Black history will be told through art. “A Painting Is Worth a Thousand Words,” featuring artwork by Gregory Rance Thompson and Penelope Wilson, will be the centerpiece of a Martin Luther King Day celebration Monday at Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center, 411 Third Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown. A reception will be held from 2 to 5 p.m., and both artists will be in attendance, said activities director Beth Elston. The exhibit will be on display through February, in celebration of Black History Month.
“We expect to use the exhibit as a backdrop for an activity later in February, maybe a lecture,” Elston said. Thompson, a Johnstown native, enjoys drawing on poster board with watercolors, markers or graphite. Figures and characters are prominent in the self-taught artist’s work, and he has completed murals on buildings and walls in various homes throughout the Johnstown area as well as doing greeting cards.
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