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Experience Nature As Healer

March 9, 2023, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm,
Burlington Library hosts my virtual 90-minute workshop. 



Preregister http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=8887&EventID=485313&PK=



The NATURE AS HEALER program will step up your ability to tap into Nature's restorative essence, whether you live in a rural, urban, or suburban community.


  • Deepen your capacity to tap into Nature's powers to guide, calm, and restore; the why and how will be investigated and experienced in this program.
  • Self-evidence is key to revitalizing our sensory connections to the healing power of Nature. You will investigate our vast potential as sensitive human beings. Learn why sensitivity is a real asset for those of us living in a culture whose numbing speed and information excess collude, often leaving exhaustion and dispiritedness in its wake.
  • Refine your innate ability to receive and respond to the web of life's brilliant wisdom in this workshop. You will learn how sensory-ecology has empowered and enlightened those living in a consumer-based culture.

Nature As Healer 
Nature As Healer Program

Nature As Healer virtual program
Woodbury Public Library, CT

January 24, 2023 
Virtual program 6:30 PM - 8:00 pm

Revisuals Animations Video Wall Exhibit

Revisuals Fine Art Animation

Video Wall Exhibit


On view: Dec 12, 2022 - Feb 25, 2023.
Opening Reception: Saturday January 21st, 2023 • 3-5pm
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Rd. Cotuit MA, USA

VIDEO WALL EXHIBIT… It’s a delight to contribute my animations to this six-animation reel of animated fine art—many thanks to the Cotuit Center for the Arts for establishing their new Video Wall program. Special thanks to curator, Karen LaFleur.

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The Cotuit Center for the Arts VIDEO WALL PROGRAM presents REVISUALS - animated artworks by e

The Cotuit Center for the Arts Video Wall Program screens national, regional, and international Fine Art Animations and Moving Image Artworks. The Video Wall is part of the Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit MA, USA.

Anything Glows!  MoCA LI & Patchogue Arts Council

The Annual MoCA L.I.ghts 2022 | Anything Glows transforms downtown Patchogue into L.I.’s only immersive, open-air museum with site-specific projected installations on both modern & historic architecture throughout the downtown to be viewed by the public at no cost on foot, by car, or live-streamed. Oct. 13-16, 2022. Below is a still frame from my animation, Making Light.

ADDRESS EARTH ART EXPO

My animation, Stardust, will be shown from October to December 2022 at the Art Gallery at the Visual & Performing Arts Center of Western Connecticut University in Danbury, Connecticut.


This large-scale exhibit will occur simultaneously in several locations in the Hudson Valley of New York and Connecticut.


Address Earth Art Expo © 2022 Bibiana Huang Matheis, Founder of Inspiration Art Group International and Curator, writes - "We are at a critical juncture in the history of our planet where recognizing our common interests and shared well-being are vital. As artists, we have the ability to speak to these deeper truths and bring our vision to the wider world. This exhibition celebrates varied aspects of the planet home we all share. Artists will address ecology, sustainability, climate change, endangered species, clean water, deforestation, humanity – or any other subject."



Visit Inspiration Art Group International's website for details of all exhibitions https://inspirationartgroup.org/exhibitions/address-earth-art-expo/

GILLIA GALLERY VERUM ULTIMUM ART GALLERY

September 2022

My piece, Hatching Light, was juried into this diverse, international exhibition. The artists offer diverse and beautiful perspectives on the exhibition's challenging theme, LIMINAL II. Dive into the minds and hearts of the creatives whose works comprise this compelling show. Visit this virtual gallery https://www.verumultimumartgallery.com/exhibitions


August 10, 2022 Nature As Healer 

Woodbridge Library will host my experiential workshop, Nature As Healer Wednesday, August 10, 6:30 - 8:00 pm. This is a live outdoor presentation. Inclement weather or COVID issues arise, the program will be held on Zoom. 


Register online https://woodbridge.lioninc.org/events/

or call Phone: 203-389-3433Fax: 203-389-3457


10 Newton Road

Woodbridge, CT 06525

MAY 14, 2022, opening Virtual Exhibition by Inspiration Art International

Opening May 14, 2022 

The exhibition is up through May  14, 2023

My animation, Homage to Taraxacum, is one of a beautifully curated exhibition. This show features ArtWomen@Work Artists. 


