20th Annual Annapolis Art Walk

Thursday, August 19-21, 2010

Opening/Receptions/Demonstrations 6pm-10pm

The Russell Cather Levi Gallery is pleased to share new images in the 20th Annual Annapolis Art Walk (our third) by two new Gallery Associates...Dr. Ashley E.Cooke (ORCHID ALIEN COLLECTION) and Frederic LaFargue (B&W ANNAPOLIS WINTER COLLECTION).

Ashley Cooke's ever-growing legion of exotic, other-worldly orchid creatures have invaded our Chesapeake region with brilliant color in three recent RCLGALLERY- sponsored exhibitions at ...Flower Child (Chestertown), The Galleries at Quiet Waters, and 49 West (both Annapolis venues), as well as the mothership, here at 121 Main Street, near the City Dock waterfront.

Frederic LaFargue has distinguished himself as an intrepid, international photo journalist over the past 15 years in global hot spots, such as RAMALLAH in 2002 (during the explosive Israeli-Palestinian Conflict), and the bloody 2nd battle of FALLUJA in 2004, while being embedded with troops for months there. His photography has permeated at times numerous publications (and covers) such as TIME, NEWSWEEK, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, NY TIMES, PARIS MATCH, LE MONDE. EL MUNDO...(get the picture). More recently, while living here in Annapolis with his journalist wife, Sarah, (on their boat), and with some help and encouragement from our gallery and production studios, Fred has turned out what has become an instant classic...and decade defying...collection of B&W images of our town, its people, the boats and (in particular) MIDS in the snow. After a recent gallery produced/sponsored exhibition in our favorite collaborative venue (with Brian O'Callaghan at 49 West), Fred's limited collection now resides here in the gallery.

Since the 2009 Annual Annapolis Art Walk, Russell Levi has been more than busy with down-sizing his architectural-engineering firm, relocating his business offices and production studios, and recruiting and training a new/expanded gallery and production staff endowed with some of the best collective visual art talent in our region. Russell has been traveling less, but shooting more...almost exclusively around Annapolis, and while sailing the Chesapeake on ARRIVEE throughout Maryland and Virginia.

While our list of local private collectors has grown dramaticallly over the past year, the gallery's list of commercial clients and institutional alliances has emerged almost contemporaneously with our "large-image" custom collection installations, interior design/finish/fine art image integration and, in particular, our original applied business concepts in original fine art image products, services and collection management/rotation.

Russell Cather Levi Collections for 2010 Fall/Winter

NEW COLOR COLLECTIONS

1. Bridges of Annapolis
2. Full Moon Water Wind
3. Log Canoe Regatta - Eastern Shore
4. First Light @ Sandy Point
5. Summer Solstice Seance
6. Annapolis Musician Traditions
7. Night Lightning in Annapolis
8. Sailing Classics
9. Blizzardnapolis
10. Selected Images from "Annapolis Nights"

NEW BLACK AND WHITE COLLECTIONS

1. Chesapeake Watermen (and Their Workboats)
2. Architecture Neonapolis (Recent Projects - 5 Years)
3. Endurance of the Details (Historic Buildings and Architectural Details)
4. Blizzardnapolis
5. Blizzard Bridges
6. Blizzard Trees
7. Snowbound Downtown
8. "Take My Picture"
9. Blurmusic
10. Selected Images from "Annapolis Nights"

Orchid Aliens Spotted at 49 West in Annapolis!

Exhibition Featuring Ashley Cooke and her Alien Discovery
January 10th thru February 28th, 2010

As a Psychologist, Ashley Cooke has always been interested in examining things close up. In 2008 she discovered her love for photographing orchids. The closer she looked she found what seemed to be extraterrestrial beings just waiting to be discovered. Her Orchid Aliens were born! As an Associate at the Russell Cather Levi Gallery, her work is displayed in the gallery's permanent collection. She has also had exhibitions in Chestertown and Annapolis. In July of 2009, the Capital Gazette featured her story and her photography on the cover of the Lifestyle Section. This year she will be exhibit her work at 49 West in January and February and at the Quiet Waters Gallery in April.

United States
District Courthouse Exhibition

Featuring Russell Cather Levi & Diane Tuckman

Russell Cather Levi and Diane Tuckman are proud to announce a dual exhibition at the Federal District Couthouse in Greenbelt MD, located at 6500 Cherrywood Lane. The exhibition is open to the public starting Friday August 6th at 10am, and will be open Monday thru Friday from 10am-6pm until the closing date of the exhibition on October 31st. The reception for the exhibition is on Thursday, August 20th from 5-6:30pm. The exhibition will feature approximately 100 of Mr. Levi's film art photographs, custom matted and framed, all old-school, low-tech, 35 mm film with no digital retouching. Ms. Tuckman is a highly regarded silk painter who is currently exploring her passion for art through photography, and is proud to display her original photographs to the public for the first time at the United States District Courthouse in Greenbelt MD. All work will be for sale at the courthouse but will remain exhibited until the conclusion of the show. For more information please call 240-687-2700.

