The Dayton Society of Artists (DSA) is pleased to present MIDWEST AMERICANA, a regional call for lens-based artwork. Support for this exhibition is provided by FotoFocus.
Juror: Francis Schanberger received his Master of Fine Arts from the Ohio State University in 2002. He has been an artist in residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts (2005), Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts (2011) and Vermont Studio Center in 2013. He has exhibited at Soho Photo in New York, the Houston Center for Photography, the Free University of Brussels, as well as COHJU Gallery in Kyoto, Japan.
Participating Artists:
Jerry Allison, Stephanie de la Rosa, Shannon Gallion, AJ Harris, Renee Hopson, Daniel Landis, Beth Larsen, Linda Madden, Kevin Marano, Melissa McWilliams, Jeremy Mudd, Kaylee Peters, Linda Phillips, Judd Plattenburg, Angela Reichelderfer, BJ Rose, Erin Rose, Danielle Schuster, Billy Simms, Jeff Smith, Bruce Soifer, Leah Stahl, Douglas Taylor, Katie Timko, Cliff Warnken, Susan Willin, Ronald Wilson, William Woody, Charles Wright
Image: Kaylee Peters, Midwest Summer, NFS
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DSA PROJECT SPACE
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No One Ever Told Me
The DSA Project Space, known for its flexibility in highlighting members' artwork and innovative ideas throughout the year, will be featuring a collection of work by member Stephanie de la Rosa.
No One Ever Told Me
No one ever told me how difficult it is to become a mother. No one ever told me my body may not be able to conceive a baby. No one ever told me that the grief after a traumatic birth lingers. No one ever told me the sleepless nights never end. No one ever told me I would lose a piece of myself while picking up pieces I never knew existed. No one ever told me that every hour of every day would feel like decades. No one ever told me the name I so desperately wanted to be called would be the same name that drives me insane when I hear it over and over. No one ever told me becoming a mother would be my biggest fear, my greatest challenge, and the most important role I take on in my life. No one ever told me I could love in the ways I do now. No one ever told me that being a mother would show me how to see the world through someone else’s eyes and it is beautiful.
This newest body of work embraces all these things no one ever told me and plays witness to all of the parts of motherhood that I am faced with all of the beautiful parts, all of the tough parts, and all of the parts that have made my heart break over and over again.
Bio:
Stephanie de la Rosa is a Dayton, OH based photographer. She received her Visual Arts undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton before receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati. Her work is primarily documentary style and has recently focused on what she sees and feels in her day to day life as a stay at home mother while beginning to tackle some larger topics surrounding motherhood and infertility. Much of her work has been exhibited locally, at the Dayton Society of Artists, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, and University of Dayton’s Radial gallery, as well as the Center for the Visual Arts in Wisconsin.
