"When Winter Comes" Gallery Talk in South Brunswick on Oct. 3

”When Winter Comes,” a juried exhibit sponsored by South Brunswick Arts Commission at The Gallery in South Brunswick Municipal Buildng, includes 12 artists from South Brunswick and 25 from surrounding towns.

One of these is Dayton photographer John Sandstedt who will show us through his pictures, “The Magic of Monochrome.” Sandstedt is a graduate of the New York Institute of Photography and member of the staff of the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs.

In the beginning, all photographic images were black and white. For more than 75 years, people marveled at classic interpretations of the world set forth in monochrome. When color positive film was invented, followed shortly thereafter by color print film, amateur photographers were quick to abandon B&W, relegating it effectively just to professionals.

With the burgeoning of digital photography, monochrome images have regained their long lost stature. Professional and amateur photographers now create magnificent black and white images using any of a variety of image editing software programs, without the inherent safety issues of the wet darkroom.

This is the first of three monthly programs to accompany this exhibit, which continues through December 26. The public is welcome to attend on subsequent monthly Monday programs, from 6:30 p.m.– 8 p.m.

• November 7, Carole Grand, painter, will demonstrate mixed media techniques
• December 5, Hank Kalet, poet and coordinator of South Brunswick’s Poetry Reading Series will host an evening of readings on a “winter” theme. These evenings also provide an opportunity for a second look for those who can’t get to The Gallery during weekday daytime hours, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

This program is funded in part by Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission with assistance thru a grant provided by New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State.

The Gallery, South Brunswick Municipal Building, 540 Route 522/POB 190, Monmouth Junction NJ 08852, 732.329.4000 ext.7635, arts@sbtnj.net