Alice Harrison | Bridget Pavalow | Carol Schwartz | Cassandra Jennings Hall | Corinne Lapin-Cohen | Ellen Pliskin | Jenna Lash | Karen Fitzgerald | Karen LaFleur | Khadija Zizi | Leslie Connito | Lisa Breznak | Marlow Shami | Mimi Czajka Graminski | Nalini Rau | Nancy Tucker | Niki Ketchman | Osiris Munir | Siena Gillann Porta | Sophie Simpson | Tanya Kukucka | Pam Smilow

Art Exhibition Oct 9 - Nov 13, 2021

My work, My View: If humans were one inch tall, was juried into  Abstraction Exhibition. The show is live and online at the Cotuit Center for the Arts. Exhibition.  Gallery: 4404 Falmouth Rd., Cotuit, MA. The show closes on November 14th.

Flight juried into Verum Ultimum Gallery

Flight, my digital work, was juried into Verum Ultimum Gallery's Abstract Catalyst #8 Exhibition. The show has compelling and imaginative artwork!
https://www.verumultimumartgallery.com/general-4

Exhibition: All in the Family

Homeland 1, archive print, juried into Cotuit Center for the Arts virtual Show, "All in the Family".

Sept. The Nature of Mindful Eating & Living Virtual Workshop

Manross Library, Bristol

The Nature of Mindful Living and Eating https://www.marlowshami.com/workshops-talks

The food of life is found on our plates (or bag of take-out) and within five integral life areas.
How you fulfill your unique needs depends on understanding what floats your boat! You are one of eight billion people living on this beautiful planet. Our consumer culture preaching one size fits all makes discovering what gives or dissipates our life energies a challenge. Why not turn the challenge into a game of detection. Mindfulness, the current term for an age-old wisdom practice, is key.

Wells Foundation Pandemic Stories

Wells International Foundation in partnership with the Hammond Museum, "Musutal Us" video was juried into Pandemic Stories through Art, a Conversation.

August 23, 2021, The Nature of Mindful Eating & Living

The Nature Of Mindful Eating & Living 
Hosted by thee 
a live onsite workshop for adults
Monday August 23, 2021 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. 

The Bethlehem Public Library
32 Main Street South
Bethlehem, Connecticut 06751  
203 266-7510,7
Free, please preregister

 

The food of life is found not only on our plates (or bag of take-out) but also within five integral life areas. Sustenance is found within the quality of our rest, companionship, novelty, exercise, and outdoor nature time too.

 

July 8, 2021 Virtual Nature As Healer hosted by Derby Neck Library

Nature As Healer a virtual workshop hosted by Derby Necl Library, Derby Neck, CT.

Thursday, July 8 
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
This is a Zoom event. To register, call the library at 203-734-1492 or email headlibrarian@biblio.org

Join us on Thursday, July 8th at 6:30 PM and discover how everyday-anywhere nature can guide, calm, inform and restore you. This program, presented by Marlow Shami, includes a guided meditation designed to relax the mind and develop sensitivity to the natural world.
 

August 14, 2021, Nature As Healer @ the Hammond Museum


Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden
28 Deveau Road, North Salem, NY 10560

Nature As Healer 
Saturday August 14, 2021 
9:30 a.m. tea 
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Nature As Healer Workshop


This is a live, onsite, workshop. Preregister https://www.hammondmuseum.org/events-calendar 

Step up your ability to tap into Nature’s restorative essence, whether you live in a rural, urban, or suburban community. Deepen your capacity to tap into its powers to guide, calm, inform, and restore — the why and how will be investigated and experienced in this program.



Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden
28 Deveau Road, P.O. Box 326, North Salem, NY 10560
914-669-5033
info@hammondmuseum.org

Creative People Leading Climate Action April 16-June 30, 2021

Three pieces of my figurative were juried into this diverse and inspiring Exhibition.

Digital Exhibition of Visual and Performance Art on view April 16 - June 30, 2021.


The climate crisis is upon us, but we still have a limited time to make an impact. Use your art to lead the way! Artists added their art, poetry, music, short story, spoken word, performance, or multidisciplinary work to show their response to the crisis, to envision a new world, and to motivate positive action. This exhibition was an invitation, open to all, of work in any medium as defined below.

