EDUCATE * INFORM * INSPIRE ART RENTAL AND SALES. NAMI MAINE 1 Bangor Street Augusta, ME (207)

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1 EDUCATE * INFORM * INSPIRE ART RENTAL AND SALES NAMI MAINE 1 Bangor Street Augusta, ME (207)

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5 The LINC and Waterville Social Clubs are supported by Motivational Services, Inc., a nonprofit mental health organization offering programs to meet the needs of people with severe and prolonged mental illness in Kennebec County, and funded by DHHS (Adult Mental Health Services-Peer Support Office) and United Way. Club activities include the art and writing classes, recreational and educational activities, cultural events, workshops on daily living skills, crafts projects, opportunities for volunteerism, and participation in the club's advisory board.

6 bleeding flower, acrylic, 30x22 framed

7 Marian Molly Everdell was born in A graduate of St. George s School in Newport, Rhode Island, she studied art at both Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. She showed her work in Sargentville at the Caterpillar Hill Gallery and in Northeast Harbor. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her late teens, Molly lost the battle with her mental illness in 2010.

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13 giraffe, brown, black inks, 15x22

14 i hate. ink and w.c. crayons, 22x30

15 Flowers magenta acrylic on paper, 22x30

16 still life, red vase, mandolin, acrylic, 15x22

17 Lincoln, acrylic on paper, 30x22

18 ALL BIDDING PADDLES WERE CREATED BY from the Linc Social Club

19 In 1964, Valerie was born in Massachusetts, and in 1970 moved to Maine. She grew up in a multicreative family, on a farm located in south western Maine. During her childhood, she expressed only a passing interest in art. In 1995, Valerie took a drawing class at the University of Maine at Augusta. She discovered she could use the arts as a way to communicate her thoughts, feelings, and experiences. In 1997, after taking a number of art classes, she finally recognized she was mentally ill and needed help. She was hospitalized and prescribed medication. She has taken a few classes since, but was too medicated to reconnect with the creative spark she found inside years before. Now, after 12 years, she has begun to release, through the art group at the LINC Club, taught by Natasha Mayers, the silent screams that have welled up inside her, from so many years of silence. She states, I am a sculptor first; however, I have no space to sculpt. I began to paint this summer (2009), and have discovered a combination of my love for sculpting, color, and layers of whatever materials I find, to build colorful, dimensional paintings. She says, I put down on canvas the anxiety, immense energy and depression I feel, from my heart, as well as the fragmented thoughts that sometimes occupy my mind. My art, my partner, my dogs, and my family, are my passion. She says it helps her get through the things she fears most, inside and out. She has exhibited her work before; never on her own, and only assignments she did in school. She lost 12 years of creativity and is now finding her own voice, through writing and visual arts. She attempts to express her inner conflicts she feels like mania vs. depression, love vs. fear, war vs. peace, inside vs. outside, and how these conflicts well up and subside, well up and subside. She says, The reward from sharing the process is immense. She uses these conflicting thoughts, and feelings, along with her immense energy, to create layers of materials that make her art her own. On top of her inner conflicts, she has learned, over time, through her observations, and experiences about the world we all live in, that it is imperative we search and Stop and listen to that which is quiet. It speaks loudest to the silent, peaceful place in our hearts, where love and light can grow and be shared. for the silent, peaceful place I know lives somewhere in my heart,

20 4 pheasants, mixed media on canvas, 12x16

21 nautical journey, mixed media, 36x40

22 pheasant, acrylic and mixed media, 14x14

23 ship, mixed media, 42x54

24 EDUCATE * INFORM * INSPIRE ART RENTAL AND SALES NAMI MAINE 1 Bangor Street Augusta, ME (207)

25 is this the last independent enterprise, pastel, 22x30 framed

26 Jesus loves his people, pastel, 22x30

27 Message from heaven, pastel, 22x15

28 bar scene, gouache, matted and wood framed 16x20

29 pulled apart, gouache, framed, 18x24

30 ship over city, oil paint on paper, framed, 20x28

31 ballet class, acrylic on canvas, 14x18

32 girls, colored pencil, 30x22, framed

33 EDUCATE * INFORM * INSPIRE ART RENTAL AND SALES NAMI MAINE 1 Bangor Street Augusta, ME (207)

34 CONTACT NAMI MAINE FOR R.O.A.R.PROGRAM DETAILS AND RENTAL FEES (207)

35 shoes, acrylic on paper, 22x30

36 klimt. acrylic on paper, matted and framed, 40x20

37 blue vase, acrylic on paper, 18x24

38 brown vase with flowers, acrylic on paper 18x24

39 house and garden, striped roof, acrylic on paper 24x36

40 tiger lilies, acrylic on paper, 24x36,frame

41 ALL BIDDING PADDLES WERE CREATED BY from the Linc Social Club, Augusta

42 dinosaur and more, marker, 15x22

43 George's hat, person next to river, marker, 22x15

44 people and plants, marker, 15x22

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46 face with red tears, acrylic on canvas, 12x12

47 fantasy in colored pencil, 16x24

48 fantasy with floating shapes, people in light blue, acrylic on canvas, 20x28

49 flying carpet, acrylic on paper, 22x30

50 nude back view, acrylic on paper, 15x22

51 3 flowers, acrylic, 22x30, framed

52 sailboat 21 acrylic on paper, 22x30

53 sheep next to water, acrylic on paper, 22x30

54 black and white, charcoal, 18x24

55 lion, charcoal on brown paper, 22x30

56 untitled on brown paper, charcoal and conte, framed 11x18

57 untitled with black lines, in red conte, 12x18

58 zigzag, ink, 12x18

59 cutting wood, toy, marker, 15x22

60 Motorcycle, marker, 15x22

61 river, watercolor, 15x22

62 cancer, acrylic on paper, 18x24

63 Maine gameboard acrylic on paper, 22x30

64 judgment day. pastel, 12x18

65 at the junkyard, w.c, 15x22

66 sailboat pastel, 12x18

67 still life with lantern, acrylic on paper, framed 22x30

68 cylinder with yellow windows, pencil, 24x36

69 octagonal tower with yellow windows, pencil, 24x36

70 swimming pool, colored pencil,24x36

71 3 figures, one shadow figure, ink and w.c., 22x20

72 7 birds, watercolor and ink, 12x18

73 bird with halo cloud, pastel on black paper, 12x18

74 man with whiskers, ink and w.c., 11x14

75 4 pheasants, mixed media on canvas, 12x16

76 2 sailing ships, dark cloud, ink, 22x15

77 bird on head, reading paper, ink, 22x15

78 picassoesque man, ink, 22x15

79 stairs, ink, 15x22

80 We want to send out a special thank you to all the talented and courageous R.O.A.R artists and to all those who struggle valiantly with the effects of mental illness every day. Tenney Swift Shalom House Jill Silander Shalom House Natasha Mayers Linc Social Club, Augusta and Waterville Social Club Val Porter artist extraordinaire talented and generous spirit. to the, dedicated staff and clients of Shalom House and to all those associated with the Linc and Waterville Social Clubs

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