Portrait of US is an evolving audiovisual archive of intimate stories told by ordinary people. The artists Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher create the audiovisual portraits in their Nomadic Photo Ark, a roaming black and white darkroom and art studio, as they weave their way across the United States.

Frisell and Scher visited Massillon with the Nomadic Photo Ark from September 25 through October 6, 2023.  Their Studio M exhibition will include audiovisual portraits of Stark County residents whom they interviewed, along with other portraits from the project.  

Monica Jane Frisell, Cynthea, Savannah, GA., 2022, Silver Gelatin contact print from an 8 x10" film negative, 8 x 10" 

Monica Jane Frisell, Izzy, Green Mountain Falls, CO., 2022, Silver Gelatin contact print from an 8 x 10" film negative, 8 x 10" 

This exhibition is held in conjunction with the 2024 NEA Big Read in Massillon.  NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.