Central Virginia Community College
Merritt Hall Gallery to feature work by Jerry De Avila and Meridith De Avila
Lynchburg, VA
/Media Release/ -- Down the Road, an exhibition of
photographs by Jerry De Avila of Braselton, Georgia, and his niece, Meridith De
Avila of Lynchburg, will be on display at the Merritt Hall Gallery of Central
Virginia Community College through the month of May. An opening reception will
be held on Saturday, May 3, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
The photographs explore the De Avilas shared desire to capture the beauty of a
broken world. "Down the Road" includes breathtaking color images from Joshua
National Park, Asturias and Mallorca, Spain, the Arizona Desert, Grand Canyon,
Jasper National Park in British Columbia, and Mojave Desert. These landscapes
will be displayed alongside images of a quiet sunrise after snowfall in
Lynchburg and recent black and white film renderings of Lynchburgs hidden,
sometimes tragically forgotten, neighborhoods.
Meridith De Avila, born in Atlanta, Georgia, studied creative writing and studio
art at Hope College. Prior to moving to Virginia, she was a freelance writer for
The Grand Rapids Press Lakeshore Bureau, and served as interim coordinator of
the Sixth Annual Tulipanes Latino Art and Film Festival in Holland, Michigan. A
resident of Lynchburg since 2006, her photography has been exhibited at the
Mezzanine Gallery and Cafι, and the Academy of Fine Arts. She is also a resident
artist at Third Stone Gallery in Fennville, Michigan. Meridith is the Director
of Marketing at the Academy of Fine Arts and is a freelance writer for Lynchburg
Living.
Jerry De Avila, who studied at the Art Institute of Atlanta, was born in Santa
Clara, Cuba, and served as a photographer for ten years in the Georgia Army
National Guard with many overseas tours including Desert Storm, the Panama
Canal, and Ecuador. He has won several journalism awards and has also taught
classes on digital imaging and color management. Jerry also helped with the
first use of digital technology at Time Magazine during the Lillehammer
Olympics. Jerry lives in Braselton, Georgia and works for EFI where he is
responsible for the sale and marketing of their color printing and color imaging
products.
The Saturday, May 3, a reception will be held in Merritt Hall on CVCCs main
campus Lynchburg. It is free and open to the public. For further information,
contact CVCC curator Kathy Cudlin at
kcudlin@aol.com .
Release Date: 2:00 PM (EST) 04/25/08
Release Number: 080425.deavilaexhibit
Media Contact:
Kennan J. Meyer
Coordinator, Public Relations and Marketing
Central Virginia Community College
(434) 832-7609
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