Exhibition: Pretty Dresses, Long Legs... Dance Paintings by Meeke Mutter
2011-09-09 - 2011-10-31 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
The CRS Gallery announces the Exhibition “Pretty Dresses, Long Legs… Dance Paintings by Meeke Mutter.” The exhibition includes expressionistic acrylic paintings of dancers as well as several abstract water-colors and will be on view from September 10 – October 31, 2011.

Meeke Mutter is an emerging artist from The Netherlands. She is well known for her beautiful and colorful abstract figurative dance art. She works in acrylic, small works. You will find artists in pretty dresses and with long legs on her canvas like Tina Turner, Natalie Porter, Polina Semionova, The Andrews Sisters or Ella Fitzgerald. Her backgrounds are wild and subtle at the same time. She also makes abstract watercolors. To her it is all about the beauty of dance, colors and abstract calligraphy.
Meeke started with ballet at the age of 8 and later switched to competitive track and field in 100 meters. She has been in NYC for 4.5 years and studies ballet and voice, and paints. She started with abstract watercolors in 1998. She graduated from the Free University in Amsterdam in Culture, Organization and Management (Social Sciences) and worked for several years as a communication consultant in The Hague.
“When it was impossible to find a dance poster of her liking, she decided to paint her own and so began her dance art.”
info@meekemutter.com
Please visit the website for prices, more artwork or questions.
Thank you!

http://www.meekemutter.com

Exhibition: Harie by Junko Yamada
2011-11-03 - 2012-01-04 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
The CRS Gallery announces a solo exhibition by Junko Yamada of art works composed of thousands of pieces of rice paper in the tradition of harie. The exhibition will be on view from November 4, 2011 – January 4, 2012.
By applying modern subject matter and lively colors to a traditional Japanese art form, Junko creates unique works of art on rice paper. These collages are each composed of thousands of pieces of rice paper in the tradition of harie, a style of Japanese art.
“Japanese artists have been using unique, strong papers for centuries, since the Nara period. The Japanese value paper in their art and use it in their daily lives, as evidenced by their furniture and interior design. When working with rice paper, the tools that I and other artists employ are the X-acto knife, Yamato glue, rollers, two-sided tape, tweezers, safety pins, tracing paper, drawing pad, and scissors.”
Junko Yamada was born in Kyoto, Japan. Growing up in the beach resort area of Miyazu, a beautiful area of Japan located on the Pacific coast about two hours north of Kyoto, she was influenced in her art by the spectacular scenery. Her academic training includes the Art Institute of Boston (1986-1988) and the Art Institute of Alexandria, Virginia (1992-2000). It was in Boston that she realized how the natural beauty of the Japanese seashore is reflected in her vibrant colors and cheerful style. She hopes that, like the ocean and the mountains of my childhood in Kyoto, her work instills a sense of tranquility and inner peace, a visual escape from everyday life.
Introduction to Japanese Rice Paper
Many people consider Japanese culture as a culture of wood and paper. We consider Western culture as a culture of stone and soil. The Japanese have been using paper since the Nara period (710-793). Unfortunately, Japanese paper can not be preserved as easily as stone or soil and is therefore more transient. We Japanese view papers as an important part of our culture, and find ways to integrate it into our daily lives by creating our unique small galaxy of beautiful things using paper. The Fusuma (sliding door), Byobu (screen), Andon (lamp), and Shoji (screen door) are examples of these. Japanese paper also contributes to the roots of other Japanese art such as: Sui-boku-ga (Japanese ink drawing); Sho (calligraphy), and wood cut print.
Junko’s Artistic Concept
Junko endeavors to introduce and share aspects of Japanese life and culture through her works. She tries to work in a happy and cheerful mood. Working in great detail, she typically uses thousands of small pieces from a wide variety of papers to complete each art piece.
During her stay Japan from 1988-1991 and in subsequent visits Junko does extensive shopping for rare and hard-to-find paper throughout Japan. Additionally, her friends in Japan occasionally send her batches of assorted sheets of paper. In recent years, the selection of papers now available in the U.S. has seen a dramatic increase, much to her delight. Working primarily from individual or a series of photographs as her subject, Junko uses an X-acto knife, Yamato glue (from Japan), rollers, two-sided tape, tweezers, pins, tracing paper, pencil, drawing pad, a cutting pad, and of course many types of paper to complete her works. Her subjects include Japanese and American landscapes and scenery, as well portrait and abstract works. Most of her works are in multi-color, while some portraits are in monochrome.

Exhibition: Photography by Brad Oliphant
2012-01-06 - 2012-01-07 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is thrilled to announce an exhibition of photographs by Brad Oliphant. The exhibition will take place in conjunction with the publication of Lessons in Love from A Course in Miracles: Truths and Meditations on the Legendary Text (photos and text by Brad Oliphant, foreward by Gary R. Renard).
An Opening Reception, talk/slide presentation by the artist, and book signing will take place on Saturday, November 8, 2014 from 5 – 7 pm. Author and A Course in Miracles teacher Jon Mundy, Ph.D. will also be on hand to introduce Brad’s work and sign copies of his own books! The exhibition will continue into early January 2015.
Please RSVP @ bradgoliphant@gmail.com
If you are unable to attend the event but would like to purchase one or more signed copies of Lessons in Love, please contact Brad @ 917-664-4917.
For more than 40 years, award-winning fine arts photographer Brad Oliphant has been capturing unbelievable images of the natural world. He’s also a dedicated student/teacher of A Course in Miracles, the thousand-page treatise on spiritual enlightenment said to have been channeled directly from Christ. Now, in this beautifully illustrated gift book, Brad combines his two passions: the insights he has received from a higher power and his lovely, surreal photographs. The effect of his images is haunting, yet empowering: he seems to break through the veil of everyday appearances to reach something deeper and richer, seemingly accessible only to a chosen few. In addition to the stunning visuals, Lessons in Love from A Course in Miracles contains inspirational quotes, Brad’s reflections, and a section on addiction and recovery that includes Brad’s personal experiences. Filled with wisdom on love, freedom from ego, and happiness, this is a keepsake for any student of the Course—and anyone wishing to find a new level of awareness.
Brad Oliphant stands at the frontline of Fine Arts Photography. Highly awarded, and hosting a smorgasbord of collections, ranging from florals to landscapes; angelic works to macro. It was his parents gift of a Canon film camera back in 1973 that set Brad’s path in motion. Brad has over 40 years of photography experience, which includes the fields of fashion, commercial and nature photography. Having walked away from a 12 year fashion run some time ago, he left with countless credits and publications which included Marie Claire, Dolce & Gabbana, Ink, Flick, La Estetica, and Zink. His love for the trade diminished and left him questioning where to go next. Brad turned to nature and fast became aware that he had found his true love. His passion for shooting nature and fine arts have become his chosen path. Born in Dallas, Texas, Brad obtained his BFA from the University of North Texas; majoring in photography and with a minor in botany. Little did He know at the time that soon he would be combining the two. Shortly there after, Brad escaped to New York City to find his place amongst the leaders in his trade and where he still happily resides. Brad’s sole objective is to help inspire others with the grace and essence of spirit that lives and breathes in nature.
http://www.bradoliphantphotography.com

Exhibition: Works on Paper by Lex Braes
2012-01-26 - 2012-03-31 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
The CRS Gallery announces a solo exhibition by Lex Braes of works created on paper, primarily with home-made water-based paints. The exhibition will be on view from January 27 – March 2012.
What does a painter do? He paints. Every day, in the case of Lex Braes. In this small show, concurrent with his aptly titled exhibition, “Routine,” at www.showroom http://www.showroom170.com on the LES through Feb 26 , a sampling of small works on paper from the past six years provides a window into Braes’ routine of approaching a handful of images again and again, in some cases year after year: a head resting sidways on an arm, a simple architectural structure, a face, an abstract pattern; some days he varies the pigment, other days the texture, the breadth of the stroke, the lay of the lips. While there are no self-portraits here, and no unifying themes or motifs, the paintings convey the commitment of the artist to the daily practice of painting, to painting as practice, the practice of opening oneself to see the subject, unimpaired and unencumbered, in the moment, and to respond in that moment in a way that honors the truth of his subject and himself.
He paints what he sees, but not in a vacuum. A well educated and cosmopolitan man, “Intellectual rigor is essential to his work; he is inspired by everyday life, to be sure, but also by writing, by the Frankfurt School, and by the Deconstructionist movement in Paris—Derrida, Deleuze, Guattari, and the like. With each painting, Braes takes his initial subject matter—that image or thought that first grabbed his attention— and ardently deconstructs the myths that surround the image, as well as the myths that envelop the act of painting itself. Thus he makes intellectual decisions about the work while allowing for a deeply personal improvisation to actually reinvent the canvas. And the magic of his work is that despite the deconstruction, despite the slow accretion of image over idea, in the finished product the story is still wholly up for grabs” (janera.com). “If you limit the idea to a product, rather than a gem, you lose the point,” he explains. “I try and allow the attraction of the image to generate an open possibility of an idea, not a closed one.”
While this may sound very zen, his painting communicates a surprising degree of passion. The repeated takes on the same subject, day after day, betray an ardent curiosity, a yearning to comprehend the essence, or range of meanings, of his subject and its characteristics. There is a vitality in his stroke, an unvarnished strength in his pigments, a resolution and energy. Braes tries to avoid participating in the commercial art world, but (or perhaps, in part, because of this), as his dealer in Germany will attest, they sell. His paintings speak immediately to the viewer on some primitive level and are deeply pleasurable to behold, without (or despite) being entirely understandable. We cannot identify all the thoughts and ideas that have contributed to the shaping of each of his works, nor do we need to, but we can sense that within his arrangements of paint resides the living thought of an engaged, creative mind. Braes’ paintings vibrate. They demand to be contemplated, repeatedly, over time.
If you are interested in purchasing Lex’s paintings, contact him at lexbraes@ymail.com.

