Prairie Webinar
Art & the Artist’s Wellbeing
with Melissa Lundell and Lindsey Rewuski
Wednesday, April 16 from 6:30-8pm

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Hostead by CARFAC AB, CARFAC Sask and CARFAC MB, this online gathering explores arts and artist’s wellbeing. Join us for insightful discussion with Melissa Lundell and Lindsey Rewuski.
 

About the Presenters

Melissa Lundell

https://www.melissalundell.com/about

“Great power is taken from the brokenness of our situation as soon as we are able to bring it to Light.”

I have always highly valued justice, order and honesty, and so was drawn to realism from a young age. Ironically, I grew up a creative liar.

I am a child abuse survivor.

I believed I deserved the treatment I received in the name of “love.” My reality and identity was contorted to maintain the family image. To live, or to have small tastes of freedom, meant to play along and defer attention from the truth. My work reflected this habit: picturesque landscapes, florals, and portraits which deliberately ignored any signs of age, rot or imperfection… My early work could best be described as idealism, rather than realism.

My recent work is an act of defiance against the shame that stole my voice. Great power is taken from the brokenness of our situation as soon as we are able to bring it to light. I hope to redeem my brokenness by depicting it honestly, telling my story freely, and laying claim to the Love that was always mine.

Lindsey Rewuski

Lindsey Rewuski is a multi-media artist based in Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory. Her work is informed by light art, multi-sensory environments, and 1960s psychedelic light shows. It includes immersive A/V installations and performance that often combine light, photography, painting, audio, sculptural, and video components…is a multi-media artist based in Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory. Her work is informed by light art, multi-sensory environments, and 1960s psychedelic light shows. It includes immersive A/V installations and performance that often combine light, photography, painting, audio, sculptural, and video components…

Through her research into the production gear that Rewuski collects, she became interested in the artistic potential inherent in “Multi-Sensory Environments (MSE)”. An MSE is a dedicated space where sensory stimulation can be controlled and matched to fit the needs of the user, and they are built to offer people with cognitive impairments the opportunity to control a variety of sensory experiences, and are used in institutions like schools or care homes, with the input of specialists.

Having personal experience with sensory processing sensitivities, as well as an active interest in the care and support of those with dementia due to family history, Rewuski seeks to explore the connection between psychedelic experience, scientific theory, and mental health. Her hope is to not only translate these influences through an artistic lens, but to become an artist-as-researcher. This will entail the potential to engage with audiences, specialists, and other artists through open dialogue and interactive experiences.