Photographer Lori Adams Wins Arts Award
The Larry Salley Photography Award is given each year during ArtsWestchester’s Arts Award celebration, taking place this year on April 6 at the Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase. The award was established in 2018 by ArtsWestchester, African American Men of Westchester and the family of Westchester community member Lawrence Salley as a celebration of Salley’s life and artistic achievements.
Read more about the 2022 Arts Awardees here.
Lori Adams
2022 Larry Salley Photography Award
Lori Adams began by photographing plants as they grew in their natural glory. Moving to the controlled lighting of her studio, and inspired by the style of Netherlandish paintings of the 1600s, she began using combinations of plants and objects to develop her still-life photography. In all of her work, Adams represents the wonder of nature and the incredible qualities of flowers and seedpods. Through her botanical imagery, Adams is able to reflect the arrangements of the past and use plants, just as they were designed by nature, to tell a photographic story that expresses an obvious appreciation of botanical subjects. Lori Adams has exhibited her work in numerous solo exhibitions in Cold Spring, Poughkeepsie and Beacon.
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A version of this article first appeared in the April 2022 issue of ArtsNews, ArtsWestchester’s monthly publication. ArtsNews is distributed throughout Westchester County. A digital copy is also available at artsw.org/artsnews.
About ArtsWestchester
For more than 50 years, ArtsWestchester has been the community’s connection to the arts. Founded in 1965, it is the largest private not-for-profit arts council in New York State. Its mission is to create an equitable, inclusive, vibrant and sustainable Westchester County in which the arts are integral to and integrated into every facet of life. ArtsWestchester provides programs and services that enrich the lives of everyone in Westchester County. ArtsWestchester helps fund concerts, exhibitions and plays through grants; brings artists into schools and community centers; advocates for the arts; and builds audiences through diverse marketing initiatives. In 1998, ArtsWestchester purchased the nine-story neo-classical bank building at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue which has since been transformed into a multi-use resource for artists, cultural organizations and the community. A two-story gallery is located on the first floor of ArtsWestchester’s historic building on Mamaroneck Avenue. artsw.org