“Refugees are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children, with the same hopes and ambitions as us—except that a twist of fate has bound their lives to a global refugee crisis on an unprecedented scale.”— Khaled Hosseini
In 2012, photojournalist Shannon Jensen documented the displacement of South Sudanese from their homes through photos of their footwear, or lack of it. Later, the photos became an exhibit called A Long Walk, as part of the annual Moving Walls exhibit of the Open Society Foundations. Two of the paintings above were inspired by Shannon Jensen's photos. Some coverage of the exhibit can seen on PRI here.
Karen Human Rights Group has been documenting voices of villagers in rural Burma for close to thirty years. Read their robust reports and learn more about the stories of these villagers.
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My studio is at the Artisan Village in Smith's Falls, Ontario, Canada.
I am member of Arts Carleton Place and Smith's Falls and District Arts Council.
I am part of the Ottawa Mixed Media Artists Association where I have some mixed media pieces.
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