Jo Ann Santangelo: Walking the Block

Jo Ann Santangelo: Walking the Block 

Jo Ann Santangelo @ B. Hollyman Gallery

June 4 – July 2, 2011

Preview: First Thursday, June 2, 6-8pm

Opening Reception: Sat., June 4, 6-8pm

Artist Talk: Sat., June 11, 1pm

In 2008, Jo Ann Santangelo began work on ‘Walking the Block’, a series of black and white photographs documenting the LGBT community of New York City’s Christopher Street, located in the West Village. Home to the Stonewall Inn, the street was at the center of the gay rights movement in the late 1970s. Santangelo focused on one block in particular, hangout and rallying point for New York’s gay black community. Throughout countless nights on Christopher Street, Santangelo was accepted into the tight-knit community; the relationships formed are evident in her present and intimate portraits and street scenes.

Santangelo attended the International Center of Photography in New York in 2008, where she was awarded The New York Times Foundation Scholarship and interned with Eugene Richards. After two years of documenting the Christopher Street scene and LGBT Veterans, Jo Ann relocated back to Austin, where she continues her photographic career. 

1202-a W. 6^th Street 78703 (Located adjacent to Wally Workman Gallery)

Gallery hours: Tues-Sat 10-5, or by appt.

www.bhollymangallery.com