PFLAG and social change through art

[Mark Patro]

Hello All,

This morning I received a phone call from a Baltimore area artist
who is working on a series of paintings called "Partners."

This is an ongoing project. Part of the artists statement follows:

My aim is to portray gay couples in the time-honored medium of classic oil portraits in the hopes that it will promote thought and reflection on a subject that is at the front of our national consciousness. Portraying gay couples in this medium strips away "otherness" and we see real people, loving couples and happy families. I believe that when people see these portraits they will be inclined to examine their own feelings about marriage equality and tolerance.

Katherine Merrideth has invited PFLAG Baltimore county to cosponsor the opening reception on Friday June 24th in the Bolton Hill neighborhood (near the Maryland Institute College of Art).

If you'd like to get an idea of what the portraits look like please visit the website.

http://www.partnersportraits.org/index.htm#as

Please let me know if you think PFLAG should be part of this opening reception.

It would be a opportunity to promote our organization and to support this artist doing very important social change work.

Mark

mind. They are engageIf you'd like to d to be married.

Oil on canvas - 16" x 20"

Click to view entire image

Bill and Mike

Bill and Mike met on Valentine's Day in 1996. Theirs is a pushmepullyou kind of love.

Oil on canvas - 22" x 28"

Click to view entire image

Stacy and Margie

Stacey and Margie met in Los Angeles in 2003 and now live in Montclair, NJ with their 3 children. One day they are going to have a gigantic wedding to celebrate their life and love.

Oil on canvas - 36" x 40"

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[er...@comcast.net]

Mark,    What precisely is involved in "co-sponsering the opening reception"?     Erma

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[Mark Patro]

giving them permission to use our logo as an endorsement and encouraging folks to attend the opening reception.

[Aliza Stewart]

I liked the paintings and I cannot think about a reason why not to use our logo. If anyone has a reason, I would love to hear it.
Aliza

Aliza Stewart
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"The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them." - Albert Einstein

[susan hillis]

sounds like something we want to encourage!

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Sent: Sun, May 8, 2011 9:41:50 PM
Subject: Re: PFLAG and social change through art

[June Horner]

I think this is an opportunity for positive name visibility.
I can think of No reason why this would not be a good idea..
I say "Go for it!"

June

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[MELINDA GOFF]

I agree that it's a good thing.  Go for it! Melinda --- On Sun, 5/8/11, Aliza Stewart <alizas...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Allan Thorn]

I, too, think it would be wise for us to endorse this project, by putting our name with it.

                                                                                                   Marilyn