Windows & Mirrors

Opening reception Thu., Oct. 7, 7-9 p.m., free, exhibit through Nov. 7, Arch Street Meeting House, 320 Arch St., 215-627-2667, afsc.org.

by Daniella Wexler

Published: October 6, 2010

[ visual art ]

Zaher Wahab, an anthropology professor at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., asked Afghan children to sketch their daily lives. The results, along with 45 memorial panels, comprise this traveling exhibit that's meant as a response to the gross under-coverage of the Afghan death toll since 2001. "We feel like we need to activate people to put pressure to bring the war to a close," says event coordinator Mary Zerkel. "We don't think that people know how much is going on and there have been no really good mechanisms for counting civilian casualties." Amid the grim realities the exhibit inevitably presents, there's solace to be found in local muralist Ann Northrup's light, hopeful image of an Afghani girl flying a kite.

Opening reception Thu., Oct. 7, 7-9 p.m., free, exhibit through Nov. 7, Arch Street Meeting House, 320 Arch St., 215-627-2667, afsc.org.