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Hudson Valley friends please save the date. Re Imagining Relations photo book launch party on Saturday, March 14 from 4-7pm at the Newburgh Community Photography Project (102 South William Street, Newburgh, NY) @newburghcommunityphotoproject #firstphotobook #photobook #reimaginingrelations #mosquesandsynagogues #newburgh #newburghny #hudsonvalley

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT :

Time Passes is a limited edition of 100 hand-bound books by Shari Diamond @sharidiamond , printed using a Risograph Duplicator. Through a blend of image and text, the book meditates on the human condition—navigating themes such as aging, mortality, remembrance, and the ways our stories are preserved, altered, or forgotten.

Inspired by Joan Didion’s reflections in Blue Nights —“Memory fades. Memory adjusts. Memory conforms to what we think we remember”—Time Passes centers on 60 images from Diamond’s The 60 Year Project. Each image marks a pivotal moment from each year of the artist’s life.

The 60 photographs, sourced from Diamond’s personal and family archives, have been transformed through digital drawing and tin-type printing. This process distills each image to its emotional core, creating a visual language that resonates with both personal significance and universal meaning. From early childhood through adulthood, the series captures everyday scenes and life-altering events alike—stories that are at once deeply individual and widely relatable.

Shari Diamond is a queer photographic artist whose art practice investigates topics ranging from borders and boundaries, sexuality, gender, immortality, and impermanence to human relations. They currently live and work in New York City and Newburgh, NY.

Diamond’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Leslie-Lohman Museum, The New School Archives and Special Collections, and numerous private collections. Their images have appeared in popular television, including Succession and Dietland, and have been exhibited in prominent venues across the United States—including the Samuel Dorsky Museum and the Leslie-Lohman Museum—as well as internationally in Mexico, Israel, and Japan.

Gestures of Care, Resilience, and Connection

On View: May 30 – July 5, 2026
Opening reception: May 30, 2026, 5-8pm
Curated by Shari Diamond

Featuring sixteen artists from the Women Photographers Collective of the Mid-Hudson Valley, the exhibition reflects an ongoing commitment to shared dialogue, support, and creative exchange. At a time when many feel unsafe, unseen, or divided, this exhibition gathers photographs that turn our attention toward what holds us together. Across intimate moments, lived environments, and collective actions, the works in this exhibition suggest that community is not a fixed entity but an ongoing practice—formed through gestures of care, sustained through resilience, and activated through connection.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Joan Barker @jbarkerimages
Ana Bergen @ana_akama
Shari Diamond @sharidiamond_studio
Jill Enfield @jillenfield
Judit German-Heins @juditghphotography
Karen Ghostlaw @karen.ghostlaw
Lori Grinker @lgrinker
Morgan Gwenwald @gwenwald
Maria Fernanda Hubeaut @mariafernandahubeaut
Kay Kenny @kaykennyphotography
Dana Matthews @danamatthewstudio
Meryl Meisler @merylmeisler
Adina Scherer @adinainspirationalist
Carla Shapiro @carlashapirophotography
Kate Warren @gokateshoot
Ruth Wetzel @ruthwetzel

CPW
25 Dederick Street
Kingston, NY 12401
Gallery Hours: Thursday to Sunday 11am – 5pm

Moments from the past few days during the installation of “Gestures of Care, Resilience, and Connection in the Community Gallery at CPW.

The exhibition curated by Shari Diamond showcases work by local women photographers. “Gestures of Care, Resilience, and Connection,”, comprises the work of 16 artists in the Women Photographers Collective of the Mid-Hudson Valley.

At a time when many feel unsafe, unseen, or divided, this exhibition gathers photographs that turn our attention toward what holds us together. Across intimate moments, lived environments, and collective actions, the works in this exhibition suggest that community is not a fixed entity but an ongoing practice that is formed through gestures of care, sustained through resilience, and activated through connection.

The 16 participating artists are: Joan Barker, Ana Bergen, Shari Diamond, Jill Enfield, Judit German-Heins, Karen Ghostlaw, Lori Grinker, Morgan Gwenwald, Maria Fernanda Hubeaut, Kay Kenny, Dana Matthews, Meryl Meisler, Adina Scherer, Carla Shapiro, Kate Warren, and Ruth Wetzel.

Opening reception May 30, 5-8pm, 25 Dederick Street, Kingston. @cpw_kingston

Off we go to Newburgh. Hard to believe that in June it’ll be 10 years since I bought my house and studio. Lately I’ve been wondering if it might be time for a change. We’ll see.

My father would have been 97 years old today. Thinking of him with love and appreciation.

After a busy work week, I’m back at a pilates class. I started doing pilates in February and it has felt so good, physically and emotionally.

It’s day 2 of ICP’s Portfolio Day. We are the dream team! @chandraglick @helena_goni @icp

A sweet subway moment yesterday.

At the MET this afternoon seeing El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego. I enjoyed the costumes and some moments of the opera.

At the MET this afternoon seeing El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego. I enjoyed the costumes and some moments of the opera.

My last sight on the subway riding home following dinner with Joan.
After taking the photo I couldn’t help but think about a teacher, when I first was learning about photography at the U of M who wrote on the back of my print “try to avoid crotch shots.”

Yesterday, I broke down and bought a bra. I was trying to hold off until the fall when I will finally have breast reduction surgery. DD/DDD to B.