Category Archives: Kathryn Leigh Scott

2024/04/01

Dark Shadows Remembrance Weekend Tribute To Lara Parker & Jonathan Frid Featuring Original Cast Members Reunion – Burbank, CA July 5th!

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Dark Shadows Remembrance Weekend Tribute To Lara Parker & Jonathan Frid Featuring Original Cast Members Reunion – Burbank, CA July 5th!

Legendary gothic soap opera Dark Shadows reunion with original cast members David Selby, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Nancy Barrett, Jerry Lacy, Roger Davis, James Storm and Lisa Richards!

Plans are now complete for a very special Dark Shadows Remembrance Weekend to celebrate the life of Lara Parker, who played Angelique, and pay tribute to the 100th birthday of Jonathan Frid, who played Barnabas Collins. This rare and very special occasion reunites original Dark Shadows cast members to celebrate the lives of beloved colleagues Lara Parker and Jonathan Frid and meet devoted fans of the 1960s Gothic TV series that “kids ran home from school to watch!”

To be held at the Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel, July 5th, Dark Shadows cast members, including David Selby, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Nancy Barrett, Jerry Lacy, Roger Davis, James Storm and Lisa Richards, will be celebrating Lara Parker, who passed away last October at age 84.

July 6th, Dark Shadows cast members will celebrate Jonathan Frid’s centenary with a lunch, entertainment, autographs and collector gift bags. Eventbrite tickets: $60, inclusive.

Hotel accommodations at special rates:
Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel
PH: (888) 236-2437
To receive special Dark Shadows discount Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel sleeping room rates, call the Marriott reservation line 1-800  or book via the following link before June 13 at https://bit.ly/3PZu92v. A complimentary hotel shuttle from the Hollywood Burbank Airport (aka the Bob Hope Airport) to the nearby Marriott Hotel is available. Dark Shadows attendees receive discounted parking at the hotel.

Dark Shadows was an American gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show depicted the lives of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, where a series of supernatural occurrences take place.

Dark Shadows became popular when vampire Barnabas Collins played by actor Jonathan Frid was introduced ten months into its run. It would also feature ghosts, werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small troupe of actors each played many roles; as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. The show was distinguished by its melodramatic performances, atmospheric set designs, unusual storylines, numerous plot twists, adventurous music score, broad range of characters, and heroic adventures. Dark Shadows developed a large teenage audience and a dedicated cult following. By 1969, it had become ABC’s highest-rated daytime series with viewership in the millions!

The original network run of the show amassed 1,225 episodes. The success of the series spawned a media franchise that has included two feature films (House of Dark Shadows in 1970 and Night of Dark Shadows in 1971), a 1991 TV remake, a 2012 film reboot directed by Tim Burton, and numerous spin-off novels and comics. Kathryn Leigh Scott has narrated all 27 vintage Dark Shadows novels by Marilyn Ross for Oasis Audiobooks, available on Amazon.com.

Contact: Kathryn Leigh Scott: kathrynleighscott@gmail.com

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158, glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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2024/02/26

Celebrated Time/Life Photographer Ben Martin’s Work on Display at the Artplex Gallery in Beverly Hills “Illuminating Shadows” March 16 – April 12, 2024

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Celebrated Time/Life Photographer Ben Martin’s Work on Display at the Artplex Gallery in Beverly Hills  “Illuminating Shadows” March 16 – April 12, 2024

Opening Saturday, March 16 from 4 – 6 PM!

Artist’s Portraits in Gelatin Silver Estate Prints of Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko, Larry Rivers, Marisol Escobar and Salvador Dali!

Artplex Gallery proudly presents “Illuminating Shadows” – the remarkable works of distinguished photographer Ben Martin from March 16 through April 12, 2024. His exhibited silver gelatin photographic prints serve as captivating portraits, particularly highlighting artists in their studios. In his Artists’ Studios series, Martin intimately photographs influential artists of the twentieth century including Roy Lichtenstein, Salvador Dali, Mark Rothko, Marisol Escobar, and Larry Rivers among others. These intimate glimpses of these monolithic artists showcase Martin’s ability to capture the essence of the subject and these iconic moments

Ben Martin was TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covering wars, fashion, politics, arts, business, and sports for TIME, Life, Fortune, People, and Sports Illustrated for thirty-three years. He immortalized evocative images that defined the 1960’s such as Richard M. Nixon’s haggard 5 o’clock shadow, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s march to Montgomery, Alabama, and John F. Kennedy’s grieving widow and children. His exhibited silver gelatin photographic prints are portraits of artists in their studios.

