Please join us for the opening of a special exhibit by artist JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez as she presents her debut show, Dreams, Sunday, December 7, Noon – 1:30pm. The show will run on our Art Wall through Sunday, December 28 and is open to the public Sundays 9am – 1pm and on weekdays by appointment.

Joann Damron-Rodriguez recently retired as a university professor, and has moved into the artistic world to help convey her feelings and experiences of the dream world. A self-taught artist, JoAnn communicates her feelings and expressions about dreams by combining pen, painting and textured acrylic mixtures with photographs, appropriated art, words, and objects.

JoAnn notes that the many different types of media, vivid color palettes, and subsequent layers allow her to more fully represent the depths, disjunctures, and fragments that shape many of our dreams. Through her art, she hopes to help convey an understanding of how the feelings expressed by dreams relate to conscious life.

JoAnn is at the beginning of her artistic career after retiring from an illustrious career in education. She was an Adjunct Professor of Social Welfare at UCLA, and received the 2006 Distinguished Teaching Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the California Council on Gerontology (CCGG). She has over twenty years of experience in health, mental health, and hospice care. She has serves on multiple editorial boards and scientific review committees and published extensively on geriatric education, diversity in aging, and elder care.

For information about exhibiting at UU Santa Monica or other questions about the Art Wall contact our Art Director Beverly Alison.