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Visual Voices is a gathering of  talented artists and their images. Each artist is experienced and well-known in their area of expertise. 

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June 27, 10:00 - 4:00 Judith will teach a collograph/ collage/assemblage mixed-media one-day intensive at The Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. Using natural materials as sources for inspiration and design, participants will create a variety of items, including hang tags, stationary, wall art, and pillow tops. 713-366-0379 for more information

I have the honor of being in three group exhibitions this Spring.

 

Recently, I was invited to be part of "Reigniting the Spirit of Sisterhood" at Prairie View A & M, Prairie View, TX in the 4th Floor Art Gallery of the John B. Coleman Library showing March 11  through May 1, 2009. 


"Tradition - Soul - Art - Fiber" at Archway Gallery, 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, will be showing from March 21-April, 2009.  This exhibition of the Houston Ara Fiber Artist was juried by Debra Kendrick.

 

"Starstruck", an exhibit of the Mixed-Media Artist's group is showing at Hollywood Frame Gallery, 2427 Bissonnet, until March 14th. 

Judith has three pieces juried into Arte de Descartes V, an exhibition at Stables Gallery in Taos, NM.  This innovative art show  requires use of 90% recycled materials. "I have been playing with recycled, reformed, archival paper pulp and combining it with postal marks--you know all those black and white lines and dots and markings on the return postcards stuck in all the magazines and catalogues we receive.---  I'm discovering great design possibilities!"

 

"For me there is the fleeting feeling that all is right with
the world when I can see the long line where things are planted or
where the ground has been furrowed." Judith Rae Moyer-Shamp

In 2006, Judith took a temporary hiatus from creating art to pursue a graduate degree from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara.  “I had not the foggiest idea I would ever go back to academic studies, but a seminar, The Power of Symbols, at The Jung Center (Houston), started a wheel turning and I could not stop it.”

 

Fortunately it wasn’t too long into arduous studies (I hadn’t crack open an academic book since 1966) that I realized how synchronistically my art creating fit into my path, a fascinating in-depth journey. I began doing mixed media collages and small installations to accompany the presentations that were a major part of my on-campus assignments.

 

Presently I am completing a liturgical commission for St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church (Houston), have three “house” collages accepted into The Jung Center Member show (June 3- July 17 with reception June 13), and was invited to hang a solo installation in conjunction with an art series at Pines Presbyterian Church.

 

Setting my books aside, I am surprised when every so often they pull me into reading and searching a thread of academic interest. Oh, the title of my Master’s portfolio, Transformational growth through art, archetype, image, and mythology. I earned a Master of Arts Degree in Humanities with emphasis in Mythology and Education from a depth psychological perspective. A newfound passion nudges me to pull out my boxes of stuff and create are from found objects, gifts of nature and bits of fabric. Combining various elements to bring forth mystery and magical imagery leads me into depth and new insights.