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Houston Artists Show Compassion Through Art
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The website shows posters for all nine nominated artists, explaining their backgrounds and how they use art to spread compassion.
Overview
Compassionate Houston runs a program called 'Compassion Through the Arts' that celebrates local artists who create work about empathy and understanding. The organization believes art can help people connect with others who are different from them by letting us 'stand in another's shoes.' In 2021, they formed a committee with board members and three local artists from visual art, writing, and music to pick the best compassionate artists in Houston. Each committee member nominated 3-4 artists from their field, and together they chose three winners - one from each art category - to receive Artist of the Year awards. The website shows posters for all nine nominated artists, explaining their backgrounds and how they use art to spread compassion. Visitors can click on each poster to see it larger and learn about how these artists are building a more caring Houston community through their creative work.
\n\n Compassion Through the Arts \n\nAs a creative field where exploration of the personal and universal interact, the arts bring great pleasure and meaning to our lives. ” Compassionate Houston believes that the power of compassionate artists has significant implications for our world. \n\n Background \n\nIn August 2021, following showings of our virtual event Compassion Through the Arts, we formed a committee of two of our Board members (Ted Isensee and Pam Lewis) and three esteemed local compassionate artists from the visual, literary, and musical fields to help further refine our vision of highlighting Houston artists expressing compassion at a high level: > Robin Davidson , > Kenneth Gayle , and > Sneha Bhavsar .
Meeting for five months, the committee crafted a vision and criteria for nominating qualified compassion-focused artists. \n\n Meet the Artists \n\nEnjoy exploring the posters for all nine artists below, reading about each artist’s background, and their individual take on compassion in the arts.
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