focus on
Southern Vermont Arts Center
every season to either teach
or to take workshops in all
mediums. Some students come
to study painting, others to
learn to sculpt or to dive deeper
into fine art photography.
More artists come to SVAC by
special invitation to be artists-
in-residence, setting up their
easels in the galleries or in the
gardens to work in full view of
the public.
Moments of Greatness from the Lens of George Kalinsky
Jun. 30–Jul. 22, 2018
This exhibition promises to draw stadiums-full of sports fans as well as
camera enthusiasts to SVAC’s galleries. As the official photographer at
Madison Square Garden, and during shoots at Radio City Music Hall and
at many public events, George Kalinsky was in the right place at the
right time to capture people at key moments, whether playing sports or
appearing at concerts, shows, or gatherings. Elizabeth Paxson, SVAC’s
executive director, says, “Our exhibition this summer focuses on Kalinsky’s
array of iconic sports photography. These images capture athletes winning
the greatest championship games of their careers, as well as what it was
like for them to accept defeat.” Previewing the images, Paxson adds,
“Looking at the people in Kalinsky’s photographs, your heart beats faster.
There’s adrenaline. You can almost feel the sweat on the athletes’ bodies
and share in the intensity of their engagement in their sport at that
moment.”
Exhibitions such as this in NYC cause long lines to form around the block.
The show in Manchester includes more than 50 of Kalinsky’s extraordinary
photographs from intimate 11- by 14-inch portraits to grand, oversize prints
in color and in black and white. The sporting events span basketball (from
Willis Reed to Patrick Ewing), tennis (Kalinsky photographed the U.S.
Open since the days of Arthur Ashe), NHL hockey, boxing (an amazing
array of Muhammed Ali imagery), and baseball (back to the days of Jackie
Robinson). One reviewer wrote: “These moments in sports are pieces of
history many of us relate to and remember.”
Admission is by donation.
–A.R.
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