Galleries and Exhibits - With Our Eyes
The Gage Family Art Gallery
First level, Oren Gateway Center
Augsburg College
March 5 – April 1, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, March 5, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Artist Discussion: Saturday, March 6, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
“With Our Eyes” is a series of over 30 black and white photographs that offer an intimate view of the Karen community in the Twin Cities. The photographs were created during a five-week community project that paired Karen high school students with seven Augsburg College students. Connected through their interest in photography, the students met last summer to explore the technical and creative sides of using a camera as they documented the daily activities of the Karen community. Led by Susan Boecher, photography instructor at Augsburg, the project created a learning environment that fostered an understanding between the students as they explored the idea of cultural identity.
The Karen are an ethnic minority in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, that have been in civil war for decades. Suffering from malnutrition and disease, many have left the refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border to come to the United States. One of the largest Karen populations in the United States is in the Twin Cities.
“With our Eyes” will be on display in the Gage Family Art Gallery in conjunction with the Nobel Peace Prize Forum held at Augsburg College on March 5 and 6. An artist discussion with the participants of the Karen Photography Project and photographer Robert Gerhardt, who has a concurrent exhibit at Augsburg about the Karen, will be held during the seminar sessions for the Nobel Peace Prize Forum on Saturday, March 6, from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Details about the location of the talk will be posted on the Nobel Peace Prize Forum website.
All events are free and open to the public.
The Gage Family Art Gallery
22nd Ave. S. at Riverside Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Photograph by Yeh Yeh, 2009, black & white print, 11” x 14”
