New Artwork at ARHA Sends a Powerful Message
College student Mark Hess originally started the triptych as a school project.
A new piece of art graces the interior of the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority in Old Town. It’s sure to make visitors think, and think again when walking by it – in the building where administrators busily oversee the city’s public housing. A pencil triptych shows a disheveled man, lying supine - and perhaps sleeping - in front of a doorway. A hand reaches out toward him, feeding a nearby cat. The artist is Mark Hess, a college student at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. Hess told Patch at the unveiling of the new ARHA artwork that he was inspired to create it when he saw a homeless person for the first time in Washington, DC, while visiting his aunt Jane Hess Collins of Alexandria. He explained that there were not …
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Sharon Gerstenmaier
12:13 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013
Great job, Mark! Maybe I should get your signature the next time I see you. But no kidding, that was super and we're all very proud of you. Uncle Ken more ›