The Doppelganger Exhibition

The Russell Cather Levi Galllery is proud to sponsor The Doppelganger Exhibition, at the Z3 Gallery (previously The Main St Gallery) located at 109 Main St Annapolis. The reception will be on Wednesday, August 5th from 6 to 9pm, and the exhibition will run thru Au The exhibition has formed into a collection of the modern works of several local artists, all organized into one time and place. The dual display found both at the Z3 Gallery and on-line features everything from all-film local landscape photography, to new wave digital creations, to multi-media abstract canvases that can be enjoyed by eye or bought and taken home for personal interpretation. Conenctions will be made to the collections with something for everone. Featuring works by: Patrick Allen, Jimmy Bishop, Ashley Cooke, Passion Hannah, Russell Cather Levi, and Kristy Simmons.

NEW NAPTOWN SHOOTERS SHOW

The RUSSELL CATHER LEVI GALLERY is sponsoring (and hosting) an exhibition of work by 12 extremely talented area photographers for two weeks at the end of March. The First Annual NEW NAPTOWN SHOOTERS SHOW is the brainchild of Russell Cather Levi, the Principal of the gallery. The exhibition is Mr. Levi’s longtime idea to give something back to the local art community…both to enrich the arts, and to help benefit the Lighthouse Shelter here in Annapolis. It is important for Mr. Levi to provide local artists a venue to exhibit and sell their work, and to help build confidence and commitment in their photography. Mr. Levi has personal experience with the uncertainty and apprehension of putting ones art out in the public view and, by providing not only a beautiful space, but also studio workshops on professional presentation (such as matting, framing, lighting and hanging) he hopes to encourage and enrich each photographers’ experience.

This juried exhibition received tremendous response from area photographers. Unfortunately, out of dozens of qualifying submissions received, only 12 could be accepted for this exhibition. Portfolios were assessed on a point system with seven criteria; composition, design/impact, use of color/light, technique, technical, diversity and originality. Each photographer will exhibit approximately 10 pieces in the gallery exhibition and all work will be for sale. The gallery will retain 30% of the proceeds, 100% of that will go to the Lighthouse Shelter. The opening reception is Thursday, March 26th from 6:00 to 10:00 PM and is open to the public. All work will remain up and available for viewing and sale through April 5th during regular business hours; Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 AM to 8 PM; Fridays and Saturdays from 10 AM to 10 PM; Sundays from 12 Noon to 6 PM and by appointment Mondays and Tuesdays.
Contact us: RussellCatherLeviGallery.com or 240-687-2700

RUSSELL CATHER LEVI
FILM ART PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

If you have passed by the gallery door at 121 Main Street (historic district of Annapolis) any time over the last two years, chances are the lights were on, there was art on the easel in the window and up the staircase, but the door was locked. We are FINALLY pleased to announce that the lights are still on, but the door is open (and with regular business hours), and the RUSSELL CATHER LEVI GALLERY is loaded with new collections that (primarily) focus on Annapolis and the greater Chesapeake Bay region. Other works of Spain, the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Central America, and our own New England, Colorado Mountains, and West Coastline are also available; as well as more avant-garde urban, black and white, and WIPHO’s (word image photographs). All of Levi’s work is old-school/low-tech color and B & W 35mm film photography, and nothing is “photo-shopped”, enhanced, or retouched in any way (we have the negatives to prove it). All images are custom matted and framed in our own Annapolis studio at 48 Maryland Avenue (top floor of the historic OPERA HOUSE).

As a prelude to our opening exhibition, the gallery is sponsoring and hosting a juried exhibition of works by twelve (12) local/area non-professional photographers in the NEW NAPTOWN SHOOTERS SHOW, opened with a reception Thursday, March 26, from 6 to 10 PM; through Sunday April 5, at 6 PM, and all gallery proceeds from this exhibition go to benefit THE LIGHTHOUSE (homeless shelter) here in Annapolis.

Levi’s first Annapolis-area exhibition was a one-man show of 120 works at the QUIET WATERS GALLERIES in fall of 2006 and, based upon solid success of that exhibition, and two years of planning, shooting, printing, matting and framing, Levi’s first-ever exhibition and sale in his own Annapolis gallery opens with reception Thursday, April 23, from 6 to 10 PM, at 121 Main Street.

The exhibition will showcase over 400 images (many from a sailboat/water-borne perspective) - mostly of Annapolis and Chesapeake Bay area. Many special collections, limited editions, and one-of-a-kind WIPHO’s will be offered for the first time, with prices that range from $35 to $3,500, and average in the $150 to $300 range. Please visit us at RUSSELLCATHERLEVIGALLERY.COM, stop by, or call the gallery at (240) 687-2700 for more information.