October 31, 2011–January 15, 2012 University of Maryland University College

Arts Program Gallery

A COLLABORATION WITH TAKE ME TO THE RIVER

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WELCOME

Dear Patrons of the Arts,

Welcome to The Poetics of Water exhibition.

As president of a university founded in the belief that higher education should be available to anyone, anywhere, at any time, I

am always delighted when our mission comes alive through cooperative efforts such as this one. Indeed, by joining forces with the Take Me to the River artists’ collective, Life Pieces to Masterpieces, and Arts for the Aging, the Arts Program at University of Maryland University College (UMUC) has taken this university’s global mission to yet another new level, culminating in an exhibition that is truly spectacular.

These remarkably diverse groups have juxtaposed poetry with visual art to create a collection of work that is every bit as intergenerational, intercultural, and in-terdisciplinary as they are, using a universal theme to reflect both our common experience and our individual differences. In doing so, they have not only expanded their own learning horizons, but ours as well.

I am sure that you will revel in the extraordinary vision with which The Poetics of Water was produced. And, as you explore this exhibition’s many unique perspectives, I hope you will be inspired by its collaborative spirit.

Sincerely,

Susan C. Aldridge, PhDPresidentUniversity of Maryland University College

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INTRODUCTION

Eric KeyDirector, Arts ProgramUniversity of Maryland University College

When I approached Take Me to the River about doing an exhibition in conjunction with UMUC, I was excited about the opportunity to work with

an artists’ collective with such a solid mission and with members all over the world. And when members of the collective told me of their plans to engage in deep collaboration with two local groups, my interest was further piqued.

Now that I have seen the results of that collaboration, I could not be more pleased. The digital images and the poems written by two well-established poets and several members of Life Pieces to Masterpieces and Arts for the Aging perfectly complement each other.

It is no surprise, as the artists attended the workshops where the poems were written and drew inspiration from them.

I am quite happy to have played a role in bringing The Poetics of Water to UMUC so that others can see what great things can happen when a diverse group of people—in this instance, children, seniors, poets, and artists—get together and create. They form sym-biotic relationships in which both complementary and contradictory ideas emerge and inform.

I owe many thanks to the workshop organizers and participants and the Take Me to the River collective. Their enthusiasm, hard work, and inspiration drove this project from start to finish.

Thank you for joining us.

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THE POETICS OF WATER: FROM CONCEPT TO CREATIONRichard DanaArtistCo-founder and Organizer of Take Me to the River

Delighted and excited by the spring 2010 invitation from the Arts Program at UMUC to stage a project, the artists of Take Me to the River (TMTTR) quickly asked themselves: What to do? The project, of course, would include the central components of all TMTTR projects: an exhibition, a community outreach project, and an invitation to other artists to participate with TMTTR artists. But TMTTR likes to keep things organic and let each project evolve in its own unique way.

The shape of the UMUC project came together as all TMTTR projects have: The collective’s artists began throwing ideas at each other. A consensus was reached relatively quickly to stage a project quite dif-ferent from previous projects. Rather than conducting community outreach workshops with just students, we would work with at-risk students and older adults. Rather than just exhibiting the art created by outreach participants as a separate part of a TMTTR exhibition, we would collaborate with the participants in creating work for the exhibition. And, we would throw poets into the mix.

We first invited Kim Roberts and Dan Vera, two well-established poets based in Washington, D.C., to join us for the project. We then invited two regional arts- related community service organizations to partner with TMTTR and UMUC. Arts for the Aging, which provides older adults with arts experiences, set up a workshop for 10 older adults. Life Pieces to Master-pieces, which is a development and education organi-zation for African American males who live in under-served communities, set up a workshop for 10 of their boys and young men.

The project moved out of the conceptual stage in January 2011 and was pretty straightforward in imple-mentation. Kim Roberts led the workshops for Arts for the Aging at Brighton Gardens of Friendship Heights in Montgomery County, Maryland. Dan Vera led the workshops for Life Pieces to Masterpieces at the organization’s building in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The goal of the workshops was that the older and younger participants would cre-ate poetry that references water. Each workshop met seven times, and TMTTR artists attended each. Many poems were written.

As with all TMTTR projects, we invited several regional artists to participate: Joan Belmar, Hsin-Hsi Chen, Eglon Daley, Victor Ekpuk, and Deirdre Saunder. Additionally, we invited three overseas artists to join us: Mary-Ann Beall (France); Neno Belchev (Bulgaria); and Jeannette Gaussi (Afghanistan).

