Thursday 26th June 2025

Holiday Art Exhibit Brings Creativity & Community Together to Curve Violence

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Rizpah Network, a non-profit organization with chapters in DC and Tennessee, is proud to announce that the, “This Christmas” Interactive Walk Thru Exhibit, will be on display at City of Jackson City Hall beginning Friday December 11-30th, 2020  from 8-5 p.m. daily in Jackson, Tennessee.

Rizpah Network Incorporated is an organization dedicated to utilizing the arts as a catalyst to heal families/communities traumatized by senseless violence.

This walk thru interactive exhibit of portraitures, photographs, quilt panels & memorial pieces not only captures the lost lives of children/young adult victims of violence, but helps to frame violence as a grief experience. Dubbed as “Beautifully Heartbreaking,” this visual imagery display utilizes the arts as a catalyst, to help heal families and communities left devastated in the aftermath of violence.  Families whose pain is often overlooked amid the backdrop of the Holiday Season, as they face empty chairs at dinner tables. This powerful and beautifully moving exhibit, represents the collective work of artists, activists,  community leaders & clergy coming together this Holiday Season, to promote loving, safer, and healthier communities.
 Attendees will be able to scan QR Codes on exhibits that will inform and inspire; as they learn more about victims, survivors, artists, and grief. Not to mention moments of inspiration experienced through storytelling, music & videos.

Additionally, 16 of the youngest victims of Gun Violence in the State of Tennessee will be highlighted on 2 Quilt Panels, as a part of Rizpah’s collaborative partnership with Faces Not Forgotten, national touring exhibit.

The event takes place at City of Jackson City Hall 101 E. Main St. Ste 101 Jackson, Tennessee and opens with a Preview/Reception from 3:00-3:45: p.m. to be followed by a Program starting at 4:00 p.m. Mayor Scott Conger, will bring Greetings, and Wanda Briscoe of California, MD who is the  Author of ” The Storm Has a Ministry Too,” and the mother of Darryl Dennis II, one of the victims on display will bring the Inspirational message.

More details about Rizpah Network Incorporated can be seen on the website at www.rizpahnetwork.org and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/rizpahnetwork/

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