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Women’s Untold
Stories: An Evening of Music, Dance, Art, and Theater
Music, dance, art, and theater are coming to the Mayflower Arts Center
in Troy on April 1, 2016, at 7 p.m. Sponsored by Edison State Community
College and the center as a benefit for the Family Abuse Shelter of
Miami County, the program will feature 17 women from the college and
the community displaying their talents as they salute girls and women.
During the reception, which is from 5 until 7, musicians Nancy Shuler,
Kathryn Ellicott, Mindy Bach, and Shannon Cothran will entertain guests
with classic and contemporary musical selections.
The gallery at the center will feature the work of Troy artist Nancy
Shuler and Piqua artist Linda Hamilton. Both women are painters and
enjoy the reputation of producing works that speak to the hearts and
minds of those who view them. Hamilton will display a painting of her
daughter, Erika Hamilton Loubek, at age three, and her latest work, a
painting of her mother-in-law, Mary F. Hamilton, age 91.
Shuler’s work depicts a teenager on the levy at Troy and a
self-portrait done in a studio at Wright State University. Shuler says
that she employs “a direct approach using oils and modulating colors
based on observation, perspective, light, and color relationships.”
The art of Shuler and Hamilton along with others depicting girls and
women will be in the gallery at the Mayflower Arts Center throughout
the month of April.
At 7 p.m., the show will begin with a lyrical dance by Troy native
Savannah Harvey followed by a viola solo by Shannon Cothran, also a
Troy native and a senior at Troy High School.
For the evening’s main event, 13 area college students/employees and
community leaders will take the stage and deliver monologues in answer
to poet Muriel Rukeyser’s question “What would happen if one woman told
the truth about her life?” Dr. Vivian Blevins and students in her Women
in Theatre class at Edison State, Mindy Bach, Savannah Harvey, and
Rachel Darrow wrote the monologues. Stories in the monologues feature
diverse themes from sex trafficking to emotional and physical poverty
to communication lapses.
The final act of the evening will feature Dayton musician Brenda
Cobbs-Allen in a mini concert presenting songs from the repertoires of
Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin.
Audience members who desire to do so can dialogue with the cast at the
conclusion of the evening and share their own stories.
The basic price of admission is $10, and those who would like to make
additional contributions to the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County
are encouraged to do so. Tickets may be purchased at the door or online
atwww.mayflowerartscenter.com<http://www.mayflowerartscenter.com>.
For further information, contact Dr. Vivian Blevins at
vblevins@edisonohio.edu<mailto:vblevins@edisonohio.edu> or(937)
778-3815.
Now in its fifth decade of service, Edison State Community College is
committed to providing higher education and advanced training
opportunities for the people of the greater Miami Valley. Edison is
accredited by the Higher Learning Commissionof the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools and is recognized with the highest
order attainable by the Ohio Board of Regents. With campuses in Piqua
and Greenville, Edison State provides a Personal Experience and
Rewarding Education. Visit us online at www.edisonohio.edu
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