Stephen Tyson MFA - Jurist - Esther Massry Gallery - "ENGAGE: Artists in Visual Dialogue." Portrait by Sue Clark

Time to Thrive during COVID.

Due to inspirational emotions, I have entered more art shows than ever before. And BONUS!!! Because of COVID, shows are digital!!!  No lugging around work. No Framing. No glass. EASY PEASY. And, my work has been showcased, sold, and shared with media!  I have been encouraged and inspired during these trying  times.

ART HEALS.

Sues "Ruben of Mexico" Spotlight in Saratoga's Spring Street Gallery

Saratoga’s Spring Street Gallery:

Current Exhibit:ENACTION! (Learn, Create, Educate)

In support of black, indigenous, and people of color, we are asking the public to educate themselves about BIPOC artists and to share what they learned through art.

LEARN 

Research a BIPOC artist 

CREATE 

Create work in response to the artist’s work and share it

EDUCATE

Share the artist’s name, one example of their work, & one thing you learned about the artist

First Artist: Sue Clark – Fine Arts photographer and first guest artist for ENACTION Art Show.

Lola Alvarez Bravo – (Mexican, 1907-1993)

 Sue Clark’s fine art photography submission:  “Ruben of Mexico”

 Lola Alvarez Bravo is recognized as Mexico’s first successful female fine arts photographer. Ms. Bravo was well-known for her candid portrayals of Mexican subjects. The intention of her photography was to reveal the deeper meaning of the culture of Mexico. Her career arc included being named head of the photography department at Mexico’s National Institute for Fine Arts, which was a trailblazing position for a woman at that time. She had many art friends, including Paul Strand, Diego Rivera and  Frida Kahlo. In fact, in 1953, Lola’s Mexico City gallery sponsored Frida Kahlo’s first and only solo exhibition in Mexico in Frida’s lifetime. Ms. Bravo’s archive was bequeathed to the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in 1994 upon her death. Her images hang in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.

 

April 2020 /COVID - 19 Pandemic and my camera work.

I am creating a body of photographic work documenting COVID 19 that will eventually be  donated to the Schenectady Historical Society COVID-19 Archive Project. ( I did the same for Hurricane Irene.) What's cool about this is... even if I am buried 6 feet below ground... (actually I'll be  ashes🤠) my younger family members can look my work up anytime! I intend on having   a cool "artsy" headstone! Anyway... I am off track here... It feels good during these stressful times to create something that others will enjoy in the future. I hope we all make it out of this alive and better for it.

Below are just some of the 150-200 ish COVID related photos. Enjoy!