See Art, Hear Art, Be Art in Arcata!

A monthly celebration of visual and performing arts,
is held the second Friday of each month at more than 40 participating locations throughout Arcata

Umpqua Community Gallery in Umpqua Bank
1063 G Street

March Featured Artist:
Patrick Cudahy

Above the Secret Space of Tides

Photography show at the Umpqua Community Art Gallery, Arcata, California as part of March Arts! Arcata, Friday March 14th.  Umpqua Community Art Gallery located at G and 11 th streets is proud to present an amazing aerial photography show by J. Patrick Cudahy, with reception for the artist during Arts! Arcata. The show will feature large format color photographs of the Humboldt Bay taken from 1000 to 3000 feet above the bay in a small airplane. This aerial perspective reveals the bay and it environs in a way not seen before. Photographer J. Patrick Cudahy uses his artist eye to show us some amazing colors and patterns caused by the movement of water and tides. Vibrantly printed in large format color images, the viewer will come away with a new understanding of Humboldt’s unique watershed.  Cudahy is proud to present this artist’s vision and unique perspective from the air, to bring public awareness of Humboldt Bay and its environs.

Artist Bio: J Patrick Cudahy is a fine art and aerial photographer who splits his time between the southern Costa Rica and Arcata, California. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Ketchum, Idaho.  The Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanity’s shared a campus with his high school and provided a strong influence for the creative direction that has developed in his life. A five month study abroad with the University of Puget Sound around the Pacific rim of Asia with endless rolls of Kodachrome, confirmed Cudahy’s commitment to image making. In 1981 he begun to study under the Humboldt State University’s photography department then headed by Professors Tom Knight, and William Thonson. 1983 he graduated from H.S.U. with a B.A. in Fine Arts. After graduation Cudahy worked for and was mentored by Holly Yashi Design Inc. where he created an in-house photography studio and developed a proprietary silk-screen process for the production of fine jewelry. In 1988 he branched off and founded Cudahy Studio, a full service commercial photography studio for a regional and national client base and has been widely published. In 2001 Cudahy earned his private pilots license, and began to reaffirm and redefine his artist vision with an aerial perspective. Cudahy is currently working on a series entitled: “Above The Secret Space of Tides” and continues to redefine his deep roots in fine arts working both in California and Costa Rica.

About the Umpqua Community Gallery:

The Umpqua Community Gallery is new to Arts! Arcata and is hosted by Umpqua Bank. The Gallery is open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday thru Thursday and 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Friday.

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