An
exhibition of art-poetry-dance
paintings
by Ashley Dull and Julian Coffman,
poetry
scrolls by Wendy Brown-Báez and Athena Kildegaard,
and
Sacred Dance by Amy Sabrina
March
9 – April 6
Banfill-Locke
Center for the Arts
6666
E River Road, Fridley 55432
Opening
night Saturday March 9
Artist
reception 6—8 with
dance performances by Amy Sabrina
Sunday
March 10
Moving
into Wholeness workshop with Amy Sabrina 1-3 pm
Panel:
Art That Heals 3:30 -5 pm with Amy
Sabrina,
Julian Coffman, Michael Kiesow Moore, Wendy Brown-Báez
Julian Coffman, Michael Kiesow Moore, Wendy Brown-Báez
Saturday
March 16
Natural
Art: Drawing from Intuition with Julian Coffman1-3 pm
Writing
for Healing*** with Wendy Brown-Baez 3-5 pm
Workshops:
$7 each or all three for $15
**This
activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota State Legislature from the
State’s art and cultural heritage fund with
money from the vote of the people of
Minnesota on Nov, 4, 2008
Friday March 15 @ 7:30 pm
with Athena Kildegaard and Wendy Brown-Báez
Books
available for purchase
Group
Artistic Statement: Art
is part of our personal journeys to find healing and wholeness. We have
discovered that art transforms us as it transforms our experiences with
creative insight. As a group, our purpose is to share that journey through
diverse techniques so that the audience may find resonance and insight,
inspiration and harmony.
The Artists:
Ashley Dull
Growing up on a small farm in picturesque Northeast Iowa,
Ashley has had a desire to create since she can remember. Ashley earned her Bachelors
of Arts degree in Fine Arts from Luther College in Decorah, IA. Working today
as a young and emerging artist, Ashley is located in the Twin Cities area. She
is currently showing her art at local and out of state galleries, Kelley
Galleries, Hudson, WI and Woodbury, MN; Wilcock Gallery, Excelsior, MN;
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chanhassen, MN; Tamarack Gallery, Stillwater, MN;
and gave her first solo art show Fall 2007. www.artbyashleydull.com
Julius Coffman is
a self-taught freelance artist who has been creating professional illustrations
for over 20 years. Julius is the author and illustrator of the book When a Grizzly Bear Comes to Babysit and
collaborated on the poem for the Red Bird Broadside series “Sunday
Afternoon.” A student of Normandale
College where he studies theology and psychology, he lives in Minnesota with
his wife Heidi, two dogs and a wallaby named Roo.
The Poets:
Athena Kildegaard
grew up in the Minnesota River valley. She has since lived in Sydney Australia,
Chicago, Austin, Texas, Oxford Mississippi, New Orleans, Guanajuato Mexico,
Roskilde Denmark, and now she lives in Morris, Minnesota. Athena is a part-time
lecturer at the UMN, Morris, teaching college writing and creative writing, and
team-teaching environmental ethics. She also free lances as a script writer for
Pioneer Public Television. Athena has
received grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Lake Region Arts
Council. Her poems have appeared in several anthologies and one high school
text book.Her poetry collections are Rare
Momentum and Bodies of Light (Red
Dragonfly Press), winner of the Minnesota Book Award, and new release Cloves and Honey (Nodin Press). www.athenakildegaard.com
Wendy Brown-Báez
is a writer, teacher, performance poet and installation artist. A transplant to the Twin Cities from Santa
Fe, NM, she has lived in Mexico, Spain and Israel. She has published poetry and
prose in numerous literary journals and she is the author of the full length poetry
collection Ceremonies of the Spirit
(Plain View Press) and chapbook transparencies
of light (Finishing Line Press). Wendy is the creator of Writing Circles for Healing and
received 2008 and 2009 McKnight grants to teach writing workshops for at risk
youth which developed into an art installation called In the Shelter of Words. Her 2012 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist
Initiative grant enabled her to bring writing workshops into a series of
non-profits. She is the after school writing instructor at Face
to Face Academy and is a
member of the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. Wendy has performed from
Minneapolis to Mexico, in bars, cabarets, cafés, galleries, bookstores and
cultural centers. www.wendybrownbaez.com
Dancer:
Amy Sabrina has
delighted in creative expression her whole life. She attended Rhode Island
School of Design and graduated with a B.F.A. from the University of Minnesota.
Amy has received Minnesota State Arts Board grants, A McKnight Foundation
Artist Fellowship, and an East Central Arts Council Individual Artist Grant.
Her painted pottery can be found in museum and private collections throughout
the world. A teacher, dancer, and healer, Amy lives at Sweetgrass Farm in
Dalbo, Minnesota. Since 1995, Amy has been involved in dance as an instructor, producer,
and performer. Dance performances in Minnesota include Wyoming Area Giese
Memorial Library, Unity Christ Church (Golden Valley), and the St. Paul Public
Library. For Amy, dance has been a
primary doorway to healing, transformation, and ecstasy. www.amysabrina.com
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