Lewis Hine, Child Labor Investigator opens at The Dorsky Museum
Lewis Hine, Israel April , 1912, The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art 2019.005.047.
NEW PALTZ, NY
.-The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz opened Lewis Hine, Child Labor Investigator,an exhibition featuring Lewis Hines powerful photographs for the National Child Labor Commission, which proved the exploitation of young children working in unsafe conditions and ultimately led to American child labor law reform.
Lewis Hine, Child Labor Investigator is on view from Feb. 6 July 11, 2021, in The Dorskys Sara Bedrick Gallery. The exhibition is co-curated by Anna Conlan, curator and exhibitions manager, and Amy Fredrickson, curatorial and collections assistant.
Game Changer, Susan Copich Decay and mortality in America s Rust Belt, child labor, women depicting women, and the intersection of rigid graphics and lyrical line work in this month s round-up of Hudson Valley art exhibits.
Susan Copich at Windham Fine Arts Set in Youngstown, Ohio, Copich s latest work, then he forgot my name, is a self-portrait photography series examining decay and mortality in America s Rust Belt. The series emerged over three years while Copich shuttled between her hometown in Ohio and upstate New York, and spending time with her father, who was battling dementia. Using a rundown family-owned building in downtown Youngstown as a backdrop, she set out researching the structure s history and re-imagining past occupants. Copich s photography illuminates a psychological landscape through the pain of living, the continuum of decay, and the struggle for change while reflecting on the collective awakening of female