PVCC Members Eric Schoch, Charles Yang, Jay van Santen, and friend Lesley Ackman have entries showing in the Aurora "Fulcra" Show -- "fulcra" identifying "pivot points" in one's practice of the craft.

The show will be held at StorageSpace Gallery at 121 East 34th Street, and opening night is next Friday night, September 15 from 6-9PM. The Gallery is located about 3 blocks East of The Children's Museum, and directly across the street from the church parking lot.

Jay van Santen will have a reception starting at 5PM for PVCC members attending the show. Please RSVP by Thursday evening, September 14 via email at Jay@vscwebgroup.com for address and other information

Fulcra: Plural noun, from fulcrum: The point on which a lever rests and on which it pivots.

The 22 artists selected for the exhibition Fulcra: Transformational Moments in Photographic Practice responded to the question: What was one moment — a risk, chance discovery, meeting, experiment, or accident — that shifted your photographic practice in an important way? The exhibition combines text and image to offer insight into the nature of artistic inspiration and the factors that motivate and sustain long-term practice.

Participating artists are Lesley Ackman, Amber Collins, Andrew Granstaff, Ashley Henke, Peter Hiatt, Jason Jones, Maresa Kelly, Lita López, Arindam Majumdar, n/a, Christopher Newell, Jessica Paullus, Sarah Pfohl, Victoria J. Ridgway, Destini Ross, Dallas Sanford, Jay van Santen, Anna Schink, Eric Schoch, Betsy Stirratt, Erin Harper Vernon, and Charles Yang.

Fulcra was juried by Mary Goodwin of Aurora and by guest juror, Julian Jamaal Jones, who has an MFA in Photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he received the prestigious Museum Purchase Award from Cranbrook Art Museum. Julian Jamaal Jones merges a range of mediums, including photography, drawing, sculpture, and textile, to express his perspectives around Black identity and memorialize Black culture. Jones teaches photography and textiles at Herron School of Art + Design.