Mark Cassino Photography - Mark's Blog

While the pandemic may have slowed things down, I'm happy to be participating in three group shows.

American Landscapes 2020 at the Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery in Annapolis is open to works of all media depicting landscapes of the Americas. My photo, "Summer Solstice," has been accepted into this national juried exhibit. Opening date is August 13, 2020.

Personal Landscape, a mixed media exhibit by west Michigan artists, is OPEN for visitors at the Carnegie Center for the Arts in Three Rivers. The gallery is open limited hours,  Tuesdays - Thursdays from 10-5. The exhibit runs until September 3. My piece in the show is called "Somewhere..."

After some delays, the 2020 West Michigan Area Show is now open at the Kalamazoo Institute of Art. This annual juried exhibition is open to work in all media from 14 Michigan counties. My piece in this year's exhibit is "Cosmic Egg." The show runs until October 4. The KIA is open to the public Friday's and Saturdays.

 

Update (April 21, 2020): Due to Covid 19"We Are The Earth...." is now a digital exhibit. You can see the full exhibit at www.kalamazooearthday.com/kcollege-art-show

Below is my photo, The Fallen, which will soon be appearing in an exhibit of artwork reflecting on the environment. WE ARE THE EARTH/WE ARE THE PROBLEM/WE ARE THE SOLUTION will be going up in Kalamazoo College's UpJohn Library Commons in early March, running until about May 1.

My photo, "Ethereal Vessel" has been accepted into the 2020Abstracts Matter national juried exhibit hosted by the 311 Gallery in Raleigh, NC. The exhibit runs from 3/5/2020 - 3/28/2020 with a reception: 3/6/2020 7:00 - 9:00 PM.

I try to limit my work to three ongoing mega projects - Landscapes, Macro / Close Up work, and Abstracts. My abstracts are usually close ups of shadows cast on the wall or floor or sidewalk. This image sis in the third project line. The vessel was just a little spot of light that briefly hovered on the wall in my living room.

311 Gallery
311 West Martin Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601
United States

Three of the photographs I submitted to the Carnegie Center for the Arts 2020 Regional Juried Arts Competition have been accepted by the jurors and will be featured in this year's exhibit.

One of the three is Cosmic Egg - a chicken egg straight from the fridge, and one of my favorite photos for 2019:

The other two accepted works are Summer Solstice (see the post directly below this one) and Bad Axe Barn.

Based out of Three Rivers, Michigan, the Carnegie Center sponsors this competition for artists living in Southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana. It’s open to works in all media. As an annual event with several years of history, this show always brings out excellent work from the area. This year's show opened on January 19 and will close on February 19, 2020.

The 2019 Signature Artists gallery opens Sunday, December 1! This marks Signature's 40th seasonal gallery in the Kalamazoo area. We are at a new location this year at the Carillon Center, 6800 South Westnedge Suite M (next to Qdoba). Doors open at 12 noon on December 1.

The Opening reception will be Sunday, December 8 - stop by and meet the artists.

Here's one of the new pieces I will be exhibiting - Summer Solstice, a digital infrared landscape shot in June.

One of my photos has been accepted into the Maryland Federation of Art's 2019 American Landscapes: Scenes From The America's exhibition. The accepted photo is Expectation, shot in the summer of 2018. The exhibit runs from August 22 to September 21, 2019 at the Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401.

Two of my photos have been accepted into the Maryland Federation of Art's 2018 American Landscapes: Scenes From The America's exhibition. The accepted photos are Pine In Winter Fog (2018) and Sentinel (2016):

The exhibit opens on August 23 with a reception and awards presentation on September 9, 2018. The exhibit will be at MFA Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401. More info - plus a digital preview gallery -  can be found here.

 

 

Three of the photographs I submitted to the Carnegie Center for the Arts 2018 Regional Juried Arts Competition have been accepted by the jurors and will be featured in this year's exhibit. The selected photographs are shown below, all part of the Botanical Studies series. 

Based out of Three Rivers, Michigan, the Carnegie Center sponsors this competition for artists living in Southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana. It’s open to works in all media. As an annual event with several years of history, this show always brings out excellent work from the area. This year's show opened on January 21 and will close on February 17, 2018.

The three pieces I submitted to the exhibit are: