Art for the Soul Gallery Reopening

Hot Air Balloon Pilot, Bill Costen had the honor of teaming up with world renowned artist Dr. Imo Nse Imeh on November 6, 2015  at Executive Director Rosemary Tracy Woods grand re-opening of the Art For The Soul Gallery in Springfield, MA. Costen, founder of "The Costen Cultural Exhibit" shared a rare collection of original U.S. Post Cards depicting Racist History.

Dr. Imeh's Ten Little Nigger Girls is a retelling of the 1907 children's book and nursery rhyme, Ten Little Nigger Girls, by Nora Case, which features a cast of ten black girls who are eliminated from the story one-by-one, sometimes in horrific ways (for example, one is burned alive, another is eaten by a bear). The exhibition is a series of ten large-scale drawings that feature contemporary black girls in various states of danger, in the present-day.

Over a hundred art enthusiasts including Mayor Domenic Sarno came out and were bewildered at the masterpieces that were presented. The thought provoking exhibition will be installed at Westfield State University in February and there are plans to have it travel across the country in 2016/2017.