ACA Galleries will present Shamanic Illuminations: The Art of Pablo Amaringo, Alex Grey and Mieshiel from September 15 through October 22, 2011. There will be a Reception and Book Signing: Thursday, September 15 from 5 to 8pm and a Gallery Talk: Thursday, September 22 from 5 to 8pm. The Talk begins at 7pm.
Pablo Amaringo (1938-2009) was born in Peru. At the age of 10 he took ayahuasca--a visionary brew used in shamanism. A severe heart illness -and the magical cure via ayahuasca-led Amaringo toward the life of a shaman. Amaringo was the founder of the Usko Ayar School of Painting in Pucallpa, a school dedicated to teaching art along with the rich botanical diversity of the jungle. In 1992 he received the Global 500 award from the UN Environmental Program.
Read more: http://art.broadwayworld.com/article/ACA-Galleries-Presents-Shamanic-Illuminations-915-1022-20110815#ixzz1VCEFwKiV
About ACA Galleries, New York, NY
ACA Galleries was founded in 1932 by Herman Baron. Stuart Davis (the pioneering modernist), Yasuo Kuniyoshi (the well-known Japanese-American artist) and Adolf Dehn were among the original founders.
ACA first opened on Madison Avenue in New York City on August 16, 1932 in the depths of the Great Depression. At this time there were only thirty galleries in New York City and Edith Halpert’s Downtown Gallery and Alfred Stieglitz’s An American Place were the only other galleries dedicated to exhibiting American Art. Even museums cast a blind eye to American painters and sculptors. The art world at this time consisted of Old Master dealers and galleries showing the great artistic currents of Europe.
The gallery is currently located at 529 West 20th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10011.
Learn more at http://www.acagalleries.com
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
This Week's Art and Healing Resources
Celebrate The Healing Power of Art Salutes These Institutions/ Organizations
Every week we will announce different groups and events that come to our attention. Please visit often and spread the word about these resources.
UCLA Arts and Healing http://uclartsandhealing.net/
The UCLA Arts and Healing program is designed, "To facilitate the use of arts-based tools for mind-body healing in the community as a vehicle for empowerment and transformation. Listed among its strategies: “Affordable, experiential education to enable people to experience the healing power of the arts with an added therapeutic dimension. The process of creative expression reveals unconscious information that can facilitate insight, emotional and physical release, empathy and group support. Use of the arts can also lead to cognitive and physical development as well.”
They also provide, “Networking with health care professionals, mental health professionals, educators, community workers, caregivers, and artists as well as the general public.”
$500,000 Art budget for Orange Regional Medical Center's Pediatric Playroom
The new Orange Regional opened on August 5, 2011. $500,000 was spent on art in various mediums. Pieces of fine art were created by both locally and internationally known artists. Sarah Thompson, art curator for Orange Regional said,"Our goal in this playroom was to try to bring the outside in, to make it enjoyable as well as healing. Here (the children) can play, have fun, and get lost in their own little world built from their imagination."
Thompson spent the past two and a half years searching for pieces to soften the feel of the hospital, as well as tie in recognizable images, such as landscapes of the region, that patients and visitors can relate to and which put them more at ease. Thompson plans to continue and grow the hospital's art program. She is working with the Wallkill River School and the Orange County Arts Council to host bimonthly art shows in the public corridor near the hospital's new cafeteria to showcase works by local artists. Read more at http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110815/BIZ/108150310
Discovery Arts http://www.discoveryarts.org/
This 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that brings the healing power of the arts to children with cancer, serious blood disorders and life threatening illness while they are in the hospital receiving treatment. Its "Arts Adventures" activities bring smiles, laughter, comfort and hope to these often forgotten children. Discovery Arts helps these children step outside the confines of their illness and into the world of creativity and imagination. Children with cancer have enormous emotional needs, they need a safe place to express their feelings, they need relief from the pain and chaos of critical treatments and they desperately need creativity, fun and as much normalcy as possible."
