Saint Luke Artists Guild Annual Exhibit

SPEAK PEACE TO THE PEOPLE

Peace among nations, Peace in our homes, Peace in our hearts

THE ARTISTS

DOROTHY KORN

"PEACE LIKE A RIVER"

"Your peace...like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea" Isaiah 48

Hand woven Textile:

Wool, silk, cotton and metallic fibers


.		WENDY BRUSICK .WENDY BRUSICK WENDY BRUSICK "PEACE ROSE" Watercolors on arches .
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LEANN DAHL

"PEACE"

Mixed Media

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	.L.A. PETERSON "ROSE" Uniform in which to wage peace Based on a traditional Military Jacket, the Wage Peace Series represents those wishing to spend time and money on constructive passions that unite us. Fashion is an everyday expression that can create a powerful statement in a passive way. The modern world needs a uniformed army of peacemakers portraying a single voice, marching towards peace while maintaining creative individuality and originality. This jacket was influenced by the Peace Rose, an original cultivar growing out of another constructive passion and named for a desire for peace.

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		JOAN RIISE "BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD" Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Mixed Media Mask with Mirror .

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SHELLEY DiMAIO PEACE STILL LIFE Oil Pastels

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MICHELLE WEINER

"PEACE MAZE"

Plywood, shoes, velcro

"As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace."

Ephesians 6:15

with thanks to Barbara Weith and the peaceful feet of the people of Saint Luke

Interactive Exhibit:

We are all on the path to Peace. From time to time some will fall away. It is up to the community to pick them up and get them back on track.




MARY SANDOVAL "SEVEN DAYS" Watercolors on canvas


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LAURA ABRAHAMSON

"BUT CAN THEY HEAR?"

Hardware and clay

SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANT

courtesy of the Contact Resource Center

Beirut, Lebanon

MARY HANNA EL KHOURY

She was seventeen when she was shot in the back as she knelt in Church in her hometown, El Beereh, during the “War of the Mountain” in 1983. Miraculously, Mary was saved and was sent to the Lebanese Hospital in Beit Shabab for rehabilitation. Little did she know that she was to become quadriplegic and never be able to walk or move her body again.

One spring day while still in rehabilitation, Mary picked up her sister’s makeup pencil with her frail fingers that were supported by a prosthetic hand device and tried to write her name. When she failed to do so, she began scribbling shapes, trees and old village houses, “scribbles” that were seen by Father Korbaj, the hospital director, who later exhibited them at the Christmas Bazaar. “The fingers that drew these ‘scribbles’ are the fingers of an artist,” he commented.

Mary then decided to pursue a goal that later became a life-time career. She took private painting lessons with Tony Khadra and then studied at the Michael Angel Academy in Achrafieh, Beirut. She graduated in 1991, a proud, happy student who became an artist, ready to conquer the world with her beautiful disposition and her newly acquired skills.

That was 16 years ago. Mary Khoury today is known among Lebanese artists as a painter with exceptional talents, in spite of her severe disability. This “village artist” paints beautiful memories of her village El Beereh, and lovely scenes of villages in her dear country, Lebanon, that she loves dearly and for which she wishes peace.

Dr. Agnes Dagher

Contact and Resource Center

Beirut, Lebanon

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DENNIS GRABOWSKI "THE PEACE TABLE " Interactive Meditational Installation Viewers create a "yantra", a visual tool for meditation by positioning words of peace (paper slips) within the peace circle in the reflective bowl and offering one of the collection of peace prayers accompanying the installation.