Greeley Tointon Gallery Exhibit Features Textile Art with Social Justice Component

GREELEY, Colo. — The work of Philadelphia textile artist Carolyn Harper will be featured at Greeley’s Tointon Gallery of Fine Art from September 6-October 18, with an artist’s reception on September 6 from 5-7 p.m. The exhibit title is “Look Me In the Eye: Portraits of Homelessness.” 

Harper has exhibited her work from New York to California. Her art has a strong social justice component with images of people or groups who have been marginalized, discriminated against or abused. Her current work features hand-embroidered batik and hand-sewn art quilts of individuals. Using graphic representation of society’s forgotten members, she creates portraits that shout, “See me! Look at me!”

The gallery, located within the Union Colony Civic Center and Greeley Recreation Center complex at 651 10th Avenue, is open weekdays from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free.

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