Haitian-Born UC Professor Holds Photography Exhibit to Benefit Haiti, Post-Earthquake
On Jan. 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti to its core at 4:53 p.m., leaving 1.5 million people without housing and 300,000 dead. Four years later, efforts of reconstruction continue.
Haitian-born University of Cincinnati professor Myriam Chancy is trying to help with that. Chancy is an English professor in UCs McMicken College of Arts and Sciences.
She is hosting a photography exhibit from Jan. 11-Feb. 15 featuring photos she took that highlight the resilience and beauty of the nations people post-earthquake.
All 32 digital photographs printed on aluminum metallic sheets are for sale, and all of Chancys profits will benefit grassroots Haiti organizations.
The exhibit, Ayiti Chérie: Signs of Life, is being held at the Fairfield Community Arts Center.
Sun Smith of Soapbox Tees has designed a special T-shirt as an exhibit tie-in based on one of the photographs, sales of which will benefit a grassroots Haitian school in Port-au-Prince.
Opening night is Friday, Jan. 10, from 6-8 p.m. at the Fairfield Community Arts Center. Special guests include Nigerian drummer Baoku Moses, poet Diane Allerdyce and Haitian singer Wilbert Chancy.
The Fairfield Community Arts Center is located at 411 Wessel Drive in Cincinnati. For more information, call 513-867-5348.
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