Ben Martin

Ben Martin was married to the actress Kathryn Leigh Scott (1971-1990), best known for her roles on legendary gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, with whom he co-founded Pomegranate Press, a book publishing company. The two remained close friends and business partners until his death February 10, 2017 at age 86.

“Ben Martin’s stunning portraits of Roy Lichtenstein, Salvador Dali, Mark Rothko, Larry Rivers and Marisol Escobar, illuminate the pop art, abstract-expressionist and surrealist painters and sculptors that defined the 60s art world,” says Kathryn Leigh Scott, the photographer’s former wife and archivist.

Artplex Gallery is an internationally established contemporary art gallery with partner galleries in Zurich, Cologne and Los Angeles. Artplex Gallery specializes in high-quality original contemporary art representing a broad spectrum of major international artists. Since the opening of Artplex Gallery in 2018, the gallery continues to be one of the world’s leading art galleries specializing in high-quality, original contemporary art representing a broad spectrum of major international artists. Right at home in West Hollywood and within immediate proximity to its sister gallery Artspace Warehouse, Artplex Gallery is an expansive modern space that specializes in international urban, pop, graffiti, figurative, and abstract art catering to the visual impact.

Artplex Gallery
7377 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
art@artplexgallery.com | PH: 1- 323-452-9628
www.artplexgallery.com
Mon – Sat 10am – 6pm | Sun 12 – 6pm

Contact: Kathryn Leigh Scott, PH: 1-310-526-3636, kathrynleighscott@gmail.com

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158, glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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2023/10/26

Dark Shadows Legend Kathryn Leigh Scott To Appear At The Mad Monster Expo Atlanta – Nov. 17-19

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Dark Shadows Legend Kathryn Leigh Scott To Appear At The Mad Monster Expo Atlanta Nov. 17-19, 2023

Legendary actress Kathryn Leigh Scott, best known for her roles in gothic soap opera Dark Shadows as Maggie Evans and Josette DuPres, will be appearing at The Mad Monster Expo in Atlanta Nov. 17-19, 2023!

TV Guide lists Dark Shadows as one of the all-time Top Cult Shows!

WHAT’S MAD MONSTER EXPO 2O23
It’s a Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy themed convention that brings the world’s top genre celebrities and vendors together with their fans to trade stories, attend informative panels, buy autographs, and fun merchandise, and visit with old friends – and meet new like-minded monsters.

Kathryn Leigh Scott is an author and actress. She played four roles, including Maggie Evans and Josette DuPres, in the original Gothic series, Dark Shadows and House of Dark Shadows (1970). She wrote Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood and Dark Shadows Movie Book, among other books about the hit series. Her recent feature films include, The Eleventh Green with Campbell Scott, Three Christs with Richard Gere and Juliana Margulies and Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York. She recently appeared in The Blacklist, Hallmark Channel’s Broadcasting Christmas, Lifetime’s A Wedding to Die For, and has a recurring role as George Segal’s girlfriend Miriam in The Goldbergs. She has written the novels September Girl, Jinxed, Down and Out in Beverly Heels and Dark Passages. Nonfiction includes the Lobby Card books on film art, Last Dance at the Savoy, The Bunny Years and a trilogy of books on caregiving: Now With You, Now Without, The Happy Hours and A Welcome Respite. She resides in New York and Los Angeles. www.kathrynleighscott.com.

Mad Monster Expo 2023
Nov. 17-19, 2023
Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia
4355 Ashford Dunwoody Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30346
FRI 6PM-11PM
SAT 11AM-7PM
SUN 11AM-5PM

Friday Nov 17
photo-op with Kathryn 7 PM

Sat Nov 18
photo-op with Kathryn Leigh Scott – 11:30 AM
panel Q&A with Kathryn Leigh Scott – 3:15 AM

Sunday Nov 19
photo-op with Kathryn Leigh Scott – 4:10 PM

https://madmonster.com/atl23/
https://tickets.madmonster.com/e/mad-monster-atl-2023/tickets

Also appearing along with Kathryn Leigh Scott:
Richard Brake, Neve Campbell, John Christ, James Jude Courtney, Peter Criss, Christine Elise, Elliott Fullam, Lance Henriksen, Kane Hodder, Jamie Kennedy, Lauren Lavera, Matthew Lillard, Damian Maffei, Temuera Morrison, Ed Neal, Mark Patton, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Skeet Ulrich, Jesse “The Body” Ventura, Alex Vincent, Lee Waddell, Carl Weathers, Joann Willette

(photo by Ben Martin)

Dark Shadows was an American gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show depicted the lives of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, where a series of supernatural occurrences take place.

