan 22 (2010) 5:00p to 9:00p
John Higdon spent 10 years in Antarctica as a merchant marine. He was
inspired while navigating an icebreaker for the National Science
Foundation. Going sometimes months without seeing another ship or person
created a personal love and connection to the nature and life of
Antarctica. His photos show the raw beauty, sheer remoteness and hostility
of this magnificent area. His works were obtained while sometimes enduring
extreme conditions and dangerous measures. Through his photos, he delivers
to the viewer what couldn’t be felt or experienced without venturing
across the continent.
“Antarctica” is an eight-week exhibition of John Higdon’s photographs. His
work will be on display exclusively at the Keystone Art & Culture Center
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The show will be housed in a 2,000 square foot
exhibition space and will also include his photographs of the Maritime
Industry itself. Higdon will give a talk the night of his opening: Nov
27th at 6:30 p.m. Following his talk there will a bronze pour, a signature
event of The Keystone Center.
John Higdon, a 42 year old born in Pittsburgh, P.A., has been living in
Pensacola Florida since 1979. He has been published many times in science
journals and books, including “The National Science Journal” and “The
National Science Foundations Yearly Planner”. He has placed 3rd in “The
New York Institute of Photography”. His last exhibit and the works sold
were casualties of Hurricane Ivan. The entire gallery was swept to sea.
Additional information about the artist and his work can be found on
www.higdonphoto.com.
The Keystone Art & Culture Center, founded in 2004, is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit corporation featuring an arts educational bronze foundry and art
gallery within the city of Lancaster. The Center is an example of adaptive
reuse, being housed in a renovated warehouse in Lancaster's Southwest
neighborhood. The Center provides access and opportunity for artists and
for the community through real life learning opportunities for interns and
students.
In addition to the regular First and Fourth Friday openings, the center is
open by appointment.
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John Higdon: Photographs
from Antarctica.
Lancaster News coverage of the exhibit
Opening November 27th, John Higdon, an artist from Florida, presents his
spectacular views of Antarctica. John captures the unique contrast of a harsh
Antarctic environ with the sheer beauty of the frozen continent.
Join us for the opening reception - the day after Thanksgiving. John Higdon
will be present to offer a presentation at 6:30 followed by a bronze pour in the
foundry area.
Be sure to visit and catch the wonderful exhibit - these amazing images will
make great holiday gifts.
Exhibit: John Higdon - Photographs of Antarctica
November 27 - January 23
Bronze pour parties every 4th Friday at 7pm
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Higdon Island, Antarctica
The following is a copy of the official USGS Board on Geographic names describing the Island having been named after me.
After a decade of navigating the continent of Antarctica have many times ventured into bays and coves
carved out of and formed by receding glaciers and ice shelves. But even I such a remote and inaccessible area
of the earth as Antarctica all the geographical features have been discovered and named.
GNIS Detail -Higdon Island 4/20/11 4:01 PM
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Feature Name: Higdon Island
Latitude: 68 34.41 S Longitude: 07 20.014 W
An island 1 kilometer long and 62 meters high which is
the northernmost of the three Gould Islands (q.v.) in
southwestern Marguerite Bay. The island is relatively flat
with numerous sharp spires on the southern half. Nautical
charts have indicated the possibility of rocks or small
islands in the vicinity. Higdon Island was named by USACAN
(2009). Ship’s First Mate John Higdon was in
command of the Research Vessel Laurence M. Gould,
January 24, 2009, when he sighted Gould Islands. The
individual islands were positioned from the ship on....
Date Last Modified: 07-JAN-10
U.S. Department of the Interior || U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, USA
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Art: Something cool to
watch?
Offering some cool relief during these hot summer days,
Gallery Sim will highlight photographs of Antarctica in its
latest exhibit, "Double Exposure." The exhibit, which
includes the work of Charlee Brodsky and John Higdon, opens with a free
reception from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Brodsky will be exhibiting work from her new series "Wisdom
of the Lotus," which combines images with words by writer Zilka Joseph.
