An amazing thought-provoking exhibit exposing violence in the home/family! It is produced by Open Mind . [As my site seems unable to imbed a link without complications….] The outdoor Exhibit is a series of very large portraits, six feet tall by three feet wide of two different persons in each portrait taking various stances. There is a ‘teenage daughter’ leaning against her ‘mother’, telling the story of how the daughter grew up in a home with a sexual abusing step-father and a mother drunk-in-bed on cheap liquor. This tortured child escaped from this hell at the age of 15. It was not until she met a caring and loving alternative set of parents that she understood that what occurred in her family nest was Not Normal. Parents are not to treat their children as she had been treated. Each portrait of two persons tells another story of violence: Children/parents, Husbands/wives, violence against sexual orientation that is ‘other’. It is a lot to take in and the statistics are shocking: per year, 5.5% of the adults older than 18 are the target of violence by a ‘family’ member. The concept is to make this taboo subject a public discussion, bring it out in the open so that we, you & I can do something about it. The portraits are in this City between the train station and the shopping area so the exposure is great. It will travel from city to city for the remainder of the year.