National Women’s Exhibition
IMPACT
ARTISTS’
GALLERY
presents:
National Women’s Exhibition
Spring
2008
March 5-29, 2008
Exhibition Hours
11a.m.-4p.m.
Wednesday-Friday
Saturdays 1-4 pm
Juror, Nancy Weekly
Burchfield-Penny Art Center
Buffalo, NY
Reception
March 15th from 6 to 7:30
Children’s art for the show
The third workshop for the afternoon was given by Patty McGuire and Mike Urban on how to do some basic steps for swing dancing. We joined in after they gave us some basic instruction.
We enjoyed a discussion with Mary Kate O’Connell about how drama has great healing power.
She started a small theatre called: Cabaret in the Square and has gathered a group of local woman to perform in “Diva by Divas”. She explained how this show is organized. Women of many different backgrounds and abilities come together and she wrote a basic outline of the script with quotations about the lives of women, but each person can add songs if they want to do one.
The group can change from week to week as different people are available for a performance. They only have about a half hour to prepare for that night’s show!
I went to see the show with my daughter and I can vouch for the great enjoyment the show gives to both audience and performers.
Mary Kate O’Connell engages in conversation with audience member.
The portrait artist told us a story about how he started drawing and it was inspirational.
He found joy in drawing and even though he had not been trained, he just tried sketching people and found ways to get people to sit for him. He has now done over one thousand portraits. He goes to church dinners or the Legion Clubs and sets up his booth. He just asks for a donatiion to cover his expenses. He finds great happiness and healing in drawing!
Anne Marie from Senator Antone Thompson’s office was the model for this portrait. She said she loved watching him work and the intensity of his expressions.
Three Workshops were held on Saturday afternoon and each one provided a new experience or enlightenment.
The first one was: “Movement,Art,and the Spoken Word for Healing and Growth”
The presenters are: Mona Hogan, a dancer/performance artist and Darby Balling, a dancer,somatics practitioner and certified yoga teacher.
They are members of the Inertia Dance Co. and the Dakini Dance and Yoga.
They have been teaching and dancing for many years. Also useing creative movement,dance therapy and ritual, and the use of art, live music,and multi=media for dance performance.
Diane participates in interpretive movement with the use of scraves to add a visual element.
Participatants use art as inspiration for movement.
We had a good turnout for the afternoon and everyone enjoyed music,dancing and good food along with wonderful art.
Impact Artists' Gallery- Buffalo,NY 