Higdon, who spent 10 years in Antarctica as a merchant marine, will display
photos that show the raw beauty, sheer remoteness and hostility of the region.
His works were obtained while sometimes enduring extreme conditions and
dangerous measures.
The exhibit continues through Oct. 3. Gallery Sim is at 1735
E. Carson St., South Side. Regular gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursdays
to Sundays.
Details: 412-586-4531 or
http://www.gallerysim.com
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An Exhibition in Conjunction
with the
20th International Annual Conference on
Virginia Woolf
Location: Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery at
Georgetown College
Dates: Thurs., May 13 – Weds., June 9, 2010
Hours: Monday through Friday, 12:00-4:30 and
by appointment from May 13-June 3
Related Events: Opening Reception on Thursday,
June 3, 6:30-8:30 pm; Closing Reception and
Keynote Address on Sunday, June 6 11am - 1 pm
Virginia Woolf and the Natural World is the theme for the 20th international
annual conference
on Virginia Woolf to be held at Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky. The
conference
theme takes its cues from Woolf's life and writing, particularly her
experimental novel The
Waves. In it, Woolf writes, “Sharp stripes of shadow lay on the grass, and the
dew dancing on
the tips of the flowers and leaves made the garden like a mosaic of single
sparks not yet formed
into one whole. The birds, whose breasts were specked canary and rose, now sang
a strain or
two together, wildly, like skaters rollicking arm-in-arm, and were suddenly
silent, breaking
asunder.” The conference aims to highlight the many aspects of nature as
examined,
experienced, and interpreted by Woolf and her milieu.
An exhibition of fine art, rare books, and other printed material has been
curated by Dr. Juilee
Decker, chair of the art department at Georgetown College, and will be on view
in the
College's expansive Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery from May 13, with
events planned to
coincide with the hosting of the conference in June. The juried show features 32
pieces, many
for sale, by regional, national, and international artists. A range of works
include representations
of Woolf in the following media: a bronze bust, a drawing of the author created
in one sitting
and using more than 20 pencils, a digital print from several perspectives, and
an oil on panel.
Artwork responding to Woolf's writing and the conference theme include a visual
tribute to The
Waves; abstract and representational mixed media on panel; acrylic and graphite
on paper;
watercolor landscapes; digital prints that blend word and image; several finely
woven works
that incorporate white oak, reed, maple, macaw, and copper; and a six-foot wide
installation of
carved wooden leaf-like forms arranged in a circle on the floor with a
twelve-inch opening in
the center that subtly suggests the void from where a tree trunk might emerge.
Artists selected for inclusion in the exhibition are: Bill Andrus (Lexington,
KY), Jennifer Barnett
Hensel (Altadena, CA), Ashley Bell (Baton Rouge, LA), Diana S. Brennan
(Greenville, RI), Herb
Goodman (Richmond, KY), Mille Guldbeck (Bowling Green, OH),
John Higdon
(Pensacola, FL),
Cynthia Kukla (Bloomington, IL), Lauren Garber Lake (Gainsville, FL), Liz Lee
(Fredonia, NY),
George Lorio (Brownsville, TX), Valentina Mazzei (Rome, Italy), Linda Stein (New
York, NY),
and Kim Rae Taylor (Cincinnati, OH). In addition two works by Isota Tucker Epes
(1918-2009)
have been lent from the collection of J. J. Wilson.
Printed material will be on view from private and public collections including
the Special
Collections Library at the University of Kentucky, the Ekstrom Library at the
University of
Louisville, and the Cincinnati Public Library. First editions published in
London and New York
will be displayed including a number of works printed by the Woolfs and at the
Hogarth Press:
Woolf's Common Reader (Hogarth Press, 1925), Monday or Tuesday with woodcuts by
Vanessa
Bell (Hogarth Press, 1921), and the sketch of Kew Gardens, number 12 in an
edition of 500
copies decorated by Vanessa Bell. The publications disclose, further, the range
of activity
printed by the Woolfs on behalf of the Bloomsbury Group including Roger Fry (The
Artist and
Psycho-Analysis, 1924). Works by a larger circle of intellectuals will be
included in this
exhibition; for example, the work of John Carl Flugel, whose The Psychology of
Clothes was
published by the Institute of Psycho-Analysis in 1930. Of special mention is the
collection of
Victorian photographs taken by Julia Margaret Cameron and printed by Leonard and
Virginia
Woolf at their press in 1926.
