Fall 2010 - Art Access

Fall 2010
Letter from the Executive Director
The word therapy keeps popping up in art circles and not
always in a very complimentary manner. I hope that we all can
agree that the practice of art therapy has developed into a
valued and legitimate tool for healing in which the expression
of emotions is encouraged through the creative process. I
believe that it is time to recognize that all artists indulge in
personal art therapy to a lesser or greater degree at some point
in their lives.
For instance, internationally celebrated artist Louise Bourgeois
passed away recently at age 98. The French artist’s work was
informed by her childhood obsessions, right to the end of her
life. Bourgeois’s work was deeply entwined with her
experiences and their psychological effects on her. She was
forthright when speaking, declaring that her work was a form
of therapy. Bourgeois never shied away from tough subjects
such as sex, death and violence. Even her twisted spiral
sculptures were rich in psychological meaning. “Twisting is
very important for me,” she once said. “When I dreamt of
getting rid of the mistress, it was by twisting her neck.”
Another way to get at the therapy question is to determine
answers to the following questions. Does the artist make art to
express some deeply felt conviction? Does the making of art
act as a catharsis? Is the act of creation a reaction to a personal
issue? If the artist answers “ yes” to any of these questions, he
or she is using art as a form of personal therapy.
A much closer example might be what many artists did
immediately after the Twin Towers were struck by terrorists
on September 11, 2001. In order to deal with this devastating
event, many artists turned to their studios and immediately
began to make art. The act of creation builds up and is
hopeful. Terrorism tears down and destroys.
I have often referred to art as affording us a big umbrella. The
umbrella is there for anyone who wants it or needs it. There is
room for museum art, gallery art, workshop art, Sunday
afternoon art, outsider art and yes, art therapy. There are not
many disciplines that allow participants to enter in according
to their own level or needs and most of all, experience some
level of success!
-- Ruth Lubbers
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Debbie Jorde Reading & Book Signing
On Saturday, December 11 at
3:00 p.m., local author Debbie
Jorde will read excerpts from
her book Eight Fingers and
Eight Toes: Accepting Life’s
Challenges. After the reading,
she will be signing copies of
the book, which will be
available for sale through Art
Access.
Eight Fingers and Eight Toes
tells a candid and moving
story. After Jorde gave birth
to a daughter with physical
anomalies, she was told it
would be nearly impossible that her second child would
exhibit the same condition. And yet, ultimately, both of her
children would be diagnosed with the rare disorder of Miller
Syndrome — a condition that affects only thirty people
worldwide. In searing, engaging prose, Jorde recounts the
history of how the family became the first family ever to have
their entire genome sequenced, which resulted in the Miller
Syndrome gene being identified.
While problems surrounding her children’s health issues are
the centerpieces to the narrative, divorce, single motherhood,
and an eating disorder also play pivotal roles. Proving that life
is what we make it, this tender and empowering story will
resonate with anyone who wants to expand his or her
understanding of the human experience.
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Board Member News
The Art Access Board of Directors wishes a fond farewell to
Julie Berreth, Nancy Starks, Frank McEntire, and Marcia
Knorr. We wish them success and hope they will continue to
be part of the Art Access family. We also welcome two new
board members:
Carol Joy Anderson is an experienced educator and
administrator who possesses an in-depth knowledge of IDEA
requirements, Utah Special Education Rules, and the Office of
Special Education Program’s Annual Performance Report.
Anderson has managed U.S. Department of Education Safe
and Drug Free Schools and Ingratiation of School Based
Mental Health Services Grants; she was also Granite School
District Special Education Teacher of the Year in 2000.
Pamela Grubaugh-Littig has served on the Historic
Landmark Committee for seven years, including one as vice
chair; as well as Wasatch Community Gardens for eight years,
including two as chair; and the Art Access Board of Directors
(1998 – 2004), including two as chair. Pam is currently
serving on HEAL Utah's board and is looking forward to
being part of Art Access’ board again.
