Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
For the eighth consecutive year, my artworks are on display, along with hundreds of other amazing paintings, sculptures and craftspieces from dozens of Capital Region artists, as part of Historic Albany Foundation’s “BUILT: Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes” event. I’m all set. I’ve got my suit on, my six stickpins from my first six BUILT appearances…
Read MoreI’ve entered my artworks at BUILT, Historic Albany Foundation’s charity fundraising auction, for nearly eight years. Ever since I submitted my first piece, a print of The AGFA Bridge Over Ansco Lake, my artworks have found new “forever homes” with art lovers throughout the Capital District. Earlier this year, I submitted two photos and…
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The Durham Fair in Durham, Connecticut is my final stop on Competition Season 2018. And although I got stonewalled by the New York State Fair this year (one entry in, no ribbons), some of my pictures have picked up sweet silks at other venues and competitions. And right now, three photos – as well as…
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The Durham Fair in Connecticut is my last fair of Competition Season 2019. And when I discovered that their photographic entry requirements were reduced from four entries to three per person, I was kinda okay with it … but it made me more interested in entering another category. You know … one of the stitchery…
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“You have to park over here, sir.” “Over here” was about a mile and a half away from the Altamont Fairgrounds campus. “How come?” I asked. “The main lot is too muddy, cars are getting stuck. You need to park over here in the overflow lot.” Just then, a pickup truck zipped by me on…
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Has it really been ten years? Yeah. Ten long years. Ten years ago, I entered my first four pictures into the Altamont Fair’s photography competition. Two years later, I claimed my first silks, when Midnight at the Palace Theater took second place in the black and white category; two other pictures, The AGFA Bridge Over…
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Chuck The Writer 