Annals of the Former World Exhibition Update

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I’ve been so grateful for the reaction to my current exhibition at Cove Street Arts, and I wanted to share a few links about it here. First, the gallery has a great new page that includes everything in the show. They also created a video showing the exhibition, too.

The always-useful resource What Will You Remember? features this exhibition in this month’s recommended exhibitions in the New England area.

And I love the review of the exhibition by Edgar Allen Beem in the Portland Phoenix recently, too.

The exhibition will be up through September 24th, 2022, so there is still time to see it if you haven’t yet!

Annals of the Former World at Cove Street Arts

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My Annals of the Former World project is on exhibition at Cove Street Arts in Portland, Maine through September 24th, 2022. There is an opening reception this coming Thursday, August 11th, from 5-7 pm, and I will of course be making the journey down.

The exhibition is based on my handmade artist book and basically includes all of the photographs from the book (with the exhibition curated by Bruce Brown). You can view and purchase a copy of the book at the exhibition as well.

I haven’t seen this exhibition on the walls yet myself so I greatly look forward to seeing it on Thursday. I hope to see many of you there!

(btw, this exhibition plus many others in New England are included on the essential What Will You Remember? blog).

Griffin Museum 28th Annual Members Juried Show

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The Memory of Nature III, Copyright Jim Nickelson. All Rights Reserved.

One of my new photographs has been included in the Griffin Museum of Photography’s 28th Annual Members Juried Show that just opened. There is an opening this coming Sunday, July 10th, from 4-6 pm at the main gallery in Winchester, MA. I’ll be there and hope to see some of you there! The exhibition runs until September 4th as well.

This is the first public exhibition of work from my new Memory of Nature project and I can’t wait to see it on the wall.

The Memory of Nature

“The Memory of Nature XVI”, 2022. Copyright Jim Nickelson. All Rights Reserved.

I’ve excited to announce my newest project, entitled The Memory of Nature. This project is the next iteration of my broader Annals of the Former World project focused on combating climate change. Here is a short description:

In the newest part of this project, entitled The Memory of Nature, I photograph landscapes threatened by climate change and then burn prints of these photographs, creating an entirely new work scarred by the effects of fire, the funeral pyre of the the Anthropocene. Fire was the critical tool in the creation of our current civilization, and its unfettered use will perhaps be its downfall.

Please take a look if you are interested and let me know what you think!

Maine Media Book Artist-in-Residence 2022 Open for Applications

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As the most recent recipient of the Book Artist-in-Residence award from Maine Media, I can highly recommend this to those interested in the book arts. Applications are due June 1st.

The award was very important to me as it started me on what I hope is a long journey of practicing the book arts. My time in the studio, and the guidance of Richard Reitz Smith, essentially taught me how to make a book. You can find out more about the book I created during the residency here (and if you’d like to see it in person, please contact me).