“We all come from away,” explains watercolor artist Jean Kigel. Her series "Displacement: Immigrant Portraits" opens at the library on Thursday, May 1st and will be on display through the end of May. The poignant series of immigrant portraits illuminate the human condition, as well as Kigel's political sensibility and advocacy for human rights and justice.
A reception with the artist will be held on Friday, May 16th, from 4:00 to 6:00pm. Light refreshments will be served.
"The faces of these men, women, and children reflect the suffering, terror, and often the hope that pushes a person to leave one’s country for a better life," Kigel explains. "Millions of immigrants have been uprooted by war, persecution, national disaster, climate change, corrupt regimes, and economic collapse. These immigrants make up a valuable part of our country’s labor force, as well as its intellectual leadership."
Kigel grew up in a second-generation Latvian family on a poultry farm in Warren, Maine, with Germans and Finns as friends and neighbors. Her travels to Europe, the Middle East, Japan, and China have inspired her watercolors and Asian brush paintings. She maintains a studio and gallery in Waldoboro, on Muscongus Bay.
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Then mail the application to: Jackson Memorial Library P.O. Box 231 Tenants Harbor, ME 04860
Or drop it off at the library at 71 Main Street in Tenants Harbor during our open hours.
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