{"id":93284,"date":"2019-07-01T16:14:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T20:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=93284"},"modified":"2019-07-01T16:14:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T20:14:05","slug":"seeking-refuge-puts-face-on-global-refugee-struggle-in-july-exhibition-at-nazareth-center-for-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=93284","title":{"rendered":"SEEKING REFUGE PUTS FACE ON GLOBAL REFUGEE STRUGGLE IN JULY EXHIBITION AT NAZARETH CENTER FOR THE ARTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NAZARETH, PA \u2014<\/strong>Denise Halpin\u2019s stirring exhibition <em>Seeking Refuge<\/em> features oil and watercolor paintings inspired by photojournalists whose images capture the plight of refugees all over the world. Traveling from New York City, the exhibition will open at the Nazareth Center for the Arts with an opening reception on Sunday, July 7, 2019, from 2\u20134 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Halpin\u2019s works depict refugees traveling by boat, truck, and on foot; across oceans, deserts, cities, and forests. The figures\u2019 expressions\u2014by turns weary, stoic, and determined\u2014recall the photographs on which they are based, but are lent new resonance by Halpin\u2019s painterly style.<\/p>\n<p>Halpin studied art in Aix-en-Provence, France, and earned a fine arts degree at the School of Visual Arts. She works in design and illustration in New York City, where she formerly taught mathematics and art. Her works appear on permanent exhibit in numerous venues, including Beth Israel Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and East Side Middle School in New York, as well as the Children\u2019s Home in Easton, Pennsylvania. For more about Halpin and her work, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denisehalpin.com\">www.denisehalpin.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Seeking Refuge<\/em> will be on display July 6\u201326, 2019. NCA gallery hours are Thursday, 6\u20138 pm, Saturday, 10 am\u2013noon, or by appointment (610-614-0404).<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Nazareth Center for the Arts<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nazareth Center for the Arts (NCA), run by the Nazareth Cultural and Arts Commission of the Borough of Nazareth, is charitable community arts\u2013based organization.\u00a0The Center hosts<\/p>\n<p>music performances spanning a wide range of genres, art exhibitions, poetry readings, storytelling, and open mic nights, as well as classes in art and acting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nEmily Dings on the behalf of,<br \/>\nNazareth Center for the Arts<br \/>\n30 Belvidere Street<br \/>\nNazareth, PA 18064<br \/>\nwww.nazaretharts.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-events","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/naz-arts.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}