Semilla Arts Initiative: Dignity Transforms

September 04, 2009 12:00 pm

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Independence Foundation Gallery for the Visual Arts
First Friday Receptions: September 4 and October 2

In Spanish, the word “semilla” means seed. And the Semilla Arts Initiative are seeds for change in their North Philadelphia barrio. Their artistic collaborations with community members are a means of cultural preservation as well as individual and community empowerment.  Semilla’s exhibit, Dignity Transforms, presents the community work and studio work of Pedro Ospina and Betsy Casanas in a two-part multimedia installation comprised of interviews, portraits, drawings, paintings, photos and mixed media pieces. This is not an art “installation” but rather an art “intervention” that documents the creative process of two community artists working on the streets, to initiate transformation on the community and its members.

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