The Heart Gallery: Children Available For Adoption
exhibit held at the Imagine Nation Museum until June 30
{Makayla Fetzer}
Makayla Fetzer, Dawn Fetzer: A Flower For Mom
(TIA ANN CHAPMAN / HARTFORD COURANT / May 12, 2009)
Makayla Fetzer, 5, holds up a flower to her adoptive mother, Dawn, at the opening of the Heart Gallery Tuesday at the Imagine Nation Museum in Bristol. Dawn Fetzer and her husband, Christopher, of Bristol, were honored as the parents of four adopted children who also provide emergency placement care for others. The gallery will be at the museum until June 30. Dawn and Christopher Fetzer were honored at the reception for having adopted four children and having provided emergency placement care for many others.
{Dawn Fetzer}
Dawn Fetzer, Justin Fetzer
(TIA ANN CHAPMAN / HARTFORD COURANT / May 12, 2009)
Justin Fetzer, 8, of Bristol, gets a playful pinch on the chin from his adoptive mother, Dawn, at the opening of the Heart Gallery at the Imagine Nation Museum in Bristol on Tuesday. The Heart Gallery, an exhibit of portraits of children who are available for adoption, will be at the museum until June 30. Dawn Fetzer and her husband, Christopher, were honored at the reception for having adopted four children and having provided emergency placement care for many others.
{Faces Worth a Long Look}
Faces Worth A Long Look
(TIA ANN CHAPMAN / HARTFORD COURANT / May 12, 2009)
Guests study the faces of children at the opening of the Heart Gallery at the Imagine Nation Museum in Bristol on Tuesday. The Heart Gallery, an exhibit of portraits of children who are available for adoption, will be at the museum until June 30. June M. Wiehn, bureau chief at the Department of Children and Families for Adoption and Interstate Compact Services, talked about the children's courage for being photographed: "It is not easy to let everyone know what you want most in life."
{Fezter Family}
Fetzer Family
(TIA ANN CHAPMAN / HARTFORD COURANT / May 12, 2009)
The Fetzer family of Bristol poses with Department of Children and Families social worker Janet Cardona, right. The children, from left, are Reva Pinette (the niece of the parents, Christopher and Dawn Fetzer, who is in their guardianship); Jason 8; Makayla, 5; Justin, 8; and Allyson, 2. Christopher and Dawn Fetzer are in the middle. The family posed for pictures at the opening of the Heart Gallery at the Imagine Nation Museum in Bristol on Tuesday. The Heart Gallery, an exhibit of portraits of children who are available for adoption, will be at the museum until June 30.
{Portrait of Asia}
Portrait Of Child Named Asia
(TIA ANN CHAPMAN / HARTFORD COURANT / May 12, 2009)
The Heart Gallery, an exhibit of portraits of children who are available for adoption, will be at the Imagine Nation Museum until June 30. This is a portrait of a girl named Asia. All of the children in the portraits wanted to be in the gallery. June M. Wiehn, DCF bureau chief for Adoption and Interstate Compact Services, talked about the children's courage in being photographed: "It is not easy to let everyone know what you want most in life," she said.
