Vicki Rosenthal Art

Their Souls Live On: Community Art Project

CURRENTLY SHOWING!!
LA Lee YMCA / Mizell Community Center, 1409 NW 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311

#installation and presentation of the #wallmural, “Their Souls Live On”. #Community #Art #Project #communityartproject #artheals #MySoulMyShoes #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackLives #Remembered #Honored #Memorialized
“Their Souls Live On” consisted of free community art workshops for families to paint images and words on shoes honoring family members who have passed. Their work now hangs as a public wall mural inside the new YMCA built on the historic land of the first black hospital, Provident Hospital, in Broward County.
Thank you Constance Ivana, co-leader of project and Sharon Major-Hughes, YMCA Director of FamilyServices, and the Donors of the project: Broward County Cultural Division, Broward Arts Calendar, Derivan Matisse, Italian Art Store, Etiko Fairtrade Shoes, American Fishing Wire, Blick Art Materials, Jerry’s Artarama Retail Stores.

“OvaVenger”

Currently Showing at Plunge Beach Resort, 4660 El Mar Dr, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL 33308

OvaVenger – Superhero for Reproductive Justice! (13″w x 23″l x 5″d) – $1200 plus tax
In collaboration with ceramic artist Ellen Cohen-Berman, Vicki Rosenthal designed and painted this beautiful ceramic piece.

The sides of OvaVenger’s armor are quotes from signs of the masses who took to the streets in opposition to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade. The power of this piece comes from the many voices. (Zoom in to view their words.)

“Lovelin”

Image is a visual art painting. It is acrylic paint on canvas. In the center of the painting, there is a silver metal shield with a pink heart in the center of it. Actually, the heart has the colors of pink, blue, and purple; the colors representing bisexual people. Surrounding the shield, in the top right corner are silhouettes of gang members holding guns and machete, the bottom right of the painting shows the continent of Africa and South America with the central American countries barely being seen because the bottom of the shield covers them, and the western part of the United States is barely seen to the left of the shield. The bottom left of the painting is the trunk of the tree of life and a little way up on the trunk is an old style telephone. The telephone is black with black numbers and grey background for the dial. The phone has a handle that you pick up and put to your ear and mouth. On the upper left hand corner of the painting, the tree of life branches spread out. One of the branches follows the top lines of the shield and on that branch is a black and white cat with the face markings of a raccoon. The cat belongs to the two women told in the story. The cat’s name is Lovelin. The colors represented on the background: the gang members' silhouettes are mostly black, their background is blurry dark green and dark purple as if they are in the jungle, the continents are green, light and dark browns indicating the terrain of the continents. The tree is lines of black, dark brown, gray, white, multi-colors showing shadows and depth.

“Lovelin” focuses on a bisexual woman currently seeking asylum in the US after fleeing her country in Africa. She and her girlfriend were caught being together in a nightclub; her girlfriend was killed shielding her from the attackers. This painting tells her story through her words and images. Be a part of her story.

About the Artist

The artist, Vicki Rosenthal, is sitting at her desk painting a pair of shoes. She is a white woman with short dark blonde hair and wearing glasses. She is holding a black canvas hi-top sneaker in her left hand and a paint brush in her right hand. She is wearing a black short sleeve tee-shirt and blue jeans. On her desk there is lots of paints for her painting project.

Vicki Rosenthal is a visual artist focusing on social impact through community involvement projects, public art and individual custom work. The artwork produced evokes social change, social responsibility, empathy, and equity. Additionally, for artwork sold, 10% of net profits are invested back to grassroots causes.

The art projects are designed to create trusting space and anonymity for people to share their stories. Working with individuals, communities, and organizations, many projects have advanced TLGBQIA+ rights, reproductive justice, education rights, environmental consciousness, women’s rights, immigration justice,cancer prevention, and voting equity. People and community organizations share their causes and inspirations with me and together we create amazing projects.

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PO Box 70743, Oakland Park, FL 33307
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