Lex Braes was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland (1974-1979), at the Brooklyn Museum Art School (1979-1980), and at the University of California at San Diego under Allan Kaprow in the MFA program (1983-1984). Recent notable exhibitions include “Holding Patterns,” Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf (2010); “Gallery Artists,” Flowers Gallery, NY (2009) and “Punctuated Equilibrium,” Michael Langen, Feldafing, Germany (2003).
In 2012 his work is included in “The Annual: 2012” at The National Academy Museum, New York and in “Routine: Lex Braes with video work by Allan Kaprow and of Shoji Hamada” at Showroom (showroom170.com) in New York.
Braes has been a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Undergraduate Architecture Department at Pratt Institute since 2004. He is represented by Felix Ringel Galerie, Duesseldorf, Germany and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY (photo by Johan Granberg).

http://www.lexbraes.com

Exhibition: Family Diary by Mami
2012-11-30 - 2012-12-31 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Mami Family Diary

“Usually my husband works until very late every night, and the kids and I are already bed when he comes home. I felt we didn’t have enough time to talk, so I began keeping an illustrated diary in which I could share with him what was going on in our lives. In this diary I would record what we did, felt, thought or planned for the future, etc. When he comes home each night, he opens the diary and receives some impression of our day and can feel closer to us. Recently, our five-year-old son began wanting to draw in this diary and join in this communication.” — Mami
By sharing a glimpse of Mami’s family’s personal diary with you, we hope you might be reminded that creativity can enrich any kind of communication or daily activity and overcome obstacles to intimacy. Maybe you might also be inspired to use your creativity and love in some way to draw closer with the people in your lives. — CRS

Exhibition: Works from the CRS Collection by Miori Inata, Mayumi Nashida, and Chiharu Nishiyama
2013-01-21 - 2013-02-26 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS is delighted to announce an exhibition of works from its private collection by three female Japanese artists (photographers Miori Inata and Mayumi Nashida and painter Chiharu Nishiyama) who are friends of CRS and widely active in the global art world. The exhibition will be on display from January 22 – February 26, 2013.

西山千晴 / Chiharu Nishiyama
Chiharu Nishiyama is a painter who has participated in numerous international exhibitions in Europe as well as in Japan. Her inspiration is essentially religious and philosophical. This painting of a unicorn was created by Chiharu specifically for CRS and the beautiful frame carefully chosen to compliment it.
Through Chiharu Nishiyama, we meet the tradition and spirit of the Orient, and witness a more original, formative revival. The natural features of Japan that she depicts are neither mere scenery, people, nor buildings. They are imbued with the very breath of the spirit and gods that give life to the hearts and minds of the Japanese.
— from Paul Ambile’s profile of Nishimura for Art Maison International
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Chiharu majored in acrylic painting. Her work has won numerous awards including the Joan of Arc Glory Prize at the International Art Festival 2004 Chateau de Blois, the Côte d’Azur International Art Award at the 2004 Cannes International Arts Festival, the Avignon Festival award in 2004, the International Art Exhibition of Contemporary Art Achievement Award 2005, the Award OASISU International 2006 from Malta Tourism Minister Francis Zammit-Dimetchi, III Prize exhibition at the Auditorium Maurice label Arts Festival Japan 2007 Monaco from Rainier III of Monaco, and Winner Le Salon in 2001 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006. She is an officially recognized painter A.M.S.C. 2005, a Spanish National Prado Museum Foundation member in 2005, and a Japan International Artists Association member JIAS 2007.
http://nishiyama-chiharu.com

稲田美織 / Miori Inata
Miori Inata’s photographs have been exhibited widely at galleries in Japan as well as in NY, NJ, and Israel. Her work appears in the Harvard University Fidelity Photography Collection and has been published by Random House – Kodansha and by Vogue Japan. She has a B.A. in Art specializing in oil painting and printing from Tama Art University of Tokyo, Japan and later attended the Southampton College L.I.U. Photography Workshop.
I take pictures to capture a moment of beauty. I like to take photographs of an object as it appears at the moment. I want to preserve a particular moment, a moment that will never happen again in exactly the same way. This idea comes from the Japanese “Chado” (the tea ceremony) — the idea that weather, light, season and time are changing all the time. All things exist by chance, yet I believe that they are connected to each other by inevitable coincidences. Therefore, I appreciate the fact that I can be present at that moment. I have also traveled extensively throughout the world expanding my awareness and catching moments of particular light in different settings. Wherever I travel, the world in my photography is very quiet and peaceful. I hope people will love the earth more with my photos of the beauty in the world. — Miori Inata
https://www.facebook.com/MioriInata

梨子田 まゆみ / Mayumi Nashida
Mayumi Nashida is a professional photographer based in NYC since 1993. She specializes in photographing musicians, artists, and actors. She has shot Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, U2, Yoko Ono, Celine Dion, Yo-Yo Ma, Tool, The Strokes, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, James Blunt, Oasis, Richard Gere, and many others.
Prior to moving to the US, she worked as creative coordinator for Sony Music, where it was her job to assemble CD jackets and promotional materials for Sony musicians. While there, she taught herself photography.
http://mayuminashida.com

Exhibition: The Butterfly People — Photographs by Katherine Abegg
2013-03-01 - 2013-04-30 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce an exhibition of color photographs of the Samburu people of Kenya and their surroundings, taken by artist Katherine Abegg. Kenya may conjure images of breathtaking vistas of forest and savannah framed by towering mountains and those are on display here, but what truly takes one’s breath away here is the people. The openness of heart and spirit between photographer and subject is the subject of this collection.
Please join us for a Closing Reception with artist Katherine Abegg on Friday, May 3, 2013 from 7:40 – 9 pm. We need to raise an additional $625 to send one Samburo child to school next year.
There will be an Opening Reception with the artist on Saturday, March 2, 2013 from 6 – 8 pm. The exhibition will continue through May 3, and proceeds from sales of the prints will go toward a scholarship fund to send one Samburo child to secondary school.
About Katherine Abegg
Katherine has been studying and teaching A Course In Miracles with CRS for 7 years. Through the study of ACIM, she has learned to cultivate a creative life and to explore the world with greater courage and presence of mind. As an actor, Katherine has performed in short films and in performance art pieces. She has worked in fashion and millinery for several years, developing fabrics and making headpieces. She has recently ventured into the world of photography and is thrilled to have her first exhibition at CRS. More….

Serien!
That’s Samburu for “hello.” As many of you know, I had the opportunity to travel to Kenya last fall. I was travelling with my dear friend Linda, who introduced me to the Samburu people. For two weeks we stayed in the village of N’Donyo Wasin, which is several hours away from cell phone reception, ATM machines and hot showers. We pitched tents in a downpour, dined with (and inadvertently on) huge quantities of bugs, quenched our thirst with warm beer and danced under the vast night sky.
Each day was like an era, each minute diffused into hours by the equatorial sun. But the days were full as we read with the schoolchildren, ventured to the outlying villages and cooked with the warriors. The Samburu people were unabashedly open and welcoming. I was immediately hooked. Their stoicism, their dignity, their innocence and lack of cynicism were deeply impressive and humbling.
— Katherine Abegg

Exhibition: Miracle Kototama Art — Calligraphy by Shisui
2013-05-17 - 2013-07-13 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce an exhibition of calligraphy by Tokyo-based artist Shisui. The exhibition will open on May 18 and run for eight weeks. A closing reception with the artist will be held on Saturday, July 13, 2013 from 4 – 6 pm.
In ancient Japan it was believed that words held a secret, mysterious power. When uttered, the sound of these words would vibrationally impact the world beyond the impact of the meaning of the word. The word for this was kototama. Likewise, certain kanji, or Japanese word symbols, were also thought to possess a power to affect the world by emitting a kind of vibration or energy. In her work, Shisui seeks to discover calligraphic shapes that, despite appearing abstract or unfamilar in shape, emit this kind of vibration and are recognizable by the miraculous healing power they possess and the positive feelings they provoke.
About Shisui
Shisui’s art has most recently appeared in the famous spiritual magazine “Yugahul.”
Also in 2013, her work was included in the book Anatanimmo kototama no kiseki ga segue okiru by Mr Sakuraba Masahumi and in the web magazine TrinityWeb.
Last year, she appeared on the popular web programs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGOwCjhxKbI&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d0t1-T5A1AM
★Shisui Web Site
http://miraclekototamart.jp/index.htm
★Shisui Blog
http://ameblo.jp/miraclekototamart/
Artist Statement
I felt in the days of my childhood that human beings were connected by their subconscious but that as we became socialized, we were brainwashed by llusion and forgot that we all are beings that are splendid with perfection. As an adult, I worked for more than ten years as a web designer and director, but gradually I came to think that I’d like to express through my art work that “The soul of all people is beautiful and life is a trip of returning to love(= God).” And then I came across the Japanese ancient letters. So I’ve started my work. I hope my arts are useful for your happiness. — Shisui

