Thursday, February 14, 2008

LAST MEAL: RUBEN CANTU OFF TO OHIO

Oil painting Last Meal: Ruben Cantu from the Last Meals series of paintings protesting the death penalty by artist Kate MacDonald. 24x20 - oil on canvas.
A Prognosis of Death
Coburn Gallery Ashland, Ohio
February 21 - Mar 1

Last Meal: Ruben Cantu is on its way north from Texas, having been selected for “Prognosis of Death,” an art exhibition scheduled as part of the Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project at Ashland University, a series of events dedicated to creating dialogue about capital punishment. The exhibit runs from February 21 and run through March 1. Normal gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. and will be open 12 noon to 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 and March 1.

Originally conceived as part of the Justice for All? Artists Against the Death Penalty show, Last Meal: Ruben Cantu has been exhibited in Austin, Texas at Gallery Lombardi (2006) and the Texas State Capitol (2007), as well at M2 Gallery (2007) in Houston.

Boston Photographer Lou Jones will present an artists lecture at 7 pm on February 21st following the opening reception. Also part of the Dead Man Walking project, Sister Helen Prejean, author of “Dead Man Walking,” will speak on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, at 3:30 p.m., in the Hugo Young Theatre in the Center for the Arts.

For more information on my painting Last Meal:Ruben Cantu, check out my post about its return to Austin or view it and Lou Jones artwork online with audio statement at the Justice for All? website.

Kate MacDonald
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