Artists used their climate inspire art to:   
•    Inspire Action. 
•    Capture beauty. 
•    Document this time of change.
•    Help others imagine a better future.
•    Stand in solidarity with those on the front lines.
•    Mourn our collective losses.
•    Share their unique vision.
•    Showcase their hopes or dreams

Hammond Museum Virtual Exhibition April 2021 - April 2022

 
Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden April Virtual Exhibition
 
My poem Entering the Day was juried into this virtual exhibition. I read my poem live. 

The thirty artists that comprise this show offer a wide variety of expression and media in an exceptionally beautiful exhibition.

Curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis 黄家璧
Hosted By Poet Gold

Saturday, April 3, 2021 - Friday, April 1, 2022

March 6, 2021 The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden

Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden Monthly Virtual Exhibition and Artist Reception
 
On View March 6, 2021, through March- April 2022
 

My video short, Mutual Us, was curated into Hammond's March Virtual Exhibition alongside thirty fantastic artists hailing from around the globe!

Curated monthly exhibition of artwork by Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden artist members, viewable on the virtual exhibition webpage. Each exhibit will stay online for a year.

The monthly theme is based on a color painting by Bibiana Huang Matheis. Each month the painting is posted to use as a muse or inspiration for submissions. 

Artist Reception:
Saturday, March 6, 2021, 10:00 am New York Time
Curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis
Hosted by Poet Gold

Artist Reception is on the first Saturday of the month at 10:00 am New York Time and streaming live on Facebook.
LIVE EVENT BROADCAST ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/hammondmuseum/events/

The virtual Artist Reception will be live on Facebook.  
Join curator Bibiana Huang Matheis, event host Poet Gold, and virtual tech Douglass Ridgeway, as well as this month's exhibition artists. See the first broadcast of the month's virtual exhibition montage and be there at the Artist's Spotlight where we feature one artist.

 

February 2021 Hammond Museum Virtual Exhibition Opening

Above ~ "Delight" by MarlowShami

February 6, 2021 – February 2021 Hammond Museum
Virtual Art Exhibition Group Member show
Curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis

The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden in North Salem, New York, is an eminent cultural institution with generous exhibit spaces and a serene sculpture garden. Art exhibitions, musical performances, Japanese tea ceremonies, and other activities are just a few of the many cultural events offered. It is a unique and inspiring museum with a big heart, building an artist community locally and globally. 

Virtual Exhibition
Curated monthly exhibition for Hammond Museum Artist members that will be viewable on the Hammond’s virtual exhibition website. Each exhibit will stay online for a year.
 

March 2 - Nature As Healer Virtual Program with the Berlin Peck Library

March 2, 2021, 6:30 – 8:00 pm:  Virtual Program, Nature As Healer
Berlin Peck Library, 234 Kensington Road
860-828-7125
Nature as Healer with Marlow Shami -  Step up your ability to tap into Nature’s restorative essence, whether you live in a rural, urban, or suburban community. Deepen your capacity to tap into its powers to guide, calm, inform, and restore — the why and how will be investigated and experienced in this program.
 
 

September, 2020 virtual exhibition

Lilies Dream 2019 by Marlow Shami

Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden

28 Deveau Road, P.O. Box 326, North Salem, NY 10560
914-669-5033
info@hammondmuseum.org

September  2020 - September,  2021 -Virtual Exhibition Artists - curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis
Curated by Bibiana Huang Math
Curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis
Kenneth Sean Golden
Carol Radsprecher
Karen LaFleur
Nancy Tucker
三木 祥子 Shoko Miki
Jackie Merritt
LaThoriel Badenhausen
Yvette Cohen
Sarah Haviland
Bridget Pavalow
Patricia Stuart
Stacey Schuman
Karen Allen
Linda Stillman
Crystal Marshall
Asra Rán Björt
Hildreth B. Potts
Veronica C Wilkinson
Connie Freid
Nalini Rau
Leslie Pelino
Marlow Shami
Monroe Hodder
Melinda Tepler
Niki Ketchman
Miyuki Kido, 城戸みゆき
Mireya Samper

Art Alliance of Woodbury Inaugural Art Show

AAW Members' Invitational Exhibition, Dec 2019, Woodbury Library Gallery
December 1 – 29, 2019
 
Description:Exhibition Director, AAW Board Member, Michael Gallagher Exhibition will be Dec 1st to Dec 31st Woodbury Library Gallery, Woodbury, CT Hours check https://www.woodburylibraryct.org/
Organizer: Arts Alliance of Woodbury [AAW]
Arts Alliance of Woodbury [AAW]
created by: dkbibbey@gmail.com

October 29, 2019 The Nature of Mindful Eating and Living

October 29, 2019, 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Location: Woodbury Public Library
269 Main Street, Woodbury CT

Tel: 203-263-3502

Cost: Free, preregister


The food of life is found not only on our plates (or bag of take-out) but also within five integral life areas. Sustenance is found within the quality of our rest, companionship, novelty, exercise, and outdoor nature time.
 
How we fulfill our unique needs depends on understanding what floats our boat!   Each of us is one of eight billion people living on this beautiful planet. Our consumer culture preaching one size fits all makes discovering what kinds of foods give or dissipate our life energies a challenge. Why not turn the challenge into a game of detection. Mindfulness, the current term for an age-old wisdom practice, is key.
 
Whether seeking a healthier weight, new friendship, struggling with depression, contending with a bully at work, or simply a wish to be outside more often, the obstacles preventing one from experiencing the change sought are found in the moment.
 
The Mindful Eating Meditation and Nature Ramble program is designed to provide the experience, information, and inspiration to help deepen understanding and awareness of the challenges and benefits of cultivating mindfulness of the five food groups of daily life.
 
Dress comfortably for indoor meditation and an outdoor nature ramble. Our afternoon together includes a keynote talk, guided meditation, outdoor nature activity, and nature’s healing touch (a form of energy medicine).

December 2019 Solo Show Canton Library

Location: Canton Library
40 Dyer Lane, Canton CT

Tel: 860-693-5800

View during library hours


The Ever-Expanding Body of Restoration Work


Artist Statement
Like words used to build a story, sensory attractions build my experience. I wait, listen, leap, stop, and begin again to collect, compose, wonder, experience.
 
Each mosaic-like piece within the Restoration series, captured during one of New England’s seasons, is a segment of one of hundreds of digital photographs taken for each piece.
 
The many hours spent outside in nature form the matrix upon which I build. The nature of this experiential process elicits a restorative response within me as the colors, character, smells, sounds, textures, and season direct my attention. Tuning into the sensory language of nature bestows both direction and joy in my process.
 
Most of the finished work within this series may appear to be symmetrical, but it is not. The composition is a reflection of the internal urgings to create balance, perfect imperfection.
 
 
Marlow works with a Canon D7 Mark 11. My canvas is digital. She utilizes Photoshop to piece together the final work.
 
Shami’s work is commissioned by private collectors and shown in solo and group regional and national juried shows.


 

 

October 13, 2019 Nature As Mentor

Date: October 13, 2019 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Location: Ansonia Nature Center
90 Deerfield Lane, Ansonia, CT

Tel: 203-736-1053
Cost: $20. preregistration required


 This 90-minute workshop is designed for adults seeking inspirational guidance and healing restoration within their daily life.
 
Both the wisdom of elder/earth-based cultures as well as recent empirical research in the fields of ecopsychology, environmental psychology, mindfulness-based stress reduction, meditation, and energy medicine, form this program's foundation.
 
Empirical studies conducted over the past twenty years confirm that contact with the natural world and meditation can lift your spirits, reduce anxiety, alleviate pain, increase brain function, and help cultivate a sense of belonging and compassion.
 
In this program, beautiful and compelling images support Marlow’s focus on the healing wisdom we humans can acquire from the natural world
 
Learn about and experience the simple power of nature’s wisdom and healing effects through this talk, a deep-guided meditation, and compelling outside experiential activity.

 

October 4, 2019 Experience Nature As Healer

Date: October 4, 2019, 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location: Harwinton Public Library
80 Bently Drive, Harwinton, CT

Tel: 860-485-9113 preregister

Time 10:00 - 11:30 am

 
 
Experience Your Source of Power and Beauty
 
Immerse Yourself in a Healing Guided Meditation

This talk, illustrated with beautiful compelling images, is followed by a powerful guided meditation, and one simple outdoor activity. Nature As Healer is designed to provide information, insight, and tools that help each of us deal with the challenges and rewards of connecting with nature, anywhere! -- no matter how rushed, messy, or stressful your life is!
 
