Photographs by members of the Fall River Camera Club were featured at the opening of a new art exhibit at the Staircase Galleries sponsored by Arts United and the Fall River Mass In Motion project on November 17, 2011. The Galleries are part of an initiative to encourage physical activity among employees and visitors to Government Center by providing a welcoming environment. Art was provided by Camera Club members as well as local photographer Jon Fox and several paintings by B.M.C. Durfee High School students. "This was great opportunity to feature some of the non-commercial photographers that are right in our midst," commented Arts United president Sandy Dennis who helped to organize the exhibit with Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly. The goal of the state-wide Mass in Motion  initiative is to create a healthier community through changes in policy, systems and environments. The Staircase Galleries are examples of environmental change. Click here for the Herald News article. For more information about the project, contact Mass In Motion coordinator Julie Kelly at 508-324-2405.  

(Top row, left and right)  Arts United president Sandy Dennis and Mass In Motion Coordinator Julie Kelly label each of the photographs and talk with Camera Club member Dennis Lawson who has two pieces in the exhibit. (Top row, center) Barbara Adams, the inter-club competition chairperson, talks with president Lorraine Anderson as member Beate Dalbec looks on. (Second row) Julie Kelly welcomes guests to the reception in the atrium of Government Center. (Third row, left) Mayor William Flanagan praises the work of the artists as Helen Rego of the Niagara Neighborhood Association listens. (Third row, center) Herald News Extras Editor Lynne Sullivan describes the Camera Club and their exhibitions. (Third row, right) Corky Row Neighborhood Association president Marangelien Jovet listens as Julie Kelly invites the group to see the exhibit in the two staircases of the Government Center building. (Bottom row, left) Photographer Jon Fox of Assonet, who is not a Camera Club member, points to some of his work. (Bottom row, center) Camera Club member Brooks Angelini points out some of his own work to his four-year-old son, Jackk Wright.