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Artists for Humanity: voice/vision/virtuosity
September 2008-January 2009

Voice/vision/virtuosity is a multimedia exhibit by the young talent of Artists for Humanity—a unique program that aims to bridge economic, racial, and social divisions by helping Boston’s underserved youth develop self-sufficiency through paid employment in the arts. The show includes several large abstract paintings, photographs of flowering trees presented as stylized diptychs, and two sculptures created from shredded money from the Bank demonstrating creative recycling.

“I love flowers and photography. Georgia O’Keeffe inspired me with her beautiful renditions of flowers. I wanted to render a flower just as beautifully.”
White Flowers
by Jane Carper
 “I like photography. I shoot to let out the stress I feel I always have on my shoulders. This is a very unique view of a picture. Kinda like the way I see things.”
Leaf Kaleidoscope
by Darius Cephas
 “We never painted together until this project. This is wood in water. It was weird until we looked at the finished product and loved what we created.”
Reflections 1
by William Che & David Wang
“This is part of a series the paint studio was challenged to collaborate and create. We all had to get used to working with each other. That is very inspirational and allow ourselves to paint.”
Reflections 2
by Mike Guadarrama, Massiel Grullon, & Cassandra Lattimore
 “I remember first getting the shredded money and being amazed, shocked and mad that all that money is useless now. Then I wanted to show how money holds up many things.”
Money Table
by Lanae Hicks
 “This is waaay out of my comfort zone. I’m normally a figure painter. I let myself go with this one and had a BLAST doing it.”
Abstract
by Cassandra Lattimore
“I was inspired by the notion of a ‘Perfect Storm’. Since when were storms ever perfect? Nonetheless, I stared off the coast and noticed a storm coming in. Then I painted it.”
Open Seas
by Fritz Mead
 “I wanted to play with photos of trees to see how I could have them simulate building architecture. Similar to how architecture is inspired by nature.”
Trees
by Mary Nguyen
 “Birds remind me of my imagination, always taking flight as it sees fit. I’m from the city and this is how I see it all coming together.”
Flying into the City
by Billy Nuñez
“I play guitar and I love photography. This seems so rock & roll to me.”
Pink Flowers
by Chris Rogers
 “I’m a nomadic person. I’ve moved from city to city for most of my life. There is a lot that has influenced me and the different sounds that I hear have made the most impact.”
Music Beats
by Garima Sood
 “Turn It On”
Turn It On
by Garima Sood & Brendan Powers
“I’m not sure if I will share the full scope of the influence of this. But, I will say that women with money and power are some of the most influential people on earth.”
Money Power Respect
by Kershner Williams
 “The paint studio received a challenge to create abstract paintings. I thought about gravity and how can I make something look like it’s falling up.”
Lonely Leaf
by Eleanor Wong

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Purple + Blue
by Billy Nunez

Trees
by Anne McKelway

 
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