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Reconciling Katrina
:: Three Years :: Two Artists :: Two Views
Two Mississippi artists are teaming up to bring a show of Katrina-related work to the Powerhouse
in Oxford, MS.
Oxford artist, Gara Gillentine, will be exhibiting a group of 20 computer altered photographs from her latest series which focuses on the inner spirit which drives the urge to survive and continue on through devastation and loss. The Live Oaks of the Mississippi Gulf Coast are the subject she chose to focus on to portray the power of life to continue on against many, many negative odds.
Lori K. Gordon of Bay St. Louis will be presenting pieces from The Katrina Collection, her internationally known series of mixed media assemblages which incorporates storm debris.
Reception for the Artists
The Powerhouse – 413 S. 14th Street. – Friday, August 15th. – 6:30 to 8:30 pm.
"Songs for Rebirth"
My latest work is a series of 20 computer altered photographs
of Mississippi Gulf Coast Live Oaks which I shot on various trips between Nov. 2005 and Feb. 2008.
This work is inspired by the unimaginable damage that I saw in the aftermath of Katrina
and focuses on the extreme environmental damage and the spirit of survival with regards to the Live Oaks.
SPIRITS OF SURVIVAL - To see some of the series
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M Y W O R K
KATRINA SPEAKS - Mixed-media Collage
B L O G S
A R T
A W A R E N E S S
KATRINA IN MISSISSIPPI – Keeping Up Awareness
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST VINTAGE POSTCARDS – The Indelible Coast
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P H O T O J O U R N A L S
POSTCARDS from OCEAN SPRINGS - 2004
Memories and images held close from a November 2004 trip
now find themselves juxtaposed with nature's power of devastation – Katrina – August 29, 2005.
POSTCARDS. of a Different Sort - Katrina's Wrath 2005
Images from a November 2005 return trip to Ocean Springs – post-Katrina.
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