DRAW: What America Means to Me

America to Tom Lohre means sailing through the night in rough seas, close hauled, trying to make Liberty Island. The wind is blowing him into the island. The painting shows the boat barely making the southeastern point of the island on his way to Manhattan in the early morning.
The Cincinnati Art Museum invited artists to perform, "What America means to Me" on a small stage in the "See America" print collection in the Schiff Gallery. Some played music, others read poetry, Tom screened the video from his across the North Atlantic with two sailors in a 36' Pearson from May 28 to June 28, 2010; painted on his "Liberty Arrives in Manhattan" and played sea shanties. Visitors to the gallery were encouraged to, "DRAW: What America Means to Me." Their drawings were immediately projected on a wall.

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