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Haiti RisingSelections from the Stanley Popiel and Ingrid Feddersen Collection of Eastern Connecticut State University
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Haiti Rising, 1986. Joseph Marcellus, oil on canvas, 31 1/4" X 25 1/8". Gift of Stanley Popiel and Ingrid Feddersen, Collection of Eastern Connecticut State University Click here to view images from the exhibition. |
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In collaboration with the Department of Gallery & Museum Services / Akus Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University and the Overseas Ministries Study Center, the Institute is bringing the exhibition Haiti Rising: Selections for the Stanley Popiel and Ingrid Feddersen Collection of Eastern Connecticut State University, a collection of 50 Haitian paintings and sculptures to southern Connecticut audiences. The exhibition on view at the ISM represents a portion of the impressive body of work collected by Ms. Feddersen and Dr. Popiel during their many visits to Haiti between 1979 and 1999, and generously donated to Eastern in 2000. The work of more than 30 artists is on view in Haiti Rising including that of Préfète Duffaut, Wifrid Teleon, Serge Geffrard, Roland St. Hubert, Hyppolite Felizor, and Roger François. According to curator Elizabeth H. Peterson, the director of the Akus Gallery at ECSU, "The works in this exhibition differ widely in style from primitive to abstract expressionist to the surreal, and in subject matter including the juxtaposition of Voodoo and Christianity, village or city life, poverty and wealth, or peace or destruction. Haiti Rising reflects the vibrancy of Haiti’s history, the depth of Haiti’s need particularly now as the nation rebuilds, and the wealth of its people in spirit to rise and emerge stronger." Free will offerings at the door go to the Mennonite Central Committee's Haiti Earthquake Response. Donations may be made online through the OMSC here. You may also choose to donate through the Haitian Health Foundation, which has long been supported by ECSU and the Popiel Feddersen family, here.
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