Say Cheese Dad © Kev Filmore
Kev Filmore is exhibiting as our invited guest photographer in the Focus Gallery. This solo exhibition presents the handmade book and prints from her project 21 Magnolia Rd. Filmore’s work explores the healing power of art inside a very personal family narrative that unfolded around her at 21 Magnolia Road.
Kev Filmore: 21 Magnolia Rd.
Opening Reception: May 16, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m., part of Gallery Night Providence
Exhibition on View: May 16th – June 14th, 2019
About the Work:
21 Magnolia Rd. is my childhood story about being raised by seemingly successful, but mentally ill parents in the 1960s. My mixed media work illustrates my search for the truth about my upbringing, which despite a happy facade, was riddled with addiction, sexual abuse, and emotional neglect. I realized early on that life did not have to be miserable. I had two worlds growing up, the one at home and the other one waiting just outside our front door and in my imagination. I learned to see beauty where shadows loomed. Examining the stuff of my childhood has revealed, reinforced, and left some questions still unanswered.
About: Kev Filmore
Kev Filmore began her lifelong love of exploring processes that mix media while earning a BFA from the University of the Arts in 1976 for illustration. She was featured in the New York Times, PDNEDU and PDN’s 2010 Annual for her work and teaching. Her Dreamers series received a 2005 Golden Light Award and her Abandoned series earned second place Portfolio from PIEA in 2009. Ms. Filmore was a Nationally Honored Educator in 2016 and was awarded a Vivian Pomex Sabbatical for 2017-2018.
Exhibition: Thursday, May 16th thru Friday, June 14th
Opening Reception: May 16, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m., part of Gallery Night Providence
On View: May 16th – June 14th, 2019
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