Community Gallery @BDG is a project of the Blue Door Artist Association. In the summmer we transition from Blue Door Gallery into Community Gallery @BDG and provide opportunities for the community to embrace the art and to attend correlating events.
Blue Door Artist Association Community Gallery Exhibitions 2009:
ARTS FOR HEALING July 1, 2009 - August 1, 2009
Arts For Healing at the Community Gallery @BDG was a deeply personal show for both artist and viewer. This show began with a vision of sharing the power of the creative process: in healing, in transformation, in personal growth and in personal awareness with the community. Each artist's process was expressed visually and in word. Images were accompanied by the artist's statement of intent or experience in creating the artwork. This allowed the viewer to step into the experience with their own personal reaction in addition to awareness of the artists' process, allowing a deeper connection to the art, the artist, and oneself. Arts for Healing speaks to the human condition, to loss, change, illness, suffering, recovery, political and world concerns. It also illustrates an introspective, self-exploratory approach to art-making, using the creative process as a means of healing oneself or others.
Co-Curators of the exhibition: Celeste Walls, ATR-BC, LCAT, and Caren Sacks, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT.
Special Events:
- Performance by acoustic trio Deuces Child
- Katherine Adamenko's premiere of "Fawn:": Single Butoh Dance and Physical Theatre
- Artist Talk
- Community Drumming Circle
INSPIRED BY HERITAGE August 15th - September 12th
Inspired by Heritage honored the cultures and artifacts that embrace our histories. The inter-generational perspective informes our interpretations of us on our heritage.
Special Events:
- Afro-Cuban music performance by Skin Against Metal
- Special Film Screening of documentary "Kimjongilia"
- Storytelling & Folk Art: An evening with Florence and Madge
- Native American Myths & Legends with Turhan Von Brandon