"Artist's Exhibit Carries Powerful Message"
Chosen as One of 35 out of 2600 Applicants By Mary Wenzel, Correspondent | Marlborough Enterprisel | Marlborough, MA
p10 News Section | April 22, 2011
Former Marlborough resident Michele Renee Ledoux was in the city recently to participate in Paradise City Marlborough, a fine art show, held at the Royal Plaza Trade Center.
Presently she has a work of art on display in the "Embracing Our Differences" outdoor art exhibit at Island Park, situated along Sarasota, Florida's beautiful bay front.
Chosen as one of 35 out of 2600 applicants, Michele's work of art, called "Embrace Them. We are Them." has been reproduced on a 16 by 12 foot billboard.
It shows a photograph of a homeless Italian woman, which Ledoux took while visiting Venice, Italy. It will be showcased through the remainder of April and during the month of May.
The Embracing Our Differences exhibit is designed to promote, among other things, the value of diversity.
A 1986 graduate of Marlborough High School, Michele is the daughter of two former Marlborough City Councilors, Joan E. Ledoux and the late Robert A. Ledoux.
A 1990 graduate of the University of Colorado, Michele now lives and has a studio in, Evergreen, Colo.
Michele Renee Ledoux, seated center, is surrounded by family members during her return visit to Marlborough. They are, from top, Chris Ledoux, brother; Susan (Wallace) Ledoux, sister-in-law; Renee and Noelle Ledoux, nieces; and Joan Ledoux, her mother. PHOTO BY MARY WENZEL
At the Paradise City Marlborough art show, Michele Renee Ledoux, center, shows some of her works of art to former Marlborough Public School teacher and principal, Mary Egan, as Julia Wade Fliss looks on. PHOTO BY MARY WENZEL
This photograph, by Michele Renee Ledoux, has been reproduced on a 16 by 12 foot billboard for the outdoor art show, "Embracing Our Differences" on Island Park on the bay front in Sarasota, FLA. COURTESY PHOTO
Members of the Marlborough Public School Music Association were on hand at the Paradise City Marlborough art show held at the Royal Plaza Trade Center, where they were available to hang coats and hold packages for visitors at the show. The Music Association has been volunteering at the Paradise City show for many years. In the photo, from left, are Joanne Kotsopoulos, Marlene Manell and Mary Jane Kunycky. PHOTO BY MARY WENZEL