New Kensington Camera Club exhibit at Pittsburgh Mills shows A-K Valley artists, places

Despite the inclination to remain at home this weekend, residents still trickled past the photography exhibit “Focus on the Arts” at Pittsburgh Mills in Frazer.

The exhibit, which features the work of New Kensington Camera Club members, runs through May 31 in the mall near Victoria’s Secret.

Local sights such as the iconic, illuminated cross on the Lower Burrell bluff overlooking the Allegheny River is sprinkled in with local and international photography and fine paintings by Alle-Kiski Valley residents.

“This exhibit and the classes offered by the New Kensington Camera Club are meant to increase everyone’s experience with photography,” said Harry Shipman of New Kensington, camera club president.

Club Vice President Andrew Benton, who took the photo of the illuminated cross owned by the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches, said there are local landmarks just waiting to be in the spotlight.

Benton, a Brackenridge resident, said the cross was just calling out to him to be photographed. And so he did.

Artist Myra Maslowsky of East Deer painted a work live Saturday at the entrance of the exhibit. Maslowsky returned to the area after living in Washington, D.C., as an art teacher. She said of the camera club: “It’s an outlet with wonderful people.”

Most of the photos and artwork are for sale from $35, for many photos, to $800, for some of the paintings.

To learn more about the New Kensington Camera Club or to join, visit their Facebook page.