Art Access/VSA Utah
Executive Committee,
Board of Directors and Staff
Executive Committee
Eric Mitchell, President
Andrea R. Globokar, Vice
President
Dennis Scott Owens, Treasurer
Hank Liese, Secretary
Leslie Peterson, Immediate Past
President
Board Members
Thomas M. Alder
Carol Joy Anderson
Erin W. Berrett
Marcee Blackerby
Carol W. Firmage
Pamela Grubaugh-Littig
Jimmy Lucero
Noémi Perelman Mattis
April Motley
Mary Lee Peters
Kent Reynolds
Steven K. Sheffield
Shauna Sowles
Lori Feld Steele
Diane Stewart
Board Emeritus
Craig Carter
Kathleen C. Mason
Staff
Ruth A. Lubbers
Executive Director
ruth@accessart.org
Sheryl D. Gillilan
Assistant Director
sheryl@accessart.org
Kate Duffy
Development Director
kate@accessart.org.
Amanda Kaye Finlayson
Programming Manager
amanda@accessart.org
Contracted Staff
Susan Anderson
Editor, Access Art
Jean LaSarre Gardner
Coordinator, Teen and Adult
Workshops
Contact Information
230 South 500 West, #125
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone/TTY: (801) 328-0703
Fax: (801) 328-9868
Website: www.accessart.org
Mission Statement
Art Access/VSA Utah provides equal opportunities to inclusive
arts programs for Utahns with disabilities and for those with
limited access to the arts.
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New Development Director
Art Access welcomes Kate
Duffy as our new
Development Director. Duffy
has worked in marketing and
development in the arts since
1993, freelancing for the past
12 years. Clients have
included professional opera
companies, symphony
orchestras, ballet and modern
dance companies, museums
and art centers, and theaters in Central Florida, Portland, New
York, New Orleans, Boston, and Salt Lake City.
Born in Salt Lake City, Duffy left when she was four weeks
old and has been an on-again-off-again resident since then. An
admitted adventurer, she has lived in various cities in Florida,
Massachusetts, California, and in Sydney, Australia, taking
comfort from the J. R. R. Tolkien quotation, “Not all those
who wander are lost.”
Duffy is the author of several books, including three editions
of Insider’s Guide to Salt Lake City and In the Kitchen with
Pete and Rosa. Her collection of poems, America
Dispossessed: Voices of the Homeless, has been produced as
poetry theatre in Salt Lake City and other cities. She also is a
visual artist who works in paints and pastels.
Duffy says this about her new position: “Joining Art Access
has perhaps been the most rewarding job experience I’ve ever
had. It goes without saying that the organization is
exceptional, and working with Ruth, Sheryl, and Amanda has
been amazing. Each one is knowledgeable, professional, and
accomplished; yet individually, they are like fascinating
characters in a book: unique people you embrace right away
and look forward to spending time with every day. Since
coming to work at Art Access, I finally feel like I’m home.”
World AIDS Day and Day Without Art
World AIDS Day, which will take place on Wednesday,
December 1, is designed to draw attention to the issue of
HIV/AIDS and to give local leaders a rallying point around
which to organize HIV/AIDS activities and programs. The
Utah Department of Health, American Red Cross, Utah AIDS
Foundation, and People with AIDS Coalition of Utah will
organize activities, including the release of balloons, a
NAMES Project AIDS quilt display, and a candlelight vigil.
Free HIV testing will be available all over the Salt Lake valley
throughout the week. Several local art galleries, as part of the
Salt Lake Gallery Association, will observe a Day Without Art
by shrouding selected pieces of art. This will represent losses
in the art world that have resulted from HIV/AIDS.
Observation of a Day Without Art will be held during the Salt
Lake Gallery Stroll on Friday, December 3.