A reception to open the conference will be held on Thursday, June 3 from
6:30-8:30 pm in the
Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery on the Georgetown College campus. A closing
keynote
address will be offered by Diana Swanson of Northern Illinois University. The
exhibition will be
open from 12-5 and by appointment during the conference weekend. (See note below
regarding
exhibition hours.)
While the exhibition and closing keynote are free and open to the public, a full
slate of speakers
and presentations comprise the conference. Noted scholars Bonnie Kime Scott (San
Diego State
University), Carrie Rohman (Lafayette College), and Christina Alt (University of
Ottawa) will
offer keynote addresses. In addition, Cecil Woolf, publisher of the Bloomsbury
Heritage series
and a nephew of Leonard and Virginia Woolf, will give a talk. Fuller conference
details are
available from the conference organizer, Dr. Kristin Czarnecki:
Kristin_Czarnecki@georgetowncollege.edu. Individuals interested in hearing these
or other talks
may take advantage of daily, on-site registration at $55 per day.
For further information about the book display and fine art exhibition, please
email the Art
Galleries at Georgetown College: galleries@georgetowncollege.edu or visit the
website:
http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/art/gallery/gallery.htm For further information
regarding
the conference presentations and registration, consult the conference website:
http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/Departments/English/Woolf/
Please note: the exhibition is open Monday through Friday from May 13-June 3
from 12:00
4:30 pm with special hours during the conference weekend: Thursday, June 3,
6:30-8:30 pm;
Friday and Saturday, June 4 and 5th 12:00-5:00 pm; and Sunday, June 6, 11 am -1
pm. Other
arrangements to visit the exhibition may be made. Please contact the art
galleries via email
galleries@georgetowncollege.edu or phone: 502.863.8173.
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John Higdon, Photography
Exhibition
After ten years of photographing the highest,
driest, and windiest and coldest continent on Earth,
John Higdon selected these pieces to show the
continent in its true form.
This selection ranges from frozen seascapes
strewn with icebergs, to the harshness of its coastline and the extremes
that salute those who venture south of the 60
latitude.
October 14 through November 08 2010
Gallery 360
Northeastern University • 360 Huntington Ave.,
Boston, Massachusetts 02115 • 617.373.2000
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Penobscot Marine
Museum
Searsport, Maine's oldest
marine museum will open for its 75th year Friday, May 27 with new exhibits
ranging from contemporary art to historic artifacts.
Penobscot Marine Museum will host a free reception at
5:30 p.m. on opening day to give visitors a taste of this year's exhibits and a
chance to meet some of the exhibiting artists and the museum's new executive
director.
The signature exhibit for the year, "75 for 75," will showcase
75 artifacts from the museum's 75 years. Ranging from marine paintings and
domestic artifacts to ship models and full-size boats, "75 for 75" is spread
across several of the museum's 13 buildings. It offers kind of a capsule history
of the museum, said the museum's curator, Ben Fuller.
A second new exhibit, "The Art of the Boat," will present
works by more than 50 contemporary painters, sculptors and photographers
exploring the themes of the boat as a work of art and the boatbuilder as artist.
The exhibit was juried by a panel consisting of an art writer and critic, a
yacht designer, an artist and an art collector, who selected from more than 300
submitted works in all media. The exhibit is presented to honor the memory of
George S. Wasson, a Maine artist, author and boat builder who was one of the
museum's spiritual founders 75 years ago.
"We asked artists to balance the art that is in the boat with
their own artistic vision," said Fuller.
