Exhibit Tells Human Trafficking, Empowerment, Other Stories in Glass Art and Poetry

The exhibition include four glass panels permanently on display in Kansas City’s Lykins Park, the first public art memorial in the nation memorializing the victims of human trafficking. One of those survivors will join Sal at the opening and speak about how invisible she once felt in that Kansas City park and how her life has changed since. Sal will also display other glass works and will also launch her book of poetry, Poems in Glass, at the opening event.
The exhibit will be on display through Dec. 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and Sunday 12-1. more about the show At the center of the show is the glass sculpture Dystopia, which Sal calls her most powerful piece. The five-foot-tall work asks the viewers to think and question their actions. Other glass works in the show are maquettes, or working models, of art she has created for two Kansas City Parks.  Sal also will display her current project, a series of glass works for the Independence Plaza Park that she calls a tribute to caring, nurturing and children, based on stories of women she has met in Kansas City.
The Nov. 12 opening also will mark the launch of Sal’s book, Poems in Glass, published by Kansas City’s Flying Ketchup Press. In it, Sal addresses her intuitive interior design, her advocacy installations for victims of trafficking as well as her experience with art that is healing to both human spirit and the environment.