Twentieth Anniversary of ADA
Dance Program at the Work Activity Center
by Ruth Lubbers
By Joni Urry Wilson
Former President George H.W. Bush signed into law the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990. This
landmark legislation broke down barriers, created
opportunities, and transformed the lives of people with
disabilities. Similar to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the ADA
laws also provided legal protections. These laws have resulted
in more elevators, curb cuts, ramps, accessible transportation,
restrooms, and more security in regard to jobs and housing.
For many years, I have made weekly visits to the West Valley
Work Activity Center (WAC) to teach dance through Art
Access/VSA Utah’s Artist Residencies for Adults with
Disabilities program. In trying to explain the “WAC
experience,” I am reminded of the quotation, “Those who wish
to sing always find a song.” It speaks to the constant
inspiration I find in and from my friends at the WAC. I see
dignity, grace, commitment, joy, openness, compassion,
acceptance, and an indelible creative spirit in each dancer.
The Utah arts community has come far in the years since ADA
was enacted. For example, the Salt Lake Gallery Association
has acknowledged the need for accessible venues in its annual
gallery guides. Artspace City Center has what must be one of
the longest and best ramps ever. Local arts organizations such
as the Salt Lake Art Center, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts,
Phillips Gallery, Patrick Moore Gallery, and Kayo Gallery
have mounted exhibitions featuring artists with disabilities.
Art Access, partnering with the Utah Museum of Fine Arts,
offers statewide cultural institutions Everyone Welcome
training, which aids docents in becoming more comfortable in
their interactions with museum visitors who have disabilities.
A direct result of this program is that more and more people
with disabilities will feel welcomed at museums.
ADA achieved much in making life better for people with
disabilities, but there is one thing that can’t be legislated:
people’s attitudes. I was absolutely stunned by comments
made by a tablemate at a recent conference luncheon. The
speaker, a well-educated man, voiced his opinion to the table
at large: “Why are people with disabilities always complaining
and demanding more?”
The answer, I believe, lies in educating people and in the
simple act of bringing diverse people together to celebrate
their differences. By virtue of its mission, Art Access has done
this consistently through its inclusive programs and will,
likewise, continue to encourage others to do so. Until attitudes
change, people with disabilities and those who are supportive
of them, will continue to engage in what many consider to be a
valid and much needed “civil rights” movement of their own.
Tree Trimming
Join Art Access for a good, old-fashioned, tree-trimming party
on Friday, November 19 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Bring an
ornament or two and help us decorate our holiday tree
(ornaments will not be for sale). Enjoy cider, cookies, and join
in a carol sing-a-long. Questions? Contact Amanda Finlayson
at amanda@accessart.org or call 801-328-0703.
Gary greets me cheerfully every week. He dutifully prepares
the space for us to dance by cleaning, sweeping, and moving
tables. His abundant “girlfriends” are an example of his
popular, open, and helpful nature. I have learned from Gary to
be consistent and to “whistle while you work.”
Kirk is the “sound designer” for our classes. He operates the
sound deck and at times decides when the dances end by
abruptly stopping the music. Kirk is an inquisitive, quiet
natured supporter with the ability to surprise us all. He
occasionally shares his awesome “one-legged shape,”
balancing, teetering confidently, and anticipating the applause
from his classmates. He claps freely for himself and
experiences joy in his success.
LuAnn enters the space shouting an exuberant greeting, which
is followed quickly by her offer to go assist others. She enjoys
pushing her friends along as she deftly wheels them through
the space. She proclaims, “Watch me,” as she balances
beautifully behind a wheelchair. LuAnn offers cheerful and
boisterous support to all of her friends.
I have known Danny for over 10 years, and he is a genuine
source of inspiration to everyone who comes in contact with
him. His single-syllable laugh, his incandescent smile, and his
undeniable expression of joy when he sees his friends is
breathtaking. His dignity is indisputable, his grace defined,
and his nature inspiring.
Yes, we dance at the Work Activity Center: we skip and twirl
and hop, but we also change the sphere of our lives. Last
summer, dancers Mike and Deborah impressed a state-wide
audience with their ability to “find a way to sing” through a
beautiful duet performed at Utah Valley University for the
annual Utah Dance Educators Organization’s convention.
