Where the Spirit Meets the Bone:

Grief and Healing

Exhibition Dates: October 25 – December 21

1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia

Juror: Diane Williams

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 25th, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Grief and loss are universal human experiences, causing complex emotions, thoughts, and feelings that are difficult to express verbally. The various mediums and styles of art provide a vehicle for individuals to describe and communicate their feelings in a tangible way that creates a safe space for the healing process in a way that can be shared with others. Where the Spirit Meets the Bone: Grief and Healing Exhibition showcases artists’ representations of the concepts and process of grief, loss, and healing.

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Participating Artists

Victoria Almeida, Janis Anton, Sylvia Bandyke, Pablo Tapay Bautista, Francesca Borgatta, Cheryl Braswell, Audrey Brown, Wendy Buresh, Elizabeth Bush, Jane Corich, Suellen Cox, Merry Curran Gregg, Carol Dalton, James Dietze, Melinda diSessa, Erin L. FitzGerald, Lisa Franklin, Deborah Benioff Friedman, Joanna Hoge, Anthony Holmquist, Linda H. Howell, Linda V. Hubbard, Krista Kelly, Nina Krebs, Georgina Kurtovich, Ninette Larson, Tibby Lerner, Alexa eunji Li, Geri Lujan, Douglass Marshall, Elizabeth McKinne, Teddy Milder & Lori Goodman, Clayton Moraga, Sara Oehler, Thomas Pickarski, Minna Towbin Pinger, Rogerio Pinto, Jessica Priante, Ken Ramirez, Helena Richardson, Jenny Rosen, Vernon R. Sanders, Tanja Schlosser, Roxanne Sexauer, Carlie Sherry, Deirdre Shibano, Robynn Smith, Maryann Steinert-Foley, Nancy Vachani, Maggy Walton, Donna Westerman, Angela White, Sharon Wolpoff, Madeleine Wories, Isabel Wyatt, Jun Yan, Misty Youmans, Katherine Zimmer

Where the Spirit Meets the Bone:

Grief and Healing

Exhibition Dates: October 25 – December 21

1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia

Juror: Diane Williams

Sponsored in part by Happy Life Pottery, NY2CA, and TheVortex

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 25th, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

To purchase a work, please email info@artsbenicia.org and an Arts Benicia staff member will contact you.

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Participating Artists

Victoria Almeida, Los Gatos, CA Portrait of Self Ceramics and Glaze $5000

Janis Anton, Oakland, CA Chasing Light Printmaking $200

Janis Anton, Oakland, CA Come Into My Garden Printmaking $250

Sylvia Bandyke, Royal Oak, MI People Masquerading as Themselves #73 Digital Photography 14” x 14” $325

Pablo Tapay Bautista, Oakland, CA The Passage Archival Pigment Print 22” x 18” $600

Francesca Borgatta, Berkeley, CA Bengali Hecuba Papier Mache Assemblage 22” x 12” $3500

Cheryl Braswell, Sonoma, CA Spirits Rising Fiber 27” x 15.5” $500

Audrey Brown, Oakland, CA Rise Above Acrylic 48” x 26” $2200

Wendy Buresh, Benicia, CA Embracing Change Mixed Media, Collage 17” x 13” $450

Elizabeth Bush, Napa, CA ADIEU Photography 15” x 12” $350

Jane Corich, Walnut Creek, CA Channeling Time Acrylic and Collage 36” x 24” $1200

Jane Corich, Walnut Creek, CA Heart of the Matter Acrylic Mixed Media 36” x 24” $1400

Suellen Cox, Orinda, CA Desire Assemblage/Artist’s Book 8.5” x 12” $200

Merry Curran Gregg, Benicia, CA Night Eats Color Mixed Media 24” x 18” $850

Merry Curran Gregg, Benicia, CA Another Faded Day Remains Mixed Media 24” x 18” $850

Carol Dalton, Benicia, CA Land Marks Mixed Media on Panel 40” x 40” $3500

James Dietze, Fair Oaks, CA Yellow Green Pond Reeds – Off Lake Natoma Colored Pencil on Strathmore 70# Medium Surface Paper 23” x 30.5” $2000

