• Exhibits

    A FOREST OF FAMILIES

    A FOREST OF FAMILIESOpening Sunday, April 3, 2-4pmruns through April 30, 2016FEATURING WORK BY THE Napier, Wells, Faust, Darr, and Clark Familiesand Michael Schmidt, MAJoan Staufer, Coordinating Artist also on exhibit Marie Jungling Starting in August 2015, artist Joan Staufer began meeting individually with the Napier, Wells, Faust, Darr and Clark Families. Together they made artwork, wrote and collected objects expressing their journeys as blended, adopted and foster families. For the first several sessions Joan brought artist Michael Schmidt with her to record the families at work. “A Work In Progress” – Michael Schmidt Artist Statement When Joan Staufer and I met with the families during the initial meetings for this project, they were given charcoal…