2007 - Booksmart Studio

Booksmart Studio: Employee Artwork – Kory Gunnarsen

Booksmart Studio’s digital printing lab manager Kory Gunnarsen is recognized by most Rochester artists and photographers from his days running the digital lab at Lumiere Photo. Kory is a graduate from RIT where he received a BFA in Professional Photographic Illustration with a concentration in Visual Media. The concentration in Visual Media sparked Kory’s love for digital workflow and just about anything to do with digital printing. You may walk into Booksmart Studio and find Kory under the hood of the Epson or Canon machines pushing them beyond their limitations.

The panoramic photography below was displayed in the employee artwork gallery show, “Who Is Booksmart Studio?” This show the gallery when Booksmart Studio first opened. It was printed on Canon inkjet printers on Innova Ultrasmooth Gloss and Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl. The other exhibitors were Melissa Olen, Andy Super, and Joe Ziolkowski.

By Eric Kunsman|November 24th, 2007|Categories: Featured, Gallery Shows|Comments Off

Gallery Kunstler & The Rochester Pin-Up Gallery Open

Inaugural opening

Booksmart Studio is please to announce the opening of our two galleries. Gallery Kunstler is a 1500 sq. ft. gallery that will feature International artists & photographers along with juried exhibitions. The Rochester Pin-Up Gallery, a 750 sq. ft. gallery, is focused more on the community of Upstate New York with open critique sessions being held bi-weekly, please look in our calendar for more information. Artists & Photographers will be primarily based in the Upstate New York region, but not limited to this region for every exhibition.

Gallery Kunstler

Peripheral Visions Eric T. Kunsman

The inaugural opening featured Booksmart Studio’s founder Eric Kunsman with his exhibition Peripheral Visions. This exhibition contains 25 panoramic images from the Southwest of the United States. These images, with many of the images being over 240º, they extend beyond the peripheral vision and challenge viewers to question reality.

•Rochester Pin-Up Gallery

Who is Booksmart Studio? Kory Gunnarsen, Melissa Olen, Andrew Super, & Joe Ziolkowski

The inaugural exhibit contains the work of the staff at Booksmart Studio, each member being a photographer themselves. Kory Gunnarsen showcased his panoramic views that have been digitally stitched. Melissa Olen’s images were from her travels around the world, while Andrew Super focused on the traditional silver halide process and his photographs from Kansas. Joe Ziolkowski displayed his pinhole photography work from Okinawa, Japan, these images were all reproduced on Booksmart Fine Art Metal to create a sense of a tintype.

Gallery Kunstler

Photograph of Gallery Kunstler

By Eric Kunsman|September 8th, 2007|Categories: Gallery Shows, News|Comments Off

Gallery Kunstler & The Rochester Pin-Up Gallery Opening

Inaugural opening

Booksmart Studio is please to announce the opening of our two galleries. Gallery Kunstler is a 1500 sq. ft. gallery that will feature International artists & photographers along with juried exhibitions. The Rochester Pin-Up Gallery, a 750 sq. ft. gallery, is focused more on the community of Upstate New York with open critique sessions being held bi-weekly, please look in our calendar for more information. Artists & Photographers will be primarily based in the Upstate New York region, but not limited to this region for every exhibition.

Gallery Kunstler

Peripheral Visions Eric T. Kunsman

The inaugural opening featured Booksmart Studio’s founder Eric Kunsman with his exhibition Peripheral Visions. This exhibition contains 25 panoramic images from the Southwest of the United States. These images, with many of the images being over 240º, they extend beyond the peripheral vision and challenge viewers to question reality.

Rochester Pin-Up Gallery

Who is Booksmart Studio? Kory Gunnarsen, Melissa Olen, Andrew Super, & Joe Ziolkowski

The inaugural exhibit contains the work of the staff at Booksmart Studio, each member being a photographer themselves. Kory Gunnarsen showcased his panoramic views that have been digitally stitched. Melissa Olen’s images were from her travels around the world, while Andrew Super focused on the traditional silver halide process and his photographs from Kansas. Joe Ziolkowski displayed his pinhole photography work from Okinawa, Japan, these images were all reproduced on Booksmart Fine Art Metal to create a sense of a tintype.

Gallery Kunstler

Photograph of Gallery Kunstler

By Eric Kunsman|August 9th, 2007|Categories: Featured, Gallery Shows, News, Photography|Comments Off

Booksmart Fine Art Metal available at inkAID & Shades of Paper

The Booksmart Fine Art Metal series is now available from either inkAID or Shades of Paper, as the popularity continues to grow. Both retailers will have all five surfaces available along with every size we have cut.

The inkAID product can be used in conjunction with the Fine Art Metal series to create images with multiple layers. This can be done by first printing on the metal then using inkAID to coat on top of the printed piece and finally print again on top of the inkAID surface. This is why we have teamed up with inkAID to offer their material to artists and photographers while they also distribute our metal series. The creative options are limitless!

By Eric Kunsman|February 7th, 2007|Categories: Fine Art Metal, News|Comments Off

Booksmart Studio is EXPANDING!

New 8500 sq. ft. space with 2 galleries, retail shop, print studio, & more

Booksmart Studio is expanding and moving into the heart of Rochester’s “Neighborhood of the Arts.” Our new facility will be 8500 square feet including two galleries, a bindery, retail store, digital printing studio, and a classroom for our workshops. This state of the art facility will cater to artists & photographers in the Northeast region of the United States. This new space will allow us to feature the artists/photographers that we work with in our unique galleries. Guest artists will teach workshops and exhibit during the same period of time.

Our new location will open April 1st at:

Anderson Alley Artists Building
250 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14607

The heart of Rochester’s “Neighborhood of the Arts,” is surrounded by the Memorial Art Gallery, Village Gate, ARTWalk, Craft Company #6, the Flatiron Building and the George Eastman House. Dozens of artists work in various media in the studios located above our space.