Art Exhibit At Caldwell University: ‘My Mother’s Keeper’

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The multimedia art exhibit “My Mother’s Keeper,” depicting women living with mental illness as seen through the eyes of their daughters, is on view in the first-floor gallery of Werner Hall at Caldwell University. The artworks in the traveling show portray how, whether a mother is given a formal diagnostic label like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder or is described as having had a nervous breakdown, mental illness can wreak havoc on a daughter’s life. The art responds to that impact.

Conceived by Caldwell University alumna Renee Folzenlogen, ATR-BC, LAC, family support counselor, in Intensive Family Support Services of the Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris, Inc., and artists/gallery owners Maya Stein and Amy Tingle, the show debuted in May 2018 at the Creativity Caravan in Montclair. It was brought to Caldwell University through the invitation of faculty member Bonnie Berkowitz, ATR-BC, ATCS, and gallery curator Samantha Castellano, a graduate student in the counseling/art therapy program.

Twenty-seven artworks by 18 artists will be on view through August. Response boards are installed for viewers to leave thoughts and comments about the exhibit during its semester-long viewing.

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