Melinda diSessa, Berkeley, CA It Can’t Rain Forever Oil Sticks, Fabric 24” x 24” $600

Erin L. FitzGerald, Vallejo, CA The Betrayal Ceramic 14.5” x 10” $1000

Erin L. FitzGerald, Vallejo, CA We Who Believe in Justice Ceramic 14” x 10” $1000

Lisa Franklin, Walnut Creek, CA No Entry Digital Photography Printed on Metal 20” x 16” $400

Lisa Franklin, Walnut Creek, CA Shattered Photography 16” x 20” $400

Deborah Benioff Friedman, Walnut Creek, CA Out of the Muskeg – 1 Wire, Paper Pulp 6” x 18” $725

Deborah Benioff Friedman, Walnut Creek, CA Cusp Rebar, Wire, Paper Pulp 13” x 21” $825

Joanna Hoge, Arvada, CO Closing the Bones Ink, Embroidery, Kozo on Paper 22” x 15” $1700

Anthony Holmquist, Durango, CO Wausa System Intaglio 26” x 30” $2500

Linda H. Howell, West Sacramento, CA Shield Indigo-Dyed Cloth, Various Threads and Beads 16” x 16” $500

Linda V. Hubbard, Benicia, CA Ghosts Textile of Botanical Print 10” x 10” $250 (SOLD)

Krista Kelly, Los Angeles, CA Gemini & Felisha Metallic/Standard Ink & Glitter on B/W Line Giclee on Watercolor Paper 12” x 16” $280

Nina Krebs, Walnut Creek, CA Un-self Portrait Acrylic, Ink, Chalk on Bristol Paper 31” x 25.5” $500

Georgina Kurtovich, Berkeley, CA The Light That Fills the World Collage and Embroidery 14” x 11” $200

Ninette Larson, Benicia, CA The Essence of Grief Collage 15” x 19” $500

Ninette Larson, Benicia, CA “Hidden” Collage of Found and Hand-Painted Papers 16” x 20” $375

Tibby Lerner, Benicia, CA Loving Memories Photography 20” x 16” $200

Alexa eunji Li, Ridgefield, CT The Quiet Bloom Mixed Media 12” x 12” $300

Alexa eunji Li, Ridgefield, CT Lost Mixed Media 31.25” x 31.25” $800

Geri Lujan, Benicia, CA The Space Between Reduction Woodblock 8” x 10” $450

Douglas Marshall, Benicia, CA Balance Photograph – Brushed Aluminum Print 22” x 18” $225

Elizabeth McKinne, Napa, CA Natural Causes #9 Charcoal on Paper 27” x 33” $1575

Teddy Milder & Lori Goodman, Berkeley, CA collective grief – in memoriam Handmade Dyed Kozo & Abaca Paper, Dowels, Reed, Wire, Thread 24” x 9” $5000

Clayton Moraga, Santa Clara, CA The Irrational Value of Love Blueprint on Paper 22” x 32” $500

Sara Oehler, Benicia, CA Go Gray For May 2 Fine Art Poster Framed 21” x 17” $1000

Sara Oehler, Benicia, CA Go Gray For May 2 Fine Art Poster Framed 21” x 17” $1000

Thomas Pickarski, New York, NY A Final Elegant Gesture Media File NFS

Minna Towbin Pinger, San Rafael, CA Important Questions Embroidered Children’s Clothes on Custom Stands, Wooden Ironing Board 66” x 53” $3500

Rogerio Pinto, Ann Arbor, MI Child On Mother’s Lap Printed Canvas Overlaid with Interlock Needlepoint Printed 36” x 24” $4000

Jessica Priante, Sacramento, CA Discharged AMA Oil on Wood 18.5” x 21” $8000

Jessica Priante, Sacramento, CA My Name Was Janine Acrylic on Wood 18.5” x 21” $8000

Ken Ramirez, Washington, DC Grieving Angel Digital 16” x 16” $275

Helena Richardson, Cleveland Heights, OH Sinking Cotton, Rayon 26.5” x 12” $5000

Helena Richardson, Cleveland Heights, OH Walking in Water Cotton, Wool 67” x 20” $3000

