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Nicole Friday is the president of NICE CROWD, a prominent entertainment and tourism company known for organizing events celebrating BIPOC culture and achievements. Together with her husband, she has diversified their portfolio to include comedy, health & wellness, food and fine art events. Friday is renowned for her role in producing the annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF), a global gathering that brings together enthusiasts, industry executives and talent to celebrate Black culture. She also pioneered the About Women Leadership Breakfast at ABFF. As an alumna of Howard University, Friday is dedicated to supporting aspiring artists and entrepreneurs.
Art Inspiring Expression In The Next Generation
A total of 380 students from Door County's five school districts created art for this exhibit, now on view at The Link Gallery of Children's Art at the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek until September. Photos by Vinni Chomeau.
To say that Rebecca Carlton's social sculpture, Are We Listening?, has sparked widespread conversations across the peninsula is an understatement.
The immersive installation/social sculpture took Carlton seven years to make before she installed it at the Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) building in Sturgeon Bay. It consists of her hand-crafted ceramic birds, 692 of them, each one representing 10% of the world's 6,910 spoken languages, "many of those threatened, endangered and tragically near extinction," Carlton wrote.
"The intention of the sculpture[s] is to be inclusive of all, to recognize the significance of every language community and to acknowledge that every voice counts equally," Carlton told the Peninsula Pulse back in March.
Carlton wanted, as anyone who has visited her sculpture can attest, to inspire conversation – in other words, in my words, to give us all opportunities to listen to each other. So after installing the piece, she gathered together different groups of people – visual artists, actors, business people, conservationists, writers, and many others. Those conversations are continuing.
The social sculpture has also brought out the voices of Door County students, nurtured by the tireless Vinni Chomeau, Friends of Gibraltar coordinator.
Chomeau finished installation of an exhibit on May 30 that showcases the work of over 380 students from all five Door County school districts. Titled Are We Listening to Youth?, the exhibit is displayed in The Link Gallery of Children's Art at the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek until September.
Chomeau said elementary students visited Carlton's installation and created work in response to the question, "Are we listening?".
"Elementary art students, throughout the county, created origami birds that have flown into soaring murmurations on the walls of the Link Gallery; look for their messages of love written upon their wings," Chomeau wrote in the playbill for the exhibit.
In addition, Gibraltar high school art students created works reflective of their community concerns, and the district's fourth-graders wrote haikus while attending a Carlton workshop.
Lastly, I had the honor of leading a workshop for high school students at Carlton's exhibit space in April, which focused on training our listening skills and writing personal essays. One of those essays produced from that workshop is included here.
What I learned from that experience and this art exhibit – what I believe you'll all learn – is that teens think of far more than their social media feed. They have depth and passion. They see the world we've created and are troubled by our carelessness, our inept handling of the earth and our inability to care for each other.
What you see on these pages in this June 7 issue of the Peninsula Pulse are some of those artworks from the high school students. A total of 16 pieces were produced and only a few expressed the same concerns about the same issues. The range of topics may surprise you: environmental concerns, diversity, sexual assault, period poverty, LGBTQ+ rights, homelessness, immigration, book banning, religious freedom, drug abuse, gender bias.
"It really gave me a reflection of how they see the world," Chomeau said. "I learned the depth of their understanding and feeling about things."
Below, you'll find the student artwork and their comments about their pieces. You can also enter the keyword "Are We Listening" to see the rest of the pieces in one place on our website.
We also strongly urge you to go to the Link Gallery of Children's Art and read and see for yourself the exhibit in its totality to immerse yourself in what our children, the leaders of our future world, would say – have said – when they were asked.
The Door Community Auditorium (DCA) Link Gallery of Children's Art is open Monday through Friday, noon-5 pm, and during DCA show days, noon-showtime. The DCA is located at 3926 Hwy 42 in Fish Creek.
Bridget Tepe, Gibraltar School, Grade 11"One and Only," collage
Gwen Sohns, Gibraltar School, Grade 12 "Untitled," mixed media
Vanessa Demarinis, Gibraltar School, Grade 12"Forbidden Pages: I Stand Against the Banning of Books," mixed media
Isabelle Sorian, Gibraltar School, Grade 11"If You're Living the Dream, Help Others Survive Their Reality," charcoal and colored pencil
Ombeline Finck, Gibraltar School, Grade 11"She's Askin," mixed media
Lauren Lautenbach, Gibraltar School, Grade 11"Trans Rights Are Human Rights," mixed media
Canyon Burgard and Jeffer Mize, Gibraltar School, Grade 11"Not Worth Trying," collage
Vanessa Demarinis, Delaney Fizgerald, Jacquy Sandoval, and Braden Sitte, Gibraltar School, Grades 11 and 12"Troubled Waters," mixed media
Mikala Gorham, Dasia Daubner and Lily Nostvick, Gibraltar School, Grade 11
Kaitlyn Kroll, Gibraltar School, Grade 12"Polar Ice Melting," acrylic
Krista Jacobson, Gibraltar School, Grade 11"Madonna Lily," mixed media
Melanie Torres, Gibraltar School, Grade 11"Period Poverty," sharpie and watercolor
Noah Adler, Gibraltar School, Grade 11"Embracing Diversity," mixed media
Rose Stackhouse, Gibraltar School, Grade 11"Empowered Women Unite," sharpie and watercolor
Rubi Jauregui, Gibraltar School, Grade 11"U.S. And Mexico Border," mixed media
Liam Lindenberg and Trey Perlman
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