Rosa Parks Museum Programs Schedule

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Threads of a Story: History Inspiring Art Silent Auction

Artist Charlotta Janssen is giving the public the opportunity to bid on two signed high end giclee prints of her paintings of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., which were created exclusively for the exhibit "Threads of a Story: History Inspiring Art." Janssen created these paintings from the mug shots of Parks and King taken during the 1956 mass arrests that occurred during the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, and she depicts the heroism, determination, and courage of her subjects using a medium of oil, acrylic, and rust and collage.

Each painting has a starting bid of $500 and half of the proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Troy University Rosa Parks Museum. The auction will continue until May 28, 2012.

For more information please contact Viola Moten at 334-241-8701.

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Threads of a Story: History Inspiring Art

Charlotta Janssen exhibit coming to Rosa Parks Museum

Artist Charlotta Janssen, whose paintings pay tribute to the men and women who took part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Freedom Rides, will be featured in an exhibit at Troy University's Rosa Parks Museum starting April 2.

"Threads of a Story: History Inspiring Art" will be on display in the museum's exhibit hall through May 28. The exhibit features paintings that recreate the mug shots of people arrested for their participation in the Bus Boycott and Freedom Rides.

Using oil, acrylics, rust and collage, Janssen re-imagines these arrest mug shots as a tribute to those who took part in the civil rights movement. "Threads of a Story" has been displayed at exhibits in New York and at the Nashville Public Library.

The exhibit hall at the Rosa Parks Museum is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

For more information please contact Viola Moten at 334-241-8701.