Click646: A one-of-a-kind Event
October 11, 2009
By ST. CLAIRE DONAGHY
Index-Journal Features/Accent Editor
Greenwood, SC - It's promised to be something the likes of which Greenwood has not seen before - click646 - coming here Friday and Saturday.
The event takes its name from one of Greenwood's zip codes: 29646
- Click646 is the brainchild of Greenwood photographer Jon O. Holloway and is a weekend full of "inspiration, imagination and discovery."
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- "It is not a photography event," Holloway said. "It's not about shutter speeds and learning about the camera. It's about experiencing something wonderful."
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The click646 weekend includes exclusive ticketed events as well as free ones through which images will be used to "challenge people to think about the world and to celebrate it," Holloway said.
For ticketed events, a limited number of all-access Discovery Passes are available for $75 each ($50 for students with valid identification) that will get you into all events requiring tickets.
Passes may be purchased online through ETIX and directly from Greenwood Community Theatre, 110 Main Street, (864) 229-5704.
Bring your ETIX to the check-in table at Greenwood Community Theatre Friday. There, you will receive your welcome packet and official click646 tickets.
Some individual tickets for specific events are also being made available. For ticket information go online to www.click646.com.
During click646, four world class photographers, plus an international photography league, will share their visions.
Joyce Tenneson, of New York City - Tenneson is "one of America's most interesting portrayers of human character," who is regarded as one of the 10 most influential women photographers in history.
Tenneson's Greenwood visit is sponsored through the Canon "Explorers of Light" program.
Cristina Mittermeier, of Washington, D.C. - Mittermeier's photography focuses on the relationship between nature and humans and "the idea that people and nature are not isolated from each other but are inexorably connected.
Keith Cardwell, of the United Kingdom - Cardwell has traveled the world photographing but he is best known for his Cuban works, which have been included in a major exhibit and a recent book.
Jon Holloway, of Greenwood, SC - Holloway, the creator of click646, has traveled the world to photograph. Holloway's photography has been nationally and internationally exhibited and it has appeared in numerous publications. Holloway's most recent body of work is in the book "Beautiful Places," which celebrates the beauty of all 47 S.C. state parks.
International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) - This is a project-driven organization with a mission to translate conservation science into compelling visual messages. For click646, the ILCP is exhibiting its Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition "Borderlands" in the Countybank Gallery at the Arts Center at the Federal Building, 120 Main Street. This exhibit documents rare and intact ecosystems along the U.S./Mexico border and the fence that is being erected.
On a more local level, representatives of Upstate Forever will be on hand during the weekend to promote awareness of issues facing water sources, including the Saluda River, which has been designated as the sixth most endangered river in the U.S., and Lake Greenwood.
Other click646 exhibits included:
- A juried photography show at The Museum with entries from local and regional photographers plus "Camera Man's Journey: Julian Dimock's South," a collection of historic, vintage photographs taken between 1904 and 1905. (This traveling exhibit is being held over with help from click646).
- A Lander University Photographic Society student exhibit at Meridian (140 Maxwell Avenue).
- "Carolina on My Mind," by Taylors photographer Lynn Pilewski in the CapitalBank special exhibits gallery a the Arts Center at the Federal Building (120 Main Street)
- Holloway's works to be displayed at Sundance Gallery (146 Maxwell Avenue) that are part of the recently released book, "South Carolina: Beautiful Places," published by the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism about S.C. state parks.
During the weekend, free music in the streets is being provided by The Mad Tea Party of Asheville, The Two Gentlemen Band of New York City and William F. Gibbs, a regular a Holloway's Music on Maxwell events.
Plus, there is also an exclusive after-image party at Sundance Gallery (146 Maxwell Avenue) Saturday, with music by The Groove Mules of North Carolina (Tickets required for this party).
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