Local art exhibit explores what it means to lose a home

Ann Arbor once again pushes the boundaries of local art, incorporating timely themes and the uncomfortable truth.Excerpt:On the floor, a suitcase sits overflowing.Family photos, pots and pans and books pour out around it. For Dexter resident and artist Christy Kelly-Bentgen, who filled and painted the suitcase for an Ann Arbor art exhibit, it represents the emotional experience for many Americans who have lost their home in the last year.”When we were kids, we’d say, ‘If your house was burning down, what things would you take?” Kelly-Bentgen said. “And that’s the idea of what’s happening.”It’s one of several pieces of art included in an exhibit this month called “Home: Loving It, Losing It, Leaving it.” The Michigan Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art chose to feature the art exhibit at the University of Michigan’s Duderstadt Center to explore the feelings behind losing a home for many reasons, not least of all the current housing crisis.Read the rest of the story here.