Dark Shadows became popular when vampire Barnabas Collins played by actor Jonathan Frid was introduced ten months into its run. It would also feature ghosts, werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small troupe of actors each played many roles; as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. The show was distinguished by its melodramatic performances, atmospheric set designs, unusual storylines, numerous plot twists, adventurous music score, broad range of characters, and heroic adventures. Dark Shadows developed a large teenage audience and a dedicated cult following. By 1969, it had become ABC’s highest-rated daytime series with viewership in the millions!

The original network run of the show amassed 1,225 episodes. The success of the series spawned a media franchise that has included two feature films (House of Dark Shadows in 1970 and Night of Dark Shadows in 1971), a 1991 TV remake, a 2012 film reboot directed by Tim Burton, and numerous spin-off novels and comics. Kathryn Leigh Scott has narrated all 27 vintage Dark Shadows novels by Marilyn Ross for Oasis Audiobooks, available on Amazon.com.

Contact: Kathryn Leigh Scott: kathrynleighscott@gmail.com

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158, glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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2023/10/09

Meet “Dark Shadows” Legends Kathryn Leigh Scott & Marie Wallace at the Lyndhurst Mansion October 21 & 22, 2023

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Meet “Dark Shadows” Legends Kathryn Leigh Scott & Marie Wallace at the Lyndhurst Mansion October 21 & 22, 2023

The Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, NY – the Gilded Age mansion where “House of Dark Shadows” & “Night of Dark Shadows” were filmed!

For 2023 Lyndhurst welcomes Kathryn Leigh Scott, author, and actress, best known for playing “Maggie Evans” and “Josette DuPres”, in the original Gothic television series “Dark Shadows,” and “House of Dark Shadows” (1970), and Marie Wallace screen and Broadway actress famous for playing “Eve”, “Megan Todd”, and the incomparable “Jenny Collins” from the television series. They will be available October 21st and 22nd during the daytime at Lyndhurst for an exclusive Meet & Greet!

Marie Wallace & Kathryn Leigh Scott

Ticket holders will arrive at Lyndhurst and check in at our carriage house welcome center for the event. Kathryn Leigh Scott and Marie Wallace will be ready to take photos with you, sign books, and answer your questions in two daytime sessions: The morning session is 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and the Afternoon Session is 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Books and other items will be available on-site with the event and in our Welcome Center Gift Shop. These tickets include entry into the mansion! Please select when you’d like to enter the mansion when purchasing your tickets!

All visitors are encouraged to have a pre-purchased ticket to meet with Kathryn Leigh Scott and Marie Wallace. A limited number of tickets are available for each session. The event will take place in the Courtyard Tent.

Please present printed tour tickets or have them available on your smartphone to show to Welcome Center staff when checking in for the event.

Please note that the event is sold out Saturday afternoon and for the cocktail event, but still a few tickets available for Saturday morning and Sunday.

All ticket purchases are non-refundable.
https://lyndhurst.org/events/meet-greet-dark-shadows/

635 South Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591

Tickets
General Admission for Meet & Greet: $50 +service fees

Online: Online ticket sales close once the performance has begun.
By Phone: Call 1(888)718-4253 opt. 1 (additional fees apply to phone orders)
Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.

Schedule
This event takes place between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm for the morning session and 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm for the afternoon session. Please arrive during the event times for the Meet & Greet. Timed entry into the mansion is included. You can choose from 9:30 am or 10am for the morning session or 3:30 pm or 4 pm for the afternoon session.

The ticket includes entry to the event and access to the Lyndhurst Grounds to explore our exterior decor for the season.

All tour tickets must be purchased online, in advance as space is limited to 100 guests.

For more information: www.kathrynleighscott.com

Contact: Kathryn Leigh Scott: kathrynleighscott@gmail.com

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158, glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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2023/07/13

Dark Shadows Legend Kathryn Leigh Scott To Appear At The Mad Monster Expo August 25-27 Concord, NC

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Dark Shadows Legend Kathryn Leigh Scott To Appear At The Mad Monster Expo August 25-27 Concord, NC

Legendary actress Kathryn Leigh Scott, best known for her roles in gothic soap opera Dark Shadows as Maggie Evans and Josette DuPres, will be appearing at the Mad Monster Expo 2023 in Concord, NC on August 25-27.

TV Guide lists Dark Shadows as one of the all-time Top Cult Shows!

WHAT’S MAD MONSTER EXPO 2O23
It’s a Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy themed convention that brings the world’s top genre celebrities and vendors together with their fans to trade stories, attend informative panels, buy autographs, and fun merchandise, and visit with old friends – and meet new like-minded monsters.

