September 9, 2024 - October 29, 2024
EXHIBITING AT THE LOCAL ART GALLERY, MILL DISTRICT, AMHERST MA
KINDNESS
Anonymous
november
Darius Barry
James Hall Nasmyth's Normal Lunar Crater ca. 1873 10” x 12” Wooden Postage Stamp Archival Print This wooden postage stamp features an image from The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite (1873), co-written by the renowned engineer and amateur astronomer James Hall Nasmyth. The depicted image is a plaster cast model of Nasmyth’s imagined moon surface, not an actual photograph. This piece is sourced from the Rijksmuseum.
Puck Magazine Cover: The Assassin of President Garfield 10” x 12” Wooden Postage Stamp Archival Print This wooden postage stamp features an image from the cover of Puck Magazine, in 1881, A Model office-seeker--"I am a lawyer, a theologian and a politician!"--Charles J. Guiteau / WAT. , 1881. New York: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/92508892/
Future Echoes
Grace Episcopal Church 24” x 18” Wood Frame, Matted to 8” x 10” Archival Print On Sept. 20, 1864, Amherst residents, led by Rev. Frederick D. Huntington, gathered to establish a Protestant Episcopal parish. Named Grace Church, it was decided in May 1865 to construct a stone building designed by Henry Dudley in 13th-century English style. Built with gray gneiss from Leverett, the church was consecrated on July 17, 1866. The tower, part of the original plan, was added in 1868.
Amherst Station 18” x 24” Wood Frame, Matted to 8” x 10” Archival Print Amherst Train Station transports us to 1881, a time when this historic brick station was the only one on the line. Serving as a vibrant hub, it connected Amherst to expanding railroads and bustling travel routes. This framed photograph captures the station’s pivotal role in linking Amherst to a wider world of opportunity and adventure.