Скачать или смотреть Seeing like an artist: art, grief, and reconciliation." | Beth Robinson | TEDxVenetaWomen

Over a five-year period starting in 2005, three of her grandparents, her father, youngest brother, and mother died. These consecutive deaths gave a deeper awareness of societies awkward handling and lack of support for grievers with unspeakable emotions. Grievers live in two touching circles, the one before the loss and the one after, constantly trying to reconcile between the two. It is her belief that messy emotions can not be fixed by tucking them into neat little packages with rainbows, inspirational quotes, and soft adorable creatures. This is avoidant behavior. She is an advocate for grieving well through her art and mediation practice by companioning other grievers through the reality of loss.

Before finishing a BFA degree from Oregon College of Art and Craft as a Ford Restart Scholar, Robinson was a certified picture framer and paper restorer for 14 years. In 2007, she was awarded an opportunity with the University of Georgia to live and travel through Italy studying the conservation of books and art as a conflict dispute resolution tool during the Renaissance. Her artwork has been celebrated in the public view for over ten years in both the United States and Europe. Showing her artwork publicly lead her to a Masters program at the University of Oregon Law School in Conflict and Dispute Resolution and working as a private practice mediator and conflict/grief coach to find alternate ways of expressing grief and mourning during disputes. She cares for cultural property as an art conservator and museum technician for the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Eugene, Oregon. Also, she is restoring a Chandler and Price Letterpress machine.

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