Kathryn Leigh Scott is an author and actress. She played four roles, including Maggie Evans and Josette DuPres, in the original Gothic series, Dark Shadows and House of Dark Shadows (1970). She wrote Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood and Dark Shadows Movie Book, among other books about the hit series. Her recent feature films include, The Eleventh Green with Campbell Scott, Three Christs with Richard Gere and Juliana Margulies and Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York. She recently appeared in The Blacklist, Hallmark Channel’s Broadcasting Christmas, Lifetime’s A Wedding to Die For, and has a recurring role as George Segal’s girlfriend Miriam in The Goldbergs. She has written the novels September Girl, Jinxed, Down and Out in Beverly Heels and Dark Passages. Nonfiction includes the Lobby Card books on film art, Last Dance at the Savoy, The Bunny Years and a trilogy of books on caregiving: Now With You, Now Without, The Happy Hours and A Welcome Respite. She resides in New York and Los Angeles. www.kathrynleighscott.com.

Mad Monster Expo 2023
Aug 25 -27 | 2023
EMBASSY SUITES BY HILTON (Host Convention Hotel)
CHARLOTTE/CONCORD GOLF RESORT & SPA
5400 John Q. Hammons Dr NW, Concord, NC 28027
FRIDAY 6PM-11PM
SATURDAY 11AM-7PM
SUNDAY 11AM-5PM
https://tickets.madmonster.com/e/mad-monster-expo-2023/tickets
https://madmonster.com/expo2023/
https://madmonster.com/madmonsterpartycarolina2023/

Also appearing along with Kathryn Leigh Scott: Richard Brake (Game of Thrones), David Patrick Kelly (The Warriors), Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Rose McGowan (Scream), Bill Moseley (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Linnea Quigley (Return of the Living Dead)

(photo by Ben Martin)

Dark Shadows was an American gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show depicted the lives of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, where a series of supernatural occurrences take place.

Dark Shadows became popular when vampire Barnabas Collins played by actor Jonathan Frid was introduced ten months into its run. It would also feature ghosts, werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small troupe of actors each played many roles; as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. The show was distinguished by its melodramatic performances, atmospheric set designs, unusual storylines, numerous plot twists, adventurous music score, broad range of characters, and heroic adventures. Dark Shadows developed a large teenage audience and a dedicated cult following. By 1969, it had become ABC’s highest-rated daytime series with viewership in the millions!

The original network run of the show amassed 1,225 episodes. The success of the series spawned a media franchise that has included two feature films (House of Dark Shadows in 1970 and Night of Dark Shadows in 1971), a 1991 TV remake, a 2012 film reboot directed by Tim Burton, and numerous spin-off novels and comics. Kathryn Leigh Scott has narrated all 27 vintage Dark Shadows novels by Marilyn Ross for Oasis Audiobooks, available on Amazon.com.

Contact: Kathryn Leigh Scott: kathrynleighscott@gmail.com

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158, glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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2023/05/31

“Dark Shadows” Legends Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Selby and Susan Sullivan To Appear In New Play “In Your Corner” on Smartphone Theatre June 11, 2023!

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“Dark Shadows” Legends Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Selby and Susan Sullivan To Appear In New Play “In Your Corner” on Smartphone Theatre June 11, 2023!

Written by Susan Sullivan and directed by Asaad Kaleda

In a follow-up to last year’s successful performance of “What Friends Do,” Dark Shadows legends Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Selby and Susan Sullivan will be appearing in a new play “In Your Corner” on Smartphone Theatre June 11, 2023!

Life-long friends Bevi, Ruth and Max share their broken hearts over the loss of Harry when they too recognize their own ticking clock which comes with some startling trepidations and discoveries. Written by Susan Sullivan and directed by Asaad Kaleda, the play stars Susan Sullivan, Kathryn Leigh Scott and David Selby, “In Your Corner” will pull your heartstrings while challenging you to reach out and hug those you call family, no matter the distance.

Watch the play June 11th at 8PM EST (5PM PST) on the Smartphone Theatre YouTube page: www.YouTube.com/SmartphoneTheatre.

An alternate is: www.SmartphoneTheatre.com

Todd Felderstein started SMARTPHONE THEATRE during the Pandemic and it’s proven to be a fabulous platform for showcasing works by actors and playwrights. Asaad Kaleda is a well-known stage and television director.

