The Grand Canyon Photography Club’s January display on The Gallery Wall at the Deane Center, features images taken by John Newell and Bruce Dart.

The display is free and open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 11-13,  Tuesday through Saturday, Jan. 16-20 and Monday through Saturday, Jan. 22-27.

The Gallery Wall is located just off the Deane Center’s main lobby near the Coolidge Theatre at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro.

A member of the Grand Canyon Photography Club since 2022, Newell is exhibiting five of his framed Pennsylvania landscape black and white vintage silver gelatin prints, including “Sweet Cherry”, “Downstream Summer Morning”, “Dogwood with Broken Bough”, “Petrified Dragon” and “November Rain.”

A charter member of the Grand Canyon Photography Club, Dart is exhibiting five of the color photos he took several years ago on Topsail Island, North Carolina. His works include theBaldhead Island Light, the Topsail Pier and beach images.

By alternating the black and white and color images, both photographers feel their work shows better than if they had done separate displays.

“The club has been advocating for two or more members to combine their photographs to create displays,” said Dart, the club’s exhibit coordinator for 15 years, since the death of Steve Strickland in 2008. “John Newell just became our new exhibit coordinator. With three venues in the Deane Center, there are ample opportunities for our members to display their work,” Dart said.

In addition to The Gallery Wall, other Deane Center locations where Grand Canyon Photography Club member photographs are on display are in the Gallery in the Warehouse Theatre at 3 Central Avenue and next door at Arise Café at 1 Central Avenue in Wellsboro.

“People are welcome to pop in any time to see the photographs,” said Melissa Owlett, Arise Café owner. “The display is on the  right as soon as you enter the café. It is changed each month.” The café is open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and closed on Sundays. Breakfast and lunch are served.

Based in Wellsboro, the Grand Canyon Photography Club was founded by Art and Christine Heiney in 2001 and is currently celebrating its 24th year. Today, club members who share a passion for photography range in skill level from beginner to professional. They work in all photographic mediums, from film to digital. Meetings are the second Tuesday of each month from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center in Wellsboro. The featured program covers a photography-related topic, anything from composition to the latest in high-dynamic-range imaging or HDR. Following a break for refreshments is an in-depth critique of member-submitted images. Visitors are always welcome to drop in. Questions can be emailed to president@gcphotoclub.org.

Newell’s interest in photography goes back many years. He began as a portrait photographer and is currently making the transition to digital imaging. He lives in Wellsboro and is having a great time exploring new photographic opportunities.

A longtime resident of Mansfield, Dart has been the owner of Photos by Dart, a portrait studio in Mansfield, for the past 46 years. Recently, he has been devoting more of his time to creating landscape and fine art images and has done well in professional competition with those images.

In 1986, the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) recognized Dart as a Certified Professional Photographer (CPP) and in 2003 as a Craftsman Photographer.

Winner of many awards, Dart is the only five-time winner of the Northeast PA Professional Photographers Association’s DePiante Photographer of the Year trophy and is currently serving as president of that organization. For more information about the Grand Canyon Photography Club, contact Mia Lisa Anderson at mialisa@ptd.net. She is a charter member of the cluband currently its president