Psyche's Vivid Message:
Spontaneous Paintings by the
Non-Dominant Hand
Paintings by Galen Martini, OSB, and Gina M. Baird
In a series of vivid watercolor paintings, Jungian analyst Galen Martini, OSB, and her niece, art therapist Gina M. Baird, explore the world within. Drawn with their non-dominant hands, they create skilled and unique paintings that showcase how spontaneous images emerge from the dreamlike unconscious, guiding and informing the artists’ clinical work and personal lives. Martini’s newly published Dream Manual for Therapists and Other Listeners, which features a cover painting by Baird, will be on display and for sale at this event.
Sister Galen Martini, MA, LP, is a Jungian psychoanalyst and licensed psychologist in private practice. In her 25 years in clinical practice, she has used art, dreams and sandtray with clients and has taught Jungian topics at the local and national level. She is also a published poet, winner of the Bush Foundation Fellowship for Artists and a Loft Mentor Award. She is the author of The Heart's Slow Race, a book of poems and photographs, Finding Your Own Life, a monograph on individuation, and the newly published Dream Manual for Therapists and Other Listeners. She has published essays, articles, reviews and more than a dozen multimedia scripts, as well as poetry and photographs over several years as a freelance writer. She is a member of Saint Benedict's Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Gina M. Baird, LMHC, ATR-BC, is an art therapist and artist currently working in Indiana with women and children who have experienced trauma. Born and raised in Central Minnesota, she earned her bachelor’s degree in applied psychology from St. Cloud State University. She earned her master’s degree in transpersonal counseling psychology with an emphasis in art therapy from The Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Throughout her career as a therapist, she has focused on working with diverse and underserved populations. A painting and an accompanying essay related to her clinical work is published in the book, Working with Images: The Art of Art Therapists. She has been awarded numerous grants throughout her 14 years as a therapist supporting her art and her clinical work.
The show will include paintings by both women. Both artists will be present for the opening on May 29, 2011, from 1-3:30 p.m. The artists will introduce a collection of their work during the opening at 2 p.m. The exhibit runs from May 29 through July 10. Hours for the gallery on the campus of Saint Benedict’s Monastery are Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., and Saturday – Sunday, 1–3:30 p.m. The gallery is closed on Mondays.