Kathryn Leigh Scott is an author and actress. She played four roles, including Maggie Evans and Josette DuPres, in the original Gothic series, “Dark Shadows” and “House of Dark Shadows” (1970). She wrote “Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood” and “Dark Shadows Movie Book,” among other books about the hit series. Her recent feature films include, “The Eleventh Green” with Campbell Scott, “Three Christs” with Richard Gere and Juliana Margulies and Woody Allen’s “A Rainy Day in New York.” She recently appeared in “The Blacklist,” Hallmark Channel’s “Broadcasting Christmas,” Lifetime’s “A Wedding to Die For,” and has a recurring role as George Segal’s girlfriend Miriam in “The Goldbergs.” She has written the novels “September Girl,” “Jinxed,” “Down and Out in Beverly Heels” and “Dark Passages.” Nonfiction includes the Lobby Card books on film art, “Last Dance at the Savoy,” “The Bunny Years” and a trilogy of books on caregiving: “Now With You, Now Without,” “The Happy Hours” and “A Welcome Respite.” She resides in New York and Los Angeles.

Susan Sullivan is best known for her roles as Lenore Curtin Delaney on the NBC daytime soap opera “Another World” (1971–76), as Lois Adams on the ABC sitcom “It’s a Living” (1980–81), as Maggie Gioberti Channing on the CBS primetime soap opera “Falcon Crest” (1981–90), as Kitty Montgomery on the ABC sitcom “Dharma & Greg” (1997–2002), and as Martha Rodgers on “Castle” (2009–2016). She was nominated for an Emmy for Lead Actress for the role of Julie Farr in the 1978 series “Julie Farr, M.D”. and a Golden Globe nomination for Supporting Actress for her role in “Dharma & Greg.”

David Selby, an American film, television, and stage actor, is best known for playing Quentin Collins on the daytime gothic soap opera “Dark Shadows” (1968–71) and Richard Channing on the prime-time soap “Falcon Crest” (1982–90). Selby also had prominent roles in the television series “Flamingo Road” (1981–82) and the feature films “Night of Dark Shadows” (1971) and “Raise the Titanic” (1980). As a published writer, Selby has written several books, including novels, memoirs, and collections of poetry.

Contact: Kathryn Leigh Scott: kathrynleighscott@gmail.com

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158, glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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2023/04/11

Celebrated Time/Life Photographer Ben Martin’s “Artists In Their New York Studios – Circa 1960” Featured in Upcoming Exhibition Photosynthetic From May 13 – June 9, 2023

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Celebrated Time/Life Photographer Ben Martin’s “Artists In Their New York Studios – Circa 1960” Featured in Upcoming Exhibition Photosynthetic From May 13 – June 9, 2023

Opening reception on Saturday, May 13 from 4 – 6 PM!

Artist’s Portraits in Gelatin Silver Estate Prints of Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko, Larry Rivers, Helen Frankenthaler, Marisol Escobar and Salvador Dali!

In Artplex Gallery’s first photography-centered group exhibition, Photosynthetic investigates the confluence of conventional photography and the subversion of the image. The exhibition presents an array of works that problematize the paradigms of what constitutes photography to scrutinize the nexus between the subject, the artist, and the spectator. Through an assortment of techniques such as digital manipulation and collage, the artists in this exhibition transcend the limits of the medium and present novel perspectives on the image-polluted world around us. The spectator is invited to ponder the agency of photography in shaping our cognizance of the world and to question the veracity of the images we are presented with.

Ben Martin was TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covering wars, fashion, politics, arts, business, and sports for TIME, Life, Fortune, People, and Sports Illustrated for thirty-three years. He immortalized evocative images that defined the 1960’s such as Richard M. Nixon’s haggard 5 o’clock shadow, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s march to Montgomery, Alabama, and John F. Kennedy’s grieving widow and children. His exhibited silver gelatin photographic prints are portraits of artists in their studios.

Other photographers to be showcased at Photosynthetic are Marco Pittori, Steven Nederveen, and Ruxandra Cristina Bocin-Dumitriu.

Ben Martin

Ben Martin was married to the actress Kathryn Leigh Scott (1971-1990), best known for her roles on legendary gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, with whom he co-founded Pomegranate Press, a book publishing company. The two remained close friends and business partners until his death February 10, 2016 at age 86.

“Ben Martin’s stunning portraits of Roy Lichtenstein, Salvador Dali, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Larry Rivers and Marisol Escobar, illuminate the pop art, abstract-expressionist and surrealist painters and sculptors that defined the 60s art world,” says Kathryn Leigh Scott, the photographer’s former wife and archivist.

Ben Martin’s Gelatin Silver Estate Prints Collection “Artists In Their New York Studios – circa 1960”, featuring photos of Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko, Larry Rivers, Helen Frankenthaler, Marisol Escobar and Salvador Dali, are now on view in Artplex Gallery.

