[NEohioPAL] DRYADS Art Exhibition Sat April 5

[Standing Rock Cultural Arts]

Greetings,

WHO: Standing Rock Cultural Arts

WHAT: “Dryads” Art Exhibition
-The 6th Annual Environmental Art Show
-In conjunction with the Who’s Your Mama? Earth Day Festival
-curated by Vince Packard
-paintings, masks, sculpture by Vince Packard, Ursula Rauh, Rebecca 
Urbanski, Bernadette Glorioso, Krisztina Hajnalka, Robert Anderson
-Music by special guests at the Opening Reception

WHEN: Saturday, April 5, 2008 Opening Reception
-Show runs through May 3

WHERE: North Water Street Gallery, 257 N. Water St., Kent

CONTACT: 330-673-4970

GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday 1-5pm or by appointment.

www.standingrock.net for updates

ABOUT DRYADS:

Dryads are female tree spirits in Greek mythology. In Greek drys 
signifies 'oak,' from an Indo-European root *derew(o)- 'tree' or 'wood.' 
Thus dryads are specifically the nymphs of oak trees, though the term 
has come to be used for all tree nymphs in general. "Such deities are 
very much overshadowed by the divine figures defined through poetry and 
cult," Walter Burkert remarked of Greek nature deities (Burkert 1986, 
p174). Normally considered to be very shy creatures, except around the 
goddess Artemis who was known to be a friend to most nymphs

Dryads and hamadryads are two types of wood nymphs in Greek mythology. 
These female nature spirits were thought to inhabit trees and forests, 
and they were especially fond of oak trees.

Dryads were often depicted in myth and art accompanied - or being 
pursued by - their male counterparts, the satyrs.

There are many stories of dryads in myth and legend. One famous dryad 
was Eurydice, the beautiful but ill-fated wife of Orpheus. According to 
the tale, Eurydice was killed by a snake when she tried to escape from 
the unwelcome amorous advances of Aristaeus. The fact that a dryad such 
as Eurydice could die demonstrates the idea that these nymphs were not 
immortal. And indeed, the hamadryads were even more vulnerable, for it 
was believed that their lives depended on the health and well-being of 
the trees they inhabited. The myth of Erysichthon illustrates this point.
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_About the Artists_*


Ursula Rauh

http://www.myspace.com/ursulove
www. ursularauh. com

Ursula reaches deep – touching the Earth goddess hidden within us all. 
"My personal experience compels me to express the sacred feminine, 
sensuality and strength of women." Messages of love and spirituality 
permeate her work. Her goal is to awaken the human consciousness by 
expressing the beauty of life to all who view her work.

Rebecca Urbanski

http://www.rebeccaurbanski.com/
http://www.myspace.com/urbanartski

I am a self-taught artist, living, working and creating in Northeast 
Ohio. I am inspired by the dark, empty windows of the surrounding cities 
and suburbs, the glamorous film stars of the 20's, 30's and 40's, and 
the Earth I live on.
My work is constantly evolving as I learn and experiment with new lines, 
new materials and greater knowledge of the applications of such.

Bernadette Glorioso

www. bernadetteglorioso. com

Bernadette Glorioso has been gifted with a unique sense of color and 
expression fused with a driving passion for understanding interpersonal 
communication. Her art expresses an exploration, which is in itself is 
her way of communicating with the viewer in an attempt to allow people 
to open their minds to the wondrous, sometimes sardonic nature of humanity.
Bernadette's paintings deal with people's emotions and reactions to 
life's complexities. As a viewer, you will gain a sense of how we 
struggle to communicate as her images uncannily attach to your own 
humanity. The emotional expressions and dramatic poses invoke you to 
identify with the artist's observations of individual personalities and 
communicate your own situational response, nearly on a subconscious level.
Bernadette resides and teaches art in Akron, Ohio. Her classes are 
available in Highland Square and at the Akron Art Museum.