Exhibition: Thinking Forward
2013-08-02 - 2013-08-29 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce an exhibition of photographs taken in Bangladesh by Misako Ono and in Ethiopia by Emily Piper documenting specific actions this generation is taking to make the world better for the next. Photographs documenting some of the women depicted in the documentary HALF THE SKY are also included as well as photos of some of the girls who have received educational assistance from HALF THE SKY featured NGO Room to Read. The exhibition opened on August 3 and will close on August 29, 2013. An Opening Reception with the photograpers and light refreshments was held on Saturday, August 3, 2013 from 6 – 7:30 pm.
Any profits from the sale of the photographs will be donated to the Eleshu Kellensoo Mokonissa Primary School Library in Kellensoo, Ethiopia, which has been funded by Think Coffee and its partners Nardos Exports & The Bushwick Seed Company. In conjunction with the exhibition HALF THE SKY will be screened at CRS on August 10 from 2:30 – 7 pm.
About Photographer Misako Ono
Misako’s interest in photography began in her freshmen year of high school when she took a digital photography class. Finding passion in capturing the life around her and sharing it with others, she furthered her learning by taking pre-college courses at Rhode Island School of Design and Pratt Institute. She is now a rising junior at Tufts University, studying Sociology and Mass Communications while taking photographs for the campus daily newspaper and publications. This past year, she focused on multimedia storytelling in the Program for Narrative and Documentary Practices at Tufts taught by photojournalists Gary Knight and Samuel James. Using multimedia as a platform to look at social issues, she completed a project documenting the story of a homebirth midwife working in the Boston area, bringing attention to this alternative process of birth. At the end of the year, the program took her on a workshop to Dhaka, Bangladesh, where she created a photo essay about a mother living in the slums of the megacity. The camera is a tool for her to connect with the people she captures and to understand the world. Misako would like to keep pursuing and developing skills to become a documentary photographer.
Misako Ono Artist Statement:
Shortly after I picked up a camera for the first time, photography became my alternative mode of communication. It provided a creative connection that soothed and stimulated my shy nature. English was my second language, yet sharing my photography enabled me to open up and navigate my adolescent years. My studies in college piqued an interest in social justice, at which point I turned to predominantly documentary photography. Upon discovering the power of visual language, I decided I wanted my photographs to tell stories and provide voices to those who are either silenced or too quiet to be heard. At the end of my sophomore year, I was given the opportunity to travel to Bangladesh and create a documentary photo project of my choice. I chose to chronicle a housewife for my project because this single woman represents a vast population of women with every valid reason to speak up but no ability to do so. With my photos, I hope to provide an honest look into a world that deserves awareness and a platform for people to connect and bring change to the issues.
About Photographer Emily Piper
Emily Piper recently graduated from NYU with a Master’s in Food Systems. She traveled with Think Coffee to Peru and Ethiopia to discover more about the people and places that create our coffee. Emily will soon begin her first year as a middle school teacher in Miami, Florida, where she will work to include food production and consumption in her science classes.
About Think Coffee
Think Coffee is a New York-based coffee company that has bought coffee from the Kellensoo region in the past. For the past several years, Think Coffee has been an outstanding neighbor to CRS, contributing to the cost of our renovation in 2010 and never failing to act in a thoughtful and neighborly fashion. We are delighted to have this opportunity to collaborate with them on a project dear to their hearts and ours.
About Room to Read
We envision a world in which all children can pursue a quality education, reach their full potential and contribute to their community and the world.
To achieve this goal, we focus on two areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact: literacy and gender equality in education. We work in collaboration with communities and local governments across Asia and Africa to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the life skills they’ll need to succeed in school and beyond.

Exhibition: Paintings by Rita Holcberg
2013-09-15 - 2013-10-28 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce an exhibition of 14 paintings by Argentinian artist Rita Holcberg from September 16 – October 28, 2013.
An Opening Reception with the artist will be held Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 6 – 8 pm. Samples of her jewelry will also be on display during the reception.
About Rita Holcberg
Rita Holcberg is primarily a jewelry designer, selling made-to-order jewelry on three continents. As a painter, she studied at the Art Student League of New York under Perri Neri, Mariano del Rosario, and Frank O’Cain. Her work is also on display at Twenty Seven Gallery in Port Jervis, NY.
Rita Holcberg’s Artist Statement:
“Please, come in…”
My painting originates from the impressions of the world around me, being digested, processed and then transported spontaneously to the canvas.
One voice speaking artistically in many different languages.
Color is my medium.
I am very thankful for having lived in different countries: Argentina, Brazil and the United States.
These cultures, places and their people developed and enriched my life experience.
My art is an expression of a lifetime journey among diversity and an invitation for visiting some of these worlds and their creatures.
Design, fashion and the love for the arts are the background where I trained my “eye” developing a sense of rhythm, balance,and shape.
Curiosity challenged my perception looking always for the unknown and the unexpected.
Still ready to travel the roads less traveled!!
“Please, come in… ”
http://www.saatchiart.com/ritaholcberg

Exhibition: Portraits by Yoko Kiuchi
2013-11-10 03:00 - 2013-11-30 12:00 (America/New_York) | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is honored to announce an exhibition of recent works by Shanghai-based Japanese artist Yoko Kiuchi from November 10 – 30, 2013. The exhibition consists of six painted portraits (“What Color Is Your Self?”) in primarily water-based paints such as gouche with colorful floral backgrounds as well as an installation of a dress (“Rebirth”) decorated with various natural matererials such as feathers, leaves, paper, cotton and lace.
An Opening Reception with the artist will be held Sunday, November 10, 2013 from 4:30 – 6:30 pm.
Each portrait expresses the colors of each person’s world. The background color reflects that person’s life until now. The butterfly and flower represent their will and thought. Particularly, rose is a kind of flower that stands for a person’s intent. Butterfly symbolizes their thought from their individual life experiences.
By using a set of designed paper napkins and Japanese Origami including Chiyogami and Japanese rice paper (Washi), Kiuchi created each person’s distinctive look, their unique inner beauty. The images of the flowers are created by cutting the shapes from different designer paper napkins. However, the colors that she picked for the paintings were her own inspirations.
The dress installation reflects that the artist is a part of nature’s circle, a cycle of rebirth, as one among other various colors. The color of the dress itself represents natural light. The deocrations represent so many of the colors that people express and experience throughout their lives.
About Yoko Kiuchi
Yoko Kiuchi studied Graphic Design at Pratt Institute of Technology in NY and worked as a graphic designer for a few years before realizing that graphic design was not what she wanted to do with her life. She became more interested in fine arts and therefore decided to enter the distant learning program in fine art at Musashino Art University, in Tokyo.
Yoko Kiuchi’s Artist Statement:
I have lived in Tokyo, NY and currently live in Shanghai. Though I have experienced differences in race, religion and culture in the countries I have lived, I realize that art is universal and can be shared by people all over the world. My intuition is guiding my work and my art is expressed in colors combined with natural materials.
My art work was inspired by the actual people I used as my models in my paintings. I believe that the life style of others can inspire us, and by borrowing elements from that life style while making some personal adjustments to them, we can then create a new life style that is unique and best for ourselves. By showing the colors of each person’s life, I allow the viewers to get a sense of their life. I used to be intimidated by their strong artistic will. However, by using them as my subjects in my paintings, I was able to discover my own hidden desires and interests in my life.
Each of my models has wonderful love in his or her heart. They love looking at the bright side of their lives and enjoy life itself a lot. Their life style attracts me very much because I feel something in common through the various stages of my life as a housewife who took care of her father who had severe dementia, as a professional photographer raising a baby, and as an artist who performed at refugee camps in the Congo and many other places in Europe, Asia, and South America….
There is a variety of beautiful colors all around us.
Everyone in this world is working in your favor.
People inhale and then exhale again.
Everyone has likes and dislikes.
All people radiate a splendid color of themselves.
Please enjoy your life with many colors coming from all different experiences.
Many thanks to my husband, Kai for all his time and help. I would also like to thank Yasuko, Christopher, Aya and all CRS members for offering me the opportunity to have a solo show in CRS, NY. Thank you very much for seeing my show.
With Love,
Yoko Kiuchi

