MJ Sharp / Nightscapes
Craven Allen Gallery presents Nightscapes, a selection of landscape and still life photographs exploring MJ Sharp’s fascination with preserving the human relationship to night and darkness.
February 8 — March 1 / Opening reception on Saturday, February 8th from 5-7pm at Craven Allen Gallery 1106 1/2 Broad St. / Durham, NC
MJ Sharp will give an online artist talk on Thursday, February 6th from 6 - 8 pm in advance of the opening. She will present a brief visual history of her 20 years of photographing at night, including motivations and influences, and culminating in her recent UK Fulbright work of prehistoric ruins at night. The artist talk is sponsored by the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South and is free, but registration is required.
MJ is delighted to welcome as commentators Dr. Elizabeth Howie (Professor of Art History, Coastal Carolina University), Dr. Ellen C. Raimond (Associate Curator of Academic Initiatives at the Nasher Museum), Dr. Marianne Wardle (Director and Curator of the College of Wooster Art Museum), and Dr. Elizabeth Johnson (Executive Director, Wharton Neuroscience Initiative, University of Pennsylvania). They were invaluable advisors and collaborators in the Fulbright work’s becoming the Disappearing Darkness projections that were first workshopped at the Fruit in Durham during the 2023 Click!Photography Festival and were later installed at the College of Wooster Art Museum in Ohio during the fall semester of 2024.
