photo by Samantha Stidham

What is Recovery Panes?

Recovery Panes is a multi-phase community project involving those who have been impacted by addiction. Participants created a small encaustic painting representative of their personal experience, strength and hope. The complex elements of encaustic wax uniquely allowed a symbolic and cathartic exploration of their experiences. Participants also shared a short, written response to the process which is paired with their art in an accompanying catalogue



All individual paintings are joined to form a larger work, framed and presented to resemble large windows with each painting representing a single windowpane. The art is interactive- the individual panels are mounted on magnets, allowing the viewers to rearrange the paintings, symbolizing our need to change our perspective and move towards de-stigmatizing addiction.

Both the Recovery Panes and the accompanying catalogue will be shown at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts through March of 2012.

A reception will be held on Thursday, February 2nd, 5pm-9pm, to celebrate both Recovery Panes and 'Come to Your Senses', a showcase of encaustic paintings by local artists

Saturday, May 15, 2010

The First Recovery Panes Window ...in Progress

Well, here is the handmade window frame, done by Mark Randall of Frame World.  It is backed in magnetic material and all the individual art is movable/re-arrangeable.  Just a few spaces left to fill in. 

I am really excited to see how the audience takes these very personal stories and makes it a community art piece. Every time we put our experiences together, we change the outcome.  We no longer stand alone.  The healing begins.

This will be displayed and lectured about at the ACMA (Arts and Communication Magnet Academy) on Wednesday, May 19th at 7:50am in the new Performing Arts Center Gallery.  It will continue to be on display for the remainder of the school year.  Sam Stidham,  my intern for the last year, will be giving her senior lecture and including the Recovery Panes Project. 

I am so proud of her and thankful for her incredible energy and perseverance over this last year.
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