Exhibition: LIGHT — Paintings by Aoi Nakamura
2013-12-07 - 2013-12-22 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce LIGHT, an exhibition of paintings by Japan-based painter and pottery artist Aoi Nakamura from December 8 – 22, 2013. The exhibition consists of 15 abstract and semi-abstract works in acrylic on canvas.
In lieu of an opening reception, we invite everyone to meet the artist at the CRS Holiday Reception on Saturday, Dec 14 from 8:30 – 10 pm ($15 at the door).
ABOUT LIGHT
“Motherly soft light in nature, beautiful shine, dynamic and powerful energy, lights lying in the deep human soul, lights that come from the unconscious mind — those are the things I would like to express in my paintings.
“Today, we face many problems, hardships, agonies and conflicts both on a social and personal level but, whatever those things are, I believe that there always are rays of hope. When I paint, I always try to look into an image that comes from my unconscious mind and have such rays of light spread out in my work.” — Aoi Nakamura
Aoi Nakamura‘s Artist Statement:
“My work expresses the power of nature, the force of life, flow of energy, dynamism of nature and human sub-consciousness. My inspiration for art comes from such individuals as Haruki Murakami, Carl Gustav Jung, Claude Dsbussy, and Kenji Miyazawa, and also from dreams and fantasies. Interplay of Eastern and Western philosophies are also reflected in my paintings.
“My experiences as a professional acupuncturist and oriental herbal medicine pharmacist practitioner for over ten years has also influenced my art. Through diagnosing many patients, I often realize that many of them tend to resort to quick and instant recovery through western medicine and forget to pay attention to the power of natural healing that each individual originally has. When they recover through my acupuncture session, they often seem to remember the power of life force and enter into what Jung refers to as “an individuation process and avhieve personal wholeness.” I hope that, through my art, people can feel and sense such power of natural healing.”
— Aoi Nakamura
About Aoi Nakamura
Aoi studied abstract painting at “The Art Students League of New York, NY” and “Durham Arts Council, NC”. She graduated from Mimbi-Attached Institutes of Japan Art Association, Tokyo Japan. Her paintings were displayed at such exhibitions as ”Salon des Artistes Independants in Japan” (Society of Independent Artists) and Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Student Exhibition (Ueno, Tokyo).
After engaging in her creative activity at an atelie in Kamakura (a historic town near Tokyo), she has moved to NY, where she focuses on abstract paintings.
Aoi is a licensed acupuncturist as well as herbal medicine practitioner.
http://aoinakamura.com
e-mail: aoinyart@gmail.com

Exhibition: Photographs & Stories by Annie Ling
2014-01-10 - 2014-01-31 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is pleased to present a selection of images and stories from photographer Annie Ling‘s project AWHERENESS on human trafficking in Romania and Moldova. The exhibition has been arranged to coincide with a free Human Trafficking Awareness Day Program taking place on January 11, 2014 at CRS from 4 – 9 pm featuring two film screenings and a panel discussion. The photographs will remain on view from Jan 11 – 31, 2014.
Please take this opportunity and direct your attention to SocialDocumentary.net, which highlights work by photographers around the world shedding light on the tragedy of trafficking.
Romania and Moldova are beautiful countries with an ugly problem. Every year, thousands of women, men and children are trafficked outside and within the borders for sex and forced labor.
In many cases, children and young adults turn to the streets to escape harsh conditions at overrun orphanages or domestic abuse at home. Those affected by trafficking are often exploited by the ones closest to them: a family member, a partner, a lover. Psychological manipulation, coercion, and physical violence form the basis for a majority of these stories.
Human trafficking is rooted in various systems of oppression. Hearing these stories, it is impossible to understand and address human trafficking without addressing broader socio-economic realities, gender inequality, domestic violence, corruption, racism, and poverty.
AWHERENESS is a collaboration with trafficked survivors to trace their stories and expose the places that enable trafficking. Trafficking is pervasive, making it hard to detect. It takes on many different forms, often in the most mundane places: at home, parks, transportation hubs, cafes, and beyond.
Artist Statement
AWHERENESS the project grew out of conversations and focused research between close friend and collaborator Patricia Chabvepi, a Romanian human rights activist and myself nearly two years ago.
Trafficking in Romania has swelled since 1989, with the end of communism. Upon joining the European Union in 2007, Romania relaxed its border patrol measures, making free flow of both goods and people easier across borders. However, as the country’s economy is also improving, internal trafficking is also gaining traction. The situation is even more critical in Moldova due to the rise of orphanages amidst a struggling economy and lack of employment opportunities in the country. Most people in Moldova want to live and work abroad, which makes the trafficking of human beings a perversely easy endeavor. Moldova is the poorest nation of Europe, with a large percentage of its children growing up in state institutions, not necessarily because they are orphans, but because their parents do not have the means to raise them.
My first exposure to the problem of human trafficking was through a number of awareness raising campaigns, seminars, reports and articles. Being from Romania, Patricia had been aware for years of Romanian young women being tricked into prostitution abroad, but only vaguely considered what this really meant and what exactly drove them to these jobs abroad as “waitresses” and “dancers.” During a volunteer opportunity with a New York-based organization that works with victims of domestic abuse, Patricia confronted the reality that domestic abuse and trafficking often go hand in hand.
Human trafficking is a cunning beast that takes on various and evolving forms as result of underlying systems of oppression. Hearing these stories, it is impossible to understand and address human trafficking without addressing the broader socio-economic realities, gender inequality, domestic violence, racism, and poverty.
Trafficking today has a much more ambiguous and deceptive appearance, thus making it harder to expose. What happens now is often done under the cover of legality, with proper paperwork and even some portion of consent. This makes law enforcement particularly difficult, as does corruption.
Trafficking stories are personal. My hope is that these images would invite the viewer to contemplate more deeply the problem of human trafficking and to gain an “awhereness” of the context in which trafficking is born and bred through the personal stories of survivors.
— Annie Ling, http://annielingphoto.com @lingphoto
About Annie Ling
Born in Taipei, Annie is a Canadian artist and documentary photographer currently based in Brooklyn, New York.
Select clients include The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine, GEO Magazine (Germany), Courrier International (France), FADER Magazine, and New York Magazine.
Her photography has been featured in publications such as PDN Photo Annual, American Photography 27, Magenta Flash Forward: Emerging Photographers, Monthly Photography, and The Forward, among others.
Her work is exhibited and collected internationally. Most recently, her work has been exhibited in Germany (Lumix Photo Festival), South Korea (Gwanju Biennale), Finland (NYPH Awards), Hungary (Budapest Photo Festival), Canada (Magenta Flash Forward), and throughout the USA in Maine, Boston, and currently in New York City (“A Floating Population” at MOCA).
Annie is currently a fellow of Reflexions Masterclass, a laboratory investigating the evolution of the language of visual representation and photography. She is also a recipient of a Director’s Fellowship from The International Center of Photography.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:
New York Photo Festival Award, Honorary Mention, USA
Magenta Flash Forward Winner, Canada/International
American Photography 27, Selected, USA/International
PDN Photo Annual Winner, USA/International
PDN 30 Nominee, USA/International
World Press Joop Swart Masterclass Nominee, Amsterdam
Reflexions Masterclass Nominee/Runner-Up, Italy/Europe
ICP Director’s Fellowship, USA/International
FOLLOW:
For documentary projects, please go to:
www.annielingphoto.com
Facebook Artist Page (news feed):
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Annie-Ling/216525428377122
Follow on Twitter @lingphoto
Annie is available for travel and assignments.
Please contact for details and quotes.

Exhibition: Marvin's 3rd Eye Paintings
2014-02-07 - 2014-03-04 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce the exhibition of a series of 3rd eye paintings by Marvin Rosenberg. Marvin appears to be peaceful and calm at all times, and he conveys this experience of timeless peace through his paintings. An Opening Reception with the artist will be held Saturday, Feb 8 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm.
The spareness of the compositions suggests that the distractions of the world of perception have been largely stripped away, encouraging us to focus on our awareness of our own consciousness. His vivid use of color and the roundness of his subjects’ eyes communicate joy and wakeful presence, allowing us to let go of our own thoughts and say yes to bliss. The paintings will remain on view from Feb 8 – March 4, 2014, and you can experience the peace of Marvin in person at his Gentle Yoga classes every Tuesday & Thursday from 5:30 – 6:30 pm at CRS.
Artist Statement
“I am trying to express something higher,
some state of intuition, some state of realization,
an atmosphere we can all enter,
of calmness, of wideness.
A place where we can experience the delight of being.”
About Marvin Rosenberg
Marvin Rosenberg was born in New York City. As a teenager he started to draw and paint. When he was 21, he met a man who greatly influenced the course of his life, named Sam Spanier. Sam was a successful artist who started an ashram based upon the teachings of the Indian mystic Sri Aurobindo. It was Sam who introduced Marvin to Yoga and Meditation and encouraged him to continue painting and pursue all the aspects of his being. He studied Modern Dance and choreography, performing and presenting his own work in NYC. He studied Hatha Yoga and was asked to teach a basic yoga class, which became known as Gentle Yoga. He has been teaching gentle yoga for the past 20 years and currently teaches this class at CRS every Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30 – 6:30 pm.

