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In Our Family Art Exhibit

3/13/2014

 
AP Studio Art student Moriah Ratner (’14) was approached by faculty member Sarah Romeyn just a few months ago, and asked to mimic The Family Diversity Project. The Family Diversity Project is an organization dedicated to educating the public about diverse families, in order to eliminate prejudice, through photography and exhibits. 

Ratner created her own exhibit using only Bullis families, and displayed it in the Blair Arts Center. She first had a meeting with Susie Zimmerman about the project, and then had conference calls with the selected families to plan a time to photograph and interview them.

“I wanted to have the portraits demonstrate what defined these families to be who they are, kind of like showing these families in their elements. I thought that this idea would help differentiate my work from the original artists,” explained Ratner.

Ratner spent a ton of time and effort putting the exhibit together. It took her a lot of time to get a photo for each family, and one family even invited her over for a Cambodian themed dinner, because their son was adopted from Cambodia.

Despite some printing difficulties and the snow delaying the process, Ratner had a great experience putting the exhibit together and “learned a lot about what it is like to work with other people.” She says she was very thankful for how welcoming all the families were to her, allowing her to go into their homes and photograph them.    

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