Recovery Panes: July 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

Sunday, July 24, 2011

International Encaustic Retreat will feature Recovery Panes Project!!

I will be installing the project at Edgefield here in the Portland area for the International Encaustics Retreat. They have asked me to present on how to use art as a way to contribute to the community and on how art can be used as a healing method. Well, Recovery Panes is BOTH of those things. Two very near and dear things to me.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Recovery Panes is making an encore...

It's a little far-off, but mark your calendars--Recovery Panes will be showing once again, this time at the symphony level of the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, from January 5th, 2012 - April 2nd, 2012 as part of an encaustics showcase.

Hope to see you all there!