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TMTTR thanks these artists for their great enthusiasm and the great work they contributed.

In May 2011, each of the 18 participating visual artists was given a poem to serve as an inspiration or point of departure for the creation of an artwork. The artists began their work with whatever media they wished, including oil paint, acrylic paint, photography, digital, glass, and collage. All the work was then converted to digital prints to give the presentation a sense of unity. Each poem is displayed next to the artwork it inspired. Paintings by the workshop participants from Life Pieces to Masterpieces are also included.

The positive experiences and strong work that flowed from The Poetics of Water was very much the result of the relationships between TMTTR and a variety of individuals and organizations.

TMTTR greatly appreciates the opportunity it had to work with Life Pieces to Masterpieces and program coordinator Maurice Kie, Arts for the Aging and pro-gram director Lama Dajani, and Brighton Gardens of Friendship Heights and program director Terri Adams. Finally, this project would never have taken place without the collaboration of those in the Arts Program at UMUC. Eric Key, the program’s director, and Brian Young, the program’s curator, provided critical support and advice regarding the project, for which the artists of TMTTR are extremely grateful.

POETRY WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS

Life Pieces to MasterpiecesDavid Horn, 17 (mentor)Chris Stevens, 17 (mentor)

DaQuann Glosson, 12JaQuann Glosson, 12Ricky Gresholm, 10Edward Jackson, 10Horus Plaza, 11Bryan Sturghill, 12Michael Taylor, 10Demetrius Walker, 10

Arts for the AgingIsabell BanachWylma BrightNorene MartinEleanor NeimanEvelyn SchwartzLois SigalConnie TerryBarbara Turlington

“Once we started to speak about water, this project sparked a real interest in the kids. They especially wanted to learn more about the local rivers and streams. They wanted to know how it affected them.”

Maurice Kie Program Coordinator, Life Pieces to Masterpieces

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PARTICIPATING POETS

KIM ROBERTSKim Roberts was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and lives in Washington, D.C. She has written three books of poetry: Animal Magnetism (2011), The Kim-nama (2007), and The Wishbone Galaxy (1994). In addition, she is editor of the journals Beltway Poetry Quarterly and Delaware Poetry Review and served as editor of Washington Review. She has written one nonfiction book, Lip Smack: A History of Spoken Word Poetry in DC (2010), and edited the book Full Moon on K Street: Poems About Washington DC. Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. She has a BFA in creative writing from Emerson Col-lege and an MFA in poetry from University of Arizona.

DAN VERADan Vera was born in Kingsville, Texas, and lives in Washington, D.C. He is the managing editor of the gay culture journal White Crane, founder of Brookland Area Writers & Artists, and co-publisher of VRZHU Poetry Press. He authored the book The Space Between Our Danger and Delight (2008), and contrib-uted to the anthologies Full Moon on K Street: Poems About Washington DC (2010), Dog Blessings (2008), and D.C. Poets Against the War (2004). His work has been included in a variety of other publications, such as Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Delaware Poetry Review, Konch, Red Wheelbarrow, and White Crane Journal. Vera has a bachelor’s degree from South-western University and a master’s degree in divinity from Iliff School of Theology.

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Poem exerpt by Chris Stevens, 17Life Pieces to Masterpieces

PLATES

Historically, members of Life Pieces to Masterpieces

have been encouraged to create works of art based

upon the theme of water. Their artworks, above and at

left, will be on display along with but separately from

the professional artworks that follow.

Water is creationWater is elevationWater is dedicationWater is inspiration

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WaterDaQuann Glosson, 12Life Pieces to Masterpieces

Water flows bank to bankWater is dangerousWater is softWater is beautifulWater is uglySome people think it horrifyingbut I think differentlyWater falls from highWater falls shortWater is deepand water is shallowI drink waterYou do tooWater is dirtyand water is cleanI love waterAnimals do too

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MARY-ANN BEALL WATER FLOWS BANK TO BANK

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NENO BELCHEV UNTITLED (UNDERWATER #1)

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UntitledDavid Horn, 17Life Pieces to Masterpieces

find me warm, keep me cold, delete my germs, boil me.I’m liquid, I’m ice, I’m wavyI’m nice, so toy with me.I’m always here, I’m in your tears90% of your body, loyalty.Project and eject out of yourbody, orally,Mythical, but visualso much control and power.Mix me with strongwinds and I can go psychoin an hour.Mix me with flour I become pancakes.Mix me with soap,I’m a clean handshake.Release as energy I becomesweat, release from sadnessI become tears.

