Faces of Occupay Philadelphia Art Exhibit

Faces of Occupy Philadelphia’ Exhibit

At Media Church Through Mid-May

The Faces of Occupy Philadelphia are on display through mid-May at the
Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County in Media.

The faces are Leroy Forney’s colorful oil portraits from the encampment at City
Hall last year. Setting up his easel on the City Hall plaza in the autumn,
Forney began painting portraits of the Occupy participants. With each painting
is a response to the question, “Why are you here?”

The artist says: “I painted these 25 portraits on-site, many before Occupy
Philadelphia had been evicted from its City Hall campground [in late November].
I want the viewer to confront the essence of the individuals who were attracted
to the site, whether they were or were not participants. I wanted to show that
these were/are concerned, real people and not wild-eyed revolutionaries or
spoiled dropouts of society, as they were frequently portrayed in the media at
the time.”

The Faces exhibit is sponsored by the church’s Occupy @ UUCDC group, which
works to promote economic justice.The
Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County (uucdc.org) is at 145 W. Rose
Tree Road, two blocks west of Route 252. For more information, call the church,
610-566-4853 or go to uucdc.org.