Tag Archives: Karen Davis

Performance Art: Hudson’s First Halloween Parade

October 31, 2010photographyhalloween, halloween parade, Hudson, Hudson NY, Hudson Valley, Karen Davis, performance art, photography, warren streetkarendavis

Another day, another Hudson/Warren Street Parade. This one promises to be a new tradition. Parents, children, adult children – inventive costumes and plenty of spirit. Watch for Superboy passing the Davis Orton Gallery, belo3rd.

The Ball-Shaped Pain from “The McCann Family” Series at Center for Photography in Woodstock

August 20, 2010dolls, family, photography, portraitartists fellowship, center for photography at woodstock, cpw, dawoud bey, Hudson, hudson new york, hudson ny photographer, Karen Davis, keith carter, mccann family, photograph, photographs, photography, samuel dorsky museumkarendavis

photograph by karen davis, "The Ball-Shaped Pain" from the McCann Family portfolio Last fall I received the CPW 2009 Artists’ Fellowship Award. In addition to a cash prize to help me pursue my work, two of my photographs became part of the of the Center’s print collection housed at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz. I used part of my award to upgrade my camera and part to enroll in two workshops at CPW one with Keith Carter, the other with Dawoud Bey. Last weekend was the hands-on, inspirational class in Portrait with Bey. I was happy to see that, in addition to two larger exhibitions, my photograph, The Ball-Shaped Pain from “The McCann Family” series was included in a smaller show of recent acquisitions by the Center. There is a larger exhibit curated from the Permanent Print Collection at the Dorsky.

Mark Orton Demonstrates Foot Fault In Bantam CT

August 12, 2010photographybantam, foot faults, Karen Davis, mark orton, sports photography, travel photographykarendavis

Mark and I visited our friends the Keeler-Meyersons in their camp in Bantam CT. He and Betsy teamed up against Kathy and Emmet and played two sets of doubles which ended in a tie. Below Mark demonstrates the foot fault. (This was my first outing using a Holga lens on my digital SLR.)


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Davis Orton do MASS MoCA

July 25, 2010photographybook artist, hardware, Karen Davis, ladies room, MASS MoCA, patrons, photographer, photographs, postcard, restroom, restroomskarendavis

photo of wall at MASS MoCA between men's room and ladies room that exhibits 7 of my photographs of their restrooms Mark and I visited MASS MoCA a couple of weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed the exhibits – especially “Material World” but also Petah Coyne and the Mike Disfarmer photographs. After so many years I finally photographed my ongoing exhibition there – between the men’s room and ladies room and visited Hardware, the museum shop, to admire my MASS MoCA restrooms postcard portfolio – for sale there and at the Davis Orton Gallery. Click to see some of the work in my larger series, “For Patrons Only” and a picture of my portfolio.