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Update #7: Great Lakes – Great Ships Exhibit at Dogwood
Enjoy the splendor of tall ships on the Great Lakes! The 2010 ArtPrize photography entry by Rockford, Michigan resident Stacy Niedzwiecki is now on display at the Dogwood Center for Performing Arts in Fremont, Michigan.
Come enjoy the nautical images in the Lobby Gallery from November 23, 2010 through January 6, 2011.
Additionally, the Newaygo County Council for the Arts (NCCA) Artsplace has some of the photographer's signed books and calendars available during their Holiday Artist Marketplace.
At NCCA-Artsplace, you can find the perfect gift, uniquely chosen for that special someone along with some treasures for yourself! Glass, stone work, pottery, jewelry, textiles, photography, wood turning, bead work, original paintings, candles, ornaments, cards and don’t forget gift certificates for classes and artwork are all available at one great location, NCCA-Artsplace, 13 E. Main Street, Fremont, Michigan.
Event: Great Lakes - Great Ships Exhibit
When: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 9:00am daily
Where: Dogwood Center for Performing Arts (map)
4734 S. Campus Court
Fremont, MI, United States 49412
Other Info: The Lobby Gallery is open Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and during performances. Exhibits in the Dogwood Lobby Gallery are courtesy of the NCCA-Artsplace.
Update #6: ArtPrize 2010 Opens Wednesday!
For those of you living in the West Michigan area, I strongly encourage you to come and visit my exhibit at Immanuel Lutheran Church in downtown Grand Rapids. The exhibit and competition begins Wednesday, September 22 at 6pm.
Details here: http://stacyn.com/artprize/2010/09/092210-artprize-2010-opens
On Friday, September 24, a public reception will be held from 6 - 8pm at the church.
Details here: http://stacyn.com/artprize/2010/09/meet-the-artists-reception
Again, I wish to sincerely thank everyone who made the voyage and resulting exhibit possible. If you'd like to vote for the entry - it is required you register to vote at an official ArtPrize registration center in Grand Rapids.
Details on voting can be found here: http://www.artprize.org/voting
Once the event concludes, I will begin making arrangements for those of you who made contributions and are receiving photo rewards. To see the actual images that make up the ArtPrize exhibit itself, please visit: http://stacyn.com/artprize/2010-artprize-entry
Many blessings!
Stacy
Update #5: Conclusion of Tall Ship Photography
My adventures will finally conclude this Tuesday in Chicago. I will travel there (via a car this time!) to catch the Tall Ships Parade of Sail from Navy Pier. Once this last photo shoot is over, it will be quite a time crunch as I move into the next phase - preparing and printing images for the upcoming ArtPrize exhibit.
Once I have the work for ArtPrize completed (the exhibit will open on September 22) - I will be providing each of my gracious project backers a link. At this link, you'll be able to select your print or canvas gift from some of the best images captured. I would say that by mid-October, you should have your commemorative piece of Great Lakes sailing history!
I wish to thank each of you again! If you are in the Grand Rapids area, please be sure to visit the exhibit in person. For those who may want a "sneak peek" at some of the images captured, please go visit my ArtPrize blog here: http://stacyn.com/artprize/category/blog
All best,
Stacy
Update #4: Land, Ho!
On July 19th, I boarded the S/V Denis Sullivan in Bay City, Michigan, for a lengthy trip. We traveled through Lake Huron, the Soo Locks and across the wide expanses of Lake Superior. Once I arrived in Duluth, Minnesota on July 29 - I then spent a day with a close friend in St. Paul before returning home via Amtrak train.
With the best of intentions prior to sail, I purchased a lovely journal. I thought it would be clever to record all my thoughts while traveling though the open waters. Quickly I discovered - writing in a journal daily just isn't my cup of tea! My faithful camera served as my best record of memories.
There certainly won't be a shortage of footage from this trip. If I had to "guess" approximately how many photos I may have captured - it could well be between 3500 to 4000 images!
