I am very excited to have my "Tree of Shame" painting included in the

 "Puppies Are Biodegradable Exhibit"

The exhibit is

Currently traveling around the US

to promote awareness of the abuse that goes on in Puppymills

"The best kind of art is significant art and that is what the FUEL Collection is offering this July."
–Filmbill Magazine, July 2007

at the F.U.E.L.  Collection Gallery

"Tree of Shame"

little tree of suffering, growing in shame
with weak & crooked hands
I hope this branch will hold, please, hold me
I pray to feel sun on my transparent body

those alive before me
unloved shapes lie beneath fallen leaves
buried little souls
fill the earth with our broken bones

I am frightened but no one comes
so I hide, in a fruitless tree
with my face to the sky
and wait for the wind to dry my eyes…………

 EXHIBITS

2008

June - "Alaska Narrative Paintings " Well Street Art Co. Fairbanks Alaska

2007

October - "The Bones Show"  Well Street Art Co.Fairbanks Alaska

July - "Puppies Are Biodegradable" - The Fuel Collection - Philadelphia, PA

February - "Godiva"  "International Gallery of Contemporary Art" 427 D Street  Anchorage, Alaska

2005
 
Jan 6 – Jan 29...."Rarified Light" – Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai, AK

Feb 4 – April 16...."Rarified Light" – Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK
               
Feb 4 – Feb 28...."Recent Works with Tammy Judd" – Kaladi Brothers on Brayton, Anchorage, AK
 
April 22 – May 30...."Rarified Light" – Cordova Historical Museum, Cordova, AK
               
April 22 – May 30...."Rarified Light" – Cordova Historical Museum, Cordova, AK
 
May 6 – May 29....."Tomb of Tongues " solo exhibit; The Arts Factory Gallery, Las Vegas, NV **
 
Aug 5 – Aug 28......"Recent Works – "Indigo", 233 E. 5th Avenue, Anchorage, AK                    

Oct 3-27.............“Featured Artists,” The Arts Factory, Las Vegas, NV
 

2004
 
Sept 19 – Oct 17...."Rarified Light" – Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK
                  
Oct 1 - Oct 31...."Alaska Women Photographers" - Borders Bookstore, Anchorage, AK
                      
Oct 1 - Oct 31...."UAA Alumni Art Exhibit" - A Novel View, Anchorage, AK
                          
Nov 5 – Jan 8...."All Alaska Juried Art Exhibition XXIX" – Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK
                           
Dec 3 – Jan 2...."Rarified Light "– Fairbanks Art Association, Fairbanks, AK
                       
Dec 3 - Dec 31...."Recent Works with Tammy Judd" - Europa’s Studio 68, Anchorage, AK
                         
  

 ** Lisa Ballard is supported by a grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts & The National Endowment for the Arts

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