Recovery Panes: May 2011

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

Monday, May 2, 2011

City Club of Portland hosts!

RECOVERY PANES PRESENTATION AND RECEPTION
Thursday, May 5th – From 5:30 until 7:00pm
At the City Club Offices
901 SW Washington

Please join us for a presentation of the Recovery Panes community arts project. Recovery Panes was conceived and facilitated by Kelly Williams, a Portland based artist with a professional background in social services. In this project, participants worked to express the impacts of addiction through encaustic painting (beeswax based medium) and writing. The result is a dynamic assemblage of paintings and stories, articulating the complexity of addiction. Please join us for a presentation and discussion with Kelly Williams and some of the participants. This show will be on display in the City Club offices until May 16th