Press Release for My Upcoming Show.

THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE
OPEN SPACE VISITOR CENTER PRESENTS IN THE ART GALLERY:

“Urge to Wander”

Photographs by Kirk Gittings
and

“Arid Harvest” Photographs by David Ondrik (Reception Area)

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What:The photographs of Kirk Gittings: Architecture, Landscape (Main Gallery)
The photographs of David Ondrik: Arid Harvest (Reception Area)

Where: Open Space Visitor Center, Art Gallery

 6500 Coors Blvd., NW,

(Between Montaño & Paseo del Norte at Bosque Meadows Rd.)
Albuquerque, New Mexico

505-897-8831

When: May 7^th – June 28^th, 2011   

OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday May 7^th, 3:00 – 5:00 pm Free Admission

Contact: Joshua Willis, Parks & Recreation Dept., Open Space Division, 505-897-8856, jrwillis@cabq.gov

www.cabq.gov/openspace

Kirk Gittings has worked as a professional photographer for his entire career.  His photographs document the layering of archeological history with that of modernity.  Kirk will show a collection of photographs that interpret the environments of the desert, the people who choose to live there and the structures they create past and present.  Included in the exhibit will be a portfolio of images commissioned by City of Albuquerque Public Art program on the Open Space staff at work in the landscape.

“What I love most about New Mexico and the Southwest is it's deep rich past. I have walked old Native American trails, the Chaco roads, the Camino Real and Santa Fe Trails. I sense that, wherever I walk, I step in the footprints of Pueblo Indians, Spanish Friars, Conquistadors or U.S. Cavalry. It is the lingering patina of these personae, and the gods they prayed to, that lies behind the sense of presence that I try to evoke in my images.”

Kirk Gittings, Piedra Lisa Open Space

More about Kirk on this website:

www.gittingsphoto.com

Also in the Open Space Visitor Reception area:

David Ondrik: Arid Harvest

David will display a body of work exploring the food that is being sustainability grown in the high desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

David Ondrik, Carrot Bundles

More about David of this website:

aridharvests.com

The Open Space Visitor Center is located at 6500 Coors Blvd. NW between Montaño Rd. and Paseo del Norte at the end of Bosque Meadows Rd.  The Center is open Tuesday through Sunday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM and closed Mondays.  Call 897-8831 for more information or visit www.cabq.gov/openspace/visitorcenter.html