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SnowLois SigalArts for the Aging

It really is a blanket,soft and white cooling allI like to play in itthough it’s cold to touch,it’s warm in feeling—you know?

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JOAN BELMAR THE WHITE BOX

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JOHN H. BROWN JR. UNTITLED

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My Quiet PlaceNorene MartinArts for the Aging

It gurgles, it dances,it plays with light.Sun, shade make play.Sometimes it rushes, thisstream that I sit beside.If you sit there, be quiet.Soon this stream reachesthe river—the ocean—eternity.

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The FeastIsabell Banach Arts for the Aging

The black kettle is securely waitingThe water bubbling with a reddish filmOh the wait of the unknown in darkness.Surrounded by family and friendsOur quarters are grossly crowded.A voice is heard:The surrounding darkness is filledwith a powerful rumbling noise.Our world is upside down.The heat of the water is getting warmer and warmer.Gurgle, gurgle, gurgleSoon I will be ready to becomesomeone’s delicacy at a luscious feast.

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DAVID CARLSON BOIL

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HSIN-HSI CHEN GROTTO

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Kim RobertsPoet

In the control house, metal wheelsstill turn on drive-shaftsbut all the gauges zeroed out

decades ago. The paint has cracked into lizard skin. The clean-sand towersare hollow grey cylinders

netted with wild vines,the levers on their undersideswhite with leached mineral stalactites.

The doors to the filtration cavernsburst their rusty orphan hinges.The cave-dark inside is vaulted

like a church, and pockedwith clerestory circles and half-moonswhere manhole covers above

have twisted away. Small trees sproutin cement cracks, and weedspush up between the bricks.

I rise and exit from a cavern that’s collapsed into itself,one large grave lined in concrete and sand.

McMillan Water Treatment Plant

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Spring in My CityEleanor Neiman Arts for the Aging

With the winter lingering,I close my eyes to envisionsigns of Spring, my favorite season,Washington, DC in all its beauty.Viewed from the waters of a famous river—past the cherry blossoms, radiant in sunlightwhich line like a necklace the Tidal Basin.Spring is such a hopeful season.

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EGLON DALEY BUZZARD POINT

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RICHARD L. DANA LEAN

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Connie TerryArts for the Aging

Michael and Mark were four years apart,aged 8 and 12. In the ’70severybody had a pool it seemedof one sort or anotherand we joined each summerthe neighborhood pool in the middleof our colonial subdivision.I would sit and watch,to look out for themas all the mothers didin the bright hard sunlight.They liked to jump in the water.I would get sunburned all the timewith my fair skin I tried to cover up.I wanted to lean into something,the memory I can’t bring up,like pages in a forgotten book:how I protected them.

The older was a redhead like me.He’d later turn to drugs.The younger was blond,studious, more serious, easierto love. As an adult,he took his own life.But there was a timeI could still watch them,I could protect them completely.We were leaning into one another.We were leaning into our lives.

Leaning Into One Another

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WaterChris Stevens, 17Life Pieces to Masterpieces

Water is creationWater is elevationWater is dedicationWater is inspiration

Water is the human heart beatWater is 70% of mother earthWater is the contribution of everything that livesWater is love peace happiness and prosperity

Water is the darknessWater is the lightWater is clarityWater is cloudy

Water is quiet yet so loudWater comes and goes with its own rhythm as it flowsWater is weak when it wants to be and strong when it has to beWater is original and yet so natural it is unique

Water is positiveWater can be negativeWater is destructiveWater is rehabilitative

Water can be strange at times, but is normal all the timeWater is cool, calm, collectedWater is warm, unpredictable, out of control

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VICTOR EKPUK IN DEEP WATER

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JEANNETTE GAUSSI AN URBAN SOURCE

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Our body the ocean Dan VeraPoet

We gather by the sources of lifeour cities, our towns, our medinasfrom the dry fingers of death.

