Black Lives Matter: Art Exhibit and Artist Talk
Helen David Brancato, IHM
September 13, 2023
Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
This exhibit celebrates the artist’s friends and former students in the Black Community. Sr. Helen David visually affirms and supports “Black Lives Matter.” The exhibit depicts the people who have enriched her life at the Southwest Community Enrichment Center in Southwest Philadelphia.
Sr. Helen David describes her fourteen years there as a university of life where she experienced great wisdom, generous hospitality, warmth and exceptional talent. She hopes that her paintings reveal the dignity and the beauty she found in the Black Community on 46th Street.
At the opening on Sept. 13, Helen David will give a talk, entitled “The ARTS as a Catalyst for Change/Transformation.” She will explain how the art center affected the lives of the people in Southwest Center. She will also relate how she benefited from the wisdom of the people.
This talk will be followed by a hands-on experience for the audience and a demonstration of automatic painting.
Light refreshments will be served. Cost for this program is a suggested donation of $25/per person.
Facilitator
Sister Helen David Brancato, IHM studied portrait painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and a variety of visual art forms at The Tyler School of Art of Temple University. Working as a painter, printmaker, and illustrator, she has exhibited professionally primarily in the Philadelphia and New York…
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