CPW, Centre for Photography at Woodstock, Grand Opening for First Phase of Renovated Kingston Headquarters with New Exhibitions:
Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81.
My Sister, My Self: Photographs by Colleen Kenyon and Kathleen Kenyon.
Keisha Scarville: Recess.
January 18-May 4, 2025. New York – United States
Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81. This iconic 1976 series captures the lives of women in a locked psychiatric ward, demonstrating Mark’s empathetic and unflinching approach to complex subjects. Curated by Gaëlle Morel and Kaitlin Booher and accompanied by the book Ward 81: Voices, by Mary Ellen Mark and Karen Folger Jacobs, edited by Martin Bell, Julia Bezgin, and Meredith Lue (Steidl, 2023).
My Sister, My Self: Photographs by Colleen Kenyon and Kathleen Kenyon. A celebration of the photography and art of the Kenyon sisters, who co-directed CPW for nearly twenty-five years. Their work, shaped by their shared identity as twins, spans hand-colored photographs, collages, and collaborative projects. Curated by Tom Wolf and Laurie Dahlberg, and accompanied by a catalog of the same title, published by CPW. Organized by CPW, this retrospective features the Kenyons’ most iconic works, and is presented at CPW in Kingston, NY, and at the Kleinert/James Center in Woodstock, NY.
Keisha Scarville: Recess. The inaugural Saltzman Prize winner’s exhibition explores diaspora, loss, and the unfixing of identity and body through striking images and textiles. Curated by Marina Chao and accompanied by a limited run artist book produced by 1080PRESS in Kingston, NY.
CPW. Founded in 1977 as the Center for Photography at Woodstock, CPW is a not-for-profit arts organization with a dual mission: to support artists working in photography and related media, and to engage audiences through creation, discovery, and learning. At the heart of CPW’s mission is programming that is community-based, artist-centered, and collaborative. To foster public conversation around critical issues in photography, CPW offers exhibitions, workshops, artists’ residencies, and access to its Digital Media Lab. In 2022, CPW relocated from Woodstock to Kingston, NY. In January 2025, CPW will open its newly renovated headquarters – including a photography museum, and an educational and community center– in a 40,000-square-foot factory building at 25 Dederick Street.