Currents within usthe amniotics of desire and productionthe rivers of our thinking

Now comes the despoilmentthe refuse we return to the motherthe toxins we fail to acknowledge

Up at the higher plains the waters warmthe oceans rise the body shakes itself loosesuccumbing us to the repercussions

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UntitledRicky Gresholm, 10Life Pieces to Masterpieces

I am waterI like to flowIf you shut the doorI will still flowDrink me if you pleasebut I will still floweven between your teethand when you swallow meI will still flow, and whenI am in the river or oceanI flow just like poetryI really like to flow all overyour face; I’ll even flow all over the place. I flowlike teardrops. I am nice, sweet flowing water

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MANSOORA HASSAN FROM AFRODISIAS TO SIWA (DETAIL)

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JUDY JASHINSKY CARRYING ICE TO MAKE PEACH ICE CREAM

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Lake Adequetangie, in the AdirondacksBarbara TurlingtonArts for the Aging

From the splintery wooden dock,look out to the raft in the middle of the small lake,pick up a canoe, pull hard the smooth paddle,correcting direction as the front swings wildly—feel the stretch of muscles, the heat of sun on bare skin,clamber up on the raft to lie on your striped towel,look back to the green shore with its small cabinsand smaller people, but mostly the treesand the ice house at the endwhere winter’s ice, cut from the lake andsmothered in sawdust waits to be sawed into smaller blocksto be carried by rowboat to waiting ice boxes and smashedin buckets for making peach ice cream.

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UntitledHorus Plaza, 11Life Pieces to Masterpieces

I hear the raindropsthere on my houseIt is sparklingIt is darkWe have no food

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IVANA PANIZZI RAINDROPS

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DEIRDRE SAUNDER OUT OF THE AMNIOTIC SEA

American Herring GullKim Roberts Poet

Down from the shower’d halo, Up from the mystic play of shadows twining and twisting as if they were alive, Out from the patches of briers and blackberries, From the memories of the bird that chanted to me…—From “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” by Walt Whitman

Beneath a lazy whiptail of cloud,Beneath that flimsy arc of white,Under an eighth-month moon,Where the strand arcs too in a mirror of skyAnd each particle of sand grips inward tight and fetalInside its hard heart, granite and yellow,Where the waves arch their backs and collapse,Where the waves inhale then collapse,And the wet curve is laid low,Down from the shower’d halo,

Up from the white foam receding,Or not receding, leaving its fallen petals on the beach,Flimsy whiptail cloud-like arcsUnder the wing of a gull hunting her tidbits,Surveying her beach kingdom, sea lettuce, limpet, moon shell,Where any tinfoil glint brings her swoop and dive,Where any updraft pulls her inlandOver fleabane and wax myrtle, over sumac,Up where the air is cooler, where the wind quickens and revives,Up from the mystic play of shadows twining and

twisting as if they were alive,

Away from the gnarled, earthbound complexities,The thickets of hurt feelingsAnd the petty sparring of fashion;Up from the hardpan where every foot is muffledAs if of no consequence, of no history,She lifts her white wings, slightly tarnished, and carriesUnder her hanging pink feet a windfall,An earthly tidbit brought high and clearTo that place above the gridlock and worries,Out from the patches of briers and blackberries

Above the North Atlantic Drift,Above the hard stretch of yellow sand, the womanWalking alone there, following the rick-rack of the tide-line, following the gentle curve of the shore,But not really alone, no, beachcombing for something unnamedSomething just out of reachBut part of her—I should say part of me, my doppelganger,The shadow discipled to my transmuted self,Out of the salty, amniotic sea,From the memories of the bird that chanted to me...

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Bright House, Rehoboth BeachWylma BrightArts for the Aging

A 50-year-old haven one and half blocks from the ocean andwalking to the boardwalk so that we canplay in the sand and stand in therolling waves!Later on my daughter tookmy great granddaughter to play in thesand and water. Making sand castlesfor Victoria to play.

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PATRICIA SECCO SEWING MY SAND CASTLE SÃO MANOEL

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RUŹA SPAK BAREFOOT TO THE WATER’S EDGE

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The Teeny BikiniEvelyn SchwartzArts for the Aging

Barefoot to the water’s edgethe tentative first few steps—thenbravado begins—quicklyinto the welcoming depths—cold—but comfortable—in my movementslike an old friend—like company I shall returnto visit as often as mytime permits.

belonging by water Dan VeraPoet

see the hieroglyphics in a drop of waterrecite the names of the infinitesimal multitudesbryozoa, protozoa, heliozoa

the billion numbered hoststhe angels of our common arisingreminding us of our kinship by water to the rest of the world

the organisms within usthe cuneiform calling cards of our belonging

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BETSY STEWART METASCULES NO. 6

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ANDRES E. TREMOLS SURGE

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The waters swim in us Dan VeraPoet

Siphon the meaning in this:

that salt in the ocean is the same percentageof the salt in our bodies.

