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Creations of Center
staff go on display at May 19-20 show
The Center's second Art Show is scheduled for Monday
and Tuesday, May 19 and 20, on the ninth floor of Metropolitan Park II.
Proceeds from the show to the Hutch School, the Center's K-12 school
program for Center patients and family members.
Two of the many artists who will display their work at the show, Joe
Aprile and Sandra McDonald, agreed to write about their art for Center News.
Their narratives are below.
For more information on the Art Show, contact Lori Schumacher at Ext.
6247.
Art is an important expression of human civilization'
Art for me is a medium for the aesthetic aspects of my creativity. It
serves a therapeutic function as well. |
JOE APRILE holds his pastel, "Side Street," one of several
pieces he will display at the Center Art Show |
The media I most enjoy are watercolor, pastels, oil crayon and linoleum
block prints. Art always has been an important expression of human civilization,
and it is, I believe, a civilizing influence.
I was intimately involved with the creation of the Center's first Art
Show in 1995 and am involved with this one. I think that what is significant
about this event is the fact that it provides a forum for art created by
the staff at the Center. It was and continues to be, for me, an exhilarating
and uplifting experience.
I strongly encourage those faculty and staff who were unable to attend
the fist show, and those who have started work at the Center since then,
to come to and enjoy this one. If our first show was any indication, there
will be an extremely diverse representation of art and a showcase for artists.
Joe Aprile, systems administrator,
Public Health Sciences Division
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SANDRA McDONALD displays her tabletop three-dimensional cards and wears
one of her bottle-cap pins, all of which will be on display at the Art Show. |
Each step in creation is a decision point'
Calling myself an artist is new for me, but I do love making art. I also
like to share it with others, including my co-workers.
Their enjoyment and support of my art has encouraged me to be more visible.
That and the opportunity to contribute to the Hutch School, which is such
a significant project, gives me the courage to participate in the Center
Art Show.
I am particularly interested in folk art, the creations of untrained
artists using readily available materials. |
Lately, I've been bending bottle-caps to create jewelry. It is such fun,
and each piece turns out unexpectedly different from the previous one. Does
that get you thinking about what is in your environment that you can transform
into a piece of art?
I was in a mammography facility last week and noticed an x-ray of a single
rose tacked to the wall. The technologist used a process familiar to her
but added an unusual subject. The x-ray was eye-catching and frameable.
Art is individual, with each step in a creation being a decision point.
So I hope that people throughout the Center will come and be intrigued with
the process.
We appreciate this opportunity to show you our thinking as artists and
hope you are delighted with what you see.
Sandra McDonald,
Cancer Prevention Research Program,
Public Health Sciences Division
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