Meridian Gallery 5/21/14 - Click Image to Play Video by Eduardo Bonsi
MERIDIAN GALLERY EXHIBITION & BOOK RELEASE:
Thanks to everyone who attended the May 21, 2014 book release celebration and curated exhibition of forty-five paintings and drawings from Peoplescapes -- My Story From Purging To Painting. It was a warm, exciting and entertaining evening. Nancy Calef delivered a witty and powerful reading, hoping to help others with her message of resilience and creativity.
WHAT'S NEW:
Edward Guthmann's story about Peoplescapes and Nancy was featured in The San Francisco Chronicle.
"I was contacted by Dr. Deborah Brenner-Liss of the Association Of Professionals Treating Eating Disorders and invited to their June 7, 2014 conference and fund-raiser, and to be a future speaker. I met many therapists in attendance treating eating disorders, and the Directors of facilities in Chicago, Arizona and the Bay Area. It was enlightening to find that their methods in dealing with trauma, however highly developed, clinically detailed and monitored, are similar to the tools I mustered with little therapeutic guidance. The specialists stressed discipline, repetition, creative expression, self awareness and yoga. " Nancy Calef
Open During the North Beach Festival
June 14 & 15, 2014
ABOUT PEOPLESCAPES -- MY STORY:
This transformational journey in words and pictures chronicles Nancy Calef's evolution from child model, suffering anorexia and bulimia, through recovery and maturation into a multi disciplined artist renowned for her innovative "Peoplescapes:" vibrant plein-air colors applied to exaggerated snapshots of the human condition. together producing a remarkable narrative on issues facing society.
Driven by honest self-examination and daily commitment to convert her self-destructive energy into creative expression and physical exercise, Calef provides in these pages inspiration for others to help themselves transcend deep emotional and physical obstructions. More than a cocktail table art book, Peoplescapes -- My Story From Purging To Painting is an around-the-world tale of self-discovery, courage and love, at turns hilarious and heart-breaking, while Calef's luminous talent shines through.
Peoplescapes: My Story from Purging to Painting
By Nancy Calef with Jody Weiner
Publisher: Babu Books, [www.babubooks.com]
Publication date: May 27, 2014
Categories: Nonfiction | Memoir | Art | Health
156 pages | ISBN: 978-0-9898171-0-3 |
Price: $22.95 paperback
Illustrated throughout with 149 full-color paintings and drawings
Also available at Book Passage, Green Apple Books, Beat Museum & Amazon
