Art

See of Humanity is a display of figurative painting by ArtsCharlotte artists Eva Crawford, Penny Oliver, and Leigh B. Williams. 

How do you see another human? What allows you to slow down to listen to others? When do you get to know people not like yourself?

Begin by knowing that everyone is precious, loved, and seen. God said, “Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!” (Luke 12:24).

This truth can lead to essential healing in our culture. As artists we present our paintings of humanity as your visual aid to consider each other. In Culture Care, artist and cultural catalyst Makoto Fujimura writes, “Where does this openness to the ‘other’ come from in artists? Some may grow out of empathy earned because artists are themselves often exiled from a normative tribal identity. There is also training to extend that empathy. In art, we constantly train ourselves to inhabit or portray the ‘other.’ Artists learn to be adaptable and blend into an environment while not belonging to it, which also requires learning to speak new tribal languages.”

We welcome the challenge to learn new languages of communication and are excited to create works of art that can open eyes to see others in their varied human activities and conditions, which then can stir conversations of cultural healing.