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Looking for Home: "Streetwise: Tiny and Runaway Children in Seattle" (1983)


The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park

Encore Park’s Museum of Street Culture – a museum in the making for the last five years – launched October 1, 2017, literally on the street with programming about the street. 

Its inaugural exhibition Looking for Home: A Yearlong Focus on the Work of Mary Ellen Mark features the internationally-acclaimed street photojournalist's work displayed in an unprecedented, but mission-aligned fashion: the installation is both outside and inside the spaces the museum calls home: The Stewpot and Encore Park’s 508 Park, 508 Amphitheater, and Community Garden. Stewpot docent-led tours will be available for the inside installation.

This is the first time the Mary Ellen Mark Foundation has granted permission for an exhibition of this magnitude.

Mary Ellen Mark’s more than 30-year photo documentary captures the harsh realities of street life, from 1983 to 2014, of Erin Blackwell Charles, a.k.a. Tiny, in Seattle, WA. Tiny’s life as conveyed by Mark parallels and offers a poignant counterpoint to the ongoing efforts of Encore Park and The Stewpot of First Presbyterian Church of Dallas to offer homeless and at-risk individuals resources for basic survival and opportunities to start a new life. The Museum of Street Culture selected the work of Mary Ellen Mark as its opening exhibition because it demonstrates artistic excellence and explores social issues crucial to the expansion of services offered by The Stewpot, and the revitalization of Encore Park and the surrounding neighborhood.

The photographic exhibition of Mary Ellen Mark’s work will be updated quarterly to reveal four distinct periods of Tiny’s life. The work will be outdoors as well as on view inside The Stewpot (1822 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201) 12 noon to 1 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday, or by appointment by emailing [email protected] (to ensure a reply, please provide at least one business day advanced notice.) 

No cost of admission. Closed during holidays. 


1.     October 2, 2017 – Streetwise: Tiny and Runaway Children in Seattle (1983)

2.     January 27, 2018 – Tiny and Her Children (1985-1999)

3.     April 14, 2018 – Tiny’s Family Life (2003-2005)

4.     June 16, 2018 – Tiny Revisited (2014)

 

 

 

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1822 Young Street · Dallas, TX 75201


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