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New monthly feature to support the
arts in our region
Do you miss meeting friends on “Sundays
at the museum”? The Meadowbrook Inn is presenting a gallery
show this Sunday, November 2, 5pm-8pm. For a $10 entry fee,
guests receive a drink ticket, a sampling of luscious hors d’oeuvres
- and a feast for the eye!
Meadowbrook Inn Marketing Director, Vicky McLean,
said, “We want to expand our support of the arts by adding
to our repertoire a gallery show once a month. These should
be cool, sophisticated arts events, with exceptional art, a
chance to meet the artist, great food and drink, and a time
to socialize with and make friends. When our event team saw
the Usdan’s photography, we thought it was, first and foremost,
exceptionally beautiful and intelligent. We knew viewers would
be moved by the work and that the photographs would be appropriate
to hang in people’s homes and offices. It touched our hearts
when the Usdans decided to donate a portion of their sales to
the Appalachian Women’s Fund, www.appalachianwomensfund.org.
We are thrilled to be a part of this event that ‘focuses’
on the Usdans’ work! Please view their website at www.usdanphoto.com.”
Carole and Dennis Usdan love the camera and each
other. Although they jointly pursue the art of photography,
each has developed an individual style. “Carole’s
black and white photographs display depth, sensitivity and subtlety.
Many tell silent stories brought to the image by the viewer.”
The Usdans received instruction in photography at the Boca Raton
Museum of Art, and have work on display at the Watauga Arts
Council Jones House Gallery. They retired from the professions
of nursing and law, respectively, and have spent their summers
in Vilas since 2000. “We so appreciate the privilege of
residing here in the Blue Ridge mountains. It is such a fine
place, an inspiring place.”
For them, photography is interdependent with
an ongoing interest in philosophy and art. “Our hope is
that we can redirect the viewer’s attention to the overlooked
pattern, the found composition or the unusual construction and
that our images, by communicating the unexpected, beautiful
or not, leave the viewer changed.”
“I would say that these photographs show
a remarkable ability to highlight the intriguing and the abstract
found in the common elements of our environment. Architectural
features, and even simple objects, take on a surprising mystery
in the Usdan hands,” said ASU professor Robert Schlagal.
For more information, call Meadowbrook Inn at
(828) 295-4300.
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