Frame Gallery is thrilled to present our inaugural group photography exhibition, showcasing the works of Kylene McDonald, Rick Boethe, and Sr. Madeline Mary. Each artist uniquely captures the essence of their surroundings, offering a glimpse into the beauty of their daily lives. The exhibition features stunning landscape vistas from St. Mary's Convent and St. Mary's Retreat Center, alongside exquisite images of local flora and fauna, including our beloved goats of the University Farm. Framed photos, prints, and notecards will be available for sale.
About the Artists
Kylene McDonald has photography in her genes. Her dad was a prolific armature photographer and even had a dark room to develop his pictures. Kylene’s mom was also a photographer, taking all sorts of family vacation pictures. Receiving her first “real” camera, a Nikon SLR, when she was a senior in high school, she immediately took it out and started shooting. That same summer, Kylene went to a Girl Scout camp in Wyoming, where for two weeks she learned the art of photography – everything from composition to development. Lately, she has taken every opportunity to grab the beautiful sights and sunsets at St. Mary’s Sewanee, where she works as the Operations Manager.
Richard Boeth retired in 2022 as Vice-President of Photography at CBS Entertainment. He was in the photography industry for forty-five years, as Deputy Picture Editor of Time Magazine (where he photo-edited over 150 cover stories), Director of Magazine Photography at the talent and representation agency IMG, and finally at CBS, where he produced still photography for shows like Blue Bloods and NCIS. As a photographer, he has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Variety, and the Hollywood Reporter, among others. Currently, he is using his skills to photograph butterflies at the Smith-Boeth Monarch Waystation, to cover events and locations, like Sunset Rock, at the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly, and to shoot and produce the University of the South Farm Goat Calendar, among other pleasant mountain pursuits like agate hunting. Coincidentally, the seed for his entire career was planted 50 years ago this month at the Mississippi House in the Assembly, where a chance encounter with writer and photographer John Miller gave Rick the chance to participate in a six-month photography project in the Mississippi delta.
Sr. Madeleine Mary, CSM has been a Religious for fifty-four years. She holds an M.Div. from The School of Theology as well as a certificate in Spiritual Direction from The General Seminary. She has also done retreat work and programs widely throughout the United States as well as in Europe. With her photography, she hopes to help people explore the connections between faith, care for creation, and Benedictine spirituality. Photography is a sort of meditation for her, a new dimension of spiritual growth where one can become attuned to what nature itself has to teach us and more aware of our responsibility in caring for creation. It is her hope that people will be encouraged by her photography to see, deeply see, and ponder how the ordinary conveys the extraordinary in our normal, everyday paths. God, by whatever name we give that powerful presence, is actively transforming life. Something as normal as a landscape, a rising sun, or a flower can be a means by which we encounter that reality.