"Brought tears to my eyes. What an incredible story and show!"
The words above are like many penned in the guest book. Another wrote:
"Uplifting and enlightening. I will spread the word far and wide."
"Uplifting and enlightening. I will spread the word far and wide."
Good news: Portraits of Immigrants will be traveling to the Green Door Gallery that's part of Divine Mercy Parish in Williamsburg, Brooklyn this winter, to open on Valentine's Day, 2020, which seems appropriate for a show that's about loving thy neighbor and being kind to strangers. It's going to be in beautiful Darlington Hall at the Church of the Heavenly Rest on Manhattan's Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue at 90th Street) next summer, and at the Osilas Gallery at Concordia College in Bronxville, NY, in March-April, 2021. Even more venues are in discussion. I'll be posting dates and directions as we get closer to openings.
Below are photos from the exhibitions that took place in New York City in 2018 - 2019.
March-April, 2019 The Riverside Church in the City of New York |
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From the Guest Book:
"As wonderful as the portraits are, so too are the stories. I want all of them to be neighbors or friends!"
"As wonderful as the portraits are, so too are the stories. I want all of them to be neighbors or friends!"
It was a beautiful installation (below and right as it appeared when we finished setting up.)
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The first exhibition of all 16 portraits and stories opened in January, 2019, in beautiful Andrew Hall in
Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York City.
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Photos by Reiko Yanagi.
We hit capacity and had to stop taking reservations. I spoke at the opening about why I've spent two years finding, interviewing, painting the portraits, and writing the stories of immigrants and how touched I'e been by their stories.
You can watch by clicking on the button below. This show ran through February 15th.
Today's immigrants on display under the portraits of former rectors of venerable Saint Thomas Church.
In May, 2018, the first nine portraits and stories went on display in the
Long Island City Arts Open Festival.
photos by Girish/Speliotis
Viewers wrote:
"Thank you for showing another side! Your collection and stories are beautiful and inspiring!"
- Laura Fernandez.
"Thank you for sharing the American Dream and showing that it comes in all shapes, sizes and colors."
- Raymond Lam.
"What a beautiful thing you have done! Thank you for bringing these stories alive,"
- The Rev. Canon
Carl F. Turner, Rector, Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue.
"You are doing God's work,"
- Susan Ridgeway, Executive Director, The Church Club of New York.