FOR THE FIRST TIME EVERY IN OUR 16 YEAR HISTORY WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE 2 EXHIBITIONS OPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY IN OUR OWN SPACE- LOOKING AT YOU, CURATED BY JAN PIETER VAN VOORST VAN BEEST AND OF HOME AND PLACE CURATED BY OUR DIRECTOR DENISE FROEHLICH. THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND PLEASE COME ENJOY THE FRIUTS OF YOUR GENEROSITY.

 Of Home & Place

A JAMES R. SALOMON MEMORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT

With an original composition by contemporary composer Barry Morse

June 5 - August 1, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, June 5
Talks: Friday, June 26 + Friday July 24, 5-8m

Home is not merely a structure; it is a fabric woven from the landscapes we inhabit and the roots we decide to put down. My own path- shaped by the tidal marshes of Connecticut and the rugged permanence of Maine - has been a lifelong study of place-making. From designing spaces to managing properties, I have always looked for the point where conservation, stewardship and personal history converge. conservation, longing, nostalgia, alter ego, experience of place, the subconsciencius experience, time, peace+war, domesticated animals, the romanticism of the woods, echo and syphoning through experience, mans relationship to lanscape, site specificity, home as theatre, inheritance, designing the landscape, time before the abyss, and the moon are just some of the topics covered in this exhibition.

Of Home and Place is born from this shared language of looking. It is presented in the memory of James R. Salomon (1963 -2024), a distinguished photographer whose thirty - year career was defined by a sensitive eye for the intersection of architecture and light. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, Jamie possessed a rare ability to capture the soul of a home. Whether photographing major magazines or documenting the Maine woods and waters he loved, his work was always and act of deep observation.

The artists gathered here join Jamie and me in a vital inquiry: What does it mean to belong to a place or have a home? We are proudly grateful to the Salomon family for their generous sponsorship of this exhibition. It is an honor to celebrate Jamie’s legacy through a dialogue that invites us all to consider where we are rooted, and why it matters. - Denise Froehlich, Dir. MMPA

Peter Shellenberger
Jon Pelletier
Todd Watts
Kelly Anderson Staley
Jeffery C. Becton
James Mullen
Cole Caswell
Lin Lisberger
Jodi Colella
Gary Green
Barry Morse
justin Kirchoff
Chris Schiavo
jim Nickelson
Suzanne Theodora White
Jean Noon
Eugene Cole
Emily Belz
Megan Jones
Joan Fitzsimmons

THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANTS OF THIS EXHIBITION. THE WORK SENT TO US WAS SO EXTRAORDINARY AND WE REALIZED IMMEDIATELY THAT THE IDEA OF HOME AND PLACE IS A POIGNANT AND TIMELY TOPIC IN OUR CULTURE. WE HAVE DECIDED TO OPEN OUR NEW LOCATION WITH THE RECEPTION AND EXHIBITION- A CELEBRATION OF MMPA’S NEW HOME TOO! PLEASE FORGIVE US FOR THE DELAYS AND HAVE PATIENCE WITH US WHILE WE FINALIZE OUR ARRANGEMENTS. Please JOIN OUR MAILING LIST FOR UPDATES.

Todd Watts

Gary Green

Sense of place is the sixth sense, an internal compass and map made by memory and spacial perception together. The desire to go home that is a desire to be whole, to know where you are, to be the point of intersection of all the lines drawn through all the stars, to be the constellation-maker and the center of the world, that center called love. To awaken from sleep, to rest from awakening, to tame the animal, to let the soul go wild, to shelter in darkness and blaze with light, to cease to speak and be perfectly understood. - Rebecca Solnit

Megan Jones

Lin Lisberger

Jeffery Becton

Peter Shellenberger

Keily Anderson Staley

Jon Pelletier

Joan Fitzsimmons

Jodi Colella

Jean Noon

Eugene Cole

The sense of place, as the phrase suggests, does indeed emerge from the senses. The land, and even the spirit of the place, can be experienced kinetically, or kinesthetically, as well as visually. If one has been raised in a place, its textures and sensations, its smells and sounds, are recalled as they felt to a child’s, adolescent’s, adult’s body. Even if ones history there is short, a place can still be felt as an extension of the body, especially the walking body, passing through and becoming part of the landscape. - Lucy Lippard

James Mullen

CHRIS SCHIAVO

Emily Betz

Cole Caswell

Suzanne Theodora White

Justin Kirchoff

Jim Nickelson

Barry Morse