Orion Gallery – Exhibit

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) –

“What Caught my Eye” Orion Art Gallery & Studio invitations the general public to “What Caught my Eye” by Gary Walts a pictures exhibit that can stay on show and open to the general public throughout gallery open hours from May 23 by June 27. Admission is free.

Gary Walts, is an award-winning photographer born in 1954 in Watertown, NY. His dream of turning into a photographer started when he was a toddler viewing images in Life and Look magazines in addition to different photograph publications.

For greater than 30 years he was a employees photojournalist for Syracuse Newspapers (The Post-Standard and Herald Journal), later the Syracuse Media Group. He was additionally an lively freelancer taking pictures assignments for Associated Press, Black Star Photo Agency, USA Today and others. His work has appeared in a mess of publications together with Life Magazine, Ms Magazine, Time, Popular Photography, Photo District News, and American Photo. First recognition got here in highschool, successful a Gold Key Award within the National Scholastic Art Awards. A photograph of frosty oak leaves garnered a First Place Award for Black & White in Sierra Club Magazine’s 1986 annual pictures competitors.

He was runner up within the prestigious Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography in 2000. Widespread worldwide recognition got here when The Sun Magazine revealed a photograph essay about his father’s psychological decline and subsequent suicide. Walts at present resides in Chaumont, NY. He stays an lively photographer taking footage of, “Whatever catches my eye.” Orion Art Gallery is positioned at 327 Mullin Street, Watertown NY, and shows the artworks of many invited native and regional artists. The gallery presents courses in watercolor, portray, determine drawing, and ceramics, with a totally outfitted kiln and ceramic studio.

Orion Art Gallery & Studio is open year-round, with month-to-month featured displays and hosts the annual Jefferson County / 1000 Islands Plein Air Artist’s Competition in August. This 12 months’s Jefferson County-1000 Islands Plein Air competitors begins on August 5-9 and is

Orion Art Gallery & Studio 327 Mullin Street, Watertown NY (315) 215-4099

Info@orion-artgallery.com open to all artists in any respect ranges.

For full data on gallery artists, courses, and occasions go to www.orionartgallery.com. Orion Art Galley & Studio can also be on Facebook.

Gallery hours are: Wednesday 11AM-4PM, Thursday-Saturday 11AM-6PM, and Sunday 12PM-6PM. Contact: Orion Art Gallery & Studio Ph (315) 215-4099 Email: Info@orion-artgallery.com