Author: Sandy Smith-Garces
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Commemorating Women Affected by Genocide
I am honored to participate in an April 10 commemoration for women affected by genocide to be held at the Armenian Museum of America and is co-sponsored by Facing History and Ourselves. The event will feature a lecture by Anna Aleksanyan of Clark University, as well as survivor testimonies from Bosnian Genocide survivor Edina Skaljic and…
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Images of Grief and Healing: Maud Morgan Arts
I am honored to be included in a powerful show, Images of Grief and Healing in the Chandler Gallery at Maud Morgan Arts in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The exhibition is curated by Deborah Putnoi, a distinguished artist and long time educator, and Emily Newmann, an experienced therapist and artist and runs through September 11, 2015. The piece I am…
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Keira Knightley and the Power of an Image
Last week British actress Keira Knightly took a powerful stand against the manipulation of women’s bodies when she agreed to pose topless for Interview Magazine. Boston Globe Health writer Deborah Kotz explains, “Knightley chose to flaunt her underendowed, uneven breasts to make a point: Using Photoshop to edit celebrity bodies perpetuates the myth that beauty equals perfection….She…
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Stoning in Syria
Possibly lost in the tragic news of the summer was story of two women stoned to death in two days by ISIS in Syria. Working on my series, The Perfect Stone, a few years ago I was struck not only by the horror of the penalty—what does it mean that in the 21st century there are…
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Confronting Evil in Individuals and Societies.
I am honored to have had the video from my series The Perfect Stone selected to open Facing History and Ourselves Day of Learning Confronting Evil in Individuals and Socities at Harvard University yesterday. The conference was stunning with presentations by a wide range of scholars from across the disciplines including Anthony Appiah, Elaine Pagels,…
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The Invisible Woman
Have you seen Ralph Fiennes’ powerful new film The Invisible Woman about Charles Dickens and his lover Ellen “Nelly” Ternan? Based on real life events, the film is beautifully acted by Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristen Scott Thomas, and others including Joanna Scalan as Catherine Dicken’s (Mrs. Charles Dickens). The film can be seen as a powerful meditation…
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A few thoughts on a cold day
From the series Kindling: Traditionally home is the center of the family, the hearth is the heart of the home, a place where families come together for comfort and warmth. The kindling in these drawings echo this ancient ideal of comfort and security, just as the fragile and unsteady piles of wood echo the vulnerable…
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Publishing Dilemma: The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock
I’m at the end of the run of my illustrated edition of The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock. I published the last edition myself. The question before me is whether to do that again, or to work with a publisher. Below are examples from the series along with an audio of T.S. Eliot reading the…
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