Emancipation Day is a day to celebrate justice—things made right. It also celebrates the will, conviction, and endurance of a community's leaders. The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 came ten years after a group of anti-slavery people got together to change society. It was a long and hard road that pitted them against the economy of the world's largest empire. They fought the status quo and dedicated their lives to the good of others. Led by William Wilberforce, the Anti-Slavery Society displayed remarkable leadership in a generation that decided to do what was right instead of what was profitable. Emancipation Day reminds of us past victories for justice.
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Strolling through the Kimbell Art Museum, I could not believe Renoir's On the Terrace—my favorite painting ever—was only two feet in front of me. I wanted to touch it, but the awareness of security guards and that sneaky alarm convinced me otherwise. Sigh—it was so beautiful and skillful and . . . . The presence of such great works of art, displaying artistic mastery I cannot comprehend, completely overwhelmed me. On loan from the Art Institute of Chicago, the Kimbell presented more than 90 masterpieces from the impressionist era. Displayed were the works of master painters Degas, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Toulouse-Lautrec—just to name a few! The gallery not only grouped the paintings by artist, but also in a chronological manner; thus exposing the evolution of impressionism throughout the mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth centuries. To think a handful of painters, whose artistic eye challenged traditions and abounded with creativity, reinvented the art of painting and influenced culture decades later—absolutely incredible.
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Strolling through the Kimbell Art Museum, I could not believe Renoir's On the Terrace—my favorite painting ever—was only two feet in front of me. I wanted to touch it, but the awareness of security guards and that sneaky alarm convinced me otherwise. Sigh—it was so beautiful and skillful and . . . . The presence of such great works of art, displaying artistic mastery I cannot comprehend, completely overwhelmed me. On loan from the Art Institute of Chicago, the Kimbell presented more than 90 masterpieces from the impressionist era. Displayed were the works of master painters Degas, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Toulouse-Lautrec—just to name a few! The gallery not only grouped the paintings by artist, but also in a chronological manner; thus exposing the evolution of impressionism throughout the mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth centuries. To think a handful of painters, whose artistic eye challenged traditions and abounded with creativity, reinvented the art of painting and influenced culture decades later—absolutely incredible.
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