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Untitled by Jean Lichtenstein		 Celebrating

Art With Elders

at the

San Francisco Main Library




18th Annual
Art With Elders Exhibit
in the
Jewett Gallery

Saturday, January 9th to
Sunday, February 28, 2010


Celebrating Art with Elders, sponsored by ELDERGIVERS, the Library, and The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, will showcase watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels, crayon, pen and ink and pencil drawings and collages created by diverse elders who reside in long-term care facilities around the Bay Area.


The majority of the artwork in the exhibit has been made by seniors who have only recently discovered their talents through ELDERGIVERS’ Art With Elders painting program. From Xi Fen Zhen to Grace Ho to Genya Ehrlich, Alvin Hall, Nestor Casco, Adeline Poroshin and Lorraine Porter, the exhibit reflects an ethnic and cultural mosaic of African-Americans, Asians, Filipinos, American Indians, Hispanics and Caucasians who have found fresh meaning in life and a new way of expressing themselves through the visual arts.


Download a flyer for the exhibit here and visit the Main Public Library website.


Saturday, January 9
2:00, Koret Auditorium
SF Main Library, lower level
Free


Join us for a reception immediately following the lecture.


Illustrated Lecture:

Creating Space for Creativity

 

Lillian Cartwright, Ph.D., will explore the role which environment (physical, social, psychological, etc.) can play in nurturing creativity. This illustrated presentation will draw on the experience of the renowned photographer, Alfred Stieglitz, and his phenomenally successful Gallery “291” in New York at the turn of the 20th century.


Dr. Cartwright’s presentation will be followed by three shorter talks, also illustrated, by Artist-Instructors who teach weekly classes in the Art With Elders program: Mark H. Campbell, Veronica Rojas and Rafael Vieira.

 


Saturday, February 20
2:00, Koret Auditorium
SF Main Library. lower level
Free

Join us for a reception immediately following the showing and discussion.

For more information,

see our events page.

Better with Age: Film Screenings
Followed by a discussion with the filmmakers

 

The Library and ELDERGIVERS, with Legacy Films and The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, will screen three short films:

 

Bella, Bella, which profiles Bay Area artist Bella Feldman
Shadow & Light, which focuses on artist Elaine Badgley Arnoux; and

Smitten, the story of art collector Rene di Rosa.

 

The showing will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers led by Sheila Malkind of the Legacy Film Series.