Helena Richardson, Cleveland Heights, OH Contemplation Chenille, Cotton, Linen, Rayon, Ribbon, Woven Tape 21.5” x 14” $2000

Jenny Rosen, Lafayette, CA Bereavement Bingo Ceramic, Underglaze, Glaze, Decals 0.5” x 30” $3800

Vernon R. Sanders, Martinez, CA Diagnosis / Prognosis (for MJ) Acrylic on Canvas with Assembled Pieces 31.5” x 25.5” $900

Tanja Schlosser, Berkeley, CA Out of Darkness Light Emerges Plant Fibers/Vine/Lichen-Covered Reclaimed Tennis Ball 30” x 30” $650

Roxanne Sexauer, Lakewood, CA Presume Something Happens Woodcut, Lithograph & Screenprint 28” x 22” $1850

Roxanne Sexauer, Lakewood, CA Ship of Fools Woodcut, Monotype 38” x 29” $3000

Roxanne Sexauer, Lakewood, CA Susurrus Woodcut 41” x 32” $1500

Carlie Sherry, New Hartford, NY We Hold Their Grief in Our Hands Video NFS

Deirdre Shibano, St. Helena, CA “Lady of the Crows” Oil on Canvas 40” x 30” $5400

Robynn Smith, Aptos, CA Cowgirl and My Heart Gesso, Asphalt, Casein & Polymer Transfer on Wood 36” x 26” $1800

Maryann Steinert-Foley, Sonoma, CA Healer Ceramic on Wood Base 14” x 9” $450

Nancy Vachani, Orinda, CA The Unbearable Heaviness of Being Oil on Canvas 26” x 14” $475 (SOLD)

Nancy Vachani, Orinda, CA Seeking Solace Oil 18” x 18” $525

Maggy Walton, Napa, CA Skeleton Photography 10” x 10” $225

Maggy Walton, Napa, CA Lily Photography 13” x 13” $350

Donna Day Westerman, Orinda, CA Persephone Stump Reduction Woodcut with Mica 26” x 20” $3200

Angela White, Benicia, CA Blood Line Assemblage Box 9” x 6” $125 (SOLD)

Sharon Wolpoff, Kensington, MD The Mourners #5.9 Monoprint 9” x 12” $1500

Sharon Wolpoff, Kensington, MD The Mourners #4.7 Monoprint 9” x 12” $1500

To purchase a work, please email info@artsbenicia.org and an
Arts Benicia staff member will contact you.

Victoria Almeida, Los Gatos, CA
Portrait of Self
Ceramics and Glaze
$5000

Janis Anton, Oakland, CA
Chasing Light
Printmaking
$200

Janis Anton, Oakland, CA
Come Into My Garden
Printmaking
$250

Sylvia Bandyke, Royal Oak, MI
People Masquerading as Themselves #73
Digital Photography
14” x 14”
$325

Pablo Tapay Bautista, Oakland, CA
The Passage
Archival Pigment Print
22” x 18”
$600

Francesca Borgatta, Berkeley, CA
Bengali Hecuba
Papier Mache Assemblage
22” x 12”
$3500

Cheryl Braswell, Sonoma, CA
Spirits Rising
Fiber
27” x 15.5”
$500

Audrey Brown, Oakland, CA
Rise Above
Acrylic
48” x 26”
$2200

Wendy Buresh, Benicia, CA
Embracing Change
Mixed Media, Collage
17” x 13”
$450

Elizabeth Bush, Napa, CA
ADIEU
Photography
15” x 12”
$350

Jane Corich, Walnut Creek, CA
Channeling Time
Acrylic and Collage
36” x 24”
$1200

Jane Corich, Walnut Creek, CA
Heart of the Matter
Acrylic Mixed Media
36” x 24”
$1400

Suellen Cox, Orinda, CA
Desire
Assemblage/Artist’s Book
8.5” x 12”
$200

Merry Curran Gregg, Benicia, CA
Night Eats Color
Mixed Media
24” x 18”
$850

Merry Curran Gregg, Benicia, CA
Another Faded Day Remains
Mixed Media
24” x 18”
$850

