COMING TO THE CLARA FRITZSCHE LIBRARY GALLERY:

“Black & White: What Is Your Perspective?” photography by McKinley Wiley

South Euclid, Ohio — 17 February 2009 - Notre Dame College’s Clara Fritzsche Library will host “Black & White: What Is Your Perspective?” an exhibition of black and white photographs by emerging young local photographer McKinley Wiley. Through this diverse series of portraits, Wiley (a.k.a. RockeT) invites his audience to gain a perspective of an artist’s life in Cleveland. The thought provoking photographs capture precious moments with seemingly little effort, and are designed to inspire thoughts and feelings in the viewer and stimulate dialogue.

Wiley’s work exemplifies his passion for life and fine art. A graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College, he inadvertently found his calling while mentoring high school students in an enrichment program on campus in 2004. While most people spend an entire lifetime pondering what their true calling is, Wiley managed to find his in only a few days. Since then he has been a chronicler of the Cleveland open mic poetry scene, capturing some of its most intriguing moments on film. In 2006 Wiley became the official photographer for Chief Rocka Entertainment (CRE), a multi-faceted entertainment group. A year later he became a member of The Cleveland Digital Publishing Users group (CDPUG). As a freelance photographer, Wiley enjoys photographing spoken word artists, singers, dancers, musicians, models and whoever or whatever else happens to catch his eye.

The exhibit is free and open to the public and will run from March 12 through April 8, 2009. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 12th from 7 to 9 p.m. The exhibit may be viewed during library hours: Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 1-10 p.m.

For more information, contact Karen Zoller at 216-373-5267.