Exhibition: 3.11 Portrait Project — 3/6 – 5/8/14
2014-03-05 - 2014-03-06 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
In observance of the third anniverary of the Great Eastern Japan earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear disaster on 3/11, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is honored to bring the 3.11 Portrait Project to New York City for the first time. A selection of the photographs and accompanying installation, which have previously been exhibited in Canada, Finland and elsewhere, will remain on view from March 6 – April 30, 2014.
The 3.11 Portrait Project is a project supporting Great Eastern Japan Earthquake recovery with the participation of photographers from different fields, hair & makeup artists, models, and local NPOs. Some of the members went to Tohoku in early April 2011 to take news photos and to volunteer with different organizations. Staggered by the desolation they found, some of them realized that they wanted, needed to do something, for themselves and for the residents of Tohoku, more positive and healing than simply documenting the destruction and loss.
Finding that so many families had lost all of their photos of their loved ones, photographer Nobuyuki Kobayashi and his colleagues realized they could work together with hair and makeup artists to take new portraits of the survivors. The portraits are then sent to Japanese schoolchildren in non-disaster regions, who frame the portraits and send them back to the survivors along with personal messages of support.
About the Project
The 3.11 Portrait Project is a project supporting Great Eastern Japan Earthquake recovery with the participation of photographers from different fields, hair & makeup artists, models, and local NPOs. Some of the members went to Tohoku in early April 2011 to take news photos and to volunteer with different organizations. What they witnessed – people who had shutdown emotionally from suffering opening up a little each time a shutter was pressed. People overcome with joy over photographs they picked up out of the dirt. Middle-aged women who seemed to brightly laugh off even unprecedented hardship. The photographers and volunteers who witnessed this asked their colleagues, “Will you work with us to shoot photographs of the victims?”
They have only one goal. “We want those who have lost everything to find even a little courage and hope, to find the momentum to take a step toward the future. We want to help them do this.”
The members usually work in different arenas — some in advertising and others in magazines — and have different styles. They reveal their individuality against a common white backdrop. The only things present there are the feelings of the subject and the person taking the photograph. They feel that photography’s intrinsic “preservation” and “communication” functions will prevent this disaster from being forgotten, and that photography moves people and has the power to change grief into smiles. And in front of them, the photographers have the optimistic, I’m-not going-to-let-this-beat-me attitude of the people who have come forward to be their subjects. We would like others to experience their spirit so we ask that you introduce the project in your media.
Statement
The devastation caused by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake is widely known, but we started going to disaster areas almost two months after it occurred. When we rethought what the role of photography should be in this situation, we came up with one answer. To take authentic portraits, which are clearly different from news photographs, and to leave a record.
Although the subjects vary in number between individuals, families, and groups, we thought that having talented photographers come together as an organization to leave portraits and communicate with the next generation was a very meaningful way to support not only earthquake victims, but the “emotional recovery” of local communities and Japan as a country.
The damage left in the wake of this unprecedented earthquake far exceeds anything that we imagined. It is impossible to imagine the physical and mental pain of the victims. In light of people’s difficulty facing harsh realities, taking portraits in this situation is not an easy thing. But people must move past difficulty to go forward. We thought that rather than shutting away the feelings they had after the earthquake and the deep sadness that they couldn’t put into words, releasing these feelings would give them a foothold to tomorrow and to recovery.
As photographers, we believe our mission is to support each of the victim’s next steps by taking their portraits.
We had the rare opportunity to go to the disaster areas several times to take portraits. During shoots, we saw earthquake victims who had shutdown emotionally open up little by little, and have had people say wonderful things after shoots like “I want to make this an opportunity to move forward positively with my life,” and “I’m glad I had my picture taken. It cheered me up.”
These moments confirmed for us that they were able to find some sense of closure on their post-earthquake feelings by having their photographs taken and that their portraits gave them the momentum to take a step toward the future. And we realized that we ourselves, through sharing the victims’ feelings in some way, were greatly encouraged and deeply comforted.
This activity also revealed a crucial fact. Photographers at local photo studios play an important role for families and local communities. People told us things like “We went to the photo studio a lot before the earthquake,” “I would take the kids to the studio whenever there was a special occasion,” and “All those photographs were washed away.” These photographers themselves were severely impacted. We are providing all of our services for free, but we are mindful of not interfering with the future recovery efforts of local photographers and hope that this project helps with future economic activities. For this reason also, we would like many photographers, including those from local photo studios, to participate in this project and as many people and companies as possible to cooperate with and support the project so that we can shoot according to the requests of the victims and help prepare the environment for economic recovery.
We continue to believe that photography’s intrinsic “preservation” and “communication” functions will prevent this disaster from being forgotten and that photography moves people and has the power to change grief into smiles.
— 3.11 Portrait Project Executive Committee

Exhibition: New Flowers — Paintings by Robin Ann Meyer and Rie Nishimura
2014-05-08 - 2014-06-28 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents NEW FLOWERS, an exhibition of recent paintings by Robin Ann Meyer and Rie Nishimura. There will be an Closing Reception on Saturday, June 28, 2014 from 7 – 8:30 pm with a short, live painting demonstration of their technqiues from 7 – 7:30 pm.
Performance 7pm-7:30pm (Door open 6:30pm)
Djembe: Umeda Hirotoshi,
Singer: Mayu Toyama
Admission: Free
CRS patrons will recall Ms. Nishimura’s 2012 exhibition at CRS of colorful abstract paintings inspired by the sea. Her newest paintings continue her method of finishing her canvases in one session but now she paints with her bare hands, resulting in more dynamically complex and energetic compositions. Ms. Meyer, by contrast, has painted the works in this show while holding her brush with her feet. Each strives to use her entire body in the painting process and arrive at an organic and intuitive representation of her feeling in the moment.
ABOUT ROBIN ANN MEYER
Robin grew up in Rochester, NY. She demonstrated interest/ability in visual arts from a young age. She left her hometown and her native country to further her arts education, receiving both a BA and MFA from highly respected European institutions. Currently, she works as a textile artist and painter in NYC. The patenting technique she has developed requires complete concentration and acceptance. She finds constant depth and growth inside her self-imposed boundaries, which make her feel all the more connected to the work.
http://www.robinannmeyer.com/
Education:
MFA in Fine Art/ Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain: 2006 BA (Hons) Design/ University College Falmouth, England: 2003-2006
Group Exhibitions:
Art Students League Gallery (NY, NY) : January 2014
Art Students League Gallery (NY, NY) : May 2013
Dreams ( Monroe Art Center, Hoboken, NJ) : October 2011 New Blood (Islington, London) : June 2006
New Designers (Islington, London) : July 2006
Awards and Recognition:
Art Students League Blue Dot 2014
Art Students League Blue Dot 2013
Universidad Complutense International Scholarship 2006 University College Falmouth International Scholarship 2003

ABOUT RIE NISHIMURA
Rie was born in Tokyo, graduated from the Department of Spatial Design, Musashino Art University. She had worked as an art director and a graphic designer in Tokyo, then relocated in New York in 2008 to diversify her expression in design and art fields. In 2010, she started a performance art, which is the combination of dancing and painting to capture her feelings in the moment. She creates a unique atmosphere, allowing her to share time, space, and experience with others. For Rie, art-making is an inevitable process to welcome, feel, and express the new flow of emotions.
http://www.rienishimura.com
Performance Show:
Japan Week Event at Grand Central Station : May 2013 Solo Exhibition “Tears of the Ocean” at CRS : June 2012 Arigato Event at Central Park : Mar 2012
J-Collabo Event: “Past-Present-Future” at Audi Forum 250 Park Avenue : May 2012
Painting Show at Mundo : Mar 2011
J-Collabo Event: SADOU (Japanese Tea Ceremony) “THE UNIVERSE” : Feb 2011
Painting Show at LINN : Feb 2011
Design Awards:
New York Art Directors Club 81st annual
JAPAN PACKAGE DESIGN AWARDS 2006
Japanese Society of Commercial Space Design Award 2006

Exhibition: Haruko BlueStarChild
2014-08-21 - 2014-08-24 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS welcomes Sedona-based Japanese artist HA-RU-KO BlueStarChild for a three-day exhibition August 22 – 24, 2014 (10am – 6 pm Friday and Saturday, 1 – 5 pm Sunday) with daily slide show presentation and talk by the artist from 2 – 3 pm. HA-RU-KO is a multi dimensional artist, designer, performer, and author. In 1999 she started to receive inspirations from the Light Realm. She consciously merges with the Source (Creator) and Mother Earth and co-creates our ultimate dream to bring joy, peace, and harmony on the Earth through her artistic creations.
During the daily talks, she will describe how she started to receive inspiration from the Light Realm and show slides of many of her older artworks to show how her process and artwork evolved and also what she has been learning from them. So many messages come through from the drawings.
ABOUT HA-RU-KO BLUESTARCHILD
Her art introduces many other realms such as Ascended Masters, ArchAngels & Angels, Fairies, Nature Elementals, ETs, and other Universes. Also her art depicts the future and possibility of the world we are to create. Her artwork seems to awaken deep soul memories in each individual. They remind us of the true essence of our beauty, purity, innocence and magnificence of who we truly are. She works closely with ArchAngels and Angels, so her drawings bring healing into the hearts and souls of many people.
Her drawings are done all by free-hand and her creations range from Free-Flow Sacred Geometry, Ancient Divine codes, Original Essence Portraits, Angelic Healing Art, Cosmic Maps and Scenery, and Beings in other dimensions.
www.BlueStarChild.com
ARTIST STATEMENT
In 1999 I started to draw with the assistance of the full moon. It is hard to explain, but the full moon created such a mood that I was all of a sudden inspired to draw rabbits. This continued to happen on many moons. Many rabbits kept on appearing on my sketchbook for many months.
According to a Japanese folk tale, rabbits live on the moon making rice cakes to bring us prosperity. Perhaps they came down from the moon to share their wisdom with me. They gently and slowly introduced me to a spirit world so that I would not be afraid.
After years of drawing, the rabbits began to appear less frequently and they transformed into a sacred-looking beings in disguise of rabbit-like forms. Although they looked cute and innocent, they embodied power and dignity. Also the drawings became more structural and complex, like what we call a Sacred Geometry but my drawings are in much more free form. Moreover, I started to be introduced to other dimensions, such as Nature kingdom, Angelic kingdom, ET world, Realm of Light and Masters, and other Universes.
Through drawing, I began to understand that our imagination is connected with the source of Creation (God if you may call), I didn’t even believe in God, when I started to draw. I thought that angels and fairies and ETs are just a fantasy. Through my drawings, I can experience and remember their world, and I can feel their presence as real as seeing them. Through my drawings, my soul memories started to be awakened, and I can feel all those presence in my heart, and they became more and more real to me, and I have been learning a precious wisdom from the spirit world through my drawings.
My drawings are all done by free-hand and the sizes are as large as 8 feet tall or 10 feet in width.
I would like to introduce the multi-dimensional worlds through my artwork and allow the audience to journey through each of them and receive the energies and activations within our soul to awaken our soul and to remember who truly are. They are gifts from our Creator which happened to flow through my hand, and so my intention is to share to people as much as I can by traveling the world.

