“Shore Traditions” is the April Exhibit in the Galleries of the Dorchester Center for the Arts

“Shore Traditions” is the April exhibit in the galleries. This exhibit features an eclectic mix of four artists: Ed Thieler, Erick Sahler, Graham Slaughter and Lee Goodwin, each with a different slant on some of the rich and treasured traditional themes of Dorchester and beyond.

Carver and model boat maker Ed Thieler is a retired orthopedic surgeon and Shore resident. Thieler is a Chesapeake vessel expert noted for the precision and beauty of his boats. For over 20 years Ed has given formal talks before the South Dorchester Folk Museum, The Richardson Maritime Museum, and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. During maritime festivals throughout the shore he demonstrates his models and discusses their relevance and cultural importance. He has also repaired and restored model boats in museum collections. Ed will be showing a variety of carvings in the gallery, including several models made to plans by Howard I. Chappelle, Dorchester resident in the 1940s-1970s.

Erick Sahler is an Illustrator Member of New York’s distinguished Society of Illustrators and an American Screen Printing Association certified graphic artist and screen printer. He has created and published thousands of illustrations, graphics, and cartoons in the mid-Atlantic region since 1983. Sahler’s artwork hangs in the collections of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Scott Higham and NPR “Morning Edition” host Liane Hansen, as well as the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center, Lowe House Office Building, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury University, and more. Sahler will be exhibiting hand-pulled serigraphs created in his Salisbury studio, featuring bold images of regional themes including Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.

Graham Slaughter, neurosurgeon turned award-winning photographer resides in Dorchester, and will exhibit photography depicting rural landscapes and waterfowl of the region, including spectacular vistas of Blackwater. Graham’s interest in photography began in his early teenage years, using his bike to find photogenic material, and then teaching himself the magic of the wet darkroom. After decades in the medical field, he entered the certificate program at the Maryland Institute College of Art – graduating three or so years later. Graham is a former President of the DCA Board of Directors and the founder of DCA’s annual community photography show.

Lee Goodwin lives and works in the Washington, DC area. He makes his living as a renewable energy lawyer but has been an active photographer since childhood. For nearly twenty years, Goodwin has concentrated on landscape photography, primarily in Washington and nearby areas including the Chesapeake Bay. His most recent project has been to photograph the countryside around the Bay, with an emphasis on the places where land and water meet. Photographs from this project have been featured in several group and solo exhibits, as well as on permanent display in the Maryland House of Delegates Office Building in Annapolis.

The show will run through Saturday April 28, 2018. A Second Saturday Artists’ Reception will be held on April 14 from 5:00-7:30 p.m., with artist talks, live music, and light refreshments. The reception will also include a farewell toast for retiring Visual Arts Coordinator Janette Jones. Free – all are welcome!

For more information, visit DCA at 321 High Street in Cambridge, or online at www.dorchesterarts.org. Like us on Facebook! Hours of operation: Tuesday – Thursday Noon – 8:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Second Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Programs at DCA are supported by the Maryland State Arts Council, celebrating 50 years of service to the arts.

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~ Dorchester Center for the Arts