From the Jubilation Series Cecilia Frederic,

"Homage to Life," an exhibition of 21 multimedia pieces by Black Mountain artists Cecilia and Abigail Frederic, will be on view at UNC Asheville’s Blowers Gallery through November 1. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

The series was inspired by connective participatory experiences between Cecilia and her daughter Abigail, who was born with the genetic condition Trisomy 18. This condition causes multiple physical handicaps and mental retardation, including non-verbalization. At birth, Abigail’s prognosis was a life expectancy of 24 to 48 hours; today she is 21 years old. The exhibit is based on Abigail’s drawings and includes some of her personal paintings.

"The creative process of this series portrays our parallel existence and our one-on-one relationship and these works are materialized entities, extension and projections of the two of us," said Cecilia.

Blowers Gallery, located on the main floor of UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library, is open Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Fridays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. For more information, call 828/251-6546.