Harmony House and 7 Billion Ones are very proud to present, “Standing Together,” by award winning portrait photographer and humanitarian Randy Bacon. This art exhibition aims to create awareness and a new understanding of how abuse impacts individuals as well as the entire community through life-size large scale portraiture, short films, and raw powerful stories written by individuals whose lives have been touched by domestic violence.
Harmony House, along with producers Chip and Teresa McGeehan, believe the project will further raise awareness and understanding of the dynamics of intimate partner and domestic violence in our community. The project features not only survivors but also those in our community who are working to break down the barriers and protect those experiencing abuse.
“Ultimately, we want people that experience Standing Together to be “wrecked (in a good way)” resulting in a new understanding of how abuse impacts individuals as well as the entire community; with the reinforcement that abuse is not a “private” matter and as a community, we need to stand together. We want people to SEE abuse with more understanding – to spawn and grow an open conversation on the topic of abuse, which society commonly puts behind closed doors. To SEE those dealing with the abuse not as mere ‘statistics’, but for the immense power that their challenging life stories and experiences bring to this world. To SEE how their stories can significantly help others and positively move the needle in tackling the issue of domestic violence as a community, a nation, a world.”
-Randy Bacon
Interested in hosting a showing or micro-gallery?
The Standing Together project is available for private or corporate showings as an art exhibition (19 portraits and 4 short films), or as a micro-gallery with 3-4 portraits. In addition to the portraits and films, Harmony House will provide a speaker for your event if desired. Please contact Jared Alexader at 417-837-7700 or jareda@myharmonyhouse.org to discuss.
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