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EXHIBITIONS"Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry & C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art"May 29-Aug. 22, at the Lyman Allyn Art

Remembering Joan Marie, Compassionate Capitol Region (California, USA) The Charter for Compassion and Compassionate California lost a caring soul of compassion. Joan Marie passed June 22, 2021. She was beloved by countless groups, individuals, and organizations around the world. She leaves a legacy of peacebuilding, beloved community, and compassionate activism. Joan was dedicated to alleviating the suffering of others' lives in the Compassionate Living and Dying initiative. She founded the first General Congress of Women in 2020, comprised of 12 women leaders from across the state. Months be...

New Benton Exhibition Explores Work of Käthe Kollwitz, Who Used Art as Platform for Activism This is the first solo exhibition of the artist's work at UConn since 2007 One of Kollwitz's characteristically stark etchings, this depicts workers mourning the German Communist Karl Liebknecht, who was murdered by state forces in 1919. (Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), Gedenkblatt für Karl Liebknecht [In Memoriam Karl Liebknecht] (1919), Etching, William Benton Museum of Art, The Walter Landauer Collection of Käthe Kollwitz.) Copy Link The German artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945)...

What does suffering look like? Is it a facial expression or a gesture, a moment or a condition? German artist Käthe Kollwitz saw it in all its manifestations as a basic part of the human experience. It sparked her creative urge while her country lost two world wars, visiting her as heartache for mankind and grief closer to home. A somber exhibition of her work by the William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut in Storrs puts suffering front and center. It also explores how she translated her compassion into action. "Käthe Kollwitz: Activism Through Art" is less about polit...