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Humanitarian Concerns
Since
high school, when Myrrh did service work in the inner city in Philadelphia
1951-4,
she has been interested in showing social and political realities
in her art.
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El Salvador Portraits
By
creating 16 portraits of people she met on visits to El Salvador
plus sales of T-shirts she designed, Myrrh managed to raise more
than $3000 for education and earthquake reconstruction projects.
"Quique," left, "Chambi," below,
and "Don Valentin"are still available. They're 11 X 17"
Prismacolor pencil drawings on black paper.
Click to see the
rest.
Informal sketches
of El Salvador |
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El
Salvador, 1988
Myrrh's
first visit to El Salvador, during the civil war, was a revelation:
In the midst of chaos and suffering, some dedicated and loving people
were creating communities of support. Those she met were in the Christian
Base Communities of the Catholic Church. Scripture affirmed for them
God's compassion for those who were poor like themselves, which gave
them heart. The
govenment felt this was a threat and murdered many priests.
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Left:
We
Govern Ourselves,
acrylic on raw plywood, based on the 1988 trip to a refugee
camp of 10.000 on the Honduran border. Those who fled to refugee
camps were taught accounting, reading, and self-governing skills.
This helped post-war reconstruction.
This
is part of a series of paintings called The
Resilient Spirit. |
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No
Puedo Decir Lo Peor
20 - 9" X 12" drawings based on Salvadoran refugees' testimony
about the civil war.
Done in scratchboard in 1986-7, they were xeroxed to make small books.
Since Myrrh never saw reports in the mainstream news about horrendous
Salvadoran human rights abuses, she felt it was important to undertake
this project. |
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CLICK
TO SEE ALL 20. |
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2005:
40th anniversary of the Civil Rights movement. In
1965, under the name G. Reagan, Myrrh did this poster on a 19 X 26
inch slab of scratchboard to raise money for a black academy, Nairobi
Day School, in East Palo Alto. |
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1970,
In the Vietnam War,
the enemy's Tet Offensive showed many Americans that we were not
winning the war. Myrrh
did this linocut,"Our
Heads Above Water,"
22" sq.,
to show what a waste the war was.
Click on image for closeup.
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TODAY:
Afghanistan and the Middle East. Myrrh drew Where is
Your Help on 11 X 14" scratchboard in 2003 to remind people
to care for those in the countries we took over. She hopes to promote
compassion instead of hatred. |
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