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Saturday, September 10 at 5:00pm - September 17 at 5:00pm |
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| For | GMU Printmakers Guild |
| More Info | Location: George Mason University Art and Design Building Alcove Gallery Dates: 10 – 17 September 2011 This exhibit attempts to demonstrate how we collectively or individually carry the memories of the people that have touched our lives with us as we move through our own. The events of September 11th, 2001 and those that followed have given us ample opportunity to highlight the ordinary, sometimes heroic, but always human, everyday actions of our fellow human beings. Memories of simple giving by people like Jim Lynch who spent many years walking the Pentagon halls handing out Werther’s Originals; he bought them by the case. Every day, during Jim’s lunch break, he would walk a regular route handing out the candies to people, trying to put a smile on their faces. “…a mile in my shoes.” Is an exhibit that connects small portraits of individuals like Jim (painting, print, photo etc.) with a corresponding piece of footwear that signifies not only the person, their individual qualities, but also the fact that we carry the memories and lesson of them with us through our own lives. Imagine a portrait of Jim on one wall and somewhere on another wall is a technicians shoe filled with Werther’s candies for the taking. More about Jim Lynch at http://pentagonmemorial.or - This is a Sargent Thamm sponsored event. |
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