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5pm to 9pm April 4th

Chiharu Roach

“Tangled Up”

The Wounded Heart

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Music by:

Bible Study

The Cob Oven Crew Presents:

Pizza in the Courtyard

Dedicated to:

That Bats of Change

Kentuck Studio Artist Sale to support the

Kentuck Building Fund

“Tangled Up”

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Roach

I was born and bred in Nagoya City, Japan. In childhood I struggled to understand love due to my mother’s twisted affection and loneliness. I couldn’t find myself and I felt a cruel emptiness inside. As a result 15 years ago I came to Birmingham, Alabama to find freedom. In fact I found that there isn’t freedom but a lot of limitations. At first I was a stranger, an alien from another planet who could not speak or understand the language. I decided to go to school to learn English for communication. Then I was getting to see what I couldn’t see before; there are a lot of gaps between others and me due to discriminations and stereotypes of Asian girls. I began to create art to express my mind without using the sound of speech. I have always been interested in the human mind. I studied Children psychology at the university I attended in Japan. In my Tangled Hair Series, I’m symbolizing the different memories, feelings, and behaviors our minds create that affect our lives.

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I create each piece of art by

first making a pencil outline.

After it is complete I paint

artist acrylics on wood panels

and rice paper from my native

Japan. I use fine brushes as

they allow me to achieve the

detail I require and the ability

to paint each strand of hair.

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The Wounded Heart

The University of Alabama Women’s

Resource Center provides outreach,

advocacy, and services to empower

women and to encourage their full,

active participation in the university

and community. The Center provides a

variety of services, including victim

advocacy, counseling, prevention and

education programs, awareness

events, self-defense training, and

many other services.

Art NightArt NightArt Night The Wounded Heart is a survivor art exhibit that offers

visual testimony to the impact of violence in our lives.

Survivors, artists, and those concerned about survivors are

invited to use wooden hearts as vehicles of expression and

healing. This moving exhibit invites everyone to bear

witness and honor the healing power of the human heart.

The project was inspired by the exhibit Corazón Lastimado

through Arte Sana (“Art Heals”), a non-profit organization

based in Austin, Texas that believes in the healing power of

art and culture.

Goals:

Offer a vehicle of expression and healing to those affected

by violence both directly and indirectly, especially those

survivors who have been typically underserved or

marginalized.

Use art to educate and generate public awareness about

the issues relating to violence and its incredible impact in

the lives of so many.

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A box for the collection of cell phones will be provided at

the exhibit. These will be distributed by Verizon Hopeline

to survivors of domestic violence. For more information

see the link below.

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Cob Oven Pizza

T he Cob Oven Crew

Pizza in the Cour tyard

Music

Bible Study “Bible Study”, a collective of 4 songwriters, will

provide the live music on June 7th. Members of the

group are Tim Higgins (guitar, vocals), Kori Hensell

(cornet, vocals), Dan Walker (guitar) and Emily

Dozier-Ezell (banjo, fiddle, mandolin, vocals). They

lend their talents and different styles to each

other’s songs creating unique cohesion of folk

rock.

Kentuck Studio Artists will donate a percentage of their April Art Night sales

to the Kentuck Building Fund

Participating artists include Ann Betak, Steve Davis,

Brian Evans, Kerry Kennedy, and Lorrie Lane

Kentuck is a non-profit organization

dedicated to perpetuating the arts,

engaging the community,

and empowering the artist

Kentuck Art Center

503 Main Avenue

Northport, AL 35476

205-758-1257

kentuck@kentuck.org

Art Night is held on the first Thursday of every month, 5pm to

9pm. Art Night marks the opening of our monthly exhibits in

the Georgine Clarke Gallery. The public is invited to

participate in our monthly celebration of the arts.

The Main Avenue Gallery is currently closed and undergoing

renovations.

42nd Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts. October 19 & 20, 2013

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