© GLENNA EVANS
© GLENNA EVANS
When Glenna Evans moved into a 1890 Victorian home, she discovered many "forgotten treasures,"
from old encyclopedias and medical books to windows, doors, and screens.
"Abandoned, their value and beauty were masked by layers of dust," says Evans. "I wondered what
stories they could tell."
Glimpses of Memory, her series of photographs of those treasures, is featured in the Griffin Museum
at the Aberjona River Gallery in Winchester, MA, January 21 through March 28. An opening reception
with the artist at the Aberjona Gallery is February 2, 6-7:30 PM.
The pictures in this series are modern, mixed-media frescoes. Classic frescoes were created by
applying paint onto fresh wet plaster. Evans has been perfecting a technique of "printing"
photographs onto wet plaster. The resulting pieces have the same textures and irregularities as a
fragment of an old fresco.
"I capture the images with a 35-mm digital camera using natural light. A specialty lens is used to
enhance the dreamlike quality," Evans says. "The images are pigment ink printed onto a plastic
substrate. Then the ink is transferred onto a wet, handmade plaster board to enhance their aged,
worn character. They are finished with varnish and wax."
"Glenna Evans´ use of the fresco to print her photographs is an interesting device that intersects
time and memory," says Paula Tognarelli executive director of the Griffin Museum of Photography.
Evans grew up on a farm in southern Illinois. She became comfortable with urban life living in
Chicago for almost 18 years, where her first career was as a hairstylist on Michigan Avenue. She
received a bachelor of arts degree in photography from DePaul University School for New Learning in
Chicago in 1994. She also attended the Photography Atelier, a course for advanced photographers, at
Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Evans moved to New Hampshire in 2005.
The reception is open to all. Please RSVP to the Griffin Museum by January 26.
Evans will give a talk on her work at the Griffin Museum on February 7 at 3 PM for the Griffin's
Senior Sunday program. The public is welcome and the program is free. Sponsored by Salter
Healthcare and Winning Farms.
The Griffin Museum at the Aberjona River Gallery is at the Aberjona Rehabilitation and Nursing
Center, 184 Swanton St., Winchester, MA. It is open seven days a week, 11 AM - 5 PM. Visitors
should enter at the parking lot entrance and see the receptionist.
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The Aberjona Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, the newest of the three Salter HealthCare
facilities, provides both short term rehabilitation and long term care. There are 123 beds in this
modern facility. A special wing with separate entrance and dining room is available for those
patients who require a short stay to regain their ability to live independently in the community. A
Social Worker helps the resident with adjustment issues and coordinates home care services. In
addition to providing intensive short term rehabilitation, Aberjona now as a 41 bed
Alzheimer’s unit that is designed to provide comfort for both the patients and their family
members. For more information, visit the The Aberjona Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.
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