Alumni Achievement Awards 2018_011
Item
- Alternative Title
- UNL Alumni Award
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2018
- Identifier
- 014_041918-042219_alumni_award_re photograph
- Dates Completed
- April 19 - 22, 2018
- Keywords
- Alumni Achievement Awards; University of Nebraska Lincoln; April 2018; UNL art department; old friends reunion; Jody Shields; Debby Knotts; Shelley Thornton; Candy Dickenson Becher; Columbus childhood friend; Sandra Johnson; early university days; close friendship; Jane Johnson; Kelly Nash; Shelley’s children; Phoebe Little; Nate Luginbill; Kirby Little; Jihan Najjar; marriage and separation; Gretchen Dykstra; New York visitor; group gathering; professional photographer; David Dale; 705 Y Street; awards banquet; group portrait session; red clothing; black clothing; white clothing; cream clothing; past and present photos; art student visuals; personal archive; digital photos; print photos; Sunday April 22; Jody’s photography; UNL student workshop; workshop documentation; visual narrative; artistic collaboration; community memory; creative legacy; celebration event; photographic record; shared history; university connection.
- Transcription
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Left Page: ""Piece 24: Make My Hands Respect the Things You Have Made," a 20-foot tall mosaic created by a collective of high school students and professional artists as part of the Face 24 Project. Bliersen, the founder and executive artistic director for 29 Pieces, was the lead artist. Courtesy photo."
Right Page Top: "City and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit rail station and the park adjacent to it. She illustrated two books, 'Peace One Day' and 'Rap to an Angel.' 'This career has been a perpetual act of faith and trust,' Bliersen said. 'These projects that fall within the realm of resistance, theyre needed cause local ownership not simply because I love the work, but because I was tasked to do them. Art are a powerful vehicle for communication, informing and opening hurts.' In 2013, 29 Pieces produced the Dallas LOVE Project, as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas. They worked with 120 community partners and 20,000 students and installed 10,000 pieces of art in six locations on the theme of love. This year, 29 Pieces will begin work on a new piece of sculpture, Piece 10, and is planning a collaborative project with the University of North Texas Department of Emerging Education. 'Leading 29 Pieces has been the greatest job, the most work, the most detailed, life endeavor that Ive been involved in,' Bliersen said. It is deeply fulfilling and a great teacher in persistence, focus and love.'
Chapter three in Bliersens life is still ahead and still unwritten. 'In the next years, we hope to build a digital platform from which all 29 Pieces content can be accessed for free,' she said. 'At that time, I have some ideas for writing and sculpture projects that I will turn to. But, the universe may have something entirely different in mind. I am open and looking forward to whats next.'
To learn more about 29 Pieces, visit 29pieces.org"
Right Page Bottom: "˜Faces of a Plague was originally published in the Dallas Morning News on June 23, 2002, and told the story of five women that Bliersen met and interviewed on a trip to Madison and Mozambique with Save the Children as a member of the HIV/AIDS Leadership Council. Courtesy photo." - Rights
- To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
- Is Part Of
- UNL Alumni Award
- Relation
- Image Gallery