Backyard Beauty: Photography by Stephanie Oates

Greetings!

You are invited to the Opening Reception for Historic Northampton's exciting new exhibit, Backyard Beauty: Photography by Stephanie Oates. The reception will be held at Historic Northampton on July 30, 2009 from 4 PM - 7 PM.

About the Exhibit

Backyard Beauty:
Photography by Stephanie Oates

Date: July 30 - October 31, 2009

Location: Historic Northampton
Cost: $3 per person, $6 per family

Backyard Beauty:
Photography by Stephanie Oates

Debut Exhibit Features Fresh Perspectives

July 30 - October 31, 2009
Opening Reception, July 30th, 4-7 PM
Museum Hours: Monday - Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM, Sundays Noon to 5 PM

In her debut exhibit, Stephanie Oates demonstrates an instinct for color and form that lends her photographs an intensity and energy that is scarcely contained by their frames. Oates follows in the tradition of Connecticut Valley art stretching back over two centuries. But her fresh vision of familiar surroundings startles the viewer with images bursting with light and color. Like all art forms, Oates' photography distills experience into primary elements. The natural and built landscapes provide a vivid palette for the formal structure of her compositions. A field of flowers becomes an abstraction of contrasting hues. A steeple, a barn, a garden are compressed into compact planes. Through Stephanie Oates' lens, our way of seeing is enhanced and enlarged. This exhibit marks the beginning of a promising career and, for the first time, brings the work of a very talented observer together for all of us to experience.

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Historic Northampton

46 Bridge Street

Northampton, MA 01060

413-584-6011

Historic Northampton is a museum of local history in the heart of the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts. Please visit our website www.historic-northampton.org.