The Collective: Between a Memory and a Dream
August 8th, 2025 – September 5th, 2026
Opening Reception & Artist Visit: August 8th, 2026 5:00pm-7:00pm
Escondido’s Arts Event 2nd Saturday: August 8th, 2026 5:00pm-7:00pm
Between a Memory and a Dream
As photographers we make images to remember-perhaps an object or a person that is before us but will surely disappear…or transform. We make a record of a place to which we may never return. We sometimes capture that place with our cameras as if we only dreamed it. Misty, foggy, soft focus…all are approaches which convey surreal, dreamlike moments.
In the dream state one is also confronting these ephemeral moments. Gain and loss. Here and gone. Does memory influence dreams? Do dreams influence memory? Scientific studies say both.
Is it possible to understand one without the other?
Tom Petty, in his 1994 song “You don’t Know How it Feels”, sings that he “woke up in between a memory and a dream”. He’s talking about finding himself in an in-between space. Past, present, and uncertainty. Photography is very much about that space. It is memories, it is dreams, and it is often the unknown between.
Our Collective of photographers explore this theme with reverence and with joy, considering experiences from long ago or those things only the unconscious could reveal. The variety here as usual, is fascinating.
Donna Cosentino, Director
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Please contact Donna Cosentino for private tours.
Gallery hours are Friday and Saturday, 11am-5pm OR you may make an appointment to view our exhibitions.
+Gallery visits for individuals or classes are also available by appointment.
+There is no charge to visit and there is free parking in front and behind the gallery space.
ALWAYS ON VIEW ARE WORKS BY OUR COLLECTIVE OF FIFTEEN PHOTOGRAPHERS.
OUR COLLECTIVE IS:
TERRY SCOTT ALLEN ï ROBERT BARRY ï BARBARA BECK ï GRANT BRITTAIN ï JOHN CLARK ï KELLY CLARK ï DONNA COSENTINO ï STEPHEN DAVIS ï CARLA De DOMINICIS ï MELINDA FINN ï DEB HELLMAN ï JODIE HULDEN ï DAVID MARSH ï ANDREA MATTHIES ï BRANDY J SEBASTIAN ï TOM VANCISIN ï KEIKO YAMASAKI ï BOB YOUNGER
CLICK ON IMAGES TO VIEW INDIVIDUAL IMAGE GALLERY
August 8th, 2025 – September 5th, 2026
Opening Reception & Artist Visit: August 8th, 2026 5:00pm-7:00pm
Escondido’s Arts Event 2nd Saturday: August 8th, 2026 5:00pm-7:00pm
Between a Memory and a Dream
As photographers we make images to remember-perhaps an object or a person that is before us but will surely disappear…or transform. We make a record of a place to which we may never return. We sometimes capture that place with our cameras as if we only dreamed it. Misty, foggy, soft focus…all are approaches which convey surreal, dreamlike moments.
In the dream state one is also confronting these ephemeral moments. Gain and loss. Here and gone. Does memory influence dreams? Do dreams influence memory? Scientific studies say both.
Is it possible to understand one without the other?
Tom Petty, in his 1994 song “You don’t Know How it Feels”, sings that he “woke up in between a memory and a dream”. He’s talking about finding himself in an in-between space. Past, present, and uncertainty. Photography is very much about that space. It is memories, it is dreams, and it is often the unknown between.
Our Collective of photographers explore this theme with reverence and with joy, considering experiences from long ago or those things only the unconscious could reveal. The variety here as usual, is fascinating.
Donna Cosentino, Director
________________________________________________________________________________
Please contact Donna Cosentino for private tours.
Gallery hours are Friday and Saturday, 11am-5pm OR you may make an appointment to view our exhibitions.
+Gallery visits for individuals or classes are also available by appointment.
+There is no charge to visit and there is free parking in front and behind the gallery space.
ALWAYS ON VIEW ARE WORKS BY OUR COLLECTIVE OF FIFTEEN PHOTOGRAPHERS.
OUR COLLECTIVE IS:
TERRY SCOTT ALLEN ï ROBERT BARRY ï BARBARA BECK ï GRANT BRITTAIN ï JOHN CLARK ï KELLY CLARK ï DONNA COSENTINO ï STEPHEN DAVIS ï CARLA De DOMINICIS ï MELINDA FINN ï DEB HELLMAN ï JODIE HULDEN ï DAVID MARSH ï ANDREA MATTHIES ï BRANDY J SEBASTIAN ï TOM VANCISIN ï KEIKO YAMASAKI ï BOB YOUNGER
CLICK ON IMAGES TO VIEW INDIVIDUAL IMAGE GALLERY
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