Now that I'm back on land, I also find it hard to describe accurately how the day passes aboard a ship in great detail. After only about the second day, time began to meld into a blend of conversations, meals, knots learned, sail and lines memorized, and piles of dishes washed. Without internet access, phone usage, or even a glimpse of the daily news - life became a cycle of sunrise and sunsets - and the interesting photographs between the two.
What surprised me most? Time passes much more quickly than I could have imagined! Not at any moment did I ever find myself "bored" or wishing the day would end. When we finally docked in Duluth - I almost had to pinch myself to believe the whole trip had really happened. To quote the familiar Truckin song by the Grateful Dead - "Lately it occurs to me... what a long, strange trip it has been!".
It will be a major race to the finish to set up the display for the ArtPrize venue. ArtPrize is only about 45 days away! However, I'm looking forward to the challenges of setting up the exhibit with the best images captured.
Meanwhile - please enjoy a few images captured during the Parade of Sail into Bay City, Michigan: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stacyn/sets/72157624663835164/show
Update #3: This is NOT the Love Boat...
Much progress was made today in preparation for the trip on the S/V Denis Sullivan. Quite a number of forms were filled out, emails sent, media access passes requested, and I even managed some packing of clothing.
Before you think I'm about to set off on a leisurely cruise on the Love Boat - complete with cabana boys retrieving umbrella drinks and rubbing my shoulders with sunscreen - let me explain a bit of what I'm about to experience...
Only one bag of gear can be brought, and it must fit onto my bunk. The bunk is your only "private" area on the ship, and that privacy consists of a thin curtain to close your bunk. The student interns and I will be working together in watch shifts. The Denis Sullivan using a Swedish Watch System of a group of 4-7 people who together rotate through the 24-hour operations of the vessel. The watches are rotated, and are four to five hours long. This goes on for 11 days! This means about every second or third day, I will be expected to be on watch in the middle of the night for those hours. It's suggested we bring earplugs to tune out some of the noise in the day while trying to catch some rest.
Watch duties include water sampling, lab analyses, boat system checks, helmsmanship and seamanship, and assisting in the galley (kitchen). There are classes in chart reading, coastal piloting and celestial navigation. Education and the running of the boat are one and the same.
And cleaning. Lots and lots of cleaning to keep the wooden ship tidy and in good working order.
There is no smoking, no alcohol, and no audio equipment allowed. Another suggestion is to bring a journal, a deck of card, or books to read.
A generous donation of a "foulies" (which is a rainsuit for sailors) - was made by a good friend in the Seattle region - and are on their way via FedEx. While I certainly hope I won't need the foul weather gear, at least now I'll be prepared if I do. I'm quite certain putting a garbage bag over my head in a big storm would surely call me out as a true sailing novice...
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Stacy Niedzwiecki leverages her talents in digital photography and digital art. Her fascination with nature’s beauty has found its way through the camera lens, earning awards in many art and photography competitions. Her work has been featured in the "Michigan 24/7" photography book, Whisper in the Woods Nature Journal, the Rockford Squire newspaper, Michigan Blue and Michigan History magazine and the "Explore St. Louis" official visitors’ guide.
In August of 2009, Niedzwiecki was awarded second place in the Pure Michigan Photo Competition, a highly-competitive event sponsored through Travel Michigan, (a division of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation) the State of Michigan’s official agency for the promotion of tourism. Some of the 30 images Niedzwiecki captured in Muskegon County are showcased the "Pure Michigan: Spring" book, released in February 2010.
Two of Stacy’s artworks were selected to hang on display at the Governor’s Residence in Lansing as part of the Governor’s Residence Michigan Artists Program from July 2008 through July 2009.
Her most honored accomplishment is the installation of 63 of her nature images at the permanent art collection in the new Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion, which opened June 30, 2008 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. These images are showcased in her first book effort, "Healing Images – A Selection from the Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion" which was released in March 2010.