Exhibition: Atonement – Aganai — Ceramic Sculpture by Miyu Asakawa
2014-09-12 - 2014-10-31 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce ATONEMENT – AGANAI, an exhibition of ragu-fired stoneware by artist Miyu Asakawa. The ceramic masks and heads in this exhibition are inspired by actual events in the artist’s life. Each mask represents a feeling Miyu had at a particular moment in time, phases in her life, or in a relationship. All of the masks were cast of her own face or that of friends or family.
Asakawa has been studying A Course in Miracles and was also inspired in her recent work by the Course’s re-conception of atonement as meaning to be “healed” by re-connecting with one’s inner truth (realizing that sin always was and is impossible and that we are always already perfect, as God created us.) So, even though these masks express the ego’s vulnerability and the scars of drama/trauma, she wants to use this process of psychic excavation to reach something changeless below the surface, to recover her own sense of strength and grace.
An Opening Reception with the artist will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2014 from 5 – 7 pm. Following the reception, please join us for a screening of the lyrical and profound Dutch-Japanese documentary film “Water Children.”
Miyu Asakawa was born in Fukuoka, Japan and moved to New York in 1998. She has been working in ceramics for the last seven years. Most of the pieces in this exhibit are made in the Raku method, which is a particular method of glazing and firing clay. In Raku, the glaze of every piece comes out completely different, even if it started out identical on two separate pieces. She has previously had exhibitions in NY at Art on A in Manhattan and at Roux Roux in Brooklyn.

Exhibition: Reflected Reverie: Paintings by Marianne Gunther
2015-01-09 - 2015-02-28 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by Marianne Gunther, artist & creative art psychotherapist. In addition to Marianne’s newest work, the art and testimonies of 3 individuals who experienced the benefits of art therapy with Marianne will be on display.
An Opening Reception with the artist will take place on Saturday, January 10, 2015 from 4:30 – 6:30 pm. Immediately following the reception please join us for an intimate concert of Latin jazz and original compostions by world-renowned pianist Chiemi Nakai.
About Marianne Gunther
Marianne Gunther is a New York State- licensed creative art psychotherapist in private practice here at Center for Remembering and Sharing, New York City. In addition to her private practice, Marianne is a member of the psychiatric creative art therapy team of Woodhull Medical Center, providing individual and group art therapy services for patients on the medical detoxification unit. Fueled by her commitment to support children facing grief, Marianne is a bereavement group facilitator for A Caring Hand: The Billy Esposito Foundation.
In this exhibition, Marianne reveals her “reflected reverie,” passionately painted images of sky, landscapes, portraits, moments of private reverie, when distinctions between reality and perception soften. Drawing upon Tibetan practices of Shinay and Prajna Paramita, Jon Kabot -Zinn’s mindful meditation and Carl Jung’s active imagination, each image reflects her practice of meditating “with open eyes.” All paintings were created in water based oil paint on cotton canvas. All original paintings are for sale. Reproductions will be available after Jan 9th, 2015 on Redbubble.
Marianne received her B.F.A. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University, Boston, her Masters in art therapy from Pratt Institute and is currently a candidate for psychoanalysis at the Institute for Expressive Analysis, New York. A graduate of the Emma Willard School, in 1999, she was awarded Outstanding Young Alumna award, in recognition of her achievements in creative art psychotherapy. Marianne’s essay: “The one word we knew” was one of eleven essays featured in Defining Moments for Therapists (pp. 149-153). New York, NY: Life Sherpa.

Exhibition: "流転-RUTEN-" by Yasuka Matsumoto
2015-04-16 - 2015-04-20 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS is honored to present a brief exhibition of works by Yasuka Matsumoto of Japan from April 17 – 20, 2015. The works that Ms. Matsumoto will be sharing all reference the Japanese traditional method of making iron and steel, called Tatara, using charcoal created from the burning of wood.
〜 A story of small iron 〜
Trees in the forest are transformed into iron and steel by human’s hand. That process can be said to concentrate a large forest into small metallic objects. These objects carry the memory of having existed as trees in the forest. When a metal object closes its eyes, it see images and remembers the memory of this past it carries within. The object misses living in the forest and eventually returns there as it rusts and is scattered and carried back to the soil and is finally re-absorbed by the trees and other vegetation.
Profile of Yasuka Matsumoto
I studied sculpture at Tama Art University and experienced using various materials. I was fascinated by the beauty of the original state of each material. Since every material is perfect as it is, I always wanted to use materials in their original condition. Since then, when I create my artwork, I always cherish the original condition of materials and try to be guided by the ways that they are already being transformed by nature and traditional human-directed processes. It is my hope that you will be able to enjoy the objects that I exhibit as both raw materials, interesting for their own inherent natural properties, and as works carefully shaped by an artist to draw attention to certain processes and ideas, to provoke various questions and to enrich the experience of sharing space and time with the object and its journey.
http://yasukamatsumoto.com
Yasuka Matsumoto graduated from Tama Art University in 2009. This is her first exhibition in New York. She has participated in the following group exhibitions in Japan:
2011 Art Festival at Tama Art University
2010 Art Festival at Tama Art University
2010 Wooden Sculpture Class Exhibition at Tama Art University
2009 Tama Art University Sculpture Exhibition
2007 Graduation Show at Hachioji High School Art Course Specialization

Exhibition: Rhythm of Color by Brian Potter
2015-04-24 - 2015-05-31 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is pleased to announce “Rhythm of Color,” an exhibition of paintings by Brian Potter. In this series of paintings, Mr. Potter uses lines and planes of color, usually very chromatic, in rhythmic combinations. Sometimes these planes overlap, creating a sense of implied depth and mystery. Generally, the colors pulsate foward, generating a playful energy. There is a balance struck between the emotional content of color association, and the intellectual qualities of hard edge painting.
An Opening Reception with the artist will take place on Saturday, April 25, 2015 from 6 – 8 pm. The exhibition will remain on display through the end of May.
During the opening reception, from 6:30 – 7 pm, there will be a live art happening organized by CRS Gallery Director Rie Nishimura and painter Robin Ann Meyer. The event celebrates the somatic nature of painting, allowing the audience to experience the roles that kinetic energy and physical abilities/limitations play in the creative process. Moving dynamically around a large shared canvas, Ms. Nishimura will paint with her bare hands while Ms. Meyer will paint holding her brush with her feet.
Artist Statement
I see abstract art as having almost limitless possibilities—and my plan is to explore these possibilities as thoroughly as possible. While it is usual for most artists to find a style and then refine it through variations, I hope to reference or create as many abstract styles as possible—in order to create a strong coherent range. To me this has something to do with the essence of abstraction—to distill essences as the basis for imagery and to experiment with these essential qualities in different combinations; the results can lead down different paths, and one of my challenges is integrating these paths wherever possible. In time, through experience along these lines, I hope to invent much new imagery and expand upon my ideas. Ideas are very important to me. Once I establish an idea in a painting, I try to move forward and build on this idea—perhaps adding more ideas or shifting along dimensional lines. This allows my painting to evolve organically and spontaneously. I prefer this, rather than following a plan from beginning to end.
Ultimately, I hope to tell my story of abstract visual thought, which explores ideas and their expression. Some of the issues explored are: structure, shape, space, design, proportion, color, texture, sensuality, and paint itself. I have had many exhibitions in shows, galleries, and museums, across the United States.

Inner Vision Workout: Practice Receiving Spiritual Guidance Using Principles of ACIM
2015-06-03 15:00 - 16:30 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Let’s practice receiving and sharing spiritual guidance from the voice of love inside our minds.
Approximate Schedule:
7 – 7:20 pm Guided Meditation
7:20 – 8 pm Spiritual Healing / Practice Receiving Spiritual Guidance
8 – 8:30 pm Discussion
There is a suggested donation of $20.
Our primary goal is to learn to recognize the voice of love’s guidance that is always available to us — but which we usually block out! Slowly, we will re-train our eyes to see the world around us as one that is always presenting opportunities for us to give and receive love. The more you practice, the easier this becomes. In time, it can even become your habit.
Feel free to bring in specific issues that you would like to receive guidance about. The more honest and open you can be about what you think you need help with, the quicker you can learn to remove these apparent obstacles to your happiness and experience limitless joy again.
This class is appropriate for beginners and for advanced students. It’s kind of like going to gym — no matter your fitness level, practice is the key to growth.
Familiarity with A Course in Miracles or experience with meditation is helpful but not at all required.
Instructor Christopher Pelham is the Director and a co-founder of CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing). He balances his time between overseeing the growth and health of the CRS community, producing arts/cultural/educational events at the Center, and working as a CRS Healer and student and teacher of A Course in Miracles. He has previously also worked in educational publishing and as a web designer, writer/editor, actor (most notably for several seasons with Doris Duke Impact Award Winner Johnny Simons at the Hip Pocket Theatre in Ft. Worth, TX and with artists Richard Bach, Harold Lehmann, and Lake Simons in NYC), producer and videographer. He graduated from Duke University in 1991 with a degree in English. In addition to studying ACIM off and on with Yasuko Kasaki since 2003, he studied the Spiritual Psychology of Acting with London-based teacher John Osborne Hughes and Jay Johnstone-based Improvisation with the late Gloria Maddox.

