Hanging At the Barbershop

Brooke Letourneau’s photography mixes traditional and digital
techniques, often in the same image. The Pittsburg State University
graduate’s debut exhibition, Accumulation, opens tonight
at the Barbershop Gallery (415 East 33rd Street, 816-665-8118). Owner
John Mulvihill says, “Brooke worked her way through a wide variety of
artistic media — started out in ceramics, then moved into drawing
and painting and ended up with a very serious concentration on
photography. Originally from a traditional perspective, the 35 mm
world, she worked a lot with photo processing and then moved into the
digital side. She’s got a nice balance of traditional photography, as
well as digitally enhanced photography, manipulating and enhancing the
photos after the fact.” The exhibit is characteristic of the
Barbershop, with its focus on undiscovered talent. “We feature emerging
artists — we love showing an artist’s work for the first time,”
Mulvihill says. “We try to get the feel of the old days of the
Crossroads District with the free beer and wine, and we create a party
environment. We’re a little bit off the beaten path, so we try to
create a good party to bring people out.” Be the first to see
Letourneau’s work tonight from 6 to 9 p.m.

Fri., May 29, 6-9 p.m., 2009