"The Art of the Boat" artists are Shlomit Auciello, Nancy
Barnes, Bill Barton, Roberta Bauman Gardello, Thomas Bernardi, Gordon Bok, Edgar
Boyd, Sam Cady, Peter Chase, Jim Counihan, Tillman Crane, Lee Cummings, Rebecca
Daugherty, Antonio Dias, Gregory Dunham, Terry Elkins, Deborah Ellis,
John Higdon, Terry Hire, Andrew Katz, Richard Keen, Beri Kramer, Ann
Krumrein, Loretta Krupinski, Allison Lakin, Alison Langley, Leslie Seaver, Lin
Lisberger, John Lorence, Steven Lush, Edward Mackenzie, Bryan McCarthy, Benjamin
Mendlowitz, Sam Minot, Linda Norton, Harvey Peterson, Edward Porter, Willy
Reddick, Anna Shaw, Lynne Shulman, Buckley Smith, Christopher Smith, Mark
Sutherland, Sarah Szwajkos, Dan Tobyne, Jen Torres, Andreas Von Huene, Jim
Walker, Dan West, Amy Peters Wood and Rosemary Wyman.
The museum also has renovated one of its longest-running
exhibits so comprehensively that it constitutes a third new exhibit in many
ways. "Working the Bay" tells the story of the economic evolution of the
Penobscot region, focusing on industries such as quarrying, lumber, fishing and
shipbuilding; and it includes several new hands-on features for younger
visitors.
The opening day reception will take place in the Main Street
Gallery, where "The Art of the Boat" is on display. The museum's new executive
director, Liz Lodge, will be on hand to meet the public, as will be several of
the exhibiting artists.
The museum's season will run through Oct. 23. Hours will be
Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sundays noon to 5 p.m.
Admission is $8; $3 children age 7 through 15; and free for younger children,
members and Searsport residents. Group rates are available. For more
information, call 548-2529 or
visit penobscotmarinemuseum.org
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The Caldwell Arts Council
is pleased to announce their June exhibit, “ICE” on display from June
3-30
with an opening reception set for June 3rd, 5-7:30pm.
John Higdon of Pensacola, Florida will present his series of
Antarctic photography, taken during his 10 year tenure navigating the
Continent of Antarctica for the National Science Foundation.
Alex Gabriel Bernstein of Asheville, NC, brings a selection of unique glass
sculpture, many reflecting the icy nature of the exhibit’s theme.
The Caldwell Arts Council is located at 601 College Avenue SW in Lenoir.
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John Higdon
White Heron Art Gallery
Dunn, North Carolina
John Higdon spent 10 years in Antarctica as a merchant marine. He was
inspired while navigating an icebreaker for the National Science Foundation.
Going sometimes months without seeing another ship or person created a
personal love and connection to the nature and life of Antarctica. His
photos show the raw beauty, sheer remoteness and hostility of this
magnificent area. His works were obtained while sometimes enduring extreme
conditions and dangerous measures. Through his photos, he delivers to the
viewer what couldn’t be felt or experienced without venturing across the
continent.
John Higdon, a 42 year old born in Pittsburgh, P.A., has been living in
Pensacola Florida since 1979. He has been published many times in science
journals and books, including “The National Science Journal” and “The
National Science Foundation’s Yearly Planner”. He has placed 3rd in “The New
York Institute of Photography”. His last exhibit and the works sold were
casualties of Hurricane Ivan. The entire gallery was swept to sea.
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New visions Gallery, Marshfield Wisconsin
September 12 – October 28
Photographs by John Higdon
Sculpture by Jake Weigel
John Higdon hales from Pensacola, Florida and has been an
artistic photographer for over 30 years starting at age 10, when he purchased a
camera for a dime at a flea market. For the past ten years, Higdon has been
photographing Antarctica, moving beyond the obvious shots of penguins and
icebergs to the less-perceptible coastline, science stations, industry and
animals. New Visions will be his Wisconsin debut!
Jake Weigel was born and raised in Marshfield, but is now in
the process of completing his Master of Fine Arts with an emphasis in sculpture
from the University of Mississippi. He employs discarded every day industrial
objects, found natural materials and photography in his sculptures as a means of
discovering and preserving the essence, history and memory of the objects
through recycled manifestations.
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