Many watched tearfully, deeply moved by the dancers’ grace,
dignity, and ability. All of the dancers create beauty in their
own little corner of the WAC every week, and we all owe a
deep and abiding thanks to those who have a hand in making
this happen. As I said in Hawaii’s Ka’Leo newspaper: “These
people are my friends, and they teach me how to dance
through life with dignity.” And dance on, they shall.
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Featured Artist: Cori Redstone
by Amanda Finlayson
Cori Redstone is a painter,
photographer, student,
activist, and a personal friend.
I met her in 2007, when she
was part of our Partners Artist
Mentoring program. She was
shy and quiet — and
brimming with talent.
Consumed by a necessity to
express herself, Redstone
started making art at an early
age. She first started drawing,
which allowed her to tap into her intuitive creativity. In middle
and high school, Redstone began working with watercolors
and developed a love for painting. She also fostered an
admiration for the work of Colleen Howe and eventually took
a class from her.
take the plunge and became an art student. As soon as she got
her hands into painting again, she was able to satisfy her
ravenous need to create.
Redstone’s artistic process inevitably originates with
photography, and she defines herself as an obsessive
photographer who strives to capture people truthfully through
her paintings. Her admiration for another artist, Alice Neel,
who focused on capturing the essence of a person on a canvas
through emotional representations, is a driving force behind
her current work. With a style that is always evolving,
Redstone explores landscape, portraiture, and abstract
painting. Preferring to avoid revisiting subjects, she pursues
diversity, and her evolution has led to a consistent,
recognizable aesthetic that includes a bright, vivid palette of
colors. Redstone confesses to an addiction to color, quoting
Sam Wilson, one of her favorite professors at the University of
Utah: she likes to “use all the Crayolas in the box.”
Redstone’s attempts to capture a moment and her focus on
Redstone discovered Art Access while shopping her portfolio
contemporary issues gives her work a current feel. She uses
around at galleries in Salt Lake City. She took her work into
paint in a way that conveys movement across the surface of a
Patrick Moore Gallery, when it was located in the Artspace
canvas, with the paint guiding the viewer’s eye. Light and
Bridges Project, and Patrick Hoagland told her about
shadow appear to be active elements within her paintings,
Executive Director Ruth Lubbers and the opportunities
creating a sense of dancing light and
available at Art Access. Redstone
energy. Even Redstone’s landscapes are
had been in the gallery when it was
an expression of emotions and carry
still located on Pierpont Avenue and
meaning. Every element in her paintings
remembered it fondly. Lubbers
stands for something, striving to share a
knew Redstone was ideal for
narrative of story and place and to
Partners when she saw her
communicate something. As she puts it,
illuminating, colorful paintings and
she “doesn’t want to hang just another
paired her with professional artist
pretty picture on the wall.”
Susan Gallacher. In Gallacher,
Redstone found a mentor and lifeRedstone can’t imagine where she’d be
long friend. The two hit it off
without having participated in the
immediately, and Gallacher shared
Partners program: “Art gets me through
her expertise and thoughtfully
life and difficult times.” She expressed
nurtured Redstone’s talent. Once
her gratitude in a painting she produced
Redstone began working with
for a 2009 exhibit in Art Access Gallery
Gallacher and saw how she was
called Shelf Life. Her Patron in Progress
able to make a living as a working
portrays Ruth Lubbers as a child, holding
artist, she realized that this could be
a mason jar filled with bits and pieces of
Smithson’s Accelerated Learning Curve
a viable profession for her as well.
her life. Redstone wanted to tell a story
demonstrates Cori Redstone’s unique approach to
of Lubbers’ childhood hopes and dreams,
At the time, Redstone had become a
landscape and color.
