We will be reopening our building on July 1, 2022, and we have the perfect show for that special day! Cindy Rubenstein is our guest artist, bringing her photography show, “Gateways”, to us.



Sometimes it's the ordinary things in life that bring the most joy. And our artist for the month of July, enjoys photographing the things in life that some may call "ordinary" but its those very things that tell stories and bring those memories back to us!

Cindy has a deep interest in photography, which actually began when as a child, she would look at black and white photos and Polaroid snapshots in her parents' photo albums. She would look at the pictures and realize that behind each photo, photos which represented a mere second of life captured in time, there resided an entire story. Those stories were gateways between generations.

She would imagine what a house, long gone but captured in a photo, looked like. Photos of people who she had never met, made her wonder how they may have interacted with one another.

Her photos are of seemingly ordinary moments, but actually reflect the extraordinary moments that developed off camera.



When ask why she loves photography so much, Cindy tells us “The reason I love pictures so much is because they are a memory of one split second in time but they open the door to so many other things surrounding it."



Although Cindy's favorite camera is her Nikon, it soon became apparent that it is easier to capture moments in a split second on something most people have with them quite often...their phone. All the photos in this show were taken with Cindy's iPhone X in West Virginia, New Hampshire, and California, which are three of her favorite places to be!

Born and raised in Grafton, Cindy has been a professional counselor for 20 years. She lives with her husband, Shawn and her two children, Elias and Violet in Grafton.

The reception for Cindy's show will be held on Friday July 1 from 6-8pm, at the Gallery 62 West! Please stop by and visit with Cindy and enjoy an amazing show - one that will open the Gateways to ideas and imagination.