Elkins – The touring Family Diversity Projects Exhibit,
"Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families" will open at Davis and Elkins College Monday and remain on public display through Feb. 15.
Created by photographer
Gigi Kaeser and writer Peggy Gillespie, of Amherst, Mass., the ambitious,
award-winning photograph-text exhibit spotlights and celebrates the
ever-growing diversity of the
American Family.
Davis & Elkins
College Associate Professor of Education Erin Brumbaugh organized
D&E's display of the exhibit, which will be open during regular
library hours.
The Of Many Colors
exhibit has visited universities, public K-12 schools, houses of
worship, community centers, galleries, museums and conferences since
1994. It tells the stories of
20 families who have bridged the racial divide through interracial
relationships or adoption. In a world where race is considered by many
to be a formidable barrier between people, the families in this exhibit
are celebrated as 20th century pioneers willing
to risk disapproval and misunderstanding to find richness and value in
diversity, according to a news release. These families have much to say about the most intimate form
of integration: family love.
Of Many Colors is
designed to further discussion among educators, diversity groups, human
resources professionals, parents, students, religious leaders,
librarians and people interested
in bringing issues of diversity to their community.
The book, Of Many Colors,
has also been published by the University of Massachusetts Press and includes a
forward by Teaching Tolerance magazine editor Glenda Valentine. The
book is available
in paperback and hardbound editions and includes complete text and
photographs of more than 20 families along with a comprehensive diversity
resource guide.
Additional resources, including images, interviews and other information about the
Of Many Colors exhibit and book are available online at
www.familydiv.org.
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