Missing Peace Art  S p a c e Upcoming Exhibitions

2010

“Art Makes Us Human” 
MARY PERRY STONE 1909-2007  Feb. 5th - Mar. 7th, 2010

We greatly appreciate those 60 - 70 intrepid visitors, including Dayton Mayor Gary Leitzell, who braved the snow and cold Friday
to join us at the gallery for the opening of this powerful exhibition. It was lots of fun and a pleasure seeing everyone.
A very big thank you to Ramie Streng (Mary's daughter) for making this exhibition possible and for the generous
donation of several of her Mary's works so that we can share them at future venues.
~ for those of you who can't get to the gallery to see this exhibition there is a short video of the some of the art displayed HERE ~ 

Mary Perry Stone was one of the forty women sculptors on the New York City Federal Arts Project (commonly referred to as the WPA). It was during this time that she began to focus her artwork on social protest work, which became her lifelong interest.   During the 1930's and 1940's, Stone exhibited at the New York Metropolitan Museum, Carnegie Hall, New York University, Rockefeller Center, The Roerich , The New School for Social Research, Radio City, Independence Hall, the ACA Gallery and the Municipal Gallery in New York City. Throughout her long life, Mary created all kinds of work, with all kinds of themes, but it was all grounded in her belief that an artist, granted he or she has the ability, has a responsibility to work for a more humane world. She, like so many of her fellow artists, was influenced by the Great Depression and her activist involvement as a WPA artist in New York City.”

In honor of Mary's devotion to peace and social justice, the Missing Peace Art Space is dedicating space in the gallery specifically to the work of Mary Perry Stone. Aside from being a space to exhibit her art, it will serve as a space to recognize women artists, past & present, from around the world who dedicated their work to peace. "The Mary Perry Stone Women’s Art Gallery” at the Missing Peace Art Space will be inaugurated on February 5th 2010 by Stone’s daughter Ramie Streng. Exhibition Opening Feb 5th 5pm - 7pm Exhibition hours are Thursday - Sunday 2pm - 7pm and by appointment *Some of the collection being shown is being offered for sale. A portion of the sale price is being donated to the UFWP a 501c3 charity and may be tax deductible.

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The International Cities Peace Exhibit will open Feb 5th.

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HELEN BROADFOOT, Canada   "A Show Of Respect"   2010
April 2nd - May 9th

"A Show Of Respect" is a body of work painted for the children of war. This exhibition is comprised of ten large oil paintings. It underscores the violation of these children’s basic human rights. Each painting depicts a child from a different country and chronicles ways that war effects children. Children die, children are forced to become soldiers, children are captured and sold into brothels and children are displaced and spend their young lives (often their whole lives) as refugees.

A major component of each piece is the inclusion of one of the articles of "The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights". These articles are painted on the canvas in the language of the child depicted in the painting. Beside each painting in the exhibit is the translation of the article into English as well as the inspiration for the painting itself.

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"Light, Shadow, and the Ordinarily Sacred" an exhibition of the work by Martha Gilliom June 4th - July 11th 2010

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