Healing Through Art

On March 10th and today, March 30, I participated in the Rockaway Artists' Alliance Healing Through Art" endeavor on the Rockaway Peninsula. This event is to foster healing through music, the visual arts and literary arts for survivors of Hurricane Sandy. Today's event occurred in the MoMA Dome at 94th and Shore Front Parkway between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. The pictures I've included here provide a gallery of the day's highlights. For both events, I have sponsored a narrative scroll for people to write their stories of loss and recovery of home. The scroll is made on Japanese handmade mulberry paper. I've created fancy dowels to roll up the horizontal scroll and even made a silk covering to store it in. I hope to gather many stories of loss and recovery of home, and provide a medium for healing.

Conga drum!

The Healing through Art Scroll

Ra, a Rockaway Peninsula artist, adds his images to the scroll.

I love this quote!

This artist was as talented in caricature drawing as he was in writing poetry!

Refreshment counter decoration.

A talented mini artist at work!

The MoMA Dome at 94th and Shore Front Parkway

Lovely songstress Jennifer playing guitar.

Basket making technique.

A drawing done at the scroll table.

Elegant artist at work.

Rockaway children enjoying the day.

Thank you, MoMA and RAA!

An impressive guy-braid.

My new friend Ra at work on the scroll.