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An Exhibit by Miggs Burroughs and Mark Yurkiw
The United Nations • October 10 - November 24, 2023
In the Beginning...
A smaller version of "Signs of Compassion" first appeared at the Westport library, in Westport, CT from May 26 to July 27, 2017
In 2019 Mark Yurkiw, third from right, meets with UN officials about presenting "Signs of Compassion" at the United Nations
In 2021 Melissa Ceriale gifted "Signs of Compassion" to the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital In White Plains, New York
The UN required a letter of endorsement from a U.S. Senator and Senator Christopher Murphy from Connecticut wrote this for us.
Mark walking through the catacombs under the UN.
Hanging of photos underway on October 9, 2023
Left: Mark's sketch for the
Braille wheel; above, a look inside,
and the finished wheel.
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