This Wednesday and Friday was an incredibly special day, as it marked the completion of a project that my best friend, Micah Oelze, and I have worked on for a little less than a year. We created an art exhibit of photos, collaged and enlarged, taken by the homeless we see regularly through the volunteer organization Mobile Loaves and Fishes.
Working with Belmont Residence Life, the Art Department, the Sociology Department, University Ministries, Mobile Loaves and Fishes, Kevin Barbieux, and good friend Drew Achiele, we were able to expose the realities of homelessness within our community and bring a face to a people who need it most.
We had over 150 people in attendance for our initial opening Wednesday, and an additional 70 Belmont students came to hear “the Homeless Blogger Kevin Barbieux tell his personal story with chronic homelessness. Kevin, a well-dressed, well-groomed, college-educated man brought so much to our student body with his stories and personality. The photos told a story, and Kevin brought made it a reality for all of us.
Perspectives, the name of the exhibit, will tour six different churches within Nashville in collaboration with Mobile Loaves and Fishes. I will post the exhibit schedule as soon as it becomes available. If you have the opportunity to see the exhibit, please do!
But in case you can’t, I will soon have a collection of pictures available for you shortly.
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