''Clara Gutsche: The Convent Series'' Exhibition Opens at the Center for Creative Photography

April 01, 2000 - 12:00 PST

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TUCSON, AZ (April 1, 2000) -- A rarely photographed world as seen though the eyes of accomplished Canadian photographer Gutsche comes to American audiences this April. The exhibition will be on view from April 15 through June 11, 2000 at the Center for Creative Photography on The University of Arizona campus in Tucson. The exhibition is an unprecedented photographic study of the intimate spaces and the monastic life of cloistered nuns in Quebec. The exhibition was organized by the Musée d'art de Joliette in Quebec by director and curator France Gascon and is showing in only two U.S. cities, New York and Tucson. Working inside convents throughout the province of Quebec, Gutsche allows viewers a rare and sensitive glimpse into these guarded religious communities. Approximately twenty-five convents, most of them cloistered, have opened their doors to the photographer and her camera during the last decade. Gutsche depicts a structured, female world devoted to prayer and contemplation. "Rarely have we seen a camera approach a world so silent, and render images so evocative and full of meaning," writes Gascon. "The instrument that crosses the threshold of these convents is just a camera. The vision behind it, however, is that of an artist motivated by a keen sense of history and the social relationships that fuel it." Gutsche was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but has been living in Montreal for the past thirty years. She began photographing in and around her Canadian surroundings, developing an artistic practice rooted in the documentary tradition. The privacy, control, and isolation that interiors afford are many times magnified in the context of cloistered nuns, whose vows have led to a secluded life of simple domesticity and intense spirituality. Gutsche's landmark record of convent life provides insight into a changing and disappearing world. Her photographs of nuns' private spaces include parlours, offices, crypts, and their reading, laundry and prayer rooms. Other images show the women in their daily life: singing in the choir, playing badminton in the garden, praying, cross-country skiing, painting, in meditation, and posing for Gutsche. Comprised of sixty-five photographs in color and black-and-white, this traveling exhibition was organized by the Musée d'art de Joliette in Quebec with financial support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Canadian Heritage Department, and the National Bank of Canada. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated bilingual (French/English) catalogue, published by the Musée d'art de Joliette. The eighty-five-page catalogue features ninety color and black-and-white photographs and is on sale at the Center for Creative Photography Museum Store. The Center for Creative Photography at The University of Arizona is a research institution and museum dedicated to photography as an art medium and cultural record. With extensive collections, including the archives of over sixty major 20th-century American photographers -- Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon, W. Eugene Smith, and Edward Weston among them -- CCP has an integrated program of preservation, access, and education that celebrates the history of photography and its contemporary practice. PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND EVENTS Opening Reception and Dialogue with the Artist and Curator Friday, April 14, 5 - 7 pm Clara Gutsche and exhibition curator France Gascon, Director of the Musée d'art de Joliette, will discuss the exhibition at 6 pm. Moderator: Trudy Wilner Stack, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, CCP. Reception compliments of Westward Look Resort, Tucson. Mexican Nuns in the Colonial Period Tuesday, April 25, 5:30 pm Sarah Owens, doctoral candidate, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Arizona, will discuss her research on Mexican colonial nuns at El Archivo General de la Nación and La Biblioteca Nacional in Mexico City. Religion and Life Wednesday, May 3, 5:30 pm Andrew Cohen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, The University of Arizona, will discuss the philosophy of religion and its relationship to society. Women Who Are Called Sunday, May 7, 2 pm A discussion with women in the service of faith will include: Sister Jeanne Carrigan, Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine, The University of Arizona, a French Canadian Catholic who has been in a convent for forty years; and Sue Evans, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, The University of Arizona, a student of Advaita Vedantic, an Indian mystical tradition. Vespers Tuesday, May 9, 7 pm The sisters of the chapel of the Benedictine Monastery invite exhibition visitors to attend "The Liturgy of the House," a singing and chanting of the evening prayers. Benedictine Monastery, 800 N. Country Club Road. GENERAL INFORMATION DATES: April 15 - June 11, 2000 HOURS: Monday - Friday 9- 5, weekends noon - 5 ADMISSION: The Center for Creative Photography's exhibitions and events are always FREE and open to the public. LOCATION & PARKING The Center for Creative Photography is located on The University of Arizona campus in Tucson (in the Fine Arts Complex, near the corner of Park Avenue and Speedway). Pay parking is available in the Visitor section of the Park Avenue Garage, just north of Speedway, with direct access via the pedestrian underpass. INFORMATION: General information 520-621-7968 WEBSITE: To learn more about membership, exhibitions, collections and resources at the Center for Creative Photography, visit our website at

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