The sea surges through usour limbsand torsosby pressured vesselsthrough our spidery veins

to the nautilus of the brainwhere it rides the hippocampuswhere memory resides and flowsthe hippocampus named for its shapea tiny seahorse in the center of this thought.

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CHECKLIST

Mary-Ann BeallBorn in Anglet, FranceLives in Paris, FranceWater Flows Bank to Bank

Neno BelchevBorn in Varna, BulgariaLives in Varna, BulgariaUntitled (Underwater #1)

Joan BelmarBorn in Santiago, ChileLives in Takoma Park, Maryland, United StatesThe White Box

John H. Brown Jr.Born in Washington, D.C., United StatesLives in Alexandria, Virginia, United StatesUntitled

David CarlsonBorn in Champaign, Illinois, United StatesLives in Arlington, Virginia, United StatesBoil

Hsin-Hsi ChenBorn in Taipei, TaiwanLives in Rockville, Maryland, United StatesGrotto

Eglon DaleyBorn in St. Elizabeth, JamaicaLives in Washington, D.C., United StatesBuzzard Point

Richard L. DanaBorn in Orange, New Jersey, United StatesLives in Bethesda, Maryland, United StatesLean

Victor EkpukBorn in Uyo, NigeriaLives in Alexandria, Virginia, United StatesIn Deep Water

Jeannette GaussiBorn in Kabul, AfghanistanLives in Berlin, GermanyAn Urban Source

Mansoora HassanBorn in Peshawar, PakistanLives in Washington, D.C., United StatesFrom Afrodisias to Siwa

Judy JashinskyBorn in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, United StatesLives in Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCarrying Ice to Make Peach Ice Cream

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Ivana PanizziBorn in Poços de Caldas, BrazilLives in Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaRaindrops

Deirdre SaunderBorn in Harare, ZimbabweLives in Washington, D.C., United StatesOut of the Amniotic Sea

Patricia SeccoBorn in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLives in Marseilles, FranceSewing My Sand Castle São Manoel

Ruźa SpakBorn in Warsaw, PolandLives in Berlin, GermanyBarefoot to the Water’s Edge

Betsy StewartBorn in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United StatesLives in Washington, D.C., United StatesMetascules No. 6

Andres E. TremolsBorn in Washington, D.C., United StatesLives in Arlington, Virginia, United StatesSurge

POETS:Kim RobertsBorn in Charlotte, North Carolina, United StatesLives in Washington, D.C., United States

Dan VeraBorn in Kingsville, Texas, United StatesLives in Washington, D.C., United States

All works are 40 x 40 inch digital prints created in 2011.

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COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER

Take Me to the River (TMTTR) is an international collective of visual artists

that was created in 2001 and stages joint projects around the world based on the theme of water. The collective invites artists from a given area or group to participate in an arts-related community outreach project and to create work for an exhibition. Its mis-sion is to promote greater understanding among nations and peoples through collaborative, commu-nity-based projects. TMTTR works to create bridges across the boundaries that separate people: nation-ality, race, religion, class, and age. TMTTR projects reflect the positive diversities and similarities among people of different backgrounds.

ARTS FOR THE AGING

Arts for the Aging (AFTA) is a Washington, D.C.–based arts

services organization that provides outreach pro-grams specially designed to engage older adults in health improvement and life enhancement through the arts. Since 1988, AFTA has been a pioneer in the concept of providing free community arts resources for older adults, focusing on those who are vulnerable and living with a broad range of physical and cogni-tive impairments.

LIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES

Founded in 1996, Life Pieces to Master-pieces (LPTM) is a nonprofit, arts-based,

year round, comprehensive youth devel-opment and education organization for African Ameri-can males ages 3 to 21. LPTM serves more than 200 boys and young men annually in under-served com-munities east of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., as well as incarcerated youth. LPTM’s missionis to provide opportunities, services, and support forits apprentices to discover and activate their innateand creative abilities to change life challenges intopossibilities. The organization’s continuing goal is tonurture, embrace, encourage, and elevate AfricanAmerican boys and young men so that they grow intomature men who demonstrate social responsibilityand create positive change in their communities.

