The Day Before The Parade
Oresman Gallery, Brown Fine Arts Center, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 2012
Holyoke, Massachusetts, where Paola Ferrario lives, possesses a rich Irish-American heritage that has by now been embraced by the city’s many ethnic groups. Each March citizens attend the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, watching the festivities from ad-hoc seating placed along the route. Erected ahead of time, these seats are the subject of “The Day Before the Parade,” a boxed portfolio of 28 8½ x 11-in photographs.
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