Thursday, May 23, 2013
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- Walt Palmer
- Laura BenAmots' "Glory Girl"
It's widely known that accessing creativity can be a good way to cope with problems in life. Thanks to the expressive faculty of, say, Pablo Picasso, there's his black-and-white masterpiece "Guernica."
This kind of thing, getting in tight with vivid memories and feelings, can be terribly difficult. But the result is more than catharsis; it can promote understanding and reach those who feel they are alone.
Some people, like Laura BenAmots, can empathize with another's pain well enough to share their experience in artwork. That's what she's accomplished with Battle Portraits: Wounded Lions Wounded Lambs, a series of paintings and drawings that documents the emotional upheaval of U.S. soldiers returning from war — the same kinds of soldiers being targeted by the hyperbaric oxygen therapy that Pam Zubeck writes about, starting here.
It makes for a heavy entry into a Fall Arts Preview, but we also promise some more lighthearted fare, including stories on budding plans for a possible amphitheater in Manitou Springs and an in-depth look at Theatre 'd Art's new season.
And as for listings, we assembled as many as we could. Still, we know there's more out there. Tell us at listings@csindy.com.
Click here for the entire Fall Arts Preview Table of Contents!Related Stories
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Pure hope
At the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, Fort Carson works on a study with promise for treating traumatic brain injuries
- Sep 8, 2011
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Oxygen's business elements
A look at some of the private hyperbaric oxygen clinics.
- Sep 8, 2011
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Show your wound
As injured soldiers open up to Laura BenAmots, she tries to capture the trauma of war in her project Battle Portraits: Wounded Lions Wounded Lambs.
- Sep 8, 2011
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Long story short
- Sep 8, 2011
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'Shared humanity'
One community takes up the challenges of another.
- Sep 8, 2011
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Arts listings
A round up of arts and culture events through the end of the year.
- Sep 8, 2011
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Of moths and men
I.D.E.A. Space at Colorado College
- Sep 8, 2011
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Watch and learn
Intersections Film Festival
- Sep 8, 2011
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Prologue is past
A handful of written works get freshened up for major motion pictures.
- Sep 8, 2011
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Passive? Aggressive
Theatre 'd Art
- Sep 8, 2011
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You may say he's a dreamer ...
Craft Lager Festival founder Julian Heron envisions a major music venue and microbrewery for Manitou Springs.
- Sep 8, 2011
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Modern twists
Ormao Dance Company
- Sep 8, 2011
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Passion playing
Colorado Springs Philharmonic
- Sep 8, 2011
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Keep on truckin'
Checking in with Eric Bransby and the FAC's 75th anniversary mural.
- Sep 8, 2011