Photosynthetic exhibition from May 13 – June 9, 2023, with an opening reception on Saturday, May 13 from 4 – 6 PM!
For more information:
https://www.artplexgallery.com/en/news_detail-140
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/photosynthetic-tickets-596276347607

Artplex Gallery is an internationally established contemporary art gallery with partner galleries in Zurich, Cologne and Los Angeles. Artplex Gallery specializes in high-quality original contemporary art representing a broad spectrum of major international artists. Since the opening of Artplex Gallery in 2018, the gallery continues to be one of the world’s leading art galleries specializing in high-quality, original contemporary art representing a broad spectrum of major international artists. Right at home in West Hollywood and within immediate proximity to its sister gallery Artspace Warehouse, Artplex Gallery is an expansive modern space that specializes in international urban, pop, graffiti, figurative, and abstract art catering to the visual impact.

Artplex Gallery
7377 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
art@artplexgallery.com | PH: 1- 323-452-9628
www.artplexgallery.com
Mon – Sat 10am – 6pm | Sun 12 – 6pm

Contact: Kathryn Leigh Scott, PH: 1-310-526-3636, kathrynleighscott@gmail.com

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158, glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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2023/04/03

“Artists In Their New York Studios – Circa 1960,” a Series of Artist’s Portraits in Gelatin Silver Estate Prints by Celebrated Time/Life Photographer Ben Martin Now on View at Artplex Gallery

By glassonyonpr

For Immediate Release

“Artists In Their New York Studios – Circa 1960,” a Series of Artist’s Portraits in Gelatin Silver Estate Prints by Celebrated Time/Life Photographer Ben Martin Now on View at Artplex Gallery.

Featuring photos of Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko, Larry Rivers, Helen Frankenthaler, Marisol Escobar and Salvador Dali!

Upcoming Exhibition Photosynthetic From May 13 – June 9, 2023. Opening reception on Saturday, May 13 from 4 – 6 PM!

Ben Martin (1930-2017) covered wars, fashion, politics, arts, business and sports for Time, Life, Fortune, People and Sports Illustrated for thirty-three years. He covered Martin Luther King during the Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March, took the infamous sweaty five-o’clock shadow photograph of Richard Nixon during the Kennedy-Nixon TV debates in 1960 that Nixon claimed cost him the election, and photographed Time’s now famous “Swinging London” cover story. He photographed major cover essays on the 25th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy and 40th anniversaries of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima, the Mozambique civil war from both the rebel and Portuguese sides and an arctic expedition to the North Pole. His photograph of President John F. Kennedy’s funeral led to a Life magazine cover, and his coverage of Pope Paul’s trip to the Holy Land was a cover feature in Time.

Born Benjamin Rush Martin III in Salisbury, North Carolina September 16, 1930, he became fascinated by photography at the age of eight when his father, a newspaperman, gave him a bakelite “Univex 00” miniature box camera. At age fifteen he founded the first High School News Bureau in the nation, and became a staff photographer at the local newspaper, The Salisbury Post. At age 17, he became the youngest member of the National Press Photographers Association. While attending Ohio University, he became a stringer-photographer for UPI. His photo essay on a traveling preacher brought him to the attention of celebrated photographer W. Eugene Smith and Wilson Hicks, executive picture editor of Life, who offered him a position on the Life staff after his graduation. Henry Luce then hired him as Time’s first staff photographer in the New York Bureau.

Ben Martin is the author of Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime and co-author of A Different World: The Great Hotels of the World.

Ben was married to the actress Kathryn Leigh Scott (1971-1990), best known for her roles on legendary gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, with whom he co-founded Pomegranate Press, a book publishing company. The two remained close friends and business partners until his death February 10, 2016 at age 86.

“Ben Martin’s stunning portraits of Roy Lichtenstein, Salvador Dali, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Larry Rivers and Marisol Escobar, illuminate the pop art, abstract-expressionist and surrealist painters and sculptors that defined the 60s art world,” says Kathryn Leigh Scott, the photographer’s former wife and archivist.

Ben Martin’s Gelatin Silver Estate Prints Collection “Artists In Their New York Studios – circa 1960”, featuring photos of Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko, Larry Rivers, Helen Frankenthaler, Marisol Escobar and Salvador Dali, are now on view in Artplex Gallery.

A selection of Ben’s artworks will be featured in the upcoming exhibition Photosynthetic from May 13 – June 9, 2023, with an opening reception on Saturday, May 13 from 4 – 6 PM!
For more information:
https://www.artplexgallery.com/en/news_detail-140
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/photosynthetic-tickets-596276347607

Artplex Gallery is an internationally established contemporary art gallery with partner galleries in Zurich, Cologne and Los Angeles. Artplex Gallery specializes in high-quality original contemporary art representing a broad spectrum of major international artists.

