Finding Our Voices exhibit to be shown starting in July at the UMaine Hutchinson Center
The opening reception is Thursday, July 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. for this show that features Patrisha McLean’s photo portraits of 43 Maine survivors of domestic abuse.
“Finding Our Voices,” an exhibit featuring Patrisha McLean’s photo portraits of 43 Maine survivors of domestic abuse, opens Thursday, July 7, in the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Ave.
The exhibit, on display through October, is free and open to the public Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There will be an opening reception Thursday, July 14, at the Hutchinson Center from 5 to 7 p.m. The community event, open to the public, will be an opportunity to connect with domestic abuse survivors, including some of the 43 sister-survivors of the Finding Our Voices project.
The show features framed color photographs by Patrisha McLean. McLean, a survivor of domestic abuse, is also the founder and president of Finding Our Voices. Documentation of the abuse the women in the show experienced, including customized power and control wheels, will be shown alongside their portraits. The exhibit is sponsored by Camden National Bank.
