1-20-2024 10:23pm

Otero Arts Photography of Rochelle Williams Reception Feb 2 2024

Chris Edwards Editor

Rochelle Williams is the artist showcased during the month of February 2024 via a photographic exhibition at Otero Arts.

Otero Arts is open from 1 pm to 4 pm Thursday thru Sunday free to the public at 1118 Indiana, Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Many people in the close-knit arts community of Alamogordo are familiar with Ms. William’s as an accomplished writer and arts activist.

In a post on social media Ms William explains her photography and invites the public to Friday’s opening reception.

Rochelle Williams, “Hi friends--help me celebrate my first ever solo photography show! Reception Feb 2, 5-7 pm, at Otero Artspace. The show runs through the month of February. I really can’t say how excited I am and how much this means to me. I've been a closet photographer (much of the time in literal closet darkrooms!) all my adult life. When I turned 70 last November, it felt like time to finally go public. Woohoo!”

Rochelle Williams is a familiar face to those in the arts community of Alamogordo, as she sits on the board of Otero Arts and has been involved in arts and other activities in the area since arriving to Alamogordo almost 2 decades ago.

Some folks have seen glimpses of photography at various venues. Other's have read a few of her short stories and snippets that have been published in various periodicals dating back to 1995 such as the story, Intaglio which won second place in Southwest Writers Workshop literary short story contest in 1995. The judge was Elizabeth Gaffney of Paris Review. It was subsequently published in The Eldorado Sun fiction issue.

The following short stories by Rochelle Williams were published or accepted for publication in 2020 – 2022:

· Phoenix in Menacing Hedge
Trouble with the Painters in The MacGuffin
That Day in WOW Women on Writing
and won first place for flash fiction
Shoeboxes is forthcoming in April 2022 in Mom Egg Review

In 2022, Rochelle Williams took the next step in her literary journey, with the release of her first published works in a book format that being Acts of Love & Ruin, a collection of short stories and snippets by the author as her first paperback and hardback book release.

And now fans of Rochelle Williams, on February 2nd, 2024 can join. to experience her first solo photography exhibition.

So, let’s all join Otero Arts at 1118 Indiana Avenue, 5 pm to 7 pm Friday February 2nd, 2024 and celebrate this solo photography exhibition. See you there!