Carol Dalton, Benicia, CA
Land Marks
Mixed Media on Panel
40” x 40”
$3500

James Dietze, Fair Oaks, CA
Yellow Green Pond Reeds – Off Lake Natoma
Colored Pencil on Strathmore 70# Medium Surface Paper
23” x 30.5”
$2000

Melinda diSessa, Berkeley, CA
It Can’t Rain Forever
Oil Sticks, Fabric
24” x 24”
$600

Erin L. FitzGerald, Vallejo, CA
The Betrayal
Ceramic
14.5” x 10”
$1000

Erin L. FitzGerald, Vallejo, CA
We Who Believe in Justice
Ceramic
14” x 10”
$1000

Lisa Franklin, Walnut Creek, CA
No Entry
Digital Photography Printed on Metal
20” x 16”
$400

Lisa Franklin, Walnut Creek, CA
Shattered
Photography
16” x 20”
$400

Deborah Benioff Friedman, Walnut Creek, CA
Out of the Muskeg – 1
Wire, Paper Pulp
6” x 18”
$725

Deborah Benioff Friedman, Walnut Creek, CA
Cusp
Rebar, Wire, Paper Pulp
13” x 21”
$825

Joanna Hoge, Arvada, CO
Closing the Bones
Ink, Embroidery, Kozo on Paper
22” x 15”
$1700

Anthony Holmquist, Durango, CO
Wausa System
Intaglio
26” x 30”
$2500

Linda H. Howell, West Sacramento, CA
Shield
Indigo-Dyed Cloth, Various Threads and Beads
16” x 16”
$500

Linda V. Hubbard, Benicia, CA
Ghosts
Textile of Botanical Print
10” x 10”
$250 (SOLD)

Krista Kelly, Los Angeles, CA
Gemini & Felisha
Metallic/Standard Ink & Glitter on B/W Line Giclee on Watercolor Paper
12” x 16”
$280

Nina Krebs, Walnut Creek, CA
Un-self Portrait
Acrylic, Ink, Chalk on Bristol Paper
31” x 25.5”
$500

Georgina Kurtovich, Berkeley, CA
The Light That Fills the World
Collage and Embroidery
14” x 11”
$200

Ninette Larson, Benicia, CA
The Essence of Grief
Collage
15” x 19”
$500

Ninette Larson, Benicia, CA
“Hidden”
Collage of Found and Hand-Painted Papers
16” x 20”
$375

Tibby Lerner, Benicia, CA
Loving Memories
Photography
20” x 16”
$200

Alexa eunji Li, Ridgefield, CT
The Quiet Bloom
Mixed Media
12” x 12”
$300

Alexa eunji Li, Ridgefield, CT
Lost
Mixed Media
31.25” x 31.25”
$800

Geri Lujan, Benicia, CA
The Space Between
Reduction Woodblock
8” x 10”
$450

Douglas Marshall, Benicia, CA
Balance
Photograph – Brushed Aluminum Print
22” x 18”
$225

Elizabeth McKinne, Napa, CA
Natural Causes #9
Charcoal on Paper
27” x 33”
$1575

Teddy Milder & Lori Goodman, Berkeley, CA
collective grief – in memoriam
Handmade Dyed Kozo & Abaca Paper, Dowels, Reed, Wire, Thread
24” x 9”
$5000

Clayton Moraga, Santa Clara, CA
The Irrational Value of Love
Blueprint on Paper
22” x 32”
$500

Sara Oehler, Benicia, CA
Go Gray For May 2
Fine Art Poster Framed
21” x 17”
$1000

Sara Oehler, Benicia, CA
Go Gray For May 2
Fine Art Poster Framed
21” x 17”
$1000

Thomas Pickarski, New York, NY
A Final Elegant Gesture
Media File
NFS

Minna Towbin Pinger, San Rafael, CA
Important Questions
Embroidered Children’s Clothes on Custom Stands, Wooden Ironing Board
66” x 53”
$3500

Rogerio Pinto, Ann Arbor, MI
Child On Mother’s Lap
Printed Canvas Overlaid with Interlock Needlepoint Printed
36” x 24”
$4000

