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One of the exhibitions, in the Teaching Gallery, features the work of Sara Pedigo. Not only an artist, Miss Pedigo is an Assistant Professor at her Alma Mater of Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida. Sara drew inspiration from old photographs she found in a cardboard box. Her artwork conveys the simple, yet exquisite idea that memories can last forever, whether they are persistent or faded. Two pieces that meaningfully pinpoint this thesis are Paw Paw Pointing,and Mom in front of Pavilion.

Paw Paw Pointing, features a man with two small children, standing on some sort of cliff. The children are gazing intently towards the distance where the man is pointing. The artwork is a large piece of white paper, charcoal, and gesso. Sara said when she first drew this piece something was missing and it didn't feel complete. She then used the gesso which blurred the image. In doing so, it was as if this actual memory, caught in a work of art, was beginning to fade away. The medium used in this drawing, as well as the rest of the pieces, was beneficial to the artist's subject. How so, you might ask? Memories are a constant force in our minds, we can keep them hidden and call on them whenever we need to. However, because of time these memories become foggy, and in using the gesso Sara gives us a visual image which represents these blurred, yet ever present, memories.

The second piece, Mom in front of Pavilion, also creates this imagery of a faded memory. The work displays Sara's mother at a young age, eight years old or younger, walking along a boardwalk near the ocean, with a pavilion behind her. You can barely see any features of her face, but if you look closely you can make out a smile. Sara again used a large piece of white paper, charcoal and gesso to create this drawing. Miss Pedigo could not have remembered this particular time on her own, but with the help of the photograph Sara was able to be carried back to a place that enabled her to make a "memory" from it. Just like the photographs she used

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