which she believes led her to become a
non-traditional student at the
great force in so many people’s lives. “Ruth has changed my
University of Utah, returning to the books and studies of
life in so many ways,” Redstone shares. She even introduced
college. She had settled on a film major, but she felt
Redstone to her boyfriend Brian after he had purchased one of
suffocated by the program almost immediately, primarily
Redstone’s paintings from the Partners exhibit in 2007. The
because she couldn’t actively create. As a beginning film
two met again three years later on Match.com. Redstone
student, she wouldn’t be allowed even to touch a camera until
concluded that, “Art Access is definitely part of our story.”
several semesters into the program. After one semester, and
with the influence of Susan Gallacher, Redstone decided to
continued on page 6
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Art Access Gallery’s
Upcoming Exhibitions for 2011
From January 21
through February 11,
we will display work
from the Salt Lake
Seven in the main
gallery (painted photo
by Bill Patterson, right).
Paintings by Marci
Erspamer and drawings
by Scott Stanley will
hang in Access II
(below).
In February and March,
we are collaborating with
the Utah Symphony and
Opera to feature four
great exhibits of women’s
art.
From February 18
through March 11, a
group of artists from Utah
County called Big-Eyed
Women will celebrate
womanhood through
various forms of
creativity (still from video
by Emily Fox, right).
During this same
timeframe, Access II will
feature the glasswork of
Sarinda Jones, which she
developed after a recent
architectural residency in
Lybster, Scotland (left).
Also stay tuned for these exhibits during the remainder of
2011: Gary Ernest Smith & Jeffery Pugh; McGarren Flack;
300 Plates Fundraiser & Exhibition; Tim Little & Claire
Taylor; Jason Lanegan; Suzanne Kanatsiz; Brian Kershisnik &
Joe Adams; Partners & Teens; Dottie & Chris Miles; Brian
Bean; Good Fortune: Year of the Rabbit; Laura Boardman;
and the holiday group exhibition.
Anne Morgan Jespersen and Wendy
Chidester will exhibit paintings
exploring the Elegance of Decline in
the main gallery from March 18
through April 8 (self-portrait by Anne
Morgan Jespersen, near right).
During this same period in Access II,
Cori Redstone will exhibit her portraits
of the Utah people and landscapes that
inspire her (far right).
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VSA Calls for Entries
Featured Artist, continued from page 4
Redstone’s exhibit, which will hang in Access II from March
18 through April 8, will feature, among other things, portraits
of women. She plans to focus on women actively participating
in their communities, including local author Terry Tempest
Williams. She hopes to share a sense of what it is to be a
woman, physically and emotionally.
Lance Peacock in Access II Gallery
By Ruth Lubbers
The VSA International Young Soloists Award is given
annually to four outstanding musicians (age 25 and under)
who have a disability. The award provides an opportunity for
each emerging musician — two selected from the United
States and two selected from the international arena — to earn
a $5,000 award and a performance in Washington, D.C.
Capture, The VSA Call for Writing, invites students (ages 1118) to create a short work of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry that
captures a moment in time. Students who submit work must
have a disability or a connection to people with disabilities,
and the selected pieces will become part of Infinite Difference,
the VSA online writing journal.
For additional information, please consult www.vsaarts.org or
contact us at (801) 328-0703. Because VSA affiliates
implement their own programs, Utah applicants must send
entry materials to Art Access/VSA Utah by November 15,
2010 for the International Young Soloists Award and by
December 1, 2010 for Capture.
Lance Peacock’s exhibit in Access II will open on Friday, November
19 and hang through December 18.
Lance Peacock, a distinguished looking man using a cane,
walked into Art Access Gallery last year, accompanied by his
adult son. Lance had experienced a major stroke at age 39,
which left him with physical and cognitive impairments. He
was now searching for “disability services,” looking for places
that “would give people who now stand by the side of the
stream a good place to be when they no longer fit exactly into
the mainstream.”