University of Arizona Art Show http://opa.ahsc.arizona.edu/newsroom/news/2011/%E2%80%9Cstrong-minds-healing-hands-compassionate-hearts%E2%80%9D-art-show-aug-22-sept-9-and-fund
“Strong Minds, Healing Hands, Compassionate Hearts” – an art show, Aug. 22-Sept. 9, with a Fundraising Dinner/Auction, Sept. 9. This exhibition will celebrate more than 40 years of supporting the development of health-care professionals by the Office of Outreach and Multicultural Affairs (OMA) at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix. The events are presented by the OMA Community Advisory Board.
The UA plays a vital role in preparing doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health-care professionals to meet the needs of our community and more.
Every week we will announce different groups and events that come to our attention. Please visit often and spread the word about these resources.
UCLA Arts and Healing http://uclartsandhealing.net/
The UCLA Arts and Healing program is designed, "To facilitate the use of arts-based tools for mind-body healing in the community as a vehicle for empowerment and transformation. Listed among its strategies: “Affordable, experiential education to enable people to experience the healing power of the arts with an added therapeutic dimension. The process of creative expression reveals unconscious information that can facilitate insight, emotional and physical release, empathy and group support. Use of the arts can also lead to cognitive and physical development as well.”
They also provide, “Networking with health care professionals, mental health professionals, educators, community workers, caregivers, and artists as well as the general public.”
$500,000 Art budget for Orange Regional Medical Center's Pediatric Playroom
The new Orange Regional opened on August 5, 2011. $500,000 was spent on art in various mediums. Pieces of fine art were created by both locally and internationally known artists. Sarah Thompson, art curator for Orange Regional said,"Our goal in this playroom was to try to bring the outside in, to make it enjoyable as well as healing. Here (the children) can play, have fun, and get lost in their own little world built from their imagination."
Thompson spent the past two and a half years searching for pieces to soften the feel of the hospital, as well as tie in recognizable images, such as landscapes of the region, that patients and visitors can relate to and which put them more at ease. Thompson plans to continue and grow the hospital's art program. She is working with the Wallkill River School and the Orange County Arts Council to host bimonthly art shows in the public corridor near the hospital's new cafeteria to showcase works by local artists. Read more at http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110815/BIZ/108150310
Discovery Arts http://www.discoveryarts.org/
This 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that brings the healing power of the arts to children with cancer, serious blood disorders and life threatening illness while they are in the hospital receiving treatment. Its "Arts Adventures" activities bring smiles, laughter, comfort and hope to these often forgotten children. Discovery Arts helps these children step outside the confines of their illness and into the world of creativity and imagination. Children with cancer have enormous emotional needs, they need a safe place to express their feelings, they need relief from the pain and chaos of critical treatments and they desperately need creativity, fun and as much normalcy as possible."
University of Arizona Art Show http://opa.ahsc.arizona.edu/newsroom/news/2011/%E2%80%9Cstrong-minds-healing-hands-compassionate-hearts%E2%80%9D-art-show-aug-22-sept-9-and-fund
“Strong Minds, Healing Hands, Compassionate Hearts” – an art show, Aug. 22-Sept. 9, with a Fundraising Dinner/Auction, Sept. 9. This exhibition will celebrate more than 40 years of supporting the development of health-care professionals by the Office of Outreach and Multicultural Affairs (OMA) at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix. The events are presented by the OMA Community Advisory Board.
The UA plays a vital role in preparing doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health-care professionals to meet the needs of our community and more.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The Reiki Digest: The Reiki focus group concludes, the art show opens, the mandala is unveiled, and a special article by the artist
View this wonderful online art exhibition organized by Beth Lowell, artist and managing editor of The Reiki Digest.
The exhibition features art work by Reiki practitioners and was inspired by Pam Turczyn who is one of the artists featured in our book Vision, Passion & Purpose: Artists as World Changers.
For this show Pam asked "Does art aid the healing process?" This exhibition asks "Does Reiki aid the art process?"
View it now!
The Reiki Digest: The Reiki focus group concludes, the art show opens, the mandala is unveiled, and a special article by the artist
The exhibition features art work by Reiki practitioners and was inspired by Pam Turczyn who is one of the artists featured in our book Vision, Passion & Purpose: Artists as World Changers.
For this show Pam asked "Does art aid the healing process?" This exhibition asks "Does Reiki aid the art process?"
View it now!
The Reiki Digest: The Reiki focus group concludes, the art show opens, the mandala is unveiled, and a special article by the artist
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