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

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Recovery Panes Youtube Project

Bret Bernhoft (www.bretevan.com) collaborated with me to make a really cool little video that gives life to some of the Recovery Panes stories...check it out!

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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Possible City Hall show?

I met with officials from the Mayor's office at p:ear yesterday--they LOVED the exhibit, and are really interested in it. Planning a City Hall show for next spring! More details to come!
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Kelly Williams & Recovery Panes, photographed by Catherine Chapman




Kelly with the finished Recovery Panes Exhibit--thanks for the beautiful photos, Catherine!
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