Roadside Attractions photo show opening Friday

Small Space Gallery
70 Audubon St., 2nd floor, New Haven, (203) 772-2788
Kehler Liddell Gallery
873 Whalley Ave., New Haven, (203) 389-9555
Roadside Attractions
At the Small Space Gallery Feb. 5-Mar. 16, 2007.
Opening reception Fri., Feb. 9, 5-7 p.m.
At the Kehler Liddell Gallery Feb. 3-Feb. 25, 2007.
Closing reception Sun., Feb. 25, 12-2 p.m.

Press release

The American Road is edged with a trove of treasures just waiting to be discovered. Built to frame vast expanses of nature that are now diminishing, today it encapsulates urban sprawl, architectural calamities, the marketing of small towns through odd commercial landmarks, natural disaster and artistic endeavors. Depending on where you stand, your photograph can become a social or political comment and can evoke an array of emotions, from the comedic or quirky and bizarre to the horrific and sensational. At what point along the way are we driven to stop so as to observe, remember, document, participate or investigate?

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven presents Roadside Attractions, a traveling exhibition of contemporary photographs by seventeen regional artists, curated by Suzan Shutan, on view at the Small Space Gallery from Feb. 5—Mar. 16, 2007 and at Kehler Liddell Gallery from Feb. 3—25, 2007.

The public is invited to attend the opening reception on Fri., Feb. 9, 2007, 5—7 p.m. at the Arts Council Small Space Gallery and a closing reception at Kehler Liddell Gallery on Sun., February 25, 12—2PM.

Exhibiting artists are: From Connecticut: Marion Belanger, Johanna Bresnick, Joy Bush, Phyllis Crowley, Terry Dagradi, Paul Duda, Terence Falk, Matt Garrett, Keith Johnson, Robert Lisack, Sven Martson, Aidan Moran, Hank Paper, Gale Zucker. From Boston: Bruce Myren. From New York City: Howard Better. And Stan Strembicki from the Midwest.