Traveling art display to make stop in Warren



The exhibit is stopping here on a 22-city national tour.
WARREN -- A public art display known as the Dialogue Project will be making its only Ohio appearance in Courthouse Square in downtown Warren from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
The exhibit by San Francisco artist Michael Garibaldi, which is on a 22-city national tour, consists of nine 7-foot-by-9-foot free-standing screens covered with thousands of notable quotations from famous people throughout history.
The display tour began in Washington, D.C., and will visit Warren between stops in New York City and Chicago.
The themes addressed by the exhibit are art, body, character, community, creativity, expression, family and friends, fun, happiness, life, love, politics, power, spirit, strength, success, wisdom and work.
Examples of featured quotes are: "Imagination is more important than knowledge." -- Albert Einstein; and "Adventure is worthwhile in itself." -- Amelia Earhart.
Other features
Expressive life-cast faces emerge from the surfaces of many screens. Three lifelike statues also are covered with hundreds of quotations.
A table with blank books allows viewers to contribute their own insights. Selected quotations from the books will be published in the third-edition Dialogue book and added to the statues as the project tours.
An award-winning film crew traveling with Garibaldi will document the visit to Warren and compile it into a book and film detailing the exhibit's cross-country journey. The exhibit's visit to Warren is sponsored by the Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County.