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Come by WSAC this Friday from 7-10PM for the opening of our latest show, "Splendid Isolation: Late Summer In Northern Maine". It features both film and digital photography by yours truly, with an unusual number of landscapes (though they may be more accurately be described as skyscapes). Lee FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington Street Art Center, 321 Washington Street Somerville, MA 02143 The Washington Street Art Center Presents: Lee Kilpatrick's Splendid Isolation: Late Summer in Northern Maine Saturdays, October 6th – 27th, 2012 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 12, 2012, 7–10pm ON VIEW: October 6–27, Saturdays 12-4 and by appointment CONTACT: gallery321@washingtonst.org For high-resolution photos and/or interviews, the press should contact Lee Kilpatrick at leekil@rcn.com. www.Washingtonst.org www.leekilpatrick.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Photographer Lee Kilpatrick explores the “golden hour” in Splendid Isolation: Late Summer in Northern Maine at WSAC in October September 27, 2012 Somerville, MA – In Splendid Isolation: Late Summer in Northern Maine, photographer Lee Kilpatrick examines the remote beauty of his native land. Through images of fields and skies captured at the “golden hour” before sunset, and of people alone and together, the artist invites the viewer to explore the farming region of Aroostook County. “It’s the type of place most people never experience – you wouldn’t necessarily have a reason to go there,” says Kilpatrick. “Maine is best known for its coast and its wilderness, and the farming areas in between are less appreciated.” During its heyday in the early 1900s, Aroostook County was the number one supplier of potatoes for the nation. While farming has declined from this peak, schools still close for the annual potato harvest – 65% of which now turns into French fries. All photos were taken in August 2012. An unfinished church sits in a dirt lot; two bright red Maine hot dogs recline on a mound of baked beans; a tiny house’s windows glow against the approaching night. A woman sits alone by a sunny window; light shines through bottles of blue windshield fluid stacked at a gas station; and heavy blue and orange clouds reflect off a damp rural road. “Usually my photos are of people, with occasional landscapes,” says Kilpatrick. “But in this show a significant portion are landscapes. The focus is not nature, but rather the relationship between man-made structures and the much larger natural world.” Splendid Isolation is open to the public every Saturday in October from noon- 4pm at the Washington Street Art Center, 321 Washington Street in Somerville, MA. The opening reception is Friday, October 12th from 7-10pm. Directions are below and parking is free and plentiful. About the Washington Street Art Center The Washington Street Art Center houses Gallery 321, hosts studio space for more than twenty visual artists, and presents exhibitions, concerts, film series, and other art initiatives. The Center participates in Somerville Open Studios each May and an annual open studios and craft fair in December. The Washington Street Art Center is between Union Square and Beacon Street, a five-minute walk from Union Square and a ten-minute walk from Harvard Square (two blocks from Beacon Street). The Center is near or on the following bus routes: 87, 83, 86, and 91. Parking is free and ample.