NAZARETH, PA —Denise Halpin’s stirring exhibition Seeking Refuge features oil and watercolor paintings inspired by photojournalists whose images capture the plight of refugees all over the world. Traveling from New York City, the exhibition will open at the Nazareth Center for the Arts with an opening reception on Sunday, July 7, 2019, from 2–4 pm.

Halpin’s works depict refugees traveling by boat, truck, and on foot; across oceans, deserts, cities, and forests. The figures’ expressions—by turns weary, stoic, and determined—recall the photographs on which they are based, but are lent new resonance by Halpin’s painterly style.

Halpin studied art in Aix-en-Provence, France, and earned a fine arts degree at the School of Visual Arts. She works in design and illustration in New York City, where she formerly taught mathematics and art. Her works appear on permanent exhibit in numerous venues, including Beth Israel Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and East Side Middle School in New York, as well as the Children’s Home in Easton, Pennsylvania. For more about Halpin and her work, visit www.denisehalpin.com.

Seeking Refuge will be on display July 6–26, 2019. NCA gallery hours are Thursday, 6–8 pm, Saturday, 10 am–noon, or by appointment (610-614-0404). 

 

About Nazareth Center for the Arts 

The Nazareth Center for the Arts (NCA), run by the Nazareth Cultural and Arts Commission of the Borough of Nazareth, is charitable community arts–based organization. The Center hosts

music performances spanning a wide range of genres, art exhibitions, poetry readings, storytelling, and open mic nights, as well as classes in art and acting.

 

Information provided to TVL by:
Emily Dings on the behalf of,
Nazareth Center for the Arts
30 Belvidere Street
Nazareth, PA 18064
www.nazaretharts.org

 

 

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