Exhibition: Voice of Nature — Paintings by Keiko Takeko
2015-06-05 - 2015-06-30 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is pleased to announce “Voice of Nature,” an exhibition of paintings by Keiko Takeko.
Through her works, she wants to express the beauty, strength, diversity and modesty of nature, sometimes incorporating words which she “hears” from nature. She feels that living with nature teaches us to accept changes and reminds us that important things will come to us naturally.
An Opening Reception with the artist will take place on Saturday, June 6, 2015 from 6 – 8 pm. At 7 pm the artist will perform two pantomime pieces inspired by Ka-Cho-Fu-Getsu. Ka-Cho-Fu-Getsu are the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics. “Ka” means flower, “Cho” means bird, “Fu” means wind and “Getsu” means moon.
The exhibition will remain on display through the end of June.
About the Artist
Keiko Takeko came to the United States in 1997 and to study art at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. After graduation in 2000, she returned to Japan and worked at Ukiyo-e gallery. While working, she kept learning art, especially abstract painting, at Musashino Art University (correspondence education).
Her first exhibition was a group exhibition in 2012, “Christmas Art Gift exhibition” (art lab noct, Tokyo) and the second was a joint exhibition with her friend in 2013, “Exhibition in May” (Sendagi-Kukan, Tokyo).
She also began to learn pantomime under a popular pantomimer, Sugapon (Mr. Reina Suga), once a week from 2011. She currently performs once a month as part of the class performance series called “Washitsu no kai.”
Artist Statement
We live with nature which changes every day and every moment. New green leaves in spring make me happy and blowing wind makes me refresh. On heavy rainy days with thunder, I feel fear and realize how little my existence is. My heart is moved when I meet a beautiful moment of nature, and one of my motives to make nature work is to express those moments. I imagine the scene and choose the paper color which suits it. I draw, paint and collage with various media such as pastel, acrylic, cellophane, autumn leaves etc. and finish when I feel that the image become the moment. Making several works with the same size is an influence of Ukiyo-e formats such as Diptych and Triptych. I make each panel separately. So I cannot imagine what will happen finally, when it comes all together. This unpredictable part interests me a lot.
Morning comes, night comes. There is a clear day and a rainy day. The season changes and repeats. I think that this cycle of nature is similar to the cycle of the human heart, feelings and life. However, nature never complains. They are just there and accept the changes. Besides, they surprise and please us with various expressions. The essence of the nature is warm and positive. I am glad if you would feel essence of such nature through my work.
About pantomime
It is important for a pantomimer to become the thing itself that he wants to express. For example, if you want to express a flower, you need to become a flower. This is one of the reasons that I like mime. This idea makes me more familiar with nature and makes me think of it more directly.
Additionally, doing mime gives me the idea of using my body as my art motif.

Sunday Spiritual Reading/Healing Clinic — 7/13/14
2015-06-30 04:00 - 13:00 | Tokyo
Many of you have asked for a weekend healing event, so I’m thrilled to announce a Spiritual Reading & Healing Clinic with short meditation on Sunday, July 13 from 12 – 1 pm, just before Jon Mundy’s monthly Miracles in Manhattan lecture on A Course in Miracles (starting at 1:30 pm and you are welcome to join)!
We’ll start with a short grounding meditation to relax and remember that we are spiritual beings, unlimited by our physical circumstances and free to think and choose what we want. Then we’ll dive right into the individual readings!
Bring any issue you are facing right now — physically, emotionally, mentally, and/or spiritually. With eyes closed (you will be seated and the healer will stand nearby, no touching involved), we will join with you silently, embracing your perfect spirit with unconditional love, and ask the Holy Spirit to bring us directly to whatever seed thought is causing your current issues. After about 10 minutes, we will share with you the guidance that we receive.
By Holy Spirit, we mean the voice of the part of your mind that seeks only to extend love to others unconditionally, with the understanding that nothing real can be threatened. You don’t need to believe in God or in any particular religion to receive guidance from this place of love in your mind. When you feel stuck, or scared, or angry and unable to forgive, the Holy Spirit’s guidance can remind you that you can be happy now, that you have what it takes to meet and use any situation for love, and that your frustration is therefore not actually caused by your situation but rather by your way of looking at it. If you are willing to change your mind, you can find a way of seeing your situation as an opportunity for you to learn, grow, and share your love and limitless creativity.
If you are unable to attend but would like to receive spiritual reading/healing/counseling privately another time, please contact us at info@crsny.org to set up a convenient time.

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July 20141312 – 1 pm

Breath Work for Healing — Thursdays in July & Aug 2015
2015-07-02 15:30 - 17:30 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Breathwork for Healing with Helen Buron
Thursdays from 7:30 – 9:30 pm in July & Aug 2015
*No circle July 30th
Breathwork is a three-part, active meditation that gets us out of our mind and into our body. Breathing first into the belly to stir up the stuck thoughts, buried emotions, blocked energy, and old stories, we breathe into the heart center to purify, honor, and transform with love, before we exhale and release out an open mouth. Increasing the oxygen level and energy in our body creates a space of openness, healing, clarity, and trust for our intuitive impulses, inner wisdom, and creativity.
Helen will guide and support you through the breathing using music, affirmations, and energy healing. Breathing is a great modality of SELF-healing for anyone looking to dive deeper into themselves. Your breath. Your body. Your experience. Your healing.

Exchange: $20
To reserve your spot, email: helen.buron@gmail.com

Exhibition: Whispering Lights — Art by Erika Mizukami
2015-07-10 - 2015-08-17 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is pleased to announce “Whispering Lights,” an exhibition of art work by Erika Mizukami.
Finding inspiration in light, she began making art on her own and is self-taught. So far, she has made more than 100 works in this way. We selected about 10 works from all, and will show them at CRS. The works represented here are colorful oil pastels in complex patterns, created by scratching, reminiscent of mandalas. Their purpose is to invite unity and harmony into the mind and also a sense of playfulness.
An Opening Reception with the artist will take place on Saturday, July 11, 2015 from 6 – 8 pm. Pianist Maurizio Najt will perform
The exhibition will remain on display through August 17, 2015.
About the Artist
Born in New York and raised in Tokyo, Erika Mizukami has been drawing since 2010.
After experiencing self-hypnosis and guided meditation several years ago, Erika started experiencing beautiful visions every night as she was lying down. Images were like the ones in a kaleidoscope, vast, spacious, unlimited, smooth, a continuation of simple motifs within a slow movement. She was fully aware of her surroundings, never tired from sleepless nights, leaving her with a clear mind and emotional detachment.
Fully connected with the presence of Love, Freedom, and Stillness, Erika explored the idea of capturing these images and wanted to share with others not only the images but the senses of healing she had in the experience. Drawing them on a sketchbook with a pencil was not an accurate way of sharing them.
A year after, she met a Mandala artist who recommended to her a book on how to draw a mandala. The instructions of drawing were so complicated for Erika, so she placed the mandala interactions away and started playing with a compass to draw one simple circle in many ways. She loved it! However it was not quite yet able to reflect her visions.
During the same year Erika took a course on Metaphysical Science. She had an assignment of expressing emotions in art. She picked oil pastels to do the project. It struck her! Since then she uses oil pastels and compass to draw the images. “When I scratched off the line, the color appears underneath of black coated paper. It’s like the light appears in the dark.”
Even though her artwork does not exactly mirror the images she sees in her mind, “What I have experienced with drawing these particular artworks is far beyond my imagination. I just took inspired action every each moment to create shape and even choosing color.”
These artworks are teaching and guiding Erika in so many different aspects of understanding meaning in life and leading her to the original pure essence. When she completes a piece, she looks at it with completely detachment, neither like nor dislike, leaving her for a couple of days with an empty mind, no sense of judgment but deep love and joy!
Relationship with all my creation is just being a witness of a process of unfolding flowers. When you see beauty in nature you go speechless, with no words to express, a kind of shock, all thoughts and emotions become powerless and fade a way and I replace them with total acceptance, being fully connected with something beyond my five senses
Realizing that her art invites the viewers to the experience of reuniting with the universe as a whole, Erika has been creating her artworks for people across any boundaries.
“Creativity enriches my life. I love to inspire people and let them know how life is enjoyable just by taking a little time with the creativity we are all born with!”
Artist Statement
The process of creating my work is one of returning myself back to the original nothingness. Choosing motifs, colors, and patters for each little step of drawing in a long, simple repetition is made possible when I perceive a subtle and quiet inspiration coming from within. In drawing, I let self-talk bubble up to consciousness from the innermost realm within, and gently liberate each of them into the light.
Once the work is finished, I realize that I have been experiencing the authentic nothingness. Which means no words, no critiques, no voices, and no emotions emerge from my work toward me when seeing it for a couple of days after the completion. It seems as if a physical relationship between “me” the creator and my work the created, which had been supporting the process of my creation, reveals its real nature: the original nothingness.
After the experience of nothingness, my consciousness gradually returns to the world of words and emotions where my work visually expresses its beauty.
Every time I finish my work, I deeply feel that my creative process strengthens the mutual trust between my Self and what’s beyond my Self, namely divinity. Not only my finished work but every little piece of the work, every event I went through in the process of creating it, every color, and every figure outside the work now tell me the truth of the universe in a totally different way. The entire universe, including my work and myself, plays a role as catalyst to enrich the bond, or a mutual trust, between me and what leads me to create my works. This bond, the trust, is an experience of oneness between my singularity and the entire universe. My works are a series of invitations to this oneness.

