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Tour de Neglect featured in the Guardian!
When I first moved to Buffalo for my MFA in photography in 2000, I spent a lot of time photographing all over the city for a project I was working on about abandoned toys. I found plenty of subjects for my project on Buffalo’s run down East Side and I became very familiar with the area.
Recently, when I saw a facebook invite from David Torke, I jumped at the opportunity to participate in his September edition of Tour de Neglect. David is a Buffalo photographer, blogger and community activist whose efforts to bring much needed love and attention to the East Side have been getting some impressive press lately. I’d read about past tours in various local publications and I was excited to get involved.
David’s efforts were recently featured in the Guardian and I am honored to have a couple of snaps I took on that ride included in the article by Ethan Powers.
Here’s a link to the article – The Tour de Neglect: a cycle ride through Buffalo’s deprived East Side.
Don Giovanni
One of the highlights of our trip to Prague was seeing the opera, Don Giovanni performed at the National Marionette Theatre. It was such a treat to see the show and the clever way the puppet masters were included into the production. The repertory of the Prague-based National Marionette Theatre includes Don Giovanni , The Magic Flute or The Magic Theatre of the Baroque World – Orfeo ed Euridice. I highly recommend making time to see a show if you are ever in the Stare Mesto area of Prague.
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Writing the Journey
We’re heading to Austin, TX on Tuesday where our Texas adventure begins. I’m more or less tagging along for part one of the trip which will be some very cool talks at the University of Austin. And I’m looking forward to checking out the city. Austin is a destination that has been on my travel list for a long time.
For part two, everyone in their various groups will take 2 days to travel across the desert to Marfa, documenting along the way and sharing results in Marfa on day 3. I’ll be taking lots of photographs. We’ll be making our way through Big Bend country, passing through Fredricksburg, Johnson City, the LBJ Ranch, Marathon for dinner at the Gage Hotel and star gazing later in the evening. More to come…
Check out the site – ex-situ
Love for Sale – Shots
Just a few shots from the opening on Friday. It was a great night in spite of the Buffalo cold. Thank you to all the art lovers, the artists and Dan and Barbara Hart of Studio Hart.
Studio Hart is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 11:30 pm-3:30 pm, Saturday Noon-4 pm and by appointment.
Studio Hart
65 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14202
www.studiohart.com
716-536-8338
Ani Hoover
featured piece by Ani Hoover
by Anne Muntges