Artplex Gallery
7377 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
art@artplexgallery.com | PH: 1- 323-452-9628
www.artplexgallery.com
Mon – Sat 10am – 6pm | Sun 12 – 6pm

Contact: Kathryn Leigh Scott, PH: 1-310-526-3636, kathrynleighscott@gmail.com

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158, glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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2023/02/07

“Dark Shadows” Legend Kathryn Leigh Scott Releases New Edition of “Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime” Book

By glassonyonpr

For Immediate Release

Dark Shadows Legend Kathryn Leigh Scott Releases New Edition of Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime Book

Marcel Marceau Honored By Centenary Celebration Exhibit at THE NATIONAL ARTS CLUB — MARCH 9 through APRIL 28, 2023

Legendary actress Kathryn Leigh Scott, best known for her roles on Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows as Maggie Evans and Josette DuPres, and book publisher, is releasing a new edition of Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime, a book featuring photos by her former husband, Time/Life photographer Ben Martin.

Cumberland Press will publish Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime, with an Introduction by Anne Sicco, Marceau’s widow. Kathryn says, “Anne and I are thrilled to launch the book in celebration of the centenary of the mime artist’s birth, March 22, 2023. It’s a fitting tribute, honoring the legacies of both men and their artistic collaboration.”

Kathryn Leigh Scott

The National Arts Club will celebrate the centenary of the birth of the world’s most famous mime, Marcel Marceau, with a Reception March 20th to launch an exhibition of photographs taken by Time/Life photographer Ben Martin. The exhibit, which is open to the public and free, will take place from March 9th to April 28 in conjunction with the publication of a new edition of Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime, a photojournalist’s view of the legendary artist as performer and friend. Begun as a Life magazine pictorial in the mid-1970s, their artistic collaboration produced an intense, intimate portrait of the mime whose stage creation, a white-faced clown in bell-bottom pants, sailor’s pullover and crumpled flower opera hat, continued a century old tradition. In more than 350 photographs, 80 in exquisite color, Martin captures Marceau behind the scenes, rehearsing, applying makeup, and performing. In a series of performance photos, he shows the artist conveying his miraculous emotional range as Bip, his onstage alter ego.

Marcel Marceau: Born Marcel Mangel in Strasbourg, France, on March 23, 1923, Marceau referred to mime as the “art of silence,” an art that he performed professionally worldwide for over 60 years. As a Jewish youth, he lived in hiding and worked with the French Resistance against the Nazi occupiers during World War II together with his daring older brother, Simon Alain Mangel. Marceau gave his first major performance to 3,000 allied troops after the liberation of Paris in August 1944. Following the war, he studied dramatic art and mime in Paris where, in 1959, he established his own pantomime school. In 1956, he won an Emmy Award, and in 1991 was elected to the venerable Institut de France as a member of the Académie des Beaux Arts. In 1998, he was made Grand Officier de la Légion d’Honneur and awarded the National Order of Merit in France. In 2002, the celebrated mime became the eleventh recipient of The Raoul Wallenberg Medal.

Ben Martin covered wars, fashion, politics, arts, business and sports for Time, Life, Fortune, People and Sports Illustrated for 33 years. He covered Martin Luther King’s Selma March, the first Nixon-Kennedy Presidential debate, Fidel Castro in Cuba and “Swinging London,” capturing “evocative images that defined the 1960s,” according to the New York Times. Martin’s photographic archive has been donated to the Briscoe Center at the University of Texas, Austin.

Marcel Marceau and Ben Martin – photo by Ben Martin

Kathryn Leigh Scott, Ben Martin’s wife of many years and publishing partner until his death, dreamed of reissuing the book. “Marcel offered to write an Introduction to a new edition, but passed away before we could make it happen. The dream was reawakened in early 2018 when I got in touch with Anne Sicco, Marcel’s widow. The two of us began discussing the possibility of an exhibit of the photographs and a new edition of the book to commemorate the centenary of Marceau’s birth, March 22, 2023. For us, it’s a tribute that honors the legacies of both men and their artistic collaboration.”

Kathryn Leigh Scott is an author and actress who has written the novels September Girl, Jinxed, Down and Out in Beverly Heels and Dark Passages. Nonfiction includes the Lobby Card books on film art, Last Dance at the Savoy, The Bunny Years and a trilogy of books on caregiving: Now With You, Now Without, The Happy Hours and A Welcome Respite. She played Maggie Evans/Josette DuPres in the original Dark Shadows, and appears in feature films The Eleventh Green, Three Christs and A Rainy Day in New York. Kathryn resides in New York and Los Angeles. www.kathrynleighscott.com.

