Art Show to Save Antioch College
THE FIGHTING SOUL OF ANTIOCH COLLEGE:
ART AND ACTIVISM TO SAVE A BASTION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
“Greetings from Antioch College – The Postcard Show”
Opening night gala November 3rd at 5:00pm
Opening at 5pm, RMO at 6pm & 8pm
Casa Frela Gallery
47 w. 119th st. btwn 5th and Lenox
thru December 31, 2007
free (wine & cheese!)
The RMO is playing at the opening night of an art show to benefit alumni
efforts to save Antioch College from closing. Antioch College is a private,
residential, liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Battling societal
Goliaths is standard practice for Antioch College students, but their current
struggle with the Antioch University Chancellor and Board of Trustees is their
biggest challenge yet. Rejecting the June 2007 announcement by the Board to
close the 155 year-old institution next year, alumni and friends have already
raised over $12 million in gifts and pledges to keep the College open, maintain
faculty tenure and re-establish independent governance for the College. The
Casa Frela exhibit is a major fundraising and awareness-building event to
support the continuance of Antioch College. It will feature works by many
Antiochians and an ongoing program schedule will maintain and build the
vitality of the exhibit over the course of its run at Casa Frela.
“Antioch students learn that it’s not enough to have a great career, material
wealth and a fulfilling family life. We are also called to serve, to share, to
give and to do what we can to lift up the lives of others. No other college
emphasizes this challenge so strongly. That’s what makes Antioch so special.”
– Coretta Scott King ‘51
www.antiochians.org
http://casafrela.gourdom.com
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