MacAllaster House Mark Klett ABOUT THE ARTIST Mark Klett (1952 – ) is an American photographer and St. Lawrence University alumnus who is “making new works that respond to historic images; creating projects that explore relationships between time, change and perception; and exploring the language of photographic media through technology”(“Bio“). The majority of his work…
MacAllaster House Ansel Adams ABOUT THE ARTIST Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was one of the most important landscape photographers of the twentieth century and also a fervent environmental conservationist. Throughout his career he timelessly captured rich, black-and-white film photographs of American landscapes, particularly focusing on the West, national parks, and “the country’s remaining fragments of untouched wilderness”…
MacAllaster House Nathan Farb ABOUT THE ARTIST American photographer and conservationist Nathan Farb (1941 – ) grew up in the village of Lake Placid, nestled in the Adirondack Mountains, where he would find inspiration for years to come. Throughout the years, Farb has used large format film cameras, and, more recently, newer technologies, to capture…
MacAllaster House Kavavaow Mannomee ABOUT THE ARTIST Kavavow Mannomee (1958 – ), also referred to as Qavavau Manumie, is an Inuit printmaker and drawer who works idiosyncratically, alternating between literal and expressive styles, to create images of Inuit legends and mythology, Arctic wildlife, and scenes of contemporary Inuit life. He is part of a new…
MacAllaster House Kananginak Pootoogook ABOUT THE ARTIST Kananginak Pootoogook (1935-2010) was an Inuit sculptor, printmaker, and drawer best known for depicting Inuit values, beliefs, and ways of life. Working within a naturally toned palette, he had a way of gradually lightening or blending together colors to bring to life the bodies of his wild subjects….
MacAllaster House Elinor Carucci ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHS Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was the second woman ever to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States, wore distinctive collars not just to emphasize the overdue feminine energy she brought to the court, but also to encode meaning into her dress — a sartorial strategy practiced…
MacAllaster House Kenojuak Ashevak ABOUT THE ARTIST Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013) was a soapstone carver, drawer, and printmaker who came to be known in her lifetime as one of the most prominent and renowned Inuit artists in the world — mainly for her graphic arts. She used paper and pencils at the beginning of her drawing…
MacAllaster House Amanda Means ABOUT THE ARTIST Amanda Means (1945- ) is an American artist best known for her black and white “photogram” work, wherein she creates sublime images by using a unique darkroom process — placing objects on the glass in an enlarger, without utilizing a camera or traditional negatives. The objects that Means…
MacAllaster House Sandra Hildreth ABOUT THE ARTIST Sandra Hildreth (1946 – ) is a well recognized American painter of natural landscapes, particularly ones within the Adirondacks. She works in both oil and watercolor, deciding which medium to use as she works “en plein air,” or, in other words, working outdoors, utilizing all of her senses…
MacAllaster House David MacDonald ABOUT THE ARTIST David MacDonald (1945 – ) is an American ceramicist who specializes in making patterned, functional wares which he intends for people to use and admire. His work is carefully decorated through relief carvings, which culminate in his signature linework—amplified by different glazes and their applications. “For more than…