DMA’s fine exhibition ‘Youth and Beauty’ reaches the finish line
Rick Halperin, director of the Embrey Human Rights program at SMU's Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, talks about a recent exhibition of student art work that featured themes of "global human struggle for tolerance and dignity." The pieces represented 22 years of student artwork and was on exhibit in May at the Goodrich Gallery, First United Methodist Church, 1928 Ross Ave. in Dallas.
By Michael Granberry
...“The Art of Remembrance” is an exhibition featuring 22 years of student artwork at Southern Methodist University that reflects “the global human struggle for tolerance and dignity.” It runs through Sunday at the Goodrich Gallery, First United Methodist Church, 1928 Ross Ave. in Dallas.
The rights issues represented range from genocide to country-sponsored torture to death penalty injustices. Rick Halperin, whose SMU course “America’s Dilemma: The Struggle for Human Rights” inspired much of the work, calls the pieces “phenomenal” and “a tribute to all who have inspired the students to be empathetic to difficult subject matters involving bad human behavior. It is a tribute to the students themselves, many of whom are now parents hoping to help their own children to be empathetic to such issues.”
For details, call 214-768-3284 or go to smu.edu/humanrights.