Group Exhibitions
Aging With Attitude
University of Michigan's
Slusser Gallery
Ann Arbor, MI
March 7th - 28th, 2008
This exhibit, part of a larger, community collaborative called Blueprint for Aging, pushes our boundaries and our horizons about what it means to age. Helen Redman, as one of the national artists who has focused parts of her career on aging issues, was invited to participate in this large multi-media group exhibition.
eMotion Pictures: An Exhibition of Orthopaedics in Art
Chicago Cultural Center, G.A.R. Rotunda
2nd Floor, 78 East Washington Street
Chicago, Illinois
April 17 – July 20, 2008
A worldwide-juried exhibition of surgeons and artists who have experienced an orthopedic condition that is reflected in their art. The exhibit celebrates healing, independence, and struggle.
Click here for the online gallery.
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Helen Redman, Imaging my Crone, 1996
colored drawing on textured paper 25" x 19"
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Almost 1,200 entries were received from 17 countries and 45 states, representing a broad spectrum of orthopaedic conditions. The jury included René de Guzman, director of visual arts at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; John R. Killacky, program officer for arts and culture of The San Francisco Foundation; and Paul Pratchenko, professor of art, painting and drawing, San Francisco State University. The show features 200 works of art from 152 artists.
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Previous Exhibits:
INSIDE OUTSIDE THE ECSTATIC BODY Micaela Amato, Helen Redman and Don Schule explore the human body and its capacity to communicate, transform and heal itself in painting, drawing and sculpture.
February 5 - March 2, 2008
HUB-Robeson Gallery
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
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October 6 - November 9, 2006 at Woman Made Gallery
Click on title for web archive.
Signatures of Age: National group exhibition juried by Helen Redman
Aging Into Full Creativity : Mixed-media work by Helen Redman
Helen Redman conceptualized Signatures of Age with Woman Made Gallery as a means to engage both young and old in a creative dialog about aging. Together these shows reveal and explore a feminine experience barely addressed in the visual arts, and seldom seen in our society.
Helen Redman's latest installation is a provocative body of work, as riveting as it is tender. Her life-layered viewpoint is that of a woman artist who has come full circle. Through unconventional self-portraits (1994-2006), Aging Into Full Creativity investigates the individual's struggle to be at home in one's own skin, while at the same time, to be making a sustainable home on earth. Redman takes us on an intimate journey into the self, the human body, and the earth itself.
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Workshops
The Art of Attention
January 26th, 2008
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| Chronological age in medicine and biology has measurable standards, not so for creativity. Michelangelo at age 89 said: "Still I'm learning." |
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| Karen W. with her self-portrait at a workshop. |
Our creativity is a great gift of empowerment, a way to constantly refresh ourselves and replenish our ideas. As I age, I notice changes in my creative process, my concentration and energy, and even the concept of myself as an artist. In his book Old Master's: Great Artists in Old Age, Thomas Dormandy, singled out several traits that came to the fore in third age creativity:
Freedom from inhibitions, rules, canons, can's and cant's
They created what they wanted to not what was fashionable, commercial or in demand... often recapturing the exuberant creativity, boldness and freedom of childhood.
Always learning anew
They experimented with new materials, approaches to making art and integrated debilities, physical handicaps and changed circumstances into their art.
Commitment to truth, self-revelation, self-expression
A continuity of self persisted, regardless of the imprint of age. Inner voice and inner conviction became even more important.
I notice these traits in the people who come to the creativity and aging workshops and find the openness, humor and grace at each gathering a healing blessing to all of us. It's what motivates me to continue doing these art encounters.
The creativity I've been talking about since I started the Birthing the Crone: Aging Into Full Creativity Project in 1993 is larger than the act of making art, it's about the creativity needed to go forward into each new day. It's about making transformative choices and connections on our ever-changing paths.
The art encounters take place in my Point Loma studio in a setting that is full of natural beauty and nourishing to the senses. No previous art skills are needed but they are also very welcome as we will utilize all our different talents
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January 26th,10-4 PM, 2008
Redman Studio, San Diego, CA
Sliding scale: $55 - $75
To register contact Helen at redcrone@aol.com
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