Women, Art, Politics show closing June 29

Judy Johnson-Williams and I went to the opening of this show back in March, and it is weird but I haven’t talk to one other woman who has seen it - SO GO IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT! It is a great show with some very provocative installations.
Organized by Yerba Buena Center of the Arts [...]

One Stitch at a Time: The Healing Power of Storytelling

I am working on a research project about Art and Social Justice for ISKME and I am learning about the most incredible artists! I thought I would feature some of them on my blog.
Tonight I read about Devora Neumark. She incorporates performance, sound and photography installations, storytelling and community art. I like her “emphasis on [...]

Healing arts at the Asian Art Museum, SF

Healing Arts
Thursday, June 5
5 to 9 pm
FREE with Museum Admission ($5 after 5 pm)
The Asian Art Museum kicks off its third season with multi-sensorial offerings of healing
arts from all over Asia: acupuncture, cupping, Japanese shiatsu, Thai foot massage,
and more. Sample tea, check out medicinal herbs from China, Japan, India and Tibet,
have your pulse diagnosed, tour [...]

Number thirty-four

Today the corresponding Tao Te Ching reading is #34:
The Great Tao flows everywhere, both to the left and to the right.
The ten thousand things depend upon it, it holds nothing back.
It fulfills its purpose silently and makes no claim.
It nourishes the ten thousand things,
And yet is not their lord.
It has no aim; it is very [...]

“Little progress can be made…”

“Little progress can be
made by merely attempting
to repress what is evil;
our great hope lies in
developing what is good.”

– Calvin Coolidge

“It’s better to…”

“It’s better to light a candle
than to curse the darkness.”

– Chinese proverb

“Whenever we touch nature we get clean….”

“Whenever we touch nature we get clean. People who have got dirty through too much civilization take a walk in the woods, or a bath in the sea. They shake off the fetters and allow nature to touch them. It can be done within or without. Entering the unconscious, entering yourself through dreams, is touching [...]

Ocean inspired art creates healing environment at Alta Bates Hospital, reception 5/10

I’ve created five new sculpture pieces which will be displayed at a show called
“Intertidal”
Included in the show are:
Photographs by Jamie McHugh
Photo art by Tara Gill
Collages by Susan Adame
Sculpture by Judy Shintani
May 10 - July 10, 2008
Always open
Artists’ reception Sat. May 10, 5-7 pm
Community Art Gallery
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
2450 Ashby Ave, Berkeley
This show offered some [...]

“We need a renaissance….”

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial sense that life is miracle and magic.
– E. Merrill Root (1895-1973) American Writer

Spirit Matters in Inverness

Spirit Matters is one of my most favorite stores. It is in the beautiful town of Inverness, near Pt Reyes, Ca. The eclectic boutique selling “oddities and deities.” The use of found materials in the store and garden and the selection of books and incense and cool little things make it a wonderland to explore. Many different [...]