Jessica Priante, Sacramento, CA
Discharged AMA
Oil on Wood
18.5” x 21”
$8000

Jessica Priante, Sacramento, CA
My Name Was Janine
Acrylic on Wood
18.5” x 21”
$8000

Ken Ramirez, Washington, DC
Grieving Angel
Digital
16” x 16”
$275

Helena Richardson, Cleveland Heights, OH
Sinking
Cotton, Rayon
26.5” x 12”
$5000

Helena Richardson, Cleveland Heights, OH
Walking in Water
Cotton, Wool
67” x 20”
$3000

Helena Richardson, Cleveland Heights, OH
Contemplation
Chenille, Cotton, Linen, Rayon, Ribbon, Woven Tape
21.5” x 14”
$2000

Jenny Rosen, Lafayette, CA
Bereavement Bingo
Ceramic, Underglaze, Glaze, Decals
0.5” x 30”
$3800

Vernon R. Sanders, Martinez, CA
Diagnosis / Prognosis (for MJ)
Acrylic on Canvas with Assembled Pieces
31.5” x 25.5”
$900

Tanja Schlosser, Berkeley, CA
Out of Darkness Light Emerges
Plant Fibers/Vine/Lichen-Covered Reclaimed Tennis Ball
30” x 30”
$650

Roxanne Sexauer, Lakewood, CA
Presume Something Happens
Woodcut, Lithograph & Screenprint
28” x 22”
$1850

Roxanne Sexauer, Lakewood, CA
Ship of Fools
Woodcut, Monotype
38” x 29”
$3000

Roxanne Sexauer, Lakewood, CA
Susurrus
Woodcut
41” x 32”
$1500

Carlie Sherry, New Hartford, NY
We Hold Their Grief in Our Hands
Video
NFS

Deirdre Shibano, St. Helena, CA
“Lady of the Crows”
Oil on Canvas
40” x 30”
$5400

Robynn Smith, Aptos, CA
Cowgirl and My Heart
Gesso, Asphalt, Casein & Polymer Transfer on Wood
36” x 26”
$1800

Maryann Steinert-Foley, Sonoma, CA
Healer
Ceramic on Wood Base
14” x 9”
$450

Nancy Vachani, Orinda, CA
The Unbearable Heaviness of Being
Oil on Canvas
26” x 14”
$475 (SOLD)

Nancy Vachani, Orinda, CA
Seeking Solace
Oil
18” x 18”
$525

Maggy Walton, Napa, CA
Skeleton
Photography
10” x 10”
$225

Maggy Walton, Napa, CA
Lily
Photography
13” x 13”
$350

Donna Day Westerman, Orinda, CA
Persephone Stump
Reduction Woodcut with Mica
26” x 20”
$3200

Angela White, Benicia, CA
Blood Line
Assemblage Box
9” x 6”
$125 (SOLD)

Sharon Wolpoff, Kensington, MD
The Mourners #5.9
Monoprint
9” x 12”
$1500

Sharon Wolpoff, Kensington, MD
The Mourners #4.7
Monoprint
9” x 12”
$1500

Sharon Wolpoff, Kensington, MD
The Mourners #3.13
Monoprint
9” x 12”
$1500

Madeleine Wories, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Be Like a Lotus, Rise from the Dark
Acrylic, Pastel, Paper on Paper
25” x 19”
$800

Isabel Wyatt, Napa, CA
Hedgerow
Acrylic on Wood
10” x 10”
$750

Isabel Wyatt, Napa, CA
Richardson Bay
Acrylic
10” x 10”
$750

Jun Yan, Danville, CA
Connection
Bronze, Ceramic
27” x 17”
$4000

Jun Yan, Danville, CA
Emptiness
Bronze
13” x 11”
$2100

Misty Youmans, Vallejo, CA
Destroyed Landscape – From the Series War is Hell
Handstitched Linen, Cotton, Silk
21” x 35.5”
$600

Misty Youmans, Vallejo, CA
Trapped – From the Series War is Hell
Handstitched Linen, Cotton, Silk
21” x 13”
$300

Katherine Zimmer, Napa, CA
Life Imprint
Photography
20” x 20”
$475