Robert Anderson

http://www.myspace.com/housestudiosphoenix

Robert Anderson's ethereal images of landscapes and animals are loved 
and collected worldwide and can be found in many fine gallerys across 
the West.

or more personal

I would like to bring a universal timeless quality to my paintings and 
speak straight inside the head of the viewer, crossing the personal gaps 
that seperate us and linking with the collective unconcious. Painting is 
silently talking through your eyes, and talking to the future.

Krisztina Hajnalka

www.transcendentbird.com

I want to reopen our mind°¶s thirst for beauty and transcendence. 
Through imagery and the intricate nature of my work, I want to spark the 
holy fire that lies dormant in so many of us and to cast open the closed 
doors of the heart. Beauty, truth and goodness are available to everyone 
and can be found everywhere in our world, even amidst the horrors and 
tragedies of today. We often fail to see that which is right next to us 
and do not realize what is already inherent in our own being. I want my 
art to point out the glorious nature of all that is around us and very 
importantly, all the glory and pure joy that is alive within us as well

I received an extremely intense vision in February 2002 that completely 
jolted my life out from under me. I saw an immense mandala of flames and 
eyes, rotating in on itself, expanding through space and dimensions. I 
became a vessel for its creation, hardly sleeping or eating until the 
painting was complete. Because I had no idea what happened and why, I 
researched and read everything I could get my hands on. The mandala had 
come to heal me, to end my path of self-destruction, and to redirect my 
energy towards a positive, integral, spiritual practice. Now, as I work 
from the inspiration of my growing inner light, I am constantly 
learning, discovering and searching for ways of conveying our different 
levels of consciousness through my art. I depict my journey, referencing 
archetypes, spiritual symbolism, my own meditation and vision imagery in 
an effort to expand beyond myself and to touch the universal elements 
that exist within all of us

An artist’s creation can be a manifestation of spirit. We all share in 
this spirit when we are deeply moved by a work of art. We channel the 
artist’s own divine experience, which grabs a hold of the universally 
fundamental point in our human soul. To reach this is my ultimate goal 
and should be one of the goals of art itself. In this way, art is a 
portal through which the holy light of inspiration travels from artist 
to viewer. It acts as a mediator between the spiritual realms and our 
every day functions, tapping our subconscious with extraordinary 
glimpses of what we are capable of. Art needs to give unselfishly to the 
viewer opening up an appreciation for life with beauty, truth, goodness 
and love. We live in a world that has denied an essential facet of the 
human mind for far too long. To realize our true existence, not only as 
individuals, but as mankind, we must reincorporate spirituality and 
loving kindness into our lives and interconnect it with our sciences, 
cultures and social systems.

The brilliance of our experience on this world is life itself. Every 
human being, despite nationality, socio-political rank, sex, religious 
orientation or lack thereof, has the potential to achieve Enlightenment. 
We all have the ability to discover the expanding universe within 
ourselves and to become one with the ultimate light of the Absolute. Art 
is an essential vehicle for transcendence, both in describing this 
potential and in illuminating the visions and possibilities of the third 
eye. I want my work to reflect the beauty and wonder of life and 
consciousness, and to inspire others with similar experiences to pursue 
the ultimate unity through love and compassion on their own paths.

Vince Packard

Cannibol.com
myspace.com/vcannibol

As my mental state declines and my idiosyncrysies won't let me operate 
normally in the "real world", I open that door to my 4rth eye, tattoo 
puppet world to play with my tribal community. I can't work in the 
corporate-sponsored academic art world with it's esoteric club of 
snobbery. I'm squeezing the last of my acrylics onto dumpster-dived 
trash made into alters and treasures for the earth.

Spirits of the land, the Shawnee and Wood Bison bones coming back to 
life to smash the institutions that rape and ruin. It's a holy war for 
our subconscious aspirations armed with cartoons and classic icons and 
lusty apocolyptus trees.

If these insane delusions defeat my mortal existence, I hope the 
evidence I leave will show I was serving these just and sacred spirits 
the best i could.


Thank you for supporting the Arts,

Standing Rock Cultural Arts
257 N. Water St.
Kent, OH 44240
330-673-4970
info at standingrock.net
www.standingrock.net