Teacher uses art to express feelings of being an enabler to family members.
Clean II, a gallery show exhibiting artwork themed on the complex struggles of addiction recovery, currently on display at Your Art’s Desire, doesn’t limit itself to just those recovering from substance abuse, but from those recovering from there own role in the downward spiral of addiction. “I am the other side of this– I am the enabler, so to speak,” said Donna Marie Fisher, an exhibiting artist. “I’m the one who cries the tears on the side watching addiction go from the hair-raising beginning and to the other side.” Fisher, a life-long art teacher, watched her son struggle and eventually recover from addiction, and is watching the repeat with her grandchild, who is not yet clean. “So there’s still tears to go,” Fisher said. A …
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Minnetonka gallery exhibits works by local artists exploring the process of addiction recovery.
Ken and Melissa Herren both have had experience with addiction: K. Herren is a recovering addict, and M. Herren struggles with the effects of alcoholism in a family member. Finding outlets to connect with oneself and others can be a welcome part of the healing process, and they found such a connection two years ago. After attending a play about the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, “Bill W. and Dr. Bob,” they left the play with a moment of clarity. “We went to the event and felt such a palpable connection to everybody else who was attending the show, that both Ken and I, driving home that night, said ‘We really should do something like that in a visual arts capacity',” M. Herren said. Luckily, the couple owns Your Art’s Desire Gallery of …
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9:13 am on Friday, September 9, 2011
That is a great question, and obviously my answer is a resounding yes. We have had so many people come into the gallery and really understand what this show is "saying" and likewise many who have a hard time with the subject matter and how art "fits" into the recovery discussion. Please come to the gallery and give us your opinion! more ›