I urge you to attend this presentation. You have everything to gain.
~ Harry Ainsworth President, Litchfiled Hills Audubon Society
 
I got more from this short, guided meditation and activity than I ever dreamed I would.
~Mary Danboise, Director of the Nature Center at RMSP, NY
 
The beautiful presentation offered a way to connect with nature on a profound and personal level. Fabulous!
~Susan Piel, Woodbury Public Library
 
I loved the information and guided meditation. I haven’t felt so calm for a long time.
~Jackie Kutuer, Teacher


 

Sunday January 27, 2019, Mindful Eating Meditation & Nature Ramble

Sunday January 27,  2018, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Genesis Spiritual Life & Conference Center

53 Mill Street
Westfield, MA 01085
Phone: 
413.562.3627

Preregistration is required. Fee $40.00. Follow this link to register
 

The food of life is found not only on our plates (or bag of take-out) but also within five integral life areas. Sustenance is found within the quality of our rest, companionship, novelty, exercise, and outdoor nature time too.
 
How you fulfill your unique needs depends on understanding what floats your boat!  You are one of eight billion people living on this beautiful planet. Our consumer culture preaching one size fits all makes discovering what gives or dissipates our life energies a challenge. Why not turn the challenge into a game of detection. Mindfulness, the current term for an age-old wisdom practice, is key.
 
Whether you’re seeking a healthier weight, new friendship, struggling with depression, contending with a bully at work, or simply wish to be outside more often, the obstacles preventing you from experiencing the change you seek are found in the moment. Key to mindfulness; staying with the sensations experienced within your body. Are your shoulders tight, do you have a stomach ache or tightness in your chest, maybe a hot flash’s sweaty exit has awakened you? This is a powerful mindful practice step. Noticing (not analyzing) the thoughts running through your mind naturally allows a gap, a step away from the ruckus of thoughts streaming through your mind. This moment of self-witness de-escalates reactive energy. Paying attention to your body sensations and inner narratives allows you to step back and take stock.
 
Bully at work says something mean. Mindful moment: Do I want to say something now about how painful his statement was to me? Nope, I’ll wait until I have more clarity and have gained my composure or…
 
That pint of ice-cream would really taste good, why not? Mindful moment: I am on a no sugar dairy-eating plan, will this ice-cream feel-good experience last very long?
 
I’ll skip my planned visit to the YMCA today I’m too tired. Mindful moment: my body isn’t so tired, my mind is! Last time I entertained skipping but went anyway I remember I felt better after I worked out.
 
Remember, mindful eating from all areas of life is an inside job. You are the expert on YOU!
 
When we listen, our inner compass is revealed. 
 

May 23, 2018 6:30 - 8:00 pm Mindful Eating Meditation & Nature Ramble, Canton, CT

The food of life is found not only on our plates (or bag of take-out) but also within five integral life areas. Sustenance is found within the quality of our rest, companionship, novelty, exercise, and outdoor nature time too.
 
How we fulfill our unique needs depends on understanding what floats our boat!   Each of us is one of eight billion people living on this beautiful planet. Our consumer culture preaching one size fits all makes discovering what kinds of foods give or dissipate our life energies a challenge. Why not turn the challenge into a game of detection. Mindfulness, the current term for an age-old wisdom practice, is key.
 
Whether seeking a healthier weight, new friendship, struggling with depression, contending with a bully at work, or simply a wish to be outside more often, the obstacles preventing one from experiencing the change sought are found in the moment.
 
The Mindful Eating Meditation and Nature Ramble program is designed to provide the experience, information, and inspiration to help deepen understanding and awareness of the challenges and benefits of cultivating mindfulness of the five food groups in daily life.
 

Recent Profile (why I do what I do) Feb. 2018
Visual Memoirs and Restoration Exhibition 1/3/10-1/30/10 Litchfield, CT

Visual Memoirs and Restoration Exhibition 1/3/10-1/30/10 Litchfield, CT. Two bodies of work in a solo show at the Gallery in the Oliver Wolcott Library, Litchfield, CT.