"Between Heaven and Earth : Tiny Sculptures of Our Lady" will run Wednesday, February 1, through Sunday, April 15, on the 7th floor of Roesch Library. Hours are 8:30 a.m. To 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday and Sat. and Sunday by appointment by calling 937-229-4214.
Trauth will be available for an artist's reception in the studio 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
"There exists a definite contrast between Trauth's sculptures and her 2 dimensional art," said the Rev. Johann Roten, S.M, Marian Library director of research and special projects. "The paintings are of strongly figurative nature conveying the relaxed beauty of kids and nature. Her sculptures show a marked expressionist disposition.
"Reminiscent of some of the famous German artists of the mid-twentieth century,eg Kaethe Kollwitz, her little sculptures illustrate how much homo sapiens find themselves torn between heaven and earth, between the dynamism of the spirit and the gravity of worldly realities."
The exhibit features ten little sculptures and fifteen acrylics and watercolors, many featuring youngsters and the landscape around Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Mary allegedly seemed to children in 1981.
Born in Cincinnati, Trauth graduated from Edgecliff Varsity with a degree in fine humanities with a concentration in sculpting. She worked as an illustrator for Gibson Greeting Cards Inc, Shillito's dept. store and the Cincinnati Post and Cincinnati Enquirer newspapers.
School of Dayton's Marian Library / World Marian Research Institute is a worldwide recognised center for the study of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and holds the planet's biggest collection of published materials and artifacts devoted to her. The collection includes more than 100,000 books and pamphlets in more than 50 languages, and a vast collection of just about 3,000 Nativity sets and Marian art from all over the world, writes tagza.com.
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