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[villa-anj]

Picked up this picture book at Costco and have wept while reading it. Based on the song of the events after the 2015 Mother Emanuel Church shooting when President Barack Obama gave a eulogy for the church's pastor. As an educator, gun violence is now an inevitable reality for my students and myself. Please listen to the song, pick up this book, and lets make sure that our tomorrow's will no longer be defined by gun violence. #charleston #emanuelnine #motheremanuel #amazinggrace #mypresident #barackobama #thepresidentsangamazinggrace #America #Grace #ourchildrensfuture #stopgunviolence #notonemorelife https://www.instagram.com/p/B5q0tG4pQ0OKqEOsjrZzhuONbV-udQufWXQ0nY0/?igshid=r14ntwly6c6j

[terrystricklandart]

"We Hear You Wanza, a Portrait of Tywanza Sanders," my oil portrait for Tribute to the Emanuel Nine Portrait Project hosted by Principle Gallery Charleston. I used a vocal graph from his Sound Cloud recording of one of his poems for the small gray bar in the background and faint echoes and reflections of it in pale gray in the distance. It was my way to represent his voice and his thoughts. Tywanza, 26, was one of nine victims, murdered by a white supremacist last summer during their bible study at Mother Emanuel Church. This devastating event is further evidence that the story of racism and hatred is not over in America. I am honored to have gotten to paint this beautiful young man, and to be invited into this project. You may read more about the project at Emanuel Nine Tribute on tumblr. #emanuelnine #tywanzasanders #stopracism Thank you @principle_charleston @laurentildenart @judytakacs @catherineprescott ricky mujica @marioarobinson #stephaniedeshpande @gregorymortenson @paul_mccormac

[principle-gallery-charleston]

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Thanks for the love Live 5 News! Article by Lisa Weismann - Nine artists from across the country have created portraits of the nine victims of the Emanuel AME church shooting, as part of a month-long exhibit at a Charleston art gallery. The portraits were unveiled to the victims' families at Principle Gallery on Sunday. "That small little gift of a portrait for these families will hopefully last a lifetime and can heal a little bit of their pain," Principle Gallery Director Frank Conrad Russen said. "Hopefully, it's captured the essence of that person." The artists volunteered their time to paint or draw the portraits, using conversations with family members and pictures as inspiration. "It was very emotional for these artists," Russen said. "Capturing that moment without meeting that person, and then portraying that on canvas, is moving." Lauren Tilden, of New Jersey, created an oil painting of Susie Jackson. She said it took a month to complete. "I'm not a first responder, I'm not a doctor or nurse. As an artist, this was the only way to do something for the families and bring comfort to them," Tilden said. The gallery will display the portraits for one month. Afterwards, they will be given to the families. #principlegallerycharleston #chsart #charleston #emanuelnine #amechurch #charlestonstrong #live5news @live5news (at Principle Gallery Charleston)