Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Art in Everyday Life, a new group through the Ecumenical Christian Ministry, and the Kansan-Salvadoran Solidarity Action (KSSA) are displaying artwork from El Salvador at the ECM.
The exhibit, The El Salvador Art Show, features drawings from children of El Papaturro, El Salvador, one of Lawrence’s sister cities, and art from past El Papaturro volunteers whose work focuses on community, culture, social movements and the history of the Salvadoran civil war that ended in 1992. The volunteers include University students, graduates and Lawrence residents.
Sarah Birmingham, a member of both KSSA and Art in Everyday Life, said she helped organize the art show, which will be on display for the next two weeks. The exhibit went on display Monday.
Crystal White, 2007 graduate, currently has artwork about Lawrence's sister city, El Papaturro, El Salvador, on display at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. The artwork, which focuses on the theme of social justice, will be on display through April 19.
“I think it’s kind of cool to be able to see something come out of KU students’ experiences,” Birmingham, 2008 graduate, said. “It’s like putting what you could learn in a class into a real-life situation.”
Crystal White went on the Alternative Spring Break as a student delegate to El Salvador in 2006. White, Lubbock, Texas, 2007 graduate, said she listened to accounts of people in El Papaturro who were refugees during the country’s civil war and had returned to their home country to start their lives over. She said she made her art by embroidering the refugees’ testimonies through tree branches to reflect her experience in the forests near El Papaturro.
“When they were telling me their stories, it was hard to wrap my mind around it,” White said. “These are people’s lives, not just stories.”
Katherine Logan, administrative assistant and member of Art in Everyday Life, said the exhibit also included pictures from Salvadoran school children that showed their ideas of communities.
“This is a good opportunity for students to come learn about other cultures and communities and the history of El Salvador,” Logan said.
Birmingham said that from 2005 to 2008 the ECM had held Alternative Spring Break trips to El Salvador with the purpose of social justice. She said the trip and the art show taught how other communities dealt with issues of economic problems and sustainability.
“It’s helpful seeing how other communities deal with these issues,” Birmingham said. “I think it’s really inspiring.”
White said that during the trip to El Salvador she spent five days in the capital, San Salvador, and then went to El Papaturro. She said one of the purposes of the art show was to let people know Lawrence had a sister city in El Salvador.
“It’s a beautiful, amazing community,” White said. “We have a lot of ties with El Salvador that people aren’t aware of.”
Logan said the goal of the new organization was to hold exhibits for art from non-professional artists and for art involving social movements.
“I’m excited because it’s the first thing we’ve done as a group,” Logan said.
— — Edited by Chris Horn
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