Opening Celebration for SVCA Hailey Exhibition
Name:
Opening Celebration for SVCA Hailey Exhibition
Date:
December 16, 2011
Time:
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM MST
Website:
http://www.sunvalleycenter.org
Event Description:
Opening Celebration
Fri, Dec 16, 5:30–7pm
Join us for the opening of Due North! Ann Puchner will be present to discuss her photographs and Page Klune will speak about her collection.
Due North: Images of Baffin Island and Inuit Art
December 16, 2011 - February 10, 2012
An exhibition in Hailey features photographs taken by Wood River Valley resident Ann Puchner while living on Baffin Island from 1960 to 1961. With a crate full of darkroom equipment and a semester of photographic printing classes at Hunter College, Ann Puchner and her small family, including a Siamese cat, left New York City to spend a year with the Inuits at Cape Dorset. Freelancing for the Canadian government, she made photos that recorded daily life 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle.
The photos were developed in a small closet intended for food storage; an enlarger and photographic supplies were lodged on barrels of dried vegetables, flour, sugar and more. Without running water available, the 60 degree temperature water necessary for the chemicals was obtained by melting from a large ice block stored in the house. Puchner’s
photos document the island’s landscapes, people and activities, from dances to seal hunts.
Alongside these images are a number of works from local resident Page Klune’s exceptional collection of sculptures and prints created by Inuit artists. These artworks offer visitors a glimpse into the way Native artists from the Arctic have interpreted the world around them.
Fri, Dec 16, 5:30–7pm
Join us for the opening of Due North! Ann Puchner will be present to discuss her photographs and Page Klune will speak about her collection.
Due North: Images of Baffin Island and Inuit Art
December 16, 2011 - February 10, 2012
An exhibition in Hailey features photographs taken by Wood River Valley resident Ann Puchner while living on Baffin Island from 1960 to 1961. With a crate full of darkroom equipment and a semester of photographic printing classes at Hunter College, Ann Puchner and her small family, including a Siamese cat, left New York City to spend a year with the Inuits at Cape Dorset. Freelancing for the Canadian government, she made photos that recorded daily life 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle.
The photos were developed in a small closet intended for food storage; an enlarger and photographic supplies were lodged on barrels of dried vegetables, flour, sugar and more. Without running water available, the 60 degree temperature water necessary for the chemicals was obtained by melting from a large ice block stored in the house. Puchner’s
photos document the island’s landscapes, people and activities, from dances to seal hunts.
Alongside these images are a number of works from local resident Page Klune’s exceptional collection of sculptures and prints created by Inuit artists. These artworks offer visitors a glimpse into the way Native artists from the Arctic have interpreted the world around them.
