CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE QUALITY OF LIGHT

The first exhibit for 2012 at the Hyannis Harbor Arts Center is an open, juried exhibit, The Quality of Light, featuring the work of photographers and poets.  The exhibit runs January 12 – 28, 2012 and is curated by John Byland, a local photographer and poet.  

The call for submissions is open to photographers and poets for work focused on the quality of light.  Drop off days are January 6^th & 7^th from Noon to 4:00 pm.  All work (including poetry) should be framed and ready to hang.  There is a $5 submission fee per piece. 

Artists with accepted work should plan on attending the opening reception on January 12^th from 6:00PM – 9:00PM and providing a dish to share. Poets may offer chap books for sale during the run of the exhibit.  Work not selected for the show must be picked up by 4pm on January 12^th.

Interested artists can call the Center at 508-790-6370, or email hhac@hyartsdistrict.com for more information.  Additional information will be posted to the website in the coming week.

Photographer John Byland has been intrigued by the relationship between poetry and photography for a long time: “…a poem and a photograph are momentary happenings, as opposed to film and long fiction, which are protracted art forms.” John is a firm believer in the absolute necessity of the arts within society, and their therapeutic value. A civilization that turns its back on the arts abandons its citizenry to darkness. 

On himself John says,   “It has always been difficult for me to talk about myself, which may be a big part of the reason that I turned to other means of self expression. I can say without fear of error that writing saved me from a very dark place, and fate which I prefer not to think about...so, I owe much to the arts, and hope to repay that debt.”  John is from Long Branch, New Jersey, the birth place of Bruce Springsteen, Norman Mailer and past U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinske. He has been a Cape resident since 1987.  He is self taught and has shown at two short lived Hyannis galleries