Through Our Lenses

China and India: Home to Over 1/3 of the World’s People

August 27 to October 12, 2014

Pajaro Valley Arts Council, 37 Sudden Street, Watsonville, Gallery hours: 11 am to 4 pm Wednesday through Sunday. Reception for the Artists: September 7, 1:30 to 4:30 pm, public invited.

FREE – ADA Accessible – Open to the Public

Opening August 27 and featuring six of our area’s finest travel photographers, Through Our Lenses, China and India: Home to Over 1/3 of the World’s People offers a glimpse into the culture and lives of the people in these diverse countries. With a combination of over eighty years of photographing India and China, the artists offer an historical perspective as to how these two countries rose to become the industrialized and powerful nations they are today.

Mary Altier and Carol Trengove, co-curators of the exhibit, have chosen fellow photographers Elyse Destout, Shmuel Thaler, Paul Titangos, and Mark Wainer to round out the exhibit with a special selection of color, black and white, digital, as well as traditional gelatin silver prints.

The exhibit is being combined with a tribute to Betty Smith, who has been an artist, photography instructor, singer, composer, poet and long time supporter of the Pajaro Valley Arts Council. She served on PVAC’s Board of Directors and volunteered for the organization for over 15 years. The exhibit will include some of her photographs taken in China and India in 1971.

Augmenting the show will be an Artists’ Reception at PVAC on September 7 from 1:30 to 4:30 pm featuring traditional Chinese and Indian dance, and a Travel Photography Forum featuring our artists on September 26 at Cabrillo College. Santa Cruz County Bank will also mount a show by the same name featuring all six artists at all five of their branches, from Sept. 5, 2014 to Jan. 19, 2015. Their artists’ reception will be held at the bank’s Watsonville branch on September 18, 5 to 7 pm.

“With India and China representing one-third of the world’s population, we hope the viewers will experience the beauty and diversity of these two unique countries,” Co-Curator Trengove said.

Calendar of exhibit events:

Aug. 27 to Oct. 12: PVAC Exhibit dates

Sept. 7, 1:30 to 4:30 pm: PVAC Reception: live Indian & Chinese dance, PV Gallery

Sept. 5 to Jan. 19, 2015: Santa Cruz County Bank exhibit dates, all five branches|

Sept. 18, 5:30 to 7:30 pm: Santa Cruz County Bank Reception, Watsonville Branch, 595 Auto Center Drive

Sept. 26, 7 to 9 pm: Travel Photography Forum, Cabrillo College, Forum Room 1001

ALL FREE

Pajaro Valley Arts Council – 37 Sudden Street, Watsonville, CA 95076. 
A nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization