May 12, 2007

Memories in the Making -- 2007



This is my dad's entry for this year.

For the fourth year in a row my dad's art entry has been accepted by the Northern Colorado Memories in the Making Auction. The auction is a fund-raising event by the local chapter of the Alzheimer Association.

Elder Care facilities from all over Northern Colorado have those in their care draw or paint pictures which are then submitted. The idea is that through art, these seniors can preserve some of the memories that are slipping away from them. (Since we live in an agricultural area, there are often farm scenes as well as farm animals.)

The auction is held in June, but as a thank you to all of the artist's whose works were accepted, there is a tea in early May. Artists and their families are welcomed and all of the art pieces are on display. This year there were also mugs pair with each piece. One of the sixth grades in the area was given color photocopies of each piece. The students were allowed to pick a piece that spoke to them and then make a mug to match. This gave the kids a chance to learn more about dementia and the mugs were then given to the artists as a thank you. They were very well done and it was a touching gift. Though the artists themselves, like my dad, may have no interest in or even recognition of the gift, it's a nice momento for the families.

To see pictures that my dad has done for previous auctions, click here.













28 comments:

  1. D'aw. How cute would that look in a baby's room!!

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  2. Ha! A man after my own heart. Picture happy people should be punched in the throat.

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  3. Cute! I like the angel entry of his better, but this one is still adorable. I love the mug!

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  4. Sounds like trying to get preteens to pose. Heh.

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  5. That would fit right into my house right now...love it!

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  6. Yeah, we talked about all of his entries and we all agree the angel was the best. It was even a bit brilliant. My dad liked to draw even before he got sick. But he tended to be very "S" in his artwork, attending to detail very particularly. But the angel was without outlines and seemed so free-flowing.

    We tried to get him to do second versions of the angel after he did it, hoping for more brilliance. But he went right back to his "S"ness -- tracing the original angel and trying to copy it exactly rather than popping out a related creation.

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  7. Hmmm. Was he creative before he got sick or was he always very exact with his drawing? I tend to be exact when I draw (not that I'm any kind of "artist", mind you) and have a more difficult time just letting creative juices flow and go where they happen to take me...particularly if they are nonsensical.

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  8. Im the opposite. You should have seen how many colors my house was in my Intro to Architecture class. I had so much fun being a smart ass with my design since I just needed "applied art or design credits" and wasnt in the actual program like the rest of the students. Personally, I thought the pea green shag carpet was awesome.

    btw, I dont see an angel anywhere.. =/

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  9. Are you an INTJ or what?

    The angel is here.

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  10. ENFj :p like her daughters (bahahaha, poor Meg)

    Thanks for the link :D

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  11. Oh. That explains it. You're are darn near our complete opposite. I'm an INTJ.

    You're welcome. *smile*

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  12. i find that my drawings are kinda cramped and squarish. but i can knit or crochet or sew without a pattern, which simply amazes my (ESTJ) mom. (my dad was apparently also an ESTJ, but i think he must have been near the middle on T/F and on I/E.)

    Was he creative before he got sick or was he always very exact with his drawing?
    exact. that's why i think of it as being on the "S" side of things. his angel was an anomaly because it was so unlike anything i'd ever seen him do before.

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  13. Eric recently sent me a thingy on how they were giving people with real OCD the main ingredient in 'shrooms, and how it "corrected" their OCD. So, uhm, Meg *cough*... What have you been giving your father for breakfast? :)

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  14. I can do things like that too. I start out teaching myself with the directions/patterns, then quickly discard them and come up with my own ways of making things. However, I still don't consider myself creative.

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  15. That looks like a peacock with people as it's feathers. Fantastic

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  16. I see a reflection of meg hehe

    To me that looks like a swan but also a hand giving the thumbs up.

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  17. Oh that is cute a duck with a raincoat and hat on rofl..

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  18. The fishy is looking at you meg :)

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  19. LOL barbs ... U don't get out much do ya?

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  20. No I don't roflmao seems all my time is taken up with some pirate club I'm in rofl.

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  21. x_X Pirate Club? Are you having Johnny Depp fantasies? :o

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  22. So there are reliable tests for this now? Why oh why would someone want one?

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  23. I would, but Im a natural born masochist, lol.

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  24. Well there ya go, that explains it...heh-heh.

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