Listening Through Lines, explained

Listening Through Lines, explained

Lines are what everyone notices most in my art work. In my humanitarian work, I believe in moving from sympathy to empathy, from pity to compassion, and from judgement to meaningful action. Listening Through Lines is an interactive exhibit I co-created with emBOLDen...
Listening Through Lines, prose and TEDx

Listening Through Lines, prose and TEDx

Listening Through Lines “Listening Through Lines” is a co-creation of Art by Bill Rohs and emBOLDen Alliances. This interactive exhibit brings together powerful artistic visual expression combined with stimulating thought provoking questions to help each of us dig...
Failure

Failure

Failure, spectacular failure. Oh so frustrating, but oh so important to the creative process. I wanted to work on some new techniques in this session, so I started out with this goal in mind. I had an idea of what I wanted to achieve but this was my first attempt at...
Winner of Art Students League of Denver Award

Winner of Art Students League of Denver Award

                I am honored and humbled to have won the award for Most Creative Interpretation at Art Students League of Denver’s Summer Art Market, presented to me by Henry Meininger. With over 180 artist at the event, I...
A Quick Video – Remembering Mom

A Quick Video – Remembering Mom

Click to watch the time-lapse video. I do these quick drawings as a way to remember people, in this case my mom. As I draw, I sit and think about who they are, the experiences we have had and what they mean to me.    
Help Carry the Load

Help Carry the Load

Part of a series of drawings I did to help support emBOLDen Alliances programs in Nepal, 2015-2017. The porter is a symbol of hard work and determination in Nepal. I salute their effort to rebuild Nepal after the devastating earthquake. The original has sold, but you...
Nepali Woman

Nepali Woman

  A Nepali woman from the Rasuwa area, which was devastated by the 2015 earthquakes. emBOLDen Alliances led a robust response to the earthquakes, all through a model of directly emBOLDening local, community-based organizations.  
Rwenzori Mountains

Rwenzori Mountains

This is a drawing of Gabriel, one of the porters from our trip to the Rwanzori Mountains bordering Uganda and Congo. He helped me learn a little bit of the local language and, with the rest of the staff, he worked extremely hard to make sure we had everything we...

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