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Gallery Opening

July 1st marked the opening of the Beautifying The Barrio exhibit at Denver Seminary. Friends and visitors gathered to view the artwork, hav... Read more »

Gallery Opening
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The Exhibit: Beautifying the Barrio in Juarez

When: July 1 through Aug. 30th, Mon. – Thurs. 8am to 7pm, Fridays 8am to 5pm Where: The Denver Seminary Bridge Gallery (click for dire... Read more »

The Exhibit: Beautifying the Barrio in Juarez
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Beautifying the Barrio: Beauty

Inspiration has surged into our lives this week, steady and strong like these unfaltering desert winds moving across the desert. It has been... Read more »

Beautifying the Barrio: Beauty
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This is Juarez: Raising the Stakes

Photo by Dallas Palmer Living on the border can cripple a person’s emotional range. I grow more numb with each passing day. Charles B... Read more »

This is Juarez: Raising the Stakes
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Borderland Moments

Photo by Bruce Berman of Border Blog “We don’t play at the cantinas anymore because it is too dangerous. We do two funerals a... Read more »

Borderland Moments
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Width of a Fence

Photo by Bruce Berman of Border Blog My spirit craves relief. The desert cries out for liberation. This afternoon is dragging on and the ... Read more »

Width of a Fence
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in-between

Dead leaves, crushed without a thought of the life that had once blazed within the veins of the delicate skeletons, only move now with the... Read more »

in-between
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War on Drugs: Failing humanity.

Our border community is now painfully divided. It is a microcosm of our hemisphere, our world embroiled in a war on drugs. The violence is a... Read more »

War on Drugs: Failing humanity.
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Seven

I can't stand your religious meetings. I'm fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, ... Read more »

Seven
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Amor por Juarez

If Jesus preached in New York City what he preached in Galilee, we’d lay him in his grave again. Woody Guthrie Living in a border town... Read more »

Amor por Juarez
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Earthship.com – The Garbage Warrior

September 1st, 2010 by Matt Lindsey

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Earthship.com – The Garbage Warrior

To be quite blunt, I had always thought of the great state of New Mexico as a haven for the bizarre and crazy outcast and heretic. Well, as it turns out I was right, and I have proof. We had the pleasure of meeting some of the most out-there and grooviest of them all at [...]

Sierra Madre

August 26th, 2010 by Matt Lindsey

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Sierra Madre

High up on the western ridge of the Napuchi valley I sit, admiring the thick green pastures spread out below as roosters cry out to each other across the awakening valley floor. Lupe is chopping wood next to their small cabin on the southern end of the valley where smoke meanders from the galvanized tin [...]

Art for the Nations – Ciudad Juárez

August 5th, 2010 by Misty Lindsey

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Art for the Nations – Ciudad Juárez

I am thankful to be an artist; I am blessed because the act of creating causes me to be thankful. If, in the midst of poverty, even in the midst of plenty, you can take time to enjoy the process of creating something colorful or pretty – something that mimics the beauty of God’s creation [...]

Youth of Juarez

August 4th, 2010 by Misty Lindsey

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Youth of Juarez

We were thrilled to be able to return this week to Juarez to be with our brothers and sisters here, to love and pursue, and to live life together and show them that they are not forgotten.
The morning after we arrived we found ourselves in the midst of a Vacation Bible School for the local [...]

Amigos Benefit: Helping Hands Yard Sale

August 3rd, 2010 by mmlindsey

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Amigos Benefit: Helping Hands Yard Sale

One of the most encouraging things for our work in Ciudad Juarez has been the efforts of advocates that have come alongside of us, people who have personally owned the vision and joined us in developing creative and tangible methods of opportunity in Palo Chino and the Sierra Madres.
Helping Hands is a small group from [...]

Juarez Photo Walk

July 31st, 2010 by mmlindsey

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Juarez Photo Walk

Art and creativity are a couple of the major parts that form the headwaters of our new vision and strategy to empowering our community in Juarez. They are both significant themes for us and for many others who are living and working on the border. Juarez is a city in great need of creative, dynamic [...]

Beautifying the Barrio: The Denver Post

July 30th, 2010 by mmlindsey

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Beautifying the Barrio: The Denver Post

The Denver Post and Viva Colorado, the Post’s Spanish-language publication, recently published some articles about our art trip with Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. We are honored by Yesenia Robles’s time, energy and excellence in telling our story!
If you haven’t had a chance to read the article or visit the Denver Seminary gallery [...]

Poetry on the Border

July 8th, 2010 by Matt Lindsey

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Poetry on the Border

Benjamin Saenz is a Latino poet living in the Borderland. He lives in El Paso and has been doing a series of poems called Odes to Juarez. Saenz’s choice to stay on the border, creating on behalf of the oppressed and disenfranchised, is admirable. His poems are candid, like a mirror over the Borderland reflecting [...]

Gallery Opening

July 5th, 2010 by Jenah Johnson

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Gallery Opening

July 1st marked the opening of the Beautifying The Barrio exhibit at Denver Seminary. Friends and visitors gathered to view the artwork, have Mexican refreshments, and toast to the gallery (with some Coca-Cola, served in real glass bottles!). It was a sweet time of celebrating the project, sharing the art, and making new connections with [...]

The Exhibit: Beautifying the Barrio in Juarez

June 19th, 2010 by mmlindsey

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The Exhibit: Beautifying the Barrio in Juarez

When:
July 1 through Aug. 30th, Mon. – Thurs. 8am to 7pm, Fridays 8am to 5pm
Where:
The Denver Seminary Bridge Gallery (click for directions)
Purchasing the Artwork:
To purchase artwork displayed at the exhibit click here or on the “Donate Now” button below.  All displayed artwork will be available for purchase and all proceeds go to Amigos Ministries. Bring [...]

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