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Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

The Power of Healing through Art with Jennifer Mabus, Lynn Lane & Camilo Gonzalez

Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016

06:00 PM – 07:30 PM
US/Central

Photo of Jennifer Mabus by Lynn Lane.  Stills from “Star Guides” courtesy Camilo Gonzalez.

Photo of Jennifer Mabus by Lynn Lane.  Stills from “Star Guides” courtesy Camilo Gonzalez.

As part of A View Within: Works by Paula Chung and Karen Rips, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is pleased to present The Power of Healing through Art, an evening of performance, presentation, and discussion about art therapy and its effects on the body and mind. A brief panel discussion will follow, led by HCCC Curator, Kathryn Hall and Programs Assistant, Hayley McSwain.

About the Presentation

In the exhibition of their fiber works, artists Paula Chung and Karen Rips interpret MRIs, X-rays, and other diagnostic images that they hope will allow visitors to meditate on their own lived experiences. The artists have spoken about how their finished textiles have become a form of catharsis for many of the medical imaging contributors, often allowing them to open up and speak about their illnesses (some for the first time). Art, whether performative, visual, or auditory, can be therapeutic for people who are struggling with difficult and challenging situations. This program explores the different ways in which art therapy can heal and the relationships it can foster.

Dance artist Jennifer Mabus and sound artist Lynn Lane will present fading…, a multimedia performance about Alzheimer’s disease. In this piece, Mabus was inspired by a family member’s struggle with the disease. By abstracting the idea of memory and identity through her dance performance, she creates a physical experience of loss to help convey the challenges that one encounters with this disease.

Camilo Gonzalez, Media Arts Education Manager at Aurora Picture Show, will introduce Star Guides, a digital film project created with the Arts In Medicine Program at MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital. Along with contributors, Aishu Venkataraman, Sharad Patel, and Ian Cion, Gonzalez led a year-long collaboration with pediatric patients to create a collaged animation of original artwork. He will present the film and discuss the project.

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