The Secret of Magical Herbs and Oils — 7/11/15
2015-07-11 10:00 - 12:30 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
THE SECRET OF MAGICAL HERBS AND OILS
Free Herbal Session with Qesankh Maa Kheperu
​Saturday, July 11th, 2:00 PM
In this special one-on-one session Master Teacher Qesankh Maa Kheperu will be prescribing magical herbs and oils to address any issues you have in your life. These powerful herbs and oils will be mixed and tailored to your specific needs to bring you love, wealth, luck, a career, a job, health, and happiness. You will be provided with specific instructions on how to use them to aid your success. Because of the attention to detail needed, this session is limited to just a few people so do register ASAP. The session and all of the herbs or oils are free of charge but donations are very much welcomed to help with our cause should you be able to afford to contribute.
To Register Visit: http://www.meetup.com/Project-Illuminated-Meetup/events/223451725/

Opening Reception for Whispering Lights — Art by Erika Mizukami
2015-07-11 14:00 - 16:00 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is pleased to announce “Whispering Lights,” an exhibition of art work by Erika Mizukami.
Finding inspiration in light, she began making art on her own and is self-taught. So far, she has made more than 100 works in this way. We selected about 10 works from all, and will show them at CRS. The works represented here are colorful oil pastels in complex patterns, created by scratching, reminiscent of mandalas. Their purpose is to invite unity and harmony into the mind and also a sense of playfulness.
An Opening Reception with the artist will take place on Saturday, July 11, 2015 from 6 – 8 pm. ​ Pianist Maurizio Najt will perform.
The exhibition will remain on display through August 17, 2015.
About the Artist
Born in New York and raised in Tokyo, Erika Mizukami has been drawing since 2010.
After experiencing self-hypnosis and guided meditation several years ago, Erika started experiencing beautiful visions every night as she was lying down. Images were like the ones in a kaleidoscope, vast, spacious, unlimited, smooth, a continuation of simple motifs within a slow movement. She was fully aware of her surroundings, never tired from sleepless nights, leaving her with a clear mind and emotional detachment.
Fully connected with the presence of Love, Freedom, and Stillness, Erika explored the idea of capturing these images and wanted to share with others not only the images but the senses of healing she had in the experience. Drawing them on a sketchbook with a pencil was not an accurate way of sharing them.
A year after, she met a Mandala artist who recommended to her a book on how to draw a mandala. The instructions of drawing were so complicated for Erika, so she placed the mandala interactions away and started playing with a compass to draw one simple circle in many ways. She loved it! However it was not quite yet able to reflect her visions.
During the same year Erika took a course on Metaphysical Science. She had an assignment of expressing emotions in art. She picked oil pastels to do the project. It struck her! Since then she uses oil pastels and compass to draw the images. “When I scratched off the line, the color appears underneath of black coated paper. It’s like the light appears in the dark.”
Even though her artwork does not exactly mirror the images she sees in her mind, “What I have experienced with drawing these particular artworks is far beyond my imagination. I just took inspired action every each moment to create shape and even choosing color.”
These artworks are teaching and guiding Erika in so many different aspects of understanding meaning in life and leading her to the original pure essence. When she completes a piece, she looks at it with completely detachment, neither like nor dislike, leaving her for a couple of days with an empty mind, no sense of judgment but deep love and joy!
Relationship with all my creation is just being a witness of a process of unfolding flowers. When you see beauty in nature you go speechless, with no words to express, a kind of shock, all thoughts and emotions become powerless and fade a way and I replace them with total acceptance, being fully connected with something beyond my five senses
Realizing that her art invites the viewers to the experience of reuniting with the universe as a whole, Erika has been creating her artworks for people across any boundaries.
“Creativity enriches my life. I love to inspire people and let them know how life is enjoyable just by taking a little time with the creativity we are all born with!”
Artist Statement
The process of creating my work is one of returning myself back to the original nothingness. Choosing motifs, colors, and patters for each little step of drawing in a long, simple repetition is made possible when I perceive a subtle and quiet inspiration coming from within. In drawing, I let self-talk bubble up to consciousness from the innermost realm within, and gently liberate each of them into the light.
Once the work is finished, I realize that I have been experiencing the authentic nothingness. Which means no words, no critiques, no voices, and no emotions emerge from my work toward me when seeing it for a couple of days after the completion. It seems as if a physical relationship between “me” the creator and my work the created, which had been supporting the process of my creation, reveals its real nature: the original nothingness.
After the experience of nothingness, my consciousness gradually returns to the world of words and emotions where my work visually expresses its beauty.
Every time I finish my work, I deeply feel that my creative process strengthens the mutual trust between my Self and what’s beyond my Self, namely divinity. Not only my finished work but every little piece of the work, every event I went through in the process of creating it, every color, and every figure outside the work now tell me the truth of the universe in a totally different way. The entire universe, including my work and myself, plays a role as catalyst to enrich the bond, or a mutual trust, between me and what leads me to create my works. This bond, the trust, is an experience of oneness between my singularity and the entire universe. My works are a series of invitations to this oneness.

Spiritual Healing Clinic & Miracles in Manhattan Lecture Series with Jon Mundy, Ph.D. & Scott Grace – 7/12/15
2015-07-12 08:00 - 12:30 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 123 4th Ave, 2nd FL, New York, NY, 10003, United States
12 – 1 pm Healing Clinic, suggested donation $20
Bring any issue you are facing right now — physically, emotionally, mentally, and/or spiritually. With eyes closed (you will be seated and the healer will stand nearby, no touching involved), we will join with you silently, embracing your perfect spirit with unconditional love, and ask the Holy Spirit to bring us directly to whatever seed thought is causing your current issues. After about 10 minutes, we will share with you the guidance that we receive.
1:30 – 4:30 pm Miracles in Manhattan lecture by Jon Mundy Ph.D.
w/ Special Guest ACIM Teacher/Musician Scott Grace
1:30 – 3 pm lecture by Jon Mundy
LECTURE 25: Reason and Perception
Based on Chapter 21 from A Course in Miracles Textbook
3 – 4:30 pm experiential presentation with Scott Grace
Healing the Sick, Raising the Dead, and Forgiving Your Mother!
One Chapter Per Month From the Text of A Course in Miracles
There are 31 Chapters is the Course, so it will take about 3 years to complete this project.
~ $20 per person with advanced registration ~
~ $25 per person at the door without a registration ~
Call 212-866-3795 or email Fran@miraclesmagazine.org to register in advance.
Your name will be on a list at the door. To pay by credit, card please register in advance.
Or, you can pay with cash or a check at the door.
As long as space is available, “No one is ever turned away.”
Contribute what you can.
You will receive a monthly email reminder with the latest information on the date, time and topic. The schedule can always be found on our website:
www.miraclesmagazine.org
Dr. Jon Mundy met Dr. Helen Schucman, the scribe for A Course in Miracles, in 1973. Helen introduced Jon to the Course and served as his mentor and guide till she became ill in 1980. He is the author of Living A Course in Miracles. After Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, it is currently the best-selling book based on the teaching of A Course in Miracles.
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July 20151212 – 4:30 pm

Discover the Power to Change Reality! — 7/18/2015
2015-07-18 08:00 - 12:00 | CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 41 E 11th St 11th Fl, New York, NY, 10003, United States
A Powerful Free Seminar with Qesankh Maa Kheperu
Change Your Life Forever!
Saturday, July 18th 12 – 4 pm
The key to understanding your unlimited potential is to understand that the subconscious mind or spirit is all-powerful. Who you are is not the physical body or vehicle but rather consciousness. From the many theories that progressive-thinking scientists have put forward to explain our reality, the theory that seems most likely is that we are living in a holographic simulation that is used by God, or the universal power, to gain information and further knowledge from each of us. But there’s more! Now I want you to join me for my seminar where I will reveal the truth behind how you have incredible and unlimited powers. In my programs across America people are becoming empowered and starting a revolution. Now perhaps, a revolution is not what you are seeking. You may want better grades, to find a soul mate, money, a car, health, a career, or happiness. All this for the first time in history is within your grasp! What I teach anyone, and I mean anyone, can learn. It is powerful and readily available to you.
To Register Visit: http://www.meetup.com/Project-Illuminated-Meetup/events/223482048/
