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The work of Los Angeles Photographer William Short is featured in “My Red America” available online now through the NECC Linda Hummel-Shea ArtSpace.<\/p><\/div>\n

In \u201cMy Red America\u201d, the latest exhibit from The Linda Hummel-Shea ArtSpace<\/a> at Northern Essex Community College, Los Angeles Photographer William Short<\/a> travels back to rural southwestern Ohio, a very special place from his childhood, almost 30 years after he had last been there.<\/p>\n

Once \u201cmagical, safe places\u201d, he finds a different scene when he returns. \u201cBoth Winchester and West Union are shells of what they were when I was a child,\u201d he explains. \u201cUnemployment, poverty, and drugs have taken over. Storefronts are empty. Buildings and homes lie in disrepair.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this online exhibit<\/a> with over 40 photographs, Short chronicles the changes that have occurred, capturing homes in various stages of repair, run-down local businesses, rural highways, and relics from the area\u2019s rich farming tradition. The exhibit is available online now through Feb. 27.<\/p>\n

Short was drawn back to this place after the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to visually understand how Adams County had changed and how those changes affected the towns I had loved so much in my childhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

The towns Winchester and West Union are predominantly White (90%) and conservative (In 2016, 81.3% voted for President Trump) and have undergone hard times, transitioning from an agrarian economy. Twenty-four percent of the population live below the poverty line and the median household income is $36,000, $16,000 below the state average.<\/p>\n

The exhibit website features an interview<\/a> between the photographer and Marc Mannheimer, Northern Essex art professor and ArtSpace gallery director. The two have known each other since the 1980\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFrom the beginning of my awareness of Bill\u2019s work I was drawn into the simple yet complex nature of it,\u201d says Mannheimer.\u00a0 His photographs always seem to capture the initial surface of a \u201cscene\u201d but as one gazes you are brought into the true depth of his vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Based in Los Angeles, Short specializes in architectural, editorial, and documentary photography. He earned a BFA from Antioch College in Ohio and an MFA from the University of Southern California and has taught at Moorpark College since 1999.<\/p>\n

A Viet Nam combat veteran and anti-war resister, he is the co-author, with Willa Seidenberg, of \u201cA Matter of Conscience: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War\u201d.<\/p>\n

Here is the link to the ArtSpace exhibit.<\/a><\/p>\n

Located in the Bentley Library Building on NECC\u2019s Haverhill Campus, the\u00a0Linda Hummel-Shea ArtSpace Gallery\u00a0features exhibits by NECC students, faculty, and artists from around the region and the world.<\/p>\n

Northern Essex\u2019s Department of Art & Design offers many courses in fine art and design leading to an\u00a0Associate Degree in General Studies: Art & Design<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For additional information, contact Marc Mannheimer, gallery coordinator at\u00a0mmannheimer@necc.mass.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Northern Essex Community College has campuses in both Haverhill and Lawrence. It offers\u00a0approximately\u00a060\u00a0associate degree and certificate programs as well as hundreds of noncredit courses designed for personal enrichment and career growth.\u00a0 Each year,\u00a06,000\u00a0students are enrolled in credit associate degree and certificate programs on the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses; and\u00a0another 2,000\u00a0take noncredit workforce development and community education classes on campus, and at businesses and community sites across the Merrimack Valley.\u00a0 For more information, visit the website at\u00a0www.necc.mass.edu\u00a0or call 978-556-3700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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