Carioca Color: Photographs of Rio de Janeiro

Category: Free

Start: Sunday, May 4, 2008

End: Thursday, May 29, 2008

Times: 2:00pm - 10:00pm

Location: FCTV, 310 Dillingham Ave., Falmouth

                           Dan Catrona

“Carioca Color: Photographs of Rio de Janeiro”

May 4 through May 29, 2008

 The Maser Gallery at Falmouth Community Television (FCTV)

310 Dillingham Avenue, Falmouth, MA 02540

Exhibit Hours: Sunday & Monday, 2-10 p.m.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 10 – 10 p.m.

Friday, 10 – 6 p.m.

Falmouth – An exhibition of color photographs by Falmouth photojournalist Dan Cutrona entitled “Carioca Color: Photographs of Rio de Janeiro” is on display at Falmouth Community TV’s Maser Gallery, 310 Dillingham Avenue, from May 4 through May 29, 2008. Opening reception: Sunday, May 4, 3 to 5 p.m.

Freelance-photographer Dan Cutrona describes his exhibition as a stylized look at Rio emphasizing the city’s color and rhythmic patterns. “Aside from a few shots, the show does not really focus on the people, but more so their environment. The Brazilian vitality can be seen through that colorful surrounding,” says Cutrona.

Cutrona began his career after showing his portfolio to the editor of the Sentinel and Enterprise, who gave him his first assignment at the age of 17. Simultaneously working at the newspaper, where he won awards from the New England Press Association, and attending Fitchburg State College, Cutrona learned his craft from professor Peter Laytin, whose mentor was the renowned photographer Minor White.

After receiving a degree in Communications and Photography, Cutrona interned with interior photographer Eric Roth who helped shaped his career in photography. Inspired to travel, Cutrona spent time in Italy documenting his experience. Returning home, he mounted an exhibition of fine art and travel photographs in his own photography gallery in Falmouth.

Cutrona continues to travel whenever time permits to add to his extensive stock libraries of Brazil and Italy. His work is frequently published in Cape Cod Life, Yankee Magazine, and Cape Cod Magazine, among other publications.

This is the first showing of Cutrona’s images of Brazil. “I have literally fallen in love with the people and culture of Brazil,” says Cutrona, whose father-in-law is a native of Rio de Janeiro. The exhibition “brings a little piece of Brazil to Cape Cod”, home to some 20,000 Brazilians.

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Editor’s note:  Maser Gallery welcomes submissions from artists for future exhibitions.

The Odd Couple (the Female Version)

Start: Thursday, May 22, 2008

End: Sunday, May 25, 2008

Times: 8:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Woods Hole Community Hall, 68 Water Street

The Woods Hole Theater Company presents a new spin on the classic. Admission is $12, for information and reservations please call 508-540-6525. 

Eddie Scheer with Jim and Donna

Start: Friday, May 23, 2008

End: Saturday, May 24, 2008

Times: 6:30pm - 12:30am

Location: The Nimrod Restaurant, 100 Dillingham Avenue

The most lyrical piano in town is flavored by Jim Murray, owner and chef, on the harmonica until 8:30, then is completed by his wife Donna, whose voice will bring you back to the sultry, but no longer smokey, piano bars of yore.