For Immediate Release
Further information: Contact Joseph Giomboni
Public Relations Office, (570) 208-5958

Local photographer Bill Tarutis to showcase environmental portraits in King’s Widmann Gallery

February 9, 2010 – Local photographer Bill Tarutis uses his experience as a college science professor to merge art and science in his photographs, particularly through the use of macrophotography and infrared imagery.
 
Tarutis will display a variety of works from his collection, including environmental “portraits” of people, plants and animals in the “Portraits of Our Environment: A Scale of Perspectives” exhibition from Feb. 22 through April 2 in the Widmann Gallery at King’s College.
 
Tarutis will discuss his work from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, March 19, in the Widmann Gallery in the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, located between North Franklin and North Main streets. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., as arranged. The Gallery is closed on national holidays and during scheduled breaks throughout the academic year.  
 
Tarutis is a local freelance photographer and college science professor. He currently lives in Hanover Township with his wife, Mary Ann, and son, Billy.
 
For more information, contact Michelle Leonard, Widmann Gallery Coordinator, at (570) 208-5900, ext. 5328, or visit the Experiencing the Arts Calendar at www.kings.edu.

SunflowerScape, photograph by Bill Tarutis in “Portraits of Our Environment: A Scale of Perspectives” exhibition at King’s College.

King's College is a Catholic College sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross.