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It's so hard to be vulnerable.
In Wolcott, Indiana, halfway between Indianapolis and Chicago, there's a mural of me by @nmsalgar titled "La Ventana."
Nicole painted me as "a gatekeeper to a dreamlike reality, meant to give the viewer an opportunity to peer into a world in bloom." I don't see myself that way.
When I started @sylvadeanandme in 2010, it was to survive my mother's breast cancer. Masking for survival became masks in my art practice, became masking to heal. In 2014 I had my face life cast and turned into distorted masks for On Beauty, a photographic performance during Miami art week. (That's also when @dexterthepeacock and I fell in love.) My face as a mask became the Celeste Doll, more on the snow queen soon.
Every week at Masks of Resilience, a public workshop series in collaboration with @lukas.felix.schooler and Benjamin Aquila (MA, ATR-P), certified art therapist of the @damiencenter, I read from my memoir. And I'm hoping you won't reject me.
Masks of Resilience is supported by @artscouncilindy's Arts, Health, and Wellbeing Initiative funded by the @neaarts.
Connection is what changes things. Come to @cafeoztara tomorrow from 10 am-1 pm and share a piece of who you are. I can't wait to see you.
In Wolcott, Indiana, halfway between Indianapolis and Chicago, there's a mural of me by @nmsalgar titled "La Ventana."
Nicole painted me as "a gatekeeper to a dreamlike reality, meant to give the viewer an opportunity to peer into a world in bloom." I don't see myself that way.
When I started @sylvadeanandme in 2010, it was to survive my mother's breast cancer. Masking for survival became masks in my art practice, became masking to heal. In 2014 I had my face life cast and turned into distorted masks for On Beauty, a photographic performance during Miami art week. (That's also when @dexterthepeacock and I fell in love.) My face as a mask became the Celeste Doll, more on the snow queen soon.
Every week at Masks of Resilience, a public workshop series in collaboration with @lukas.felix.schooler and Benjamin Aquila (MA, ATR-P), certified art therapist of the @damiencenter, I read from my memoir. And I'm hoping you won't reject me.
Masks of Resilience is supported by @artscouncilindy's Arts, Health, and Wellbeing Initiative funded by the @neaarts.
Connection is what changes things. Come to @cafeoztara tomorrow from 10 am-1 pm and share a piece of who you are. I can't wait to see you.
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