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UMUC ART ADVISORY BOARDSusan C. Aldridge, PhD President University of Maryland University College

Michèle E. Jacobs, Chair Managing Director Special Events at Union Station

Anne V. Maher, Esq., Vice Chair Attorney at Law Kleinfeld, Kaplan & Becker, LLP

Eva J. Allen, PhD Art Historian

I-Ling Chow, honorary memberRegional President andManaging Director, Ret.Asia Bank, N.A.

Paula Cleggett Associate Director for Policy, The Curb Center Vanderbilt University

Linda Derrick Collector and Patron of the Arts

Patricia Dubroof Artist/Consultant IONA Senior Services

Karin Goldstein, honorary member Art Collector

Juanita Boyd Hardy Director, Millennium Arts Salon Managing Principal Tiger Management Consulting Group, LLC

Sharon Smith Holston, Past Chair Artist’s Representative and Co-owner Holston Originals

Pamela Holt Consultant Public Affairs Administration

Eric Key Director, Arts Program University of Maryland University College

Philip Koch Maryland Artist Professor, Maryland Institute College of Art

Thomas Li, honorary member Chairman and CEO, Ret. Biotech Research Labs, Inc.

David Maril, honorary member JournalistPresident, Herman Maril Foundation

Barbara Stephanic, PhD, Past Vice Chair, honorary member Professor of Art History College of Southern Maryland

UMUC ARTS PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

The Arts Program at UMUC cre-ates an environment in which its diverse constituents, including members of the university com-munity and the general public, can study and learn about art by directly experiencing it.

The Arts Program seeks to pro-mote the university’s core values and to provide educational oppor-tunities for lifelong learning. From the research and study of works of art to the teaching applications of each of our exhibitions, the Arts Program will play an increasing role in academic life at the univer-sity. With a regional and national focus, the Arts Program is dedicat-ed to the acquisition, preservation, study, exhibition, and interpreta-tion of works of art of the highest quality in a variety of media that represent its constituents and to continuing its historic dedication to Maryland and Asian art.

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UMUC BOARD OF VISITORSMark J. Gerencser, Chair Executive Vice PresidentBooz Allen Hamilton, Inc.

Evelyn J. Bata, PhDCollegiate ProfessorUniversity of Maryland University College

Richard F. Blewitt President and Chief Executive Officer The Blewitt Foundation

Joseph V. Bowen Jr.Vice President of AdministrationMcKissack & McKissack

David W. Bower President and Chief Executive Officer Data Computer Corporation of America

Stephen A. Burch, JDChairman of the Board of DirectorsUniversity of Maryland Medical System

John M. Derrick Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ret.Pepco Holdings, Inc.

Israel FeldmanPresident Feldman & Associates

Karl R. GumtowFounder and Chief Executive OfficerCyberPoint International

Michèle E. Jacobs Managing Director Special Events at Union Station

Donald S. Orkand, PhD, Former Chair Founding Partner DC Ventures and Associates, LLC

Lt. Gen. Emmett Paige Jr., Ret. Vice President of Operations, Ret.Department of Defense and Intelligence Systems, Lockheed Martin Information Technology

Charles E. (Ted) PeckChairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ret.The Ryland Group, Inc.

Sharon PinderFounder and Chief Executive Officer The Pinder Group

Brig. Gen. Velma Richardson, Ret.Vice President, DoD IT Programsand Special Projects IS&GSLockheed Martin Corporation

Gen. John (Jack) Vessey Jr., Ret., Member EmeritusFormer ChairmanU.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff

William T. (Bill) Wood, JDWood Law Offices, LLC

Joyce M. Wright Chief Claims Officer, People’s Trust Homeowners Insurance

CONTRIBUTORSBrian YoungCurator

Scott EuryProduction Manager

Donna GroveProject Manager

Kate McLoughlinEditor

Denise MelvinAdministrative Assistant

Jennifer NorrisDesigner

René A. SanjinesFine Arts Technician

Cover art:Mary-Ann BeallWater Flows Bank to Bank, 2011

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© 2011 University of Maryland University College. All rights reserved.Copyright credits and attribution for certain illustrations are cited internally proximate to the illustrations. All rights reserved.

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