Opening Reception – Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 7pm

Each year in America over 3 million children are abused, nearly 2,000 die, some run away, others are abandoned, all have their own challenges with this sojourn through adolescence. Each day in America 6 children die from abuse, 100,000 children are homeless, 8 children die from guns, 219 children die before their first birthday, 1,534 babies are born to teenage girls.

In the paintings by Diane Menzies and installations by Mary Giehl, there are hints of darkness and confinement along with a mixture and balance of playfulness and seriousness. The work challenges the viewer to take a deeper look at what these images of childhood are telling us.

PosterWorks at the ArtRage gallery is devoted to providing income for the operation of the galley space. Every purchase from our large stock of posters, cards, T-shirts, DVD’s and books helps us pay for exhibits, rent and utilities! Located inside the gallery, at 505 Hawley Avenue, PosterWorks carries over 100 posters in stock and offers a selection of exhibit related materials for sale. Come and see the largest viewable collection of Syracuse Cultural Workers posters available anywhere in the U.S! Framed versions, at very reasonable prices, are also available for many posters.

CHECK OUT OUR POSTER OF THE MONTH!

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Homeless and runaway youth are in our community.

Presentation on Youth with Tom Roshau

Mr. Roshau’s innovative work with youth in crisis has provided him with many opportunities to assist and educate the community about the importance of quality services for youth and families. Mr. Roshau spoke to members of the House Committee on Appropriations regarding overall youth homelessness. Recently, Mr. Roshau has also participated in the supervision and coordination of a gang violence intervention program aimed at reducing youth homicides, victimization and exploitation.

Join us to learn more about how you can help.

Free and open to the public.

Dan Leonard

Dan Leonard will speak about the sexual abuse of little boys, through his own story.

Commonly accepted figures state that in the USA, 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 6 boys are abused.

Dan will relate his experience as a fraternity member to the overall issue of sexual abuse; “Macho” football player, he seemed to have no apparent problems with the outside world – a productive member of society – but holding a terrible secret.

Join us to hear his story and the story of thousands just like him…and you…and me.

Free to the public.

Directed by Gini Reticker.

Stirring documentary shows how nonpartisan women activists bring peace to Liberia and help empower the first female head of state. Crossing religious and generation lines, these women first pray for their country, and then take silent, peaceful action. Best Documentary: Tribeca Film Festivall; Uplifting, disheartening, inspiring, enraging”—NY Times

$5 Suggested Donation

Writer Lillian Hellman helps a radical girlhood friend on an anti-Naxi mission in Europe.  Classic film based on Hellman’s best-selling memoir, Pentimento. Watch for a young Meryl Streep. Oscars: Best Supporting Actor (Robards), Supporting Actress (Redgrave), Best Writing, & Best Screenplay from Another Medium; BAFTA: Best Film.

$5 Suggested Donation

Dramatized reading of the documentary play “Mujeres de Arena” with texts by: Antonio Cerezo Contreras, Denise Dresser, Malú García Andrade, María Hope, Eugenia Muñoz and Juan Ríos Cantu. Playwright: Humberto Robles

With Beatriz Salcedo, Nelly Martinez, Zofia Valenzuela,

According to reports, since 1993 more that 576 women have been murdered and over 600 are still missing in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. The climate of violence and impunity continues to grow without any concrete actions being taken to put and end to this femicide. They are young women employed in maquilas or sweat shops and many of them are migrants. The murdered women of Ciudad Juárez are more than a statistic, they have names, faces and stories that are too often neglected.

Join us in solidarity with the women of Juárez and the world.

¡Ni una más!  Not one more!

A discussion and reception to follow. Donations will be welcomed for the organization “Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa” which supports families of the victims.

An independent production of Palabras Acentuadas: Un Espacio para Conocernos Mejor. www.palabrasacentuadas.wordpress.com

For more information www.mujeresdearenateatro.blogspot.com (in Spanish)

Moving from one unhealthy relationship to another, Caroline (Ellen Barkin) and her son, Toby (Leonardo DiCaprio), roam the country and finally end up in Washington state, where she marries Dwight (Robert De Niro), a modest mechanic. But Dwight fails to be the role model she had hoped for, and Toby is desperate to escape from under his heavy, abusive hand. Michael Caton-Jones’s gripping drama is based on Tobias Wolff’s autobiography of the same name.

$5 Suggested Donation