" Hello darkness,
my old friend . . .
I've come to talk
to you again."
The Sound of Silence
by Simon and Garfunkel
"i call on the resting soul
of Galileo.
King of night vision,
king of insight."
Galileo
by Indigo Girls
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The Nocturnes AlumNight / Open House
March 19, 2016
"Fortunately, art is a community effort - a small but
select community
living in a spiritualized world, endeavoring to interpret the wars
and the
solitudes of the flesh." - Allen Ginsberg
Hello Friends of The Nocturnes,
We are pleased to announce our 31st AlumNight event (still twice-yearly). Sponsored
by The Nocturnes Night Photography Web site and
held at locations on Mare Island - Saturday, March 19, 2016, from
1:30 pm to 6:00pm - followed by night photography
until
about 11pm.
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Homeland #1, Mare Island by Tim Baskerville
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This will follow the schedule/itinerary we've observed with AlumNights
in the recent past. We have a number of announcements to make, much
to talk about, and work (from you!) to see. All this, and a few
more surprises - should be a another great AlumNight! So-o-o, bring
your latest work, promo pieces, 'leave behinds,' questions(?), and
just news of what's goin' on in your nocti-photo-life!
Right off, for this, our AlumNight-31, we meet near the North End of the Island
(still 'pretty vacant' . . . ) - map to follow, upon RSVP - 1:30pm
Saturday. Tim Baskerville will fill all the newcomers in on the
'lay of the land,' future plans for the Island, and cautionary (if
not recessionary!) tales. At this point we can carpool/caravan to
points on Mare Island you may not have visited before (this would
be a good time for people who attended previously to break out,
on their own - new locales to scout around!) - it's a fantastic
place: equal parts 'wild west' and WestWorld; Penny Lane and Wisteria
Lane - prime territory for Night Photographers!
By 2:30 - 3pm, we will head over to the Mare Island Museum (run by Mare Island Historic
Park Foundation) in the historical center of the Former Naval Shipyard
(MINSy), where Joyce Giles, a volunteer/tour guide for the foundation,
will give us a brief history of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (added
to the National Register of Historic Places, 1975) and a tour of
some of the Museum's exhibits. Again, a lot of changes in the museum
each time we visit - we think you'll enjoy it! We have access to
the Museum and its meeting space for our little show'n'tell, and
Joyce can fill you all in on the details of the collection, the
Foundation's plans for the future, and volunteer opportunities with
them, should you be interested.
We will break for an early dinner around 5:00pm (pizza / beverages
provided, as usual), followed by Night Photography throughout the
historic core of Mare Island, from 6:30 to 11 pm - the usual
(or unusual, depending on your viewpoint) 100-150 year-old brick
buildings, massive ship-building equipment and structures, historic
mansions, etc.
URLs of interest:
www.mareislandmuseum.org
www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CA/Solano/districts.html
www.discovermareisland.com
Also, view some of Tim's work, done on Mare Island - www.thenocturnes.com/gallery/mareisland.html
And, have a look at some work done during our last couple of AlumNights
and Flyway Festivals on Mare Island at our Flickr group - http://www.flickr.com/groups/thenocturnes/
We realize that you're all very busy people, but we hope you can
attend. Once you confirm that you'll be attending (you will ABSOLUTELY NEED to RSVP via email - to: alumni [at] thenocturnes [dot] com - we have paperwork, permits, insurance riders, attendee lists,
etc. to process), we will send you all the particulars about this
fun event - times, directions, maps, where to park, payment info,
what to bring (if you don't like pizza, you should bring along any
special food requirements), and of course, the 'secret handshake'
for admission!
NOTE that there is a $30/person fee for this special AlumNight event (payable/sent to Pacific Media Arts - P.O. Box 291, Napa, CA 94559 (NOTE: New Address) - this needs to be RECEIVED NO LATER than March 16th. PayPal submission also available:
contact Susan - nichols [at] thenocturnes [dot] com - for email to use for payment.
This event benefits both the Mare Island Historic Park Foundation and The Nocturnes - and covers the use of the facility/with Museum staff, as well as food/beverage for the early evening meal (not many eateries, right now, "on-Island!") - a small price to pay, we think, for unique insight and continued access to this historic 'time-scape' at night!
This event is intended for all past participants in The Nocturnes
Workshop Series, the U.C. Santa Cruz, College of Marin, Napa Valley College, and U.C.
Berkeley Extension Night Photography classes, The SF Bay area Flyway
Festival NPy Workshop, the Expo for the Artist introductory Workshops,
our fall "Studio Nocturne" event, and all local exhibitors in our
online shows. It is also open, on a limited basis, to prospective
'devotees' as well - sort of an Open House - so, if you know of
someone who's REALLY interested . . . or interesting . . .
But hurry - as they say: "space is limited . . . "
Tim Baskerville
Susan Nichols
707-645-9860
alumni [at] thenocturnes [dot] com
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"So, you really should VISIT more often . . ."
The Nocturnes family of Web sites:
http://www.thenocturnes.com
http://thenocturnes.blogspot.com
http://www.timbaskerville.com
http://www.thepanocturnists.com
http://www.flickr.com/groups/thenocturnes
http://www.flickr.com/groups/off-limits
http://www.meersfamily.org
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The Nocturnes.com / Pacific Media Arts
P.O. Box 291
Napa, CA 94559
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