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PORTLANDSTAGE where great theater lives BUY TICKETS 207.774.0465 www.portlandstage.org 25A Forest Ave Portland Maine O c t O b e r 2 0 1 5 6 1 MeaghanMaurice Artist At Work tion of textiles sound recordings and floor coverings. Weave the Tent events occurred throughout Portland to create the concur- rent community exhibit and accompanying public events. Sarahs Generosity presents the histo- ry of the Jewish women who created a ko- sher kitchen on House Island. Each wom- ans story is told in images transferred onto aprons. Habeas Corpus presents the modern-day stories of immigrant cab drivers in Port- land. Their voices will tell the story of all im- migrantscurrent and pastand told from a taxi cab. O n my way to my studio I walk along thesamestreetswheretheIrishItal- ian Greek and Jewish immigrants lived when they first arrived in Portland. They were asylum seekers and refugeeses- caping a life of persecution and poverty to provide their families a better life. Today new Mainers live on those same streets. They too are asylum seekers and ref- ugeeswho follow in the footsteps of those early immigrants. I am a storyteller. I tell stories through my art. I create artworks about small moments in history that reflect larger issues with- in a contemporary context. The role of the House Island quarantine station and those who welcomed the stranger may serve us as we find our own ways to welcome the stranger today. n Visit theWelcoming The Strangerexhibit at the Maine Jewish Museum at 267 Congress Street in Port- land 773-2339mainejewishmuseum.org through October 26.Portland native Jo Israelson is a multi-me- dia installation artist and stone sculptor with a degree from the University of Maryland.