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Lives in Limbo: Refugees at the Gates of Europe
January 5, 2018 - January 28, 2018January 5 - 28
Opening Evening January 5th 6 - 8 pm
Beacon Gallery is pleased to announce its second show “Lives in Limbo: Refugees at the Gates of Europe,” being presented in partnership with Leslie Meral Schick. The show aims to shed light on the plight of refugees once they arrive in Europe.
The show consists of text and photographs by Leslie Meral Schick, an aid worker who goes to Greece multiple times a year to support refugees. This is supplemented by current photographs of camp conditions by Abdullah Ali Darwish and Mustafa Omar from Syria, the work of acclaimed New York Times and Wall Street Journal photographer Eirini Vourloumis, as well as individual portraits and biographies of refugees collected by Schick. There will also be videos reporting on the refugee situation in Greece, by Suma Hussien and Ellie Williams of Northeastern University’s School of Journalism.
“Lives in Limbo” will also feature work by artists Shakiba A. of Afghanistan; Salam Noah and Youssef Abou Kashef of Syria; as well as local artists such as Anne Peretz and Bill Gillitt. Proceeds from any artwork by local artists that is sold will benefit Leslie Meral Schick’s refugee work. Refugee artists will receive 100% of the profit from sales.
The US-based artist Mohamad Hafez will also be collaborating with Schick and Beacon Gallery to create a limited edition print from one of his sculptures, available for purchase, with all proceeds to benefit Schick’s humanitarian work.
Please join us as we fundraise for this extremely worthy cause!
More information on Leslie Meral Shick:
https://www.gofundme.com/refugeesupportgreece-italy
Channel 5 Chronicle profile:
http://www.wcvb.com/article/greece-helping-from-home/12468162
Newton TAB article:
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Beacon Gallery is also featuring a few pieces of children's artwork from a local non-profit called Art Resource Collaborative for Kids. Their "Storytelling through Art" program brought the power of art therapy to displaced Syrian children living in Jordan.
