Tuesday, December 7, 2010

JAMmARTt Has an Exhibition

After more than two years of meeting, planning, creating, JAMmARTt opened it's first exhibition. It is called "Art Without Borders: A Celebration of Humanity." The exhibit opened in the Montgomery County (Maryland) Executive Office Building. on October 7, 2010. The opening reception was attended by more than 100 people. The artists and their families were there to celebrate. The County Executive Ike Legett also attended and spoke at the opening ceremony. He spoke about how it takes just one person to start something that can make a difference. The members of JAMmARTt were all very moved by his words. In our case, we were 16 people who made a difference. The opening event brought in many people from the community at large who now have a better understanding of Judaism and Islam, and now know that people can work together and build relationships through a project, in our case, a piece of art. The county is so pleased with having the artwork in their lobby that they have asked to have the piece stay there. It is now there for at least another few months. We are interested in traveling the art to other venues in the Washington area. If you are interested in displaying the art, please contact Betsy Miller at bnahmiller@hotmail.com.
To read more, see the article from the Rockville Gazette http://www.gazette.net/stories/10062010/olnenew230217_32549.php

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