N EW W ORKS ...NEW D IRECTION
FXBG Music Scene sleeping bees @ music & spirit concert
photographer tim snyder
by barbara brown hill
By A.E. Bayne
Local photographer Tim Snyder’s show, New Works, will open to the public at Bistro Bethem on April 3 rdbetween 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Primarily known for his photography in real estate, skateboarding, portraiture, and landscapes, Snyder’s new show will include works of abstraction and contrast, highlighting creative conceptual art that represents a different direction. Snyder’s new work speaks to a playful spirit captured through a design of trial and error, impulse-driven bursts of creativity, all inspired by a kind of shower logic. Snyder explains, “You know when you’re standing in the shower and all kinds of ideas come to you, but you ignore them. I stopped ignoring them. I made the point of following through with the ideas I was having. Now, if I think of something I can possibly try with my camera, I do it that day. The
Own The Movie A 40-minute film with aerial and underwater photography that tells the story of the Rappahannock River from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay.
DVD $14.95; Members $11.96 www.riverfriends.org 540-373-3448 3219 Fall Hill Ave.
26
April 2016
Front porch fredericksburg
shots have been more creative and allow an openness to interpretation instead of the documentation-style shots I’ve done in the past, and the contrast of colors and shapes inspire me to try new techniques.” To capture many of his abstract shots, Snyder’s enterprising energy leads him to experiment with unconventional materials. His dreamy, cloud-like photos are born of ingenuity with a fish tank and a turkey baster. He says, “I went to the Goodwill and bought a tank for ten bucks. I had two people pouring paint while one person shot white paint into it with the turkey baster as I was shooting the photo. It was a team effort and it took forever to get it all together, but once we finished and I snapped the first photo I was in awe. An iconic portrait of his friend Lauren was created using acrylic paints and Elmer’s glue. Snyder describes the shot: “We painted her entire face with acrylic paint. I thought about using milk, but it was too thin, so we poured Elmer’s glue over her head. I couldn’t believe she let me do it. She was in the shower for a long time getting it out of her hair!” Another photo invites us to
explains, “My friend Ethan and I pushed the cart behind a dollar store and took that shot. It was ridiculous. There we were, two grown men fumbling around with all these balloons. This lady ran over one of the balloons in her car and gave us the dirtiest look.” Like the shots described here, the body of photos in Snyder’s new show are the culmination of planning, collaboration, and a willingness to experiment with the unlimited resource of one’s imagination. Visit Bistro Bethem on Sunday April 3rd or anytime during the
Price Match Parking Garage Christian Collectibles Gift shop Jewelry Kitchen Ware Books Crafts Supplies Antiques 611 Caroline Street 540.371.1333 LordAndLillys@gmail.com facebook.com/lordlillys www.lordlilly.com
month of April to view this dynamic direction for Snyder’s photography. Snyder will be a featured artist in the spring edition of Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review. You may visit his website at www.timsnyderphoto.com to view his broad portfolio of work. He may also be reached for portrait and real estate photography at timsnyder13@yahoo.com.
imagine our own story and depicts an overturned shopping cart with balloons spilling out onto a parking lot. Snyder
A.E. Bayne is a writer, visual artist, and educator living in Fredericksburg. She is the publisher and editor for Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review.
rs avo g l F 30 untin o &C
Lem
ona
de
Mon-Sat: 10a-6p; Sun: 1-5p 810 Caroline Sr. #104 ~ 540.899.3714 www.juspopn.com
Sleeping Bee will make their Fredericksburg debut on April 23, performing in the Music and Spirits Concert Series at A. Smith Bowman Distillery. The band combines the talents of bassist Lindsey Horner of jazz and multi-genre renown, multi-instrumentalist Andy Goessling of Railroad Earth, guitarist and singer Timothy Hill and percussionist Randy Crafton. While labels fall short, their music has been referred to as “Transcendent Acoustic” and exists in that unique early 21st century area where folk, jazz, Celtic song forms, melodic improvisation, and original ideas all happily coexist and vitalize each other. If you were to name some of the projects that each of the members of the band Sleeping Bee were part of, and the musicians they backed up, it would sound like an all-star cast of some of music’s great legends featuring a broad crosssection of musical styles The band members have spent most of their careers backing other artists and making them sound good. Sleeping Bee is an opportunity for these seasoned musicians to shine. Their music is a unique blend of instrumentation that combines mandolin, guitar, dobro, bass, tin whistles, and percussion into a sound that spans genres, is both strikingly original and hauntingly familiar. The musicians with whom the members of Sleeping Bee have worked are impressive, and the musical styles diverse-Rick Danko, Garnet Rogers, Warren Haynes, Railroad Earth, Eileen Ivers, David Bromberg, Phil Lesh, Richie Havens, Bob Weir, Mingus Big Band, Jeff Buckley Pete Seeger, John Cage, Bill Frisell, and Andy Irvine to name a few. Band members Andy Goessling and Lindsey Horner have been friends since they were teens. Their musical careers took off in different directions. Andy became involved with bluegrass and
roots music while Lindsey became associated with jazz and improvised music. For years, they planned to pool their talents but those plans never came to fruition until they formed the Sleeping Bee. Sleeping Bee’s debut instrumental recording, Heyday Maker, is an amalgam of Folk, Jazz, Celtic song form, and melodic improvisation blended beautifully to include original pieces and compositions by Keith Jarrett, Bob Dylan, and a rethinking of two compositions by 18th century Irish bard Turlough O’Carolan. After Heyday Maker was released, singer/songwriter/guitarist Timothy Hill joined Horner, Goessling and Crafton and the band began working on new material. In addition to conventional vocals, Timothy specializes in harmonic singing, where two or more notes can be sung at once. This month’s concert will also feature award-winning guitarist and multiinstrumentalist, Bruce Middle, who will play a solo, instrumental opening set. Bruce’s unique sound has captured the ear of an ever-expanding local, national and international audience. Nicknamed the “Chameleon”, Bruce weaves a tapestry of sounds from Classical to Jazz, Blues to Country and Bluegrass to Funk. This month’s concert promises to be a spectacular showcase of incredible talent not to be missed! Tickets are $18 online and $20 at the door. Doors open at 5pm. The show starts at 7:30pm. Please visit: www.musicandspirits.com for more information and links to purchase tickets.
Writer Barbara Brown-Hill is also the manager of local duo The McTell Brothers.
front porch fredericksburg
April 2016
27