Dry Bones Exhibit at the ACU Library

The ACU Library is pleased to host the Dry Bones traveling art exhibit.  Dry Bones is a ministry centered in Denver, Colorado and focuses on serving inner city homeless youth.  The exhibit features photographs, poems, and artwork by youth on the streets.  I think the words of Matt, one of the Dry Bones coordinators, best describe the purpose of the exhibit:

Our main goal is to continue to give a voice to our often voiceless friends who live on the streets of Denver.  We’re open to whatever will be a blessing and whatever will help tell their story.  We have photographs, matted poetry, writings, a few drawings, paintings, etc.  Most of the photographs were taken by homeless youth and young adults through the Dry Bones photography classes.  A few of the other photos were taken by a photographer friend of the ministry.

The art itself is displayed on hinged partitions of corregated metal or on some really cool walls created out of red yarn.  Much of it is large enough that you can walk through and around the exhibit, immersing yourself in the images.  Some of the art includes large photographs of cityscapes or street scenes.  Some are matted poems.  You will see the faces of those who give and serve on both sides of that ministry.  You will see their fears and their hopes; you will see them as people.

Dry Bones is an incredible example of a ministry of relationship.  It has attracted the attention of the media.  If you wonder what kind of difference it can make, check out JC and Carol’s story or maybe read about Sarah.  These are gritty, harsh stories of reality but they are also stories of connection and even of redeeming love.

The art exhibit is one way to make us aware of others around us, both near and far.  It will be up in the ACU Library only through Wednesday September 24.  I hope you get to check it out.