Presentation

Dinner at Istanblue and a Movie at Saratoga Film Forum Sunday, March 30th Make it a date night! Saratoga Reads presents View from a Grain of Sand A film by Meena Nanji USA Documentary: 58 minutes, 2006 Sunday, March 30 at the Saratoga Film Fourm 320 Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY Three Afghan women tell how international interventions, war, and the rise of political Islam,…

Exhibit Saratoga Art Center February and March

Since we have been having a number of winter snow storms, I thought that this image from my first visit to Afghanistan in February of 2003 would be appropriate.  It brings back fond memories of how safe I felt when I finally ventured out of our guest house door on my own discovering the city in the beauty of a covering of snow.  I…

Exhibition:Debunking the Myth of Voodoo and Slavery: A Journey in West Africa

Dear Friends, The exhibition of 34 images is now hanging on the Walls in the Yates gallery. I invite you if you can to visit the Siena College Library to view the work.  The invitation and information concerning the show will follow.  We had –according to my husband Frank’s count– we had almost 80 people attend.  The gallery director, Sergio Sericolo who was a…

West Africa Journey Interview

On Tuesday I was Interviewed by Ann Parillo on Schenectady Today.  This a very short snippet of what is to come  in the upcoming exhibition: Debunking the Myth of Voodoo and Slavery- A Journey in West Africa January 24 – March 15, 2013 (during library hours)   Artist Talk and Opening Reception: Thursday, January 24 – 5-8 p.m. Yates Gallery in the Standish Library…

Afghan Portraits: Windows of the Soul

Dear Friends, Many of you have mentioned that you are waiting to see some of my new work from the trip to West Africa. I will give a general overview of the trip in my next post for now I would like to share with you a current exhibit I set up just before I left for West Africa and will continue into the…

News Update!

Dear Friends, I seem to tell myself that I am going to make entries on a more regular basis and then time passes. Now I will catch you up, dear readers, with my latest activities. First during from September 22 to October 28th I have had 50 images at The Basset Gallery at the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, a wonderful gallery in…

News Update!

Look forward to seeing you all when I return. Connie

Exhibit Announcement

It seems I am getting busier and busier.  I have two shows both with receptions tomorrow evening, June 3 for the Albany, New York, First Friday. The first is a 4 person show Childhood Through the Lens at the Social Art Gallery located at the Family & Children’s Service of the Capital Region, 650 Warren Street (462-6531). It is a large space on two…

Exhibit Announcement

Hello all, This may be short notice but here is my latest show. Rensselaerville is a wonderful “hill town” full of old houses and people with a lot of spirit. They will be holding an intercultural dialogue with open discussion at 2:00 PM on Saturday April 30, 2011. Screening at Conkling Hall of the award winning documentary film Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims…

St. John, Virgin Islands

Dear friends, It has been some time since I have made an entry to this blog.  I have had many ideas and many things to share. Somehow the tragedy I experienced in the August was more on my mind than I wanted to admit. Finding a “comfortable” place for my heart and soul has taken some time as I rethink and hopefully work to…