Bodies of Work: Art & Healing JANUARY 12–MARCH 23, 2024
THE MUSEUM 191 Fifth Street East, Ketchum, Idaho Tue–Fri, 10am–5pm Sat, 11am–4pm HAILEY CLASSROOM 314 Second Ave South, Hailey, Idaho Scheduled Class Times SUN VALLEY MUSEUM OF ART P.O. Box 656, Sun Valley, ID 83353 208.726.9491 • svmoa.org
COVER: Heather Watkins, Soundings: Forming (detail), 2023, silk thread, linen, courtesy the artist and PDX Contemporary Art, Portland
BACK PANEL: Heather Watkins, Verso (June, no. 4, 2015) (detail), 2023, archival pigment prints on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper, courtesy the artist and PDX Contemporary Art, Portland
INTRODUCTION PANELS: Katherine Sherwood, Bather (after Ingres), 2022, acrylic and mixed media on found art history reproductions, courtesy the artist and Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles
INTERIOR CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Katherine Shaughnessy, Radiant Interlude, 2021, pencil, paint, gesso, plaster, sandpaper, bullet casings, ash on birch wood, courtesy the artist
Dylan Mortimer, The Highest Heights, 2023, cut paper, paint, and glitter on panel, courtesy the artist
he arts have long served as p owerful medicine for both mind and body. At the beginning of the 20th c entury, tuberculosis patients at sanatoria often participated in structured arts and crafts programs. Wounded soldiers recuperating during World War II were taught “lap crafts,” such as beading and embroidery, as part of their medical therapy. And many artists have made their
Estelle L. Roberge, Covid Book Series: Elizabeth, 2020, collage, mixed media, courtesy the artist Renée Stout, The Alchemy of Healing, 2019, acrylic and mixed media on handmade paper, courtesy the artist and MARC STRAUS, New York
practices an essential part of their personal healing. This exhibition investigates the ways that the arts help us process and recover from medical illness. How can art help us navigate the complex experience of what it is to be a medical patient facing serious illness in the 21st century? And how can art help us heal from social and emotional trauma?