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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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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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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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Drawing Poetry
There was a short piece in the Boston Globe this morning describing Julian Peters’ cartoon take on the Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot. Bostonians will be familiar with some of the imagery as he used a Beacon Hill mansion as a visual reference. To read the article, click here. Prufrock was the…
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Video Preview: Extreme Beauty
This video is a preview for the series Extreme Beauty which contrasts socially accepted standards of beauty with the extreme measures undertaken to achieve them. Artist Statement: “If tiny feet suddenly became fashionable, would American women subject themselves to foot-binding?” This was the question posed in an article of the Los Angeles Times, denouncing breast implants, with…
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Online exhibition: Stories We Tell
The Women’s Caucus for Art has curated an online version of their show “The Stories We Tell.” I am pleased to have work from my series “The Perfect Stone” included in the exhibit. While I haven’t seen it, I believe I have a few other pieces included in the catalogue. There is a lot of…
Smith-Garcés Art 