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Art From The Heart

JCC's Janice Charach Gallery unveils exhibition focused on love and acceptance.

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hey all started out looking
exactly the same. More than 150
cut-out hearts left the Jewish
Community Center's Janice Charach
Gallery in West Bloomfield as brown,
drab pieces of masonite hardboard. They
were handed out
to local artists
who brought them
back as bright,
beautiful, unique,
heart-shaped cre-
ations.
Each piece can
be purchased or
just admired dur-
ing "Art from the
Heart," an exhibi-
tion and sale that
opened July 25
and runs through Aug. 19. A portion of
the proceeds benefit the gallery and the
Jewish Gay Network of Michigan.
"I got involved with this project
because I believe it's what's in your heart
that counts and not whom you love,"

said Suzy Brickner Friedman of West
Bloomfield.
The mixed-media artist showed off her
mosaic made of broken pieces of ceram-
ics and mirrors.
"I feel like I'm surrounded by the love
and caring of the community," Friedman
continued as she looked around at the
gallery's walls. "I think every single heart
is magnificent and it all comes from a
deep place within everybody"
The exhibition certainly brought out
the community's creative side. The vari-
ous hearts are decorated with metal, glass,
fabric and paint. Some artists used cereal,
Hershey's Kisses, pennies, vintage buttons,
crayons or LEGOs in their representations
of love and acceptance. Martin Brown of
Franklin worked with old black-and-white
photos for one project and used glass
pieces to spell out "only love" in Hebrew
letters on a second heart.
"I'd never formally done any art or
been part of an exhibit before," Brown
admitted. "Bu, I heard about the project
and I thought I'd try."

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Suzy Brickner Friedman of West

Bloomfield next to her mosaic heart

Sybil Offen of Detroit examines one of
the items on display.

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