OPENING : ABAD MOMENTO ARIZONA [153]

Part of the opening of ABAD Moment in Phoenix included a military color guard presentation.  Pictured here is veteran Bob Hicks playing taps at the gallery.  See more photographs from the opening here.

Text by Patricia Sahertian, curator of the exhibition in Phoenix, Arizona:

Opening night at Willo North Gallery for the A Book About Death ~ Memento exhibit with special honors for John S. Turner. The Glendale American Legion Post #29 Honor Guard, under Bob Hicks was there to perform the memorial ceremony. Many thanks to George Cushing, retired U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sergeant, past commander of the Northwest Valley Veterans Association for organizing the service. Introductions and memorial prayers were said by Rev. R. Dale Copsey, Ret. Chaplain, Lt Col, USAF-Ret, a 2007 recipient of the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Society from Mesa, Arizona.

ABAD Momento: Arizona [142]

Curated by Phoenix-Arizona-based artist Patricia Sahertian, the ABAD Momento exhibition is set for May 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Willo North Gallery.

Please see the site for all information on the exhibition, including deadlines, guidelines, venue and how you can get involved: http://abad-phx.blogspot.com/

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Call to Artists

Deadline for postcard and memento: April 25, 2011
Show dates: May 3 to 28, 2011
Reception: May 6, 2011

SEND ART TO
Patricia Sahertian
1517 W. Willetta Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007 USA

Please send jpgs (no larger than 600 x 400 px) of your work (for posting on the ABAD Momento blog), with your name and your website/blog or contact link to Patricia. Tell the story of your momento here.

Call for: one work on paper, post card size: approximately 6x4 inches (either vertical or horizontal)
any medium, original art or reproduction is acceptable theme: death

Optional twist: include a memento
Mementos play an important role in our remembering. A simple thing like a toothbrush, a letter, a toy, a paperclip, or a swatch of fabric, can be a fond reminder of a lost loved one. So please also send a tiny memento, if you like. See memento guidelines.

Momentos will be displayed with your work.

Neither Patricia nor the Willow Gallery WILL RETURNED YOUR WORK.  ALL WORKS WILL BE KEPT IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION.

Exhibition space
Willo North Gallery

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