Her artist book Witches, Magic & Early New England (2016) was produced as part of the Digital Public Library of America Community Representative program to showcase what makers can do with the DPLA online collections. For several years she has followed the work of makers using archives to create work, in particular their use of online digital resources.
#Studio habits of mind in an exhibition articles series#
Collaborative media work includes five videos for the show Dangerous Curves: Art of the Guitar at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and a series of interactive web-based documentaries funded by the Cultural Landscape Foundation.
Her current work as an artist is in media, mixed media drawing, and artist books. While an instructor in art at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, (1980–2015), she served Art Department Chair (2006-2012). Research projects include thinking in the arts, portfolio assessment, technology, and schools using multiple intelligences theory. Shirley Veenema brings the perspective of an art teacher (elementary and high school), a researcher at Project Zero from 1987-2007, and a visual artist. After many failed attempts we created seven individual boxes with pockets for small books, and a structure to hold all the individual boxes (Envision, Develop Craft: Technique). Both of us struggled and not surprisingly, we each came up with a different final solution. In fact, for our most recent book, Madwomen & Angels, we even decided to take on a new challenge: 3D figures. It also helped us to develop trust in our ability take on new challenges and the confidence that we could work as a team (Understand Art Worlds: Community). But oh how we struggled! Every time I received a piece from my collaborator, I sighed, “Oh no, flat again.” She did the same upon seeing more of my experiments with shallow relief.įortunately the conversation structure added elements of play and surprise to our struggles and encouraged us to keep going (Engage & Persist, Stretch & Explore). Doing nothing was unbearable for Vincent.For twenty pieces, the structure of our conversation pushed both of us beyond our comfort zone and stimulated new ways of working (Stretch & Explore, Develop Craft: Technique) -a tension between interests and ways of working that continued for the entire visual conversation. Painting was the best remedy for his psychiatric disorder, but he couldn’t work during attacks and indeed wasn’t allowed to. Sometimes, he painted the garden as a whole, sometimes he created close-ups of flowers, plants, and all kinds of small creatures he found there. He often worked there, producing the most beautiful drawings and paintings. Vincent’s studio overlooked the garden of the institution. He used another cell as his studio, and when he felt well enough, he was allowed to work outside the hospital. Initially, the rhythm and structure of life at the psychiatric hospital calmed Vincent down. ‘Mr Vincent was perfectly calm and explained his illness to the director himself.’ Dr Peyron entered Vincent’s information and his diagnosis in the admissions register. In May 1889, he voluntarily had himself admitted to the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy.Īccompanied by the Reverend Fréderic Salles, Vincent arrived at the psychiatric hospital on 8 May 1889. Vincent wanted to stay in Arles, but no longer dared to live on his own. But he knew things couldn’t go on like this. Vincent recovered, eventually, making a compulsory admission unnecessary. Vincent was very sad about this: ‘At least I have not harmed anyone and I am not dangerous to anyone,’ he told the Reverend Fréderic Salles.
In the petition, they declared he was 'not of sound mind, and is the subject of fear of all the residents of the neighbourhood'.
They started a petition to ensure that Vincent was locked up in a psychiatric hospital. His friends and family were worried, his neighbours had even become afraid of him. This affected not only him, but also the people around him. During the attacks, Vincent was utterly confused and had no idea what he was saying or doing. More crises and hospitalisations followed. Unfortunately, Vincent’s situation soon deteriorated again.
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