“Between Heaven and Earth : Tiny Sculptures of Our Lady” will run Wed., Feb. 1, thru Sun., April 15, on the seventh floor of Roesch Library. Hours are 8:30 a.m. To 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Fri. and Sat. and Sun. by appointment by calling 937-229-4214.

Trauth will be available for an artist’s reception in the gallery seven p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the general public.

“There exists a definite contrast between Trauth’s sculptures and her 2 dimensional art,” announced the Rev. Johann Roten, S.M, Marian Library director of analysis and special projects. “The paintings are of strongly figurative nature conveying the tranquil sweetness of kids and nature. Her sculptures show a marked expressionist disposition.

“Reminiscent of some of the famous German artists of the mid-twentieth century,eg Kaethe Kollwitz, her small sculptures illustrate how much homo sapiens find themselves torn between heaven and earth, between the dynamism of the spirit and the gravity of worldly realities.”

The exhibit features 10 tiny sculptures and 15 acrylics and watercolors, many featuring children and the landscape around Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Mary reportedly appeared to children in 1981.

Born in Cincinnati, Trauth graduated from Edgecliff Varsity with a qualification in fine humanities with a concentration in sculpting. She worked as an illustrator for Gibson Greetings Cards Inc, Shillito’s dep store and the Cincinnati Post and Cincinnati Enquirer newspapers.

University of Dayton’s Marian Library / World Marian Research Institute is a worldwide recognised center for the discipline of Mary, the mum of Jesus, and holds the world’s biggest collection of published materials and artifacts devoted to her. The collection includes more than 100,000 books and pamphlets in more than 50 languages, and a vast collection of nearly 3,000 Nativity sets and Marian art from around the world, writes tagza.com.

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