NWUUC Art Gallery Celebrates Civil Rights Era

Artist's Recpetion 4:00-8:00 pm, Feb. 7, 2013. Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation’s Art Gallery highlights our country’s African-American heritage and civil rights history with the work of painter Bruce Johnson and members of the Ebony Stitchers Quilt Guild.

During the months of January and February the art exhibition in the Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation’s Art Gallery will highlight our country’s black heritage and history. Painter Bruce Johnson and members of the Ebony Stitcher's Quilt Guild will exhibit dramatic artistic creations that encourage reflection on this theme. The congregation is located at 1025 Mount Vernon Highway N.W., Sandy Springs, GA 30327

Bruce Johnson is a full-time Atlanta artist whose current work focuses on the human and personal connectedness of members of the civil rights movement of the mid-1950s. His entries include several larger-than-life mixed media recreations of photographs (mug shots) of civil rights advocates taken after their arrests during the Montgomery Alabama Bus Boycott. A powerful portrait of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers and a large and gripping portrait of President Barack Obama are also in the exhibition.

The Ebony Stitcher's Quilt Guild is the premier metro Atlanta guild for quilters of color. Eight guild members, all skilled fiber artists and quilters, are exhibiting 16 pieces of fabric art with African-American themes. African fabrics and themes are also emphasized. The Guild holds several exhibitions throughout the year. A major exhibition each summer at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts and Community Center in DeKalb County is part of the National Black Arts Festival. The Art Gallery at the Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation is privileged to present their work.

Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation is a dynamic and diverse religious community. We encourage, support, and inspire each other to live as compassionate spiritual and ethical people. We affirm, promote, celebrate, and live our shared Unitarian Universalist principles through worship, religious education, social action, and an open exchange of ideas. The above Mission Statement was born out of a week-end visioning process where all members were invited to participate. It is the product of that process, our members' own words, written to reflect our beliefs and ideals.

Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation
1025 Mt. Vernon HWY, NW
Sandy Springs, GA 30327

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