MY BACKGROUND AS AN ARTIST
Some of the carer agencies and companies I have been contacting or even families with patients who need special health care have expressed some surprise that I am a caregiver and also a fine arts artist.
In fact I have a large curriculum in participating in art exhibitions, organizing international exhibitions and also as a teacher of Artistic Ceramics.
Maybe to be an artist nowadays is something weird when Art it is not considering a need for the human societies. We ares still naked apes (Desmond Morris).
Some of the carer agencies and companies I have been contacting or even families with patients who need special health care have expressed some surprise that I am a caregiver and also a fine arts artist.
In fact I have a large curriculum in participating in art exhibitions, organizing international exhibitions and also as a teacher of Artistic Ceramics.
Maybe to be an artist nowadays is something weird when Art it is not considering a need for the human societies. We ares still naked apes (Desmond Morris).
This
surprise comes from the fact that, in many cases, such agencies and
families do not yet understand that a patient not only needs health care
but also need to perform activities that can give him/her more dignity
to his/her life. Charity is important when necessary but does not help
patients achieve more dignity for their lives, much less help and treat
them from the point of view of their physical and psychological health.
Ideally, such agencies or carer companies would must have professional artists in different fields (art, music and others) and even experts in new technologies and could provide such support to their patients or clients as they called them.
In my long experience as a professional carer, I always provide activities that could give patients more joy and transmit to them the idea that they are not finished people and on the contrary they can still perform creative and playful tasks. My experience as an artist gave me the possibility to do painting, drawing and collage work with my patients and friends, as you can see in the photos below.
It is therefore a prejudice and a serious cultural limitation to assume that an artist cannot be the best among caregivers since she is not limited to company, medication or personal care for her patients.
Those who need to see myself as an artist and owner of an art gallery, please goto: facebook.com/viaaureaartgallery
The photos below shows the album created by Mr. Williams to honour his wife Mrs. Williams and some of thework we did together.
RIP Maura, love you so much, you are now among the angels and the stars above us.
NOTE: Locations were not mentioned to protect privacy.
Ideally, such agencies or carer companies would must have professional artists in different fields (art, music and others) and even experts in new technologies and could provide such support to their patients or clients as they called them.
In my long experience as a professional carer, I always provide activities that could give patients more joy and transmit to them the idea that they are not finished people and on the contrary they can still perform creative and playful tasks. My experience as an artist gave me the possibility to do painting, drawing and collage work with my patients and friends, as you can see in the photos below.
It is therefore a prejudice and a serious cultural limitation to assume that an artist cannot be the best among caregivers since she is not limited to company, medication or personal care for her patients.
Those who need to see myself as an artist and owner of an art gallery, please goto: facebook.com/viaaureaartgallery
The photos below shows the album created by Mr. Williams to honour his wife Mrs. Williams and some of thework we did together.
RIP Maura, love you so much, you are now among the angels and the stars above us.
NOTE: Locations were not mentioned to protect privacy.
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