First Friday Artwalk at New Frontiers in Flagstaff May 6, 2011

Flagstaff, AZ.
New Frontiers Natural Marketplace invites you to our “First
Friday” artist reception featuring the photographic images from
the international travels of NAU professors, Greg Glau and
Greg Larkin, Friday, May 6 from 6-8:30pm.
As friends, professors and creative artists, Glau and Larkin share
a similar point of view. Both agree that photography is the best
medium to capture the instantaneous changes inherent in nature,
including the patterns of light on an object or the expression on
a child’s face. Digital photography also allows for hundreds of
“practice” shots to be taken, allowing the photographer a wide range
of choices in the final selection.
Greg Larkin selected photos for this show from recent trips to
Europe and India. Based on a “range of viewpoints,” Larkin
sometimes merges different photos in collages and displays
multiple shots of the same subject together. Other photos are
stand alone. In either case, “I try to enhance the interactions
between the viewer, the artist and the photographs by having
the photographs interact with each other, not just the viewers,”
he says.
Greg Glau chose his photos of the Mediterranean regions which illustrate
the people and architecture, emphasizing how natural light carves out
patterns, making each photo distinctive and original. Glau is inspired by
“unusual angles and perspectives, things we all see, but don’t see.”
Greg Glau is Associate Professor and Director of the University Writing
Program at Northern Arizona University. Starting with a small Kodak
camera as a teenager, Greg later moved to using a film SLR and now,
a Nikon digital camera. Greg’s prints now hang in the Dean's office of
the College of Arts and Letters. In the fall of 2011, with his daughter
Trace Glau, Greg will be doing a “father-daughter” art show for
August’s Friday Art Walk, at La Bellavia restaurant. The photographs
in this show at New Frontiers all came from a trip to the Mediterranean in 2010.
You can see more of Greg's photographs at http://www.pbase.com/gglau/cw,
selected photographs are for sale at http://gglau.zenfolio.com/.
Greg Larkin is a Professor of English at Northern Arizona University,
specializing in business and professional writing. He enjoys world travel
and capturing images of the landscape and the way people live in differing
settings and circumstances. He has worked on his photographs via classes
from Nikon, from Coconino Community College, and from NAU. For more
information or discussion, or to see more photographs, go to Cafe Pickles
in Flagstaff or to http://www.yessy.com/gregorylarkin

Artwork displayed at New Frontiers will be displayed for a month
after the First Friday reception. The theme is “affordable”
art and features original works of art and photography for under
$250.
New Frontiers Natural Marketplace is happy to join Willowbend
Environmental Education Center in celebrating Flagstaff’s First
Friday Art Walk. Also at Aspen Place at the Sawmill, Pita Jungle
celebrates First Friday with music and a happy hour menu.
Music, entertainment and great food are all part of the Art Walk
experience. New Frontiers will surprise you with sumptuous food
and drink at the May 6 artist reception from 6-8:30pm . Make
First Friday Art Walk at Aspen Place a relaxing stop on your
next Friday night out. Join us for delicious food and a feast for
your eyes.
New Frontiers: “We’re all about Your quality of life!”