Peacock explained that the most difficult thing for him about
having a stroke was going from being a husband and father
who took care of and provided for his family to being
dependent. For several years, he struggled with the mental
effects of the stroke. Then he realized that confinement had
given him the opportunity to broaden his love of art. One of
the side effects of his stroke is Nystagmus (double vision with
both eyes shaking). This has caused his art style to become
looser, almost impressionist, and he believes that this has
made his art more meaningful.
Rather than trying to exactly reproduce what he sees, he now
tries to reproduce a feeling or an emotion. Peacock says, “ In
my youth, I saw the world in broad expanses, grouping large
objects and peoples into categories. Now I see people and
events for what they are and where their place is in the world.
We all have a place, events that have shaped our lives and
connections through one another. My place, my events, my
connections, have shaped my art.”
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Art Access Literary Salon
Art Access extends an open invitation for adults and teens to
read aloud their original pieces of writing at our upcoming
literary salon. The event will take place at Art Access Gallery
on Friday, November 5, 2010 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., and
writers will read short pieces of poetry or prose in an openmicrophone format. Because of our diverse audience, we ask
that the content be publicly responsible. Questions? Contact
Amanda Finlayson at amanda@accessart.org or call 801-3280703, ext.5
Desert Wanderings Call for Submissions
Are you a writer? Would you like to share your writing with
others? Submit your poetry or short prose to be considered for
inclusion in the 2011 Desert Wanderings literary magazines,
either the adult or youth (ages 12 to 19) editions.
Deadline for submissions is Tuesday, November 30, 2010.
Submissions should be emailed to Amanda Finlayson at
amanda@accessart.org with “Adult Submission” or “Teen
Submission” typed into the subject line. Submissions can be
made anonymously.
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Dottie Miles
Ann Mortensen
April D. Motley
Patrick Munger
Lori Nelson
Joseph Ostraff
Cassandria Parsons
Olivia Mae Pendergast
Kathleen Peterson
Pilar Pobil
Bonnie Posselli
Matthew Liam Potter
Zachary Proctor
Jeffery Pugh
Hadley Rampton
Ian Ramsay
Edie Roberson
Mark Robison
Shawn Rossiter
Steven K. Sheffield
Anthony Siciliano
Dennis Smith
Gary Ernest Smith
Steven Stradley
Bonnie Sucec
Travis Tanner
Jamaica Trinnaman
Sue Valentine
Justin Wheatley
Margaret Willis
Kathryn C. Wilson
Sam Wilson
Daren Young
If you would like to help Art
Access/VSA Utah provide equal
opportunities to inclusive arts
programs for Utahns with disabilities
and for those with limited access to
the arts, please e-mail Kate Duffy at
kate@accessart.org or call (801)
328-0703.
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Non-Profit Org.
US Postage Paid
Salt Lake City, UT
Permit No. 969
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
15th Annual Holiday Exhibition
November 19 through December 18
During the entire run of the holiday exhibition, Art Access will be
hosting a food drive for the Utah Food Bank. When you visit the
gallery from November 19 through December 18, please bring in
non-perishable food items for Utahns in need.
Vicki Acoba * Paul Alusa * Jeff Archibald * Cassandra Barney
Erin W. Berrett * Marcee Blackerby * Aaron Bushnell
Joe Carter * Laurel Casjens * Julie Eide
Darryl Erdmann * Angela Fife * Kevin Frazier
Susan Gallacher * Sheri Walker Gibb * Sheryl Gillilan
Bill James * Susan Kirby * Anne Maak
Jodie McDougall * Emily McPhie * David Meikle
Sharon Brown Mikkelson * Barton Moody * Jared Nielsen
Cassandria Parsons * Izrael Christopher Szuchay * Sue Valentine
Artists’ Reception — Friday, November 19 from 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Holiday Reception — Friday, December 3 from 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Holiday Exhibition Hours
Mondays through Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Saturdays (Nov. 20 and Dec. 4, 11, and 18) from 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
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A photograph by Laurel Casjens, one of the many
talented local artists whose work will appear at Art
Access during this year’s annual Holiday Exhibition.