The National Arts Club —15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003, USA

Contact: Kathryn Leigh Scott 1-310-526-3636, kathrynleighscott@gmail.com

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158, glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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2023/01/09

Pantomime Legend Marcel Marceau Honored By Centenary Celebration Exhibit and Publication of New Edition of ‘Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime’ Book

By glassonyonpr

For Immediate Release

Pantomime Legend Marcel Marceau Honored By Centenary Celebration Exhibit and Publication of New Edition of Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime Book

THE NATIONAL ARTS CLUB — MARCH 9 through APRIL 28, 2023

The National Arts Club celebrates the centenary of the birth of the world’s most famous mime, Marcel Marceau, with an exhibition of photographs taken by Time/Life photographer Ben Martin. The exhibit, which is open to the public and free, will take place from March 9th to April 28 in conjunction with the publication of a new edition of Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime, a photojournalist’s view of the legendary artist as performer and friend. Begun as a Life magazine pictorial in the mid-1970s, their artistic collaboration produced an intense, intimate portrait of the mime whose stage creation, a white-faced clown in bell-bottom pants, sailor’s pullover and crumpled flower opera hat, continued a century old tradition. In more than 350 photographs, 80 in exquisite color, Martin captures Marceau behind the scenes, rehearsing, applying makeup, and performing. In a series of performance photos, he shows the artist conveying his miraculous emotional range as Bip, his onstage alter ego.

Cumberland Press will publish the revised edition of this intimate photographic portrait with a personal foreword by Anne Sicco, the mime’s widow, and an afterword by Robert Pledge, a close friend and associate of both Marceau and Martin.

To launch the centenary celebration, The National Arts Club will host a reception for Marceau’s friends and admirers, on March 20, 2023, at 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003. Anne Sicco will be in attendance representing the Marceau family.

Marcel Marceau: Born Marcel Mangel in Strasbourg, France, on March 23, 1923, Marceau referred to mime as the “art of silence,” an art that he performed professionally worldwide for over 60 years. As a Jewish youth, he lived in hiding and worked with the French Resistance against the Nazi occupiers during World War II together with his daring older brother, Simon Alain Mangel. Marceau gave his first major performance to 3,000 allied troops after the liberation of Paris in August 1944. Following the war, he studied dramatic art and mime in Paris where, in 1959, he established his own pantomime school. In 1956, he won an Emmy Award, and in 1991 was elected to the venerable Institut de France as a member of the Académie des Beaux Arts. In 1998, he was made Grand Officier de la Légion d’Honneur and awarded the National Order of Merit in France. In 2002, the celebrated mime became the eleventh recipient of The Raoul Wallenberg Medal.

Ben Martin covered wars, fashion, politics, arts, business and sports for Time, Life, Fortune, People and Sports Illustrated for 33 years. He covered Martin Luther King’s Selma March, the first Nixon-Kennedy Presidential debate, Fidel Castro in Cuba and “Swinging London,” capturing “evocative images that defined the 1960s,” according to the New York Times. Martin’s photographic archive has been donated to the Briscoe Center at the University of Texas, Austin.

Marcel Marceau and Ben Martin – photo by Ben Martin

Kathryn Leigh Scott, Ben Martin’s wife of many years and publishing partner until his death, dreamed of reissuing the book. “Marcel offered to write an Introduction to a new edition, but passed away before we could make it happen. The dream was reawakened in early 2018 when I got in touch with Anne Sicco, Marcel’s widow. The two of us began discussing the possibility of an exhibit of the photographs and a new edition of the book to commemorate the centenary of Marceau’s birth, March 22, 2023. For us, it’s a tribute that honors the legacies of both men and their artistic collaboration”

Kathryn Leigh Scott is an author and actress who has written the novels September Girl, Jinxed, Down and Out in Beverly Heels and Dark Passages. Nonfiction includes the Lobby Card books on film art, Last Dance at the Savoy, The Bunny Years and a trilogy of books on caregiving: Now With You, Now Without, The Happy Hours and A Welcome Respite. She played Maggie Evans/Josette DuPres in the original Dark Shadows, and appears in feature films The Eleventh Green, Three Christs and A Rainy Day in New York. Kathryn resides in New York and Los Angeles. www.kathrynleighscott.com.

The National Arts Club —15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003, USA

Contact: Kathryn Leigh Scott 1-310-526-3636, kathrynleighscott@gmail.com

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158, glassonyonpr@gmail.com

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