Nancy Youdelman

Over & Under. Mixed media relief. 17 x 22 x 3 inches. 2009

After we are dead and gone, it is the ordinary objects: the things we hold dear, wear and use every day, that hold secrets of the past. These objects take on a new significance when combined with other, seemingly unrelated objects such as pins, buttons, string and beeswax. It is my desire to bring to mind the fleeting, bittersweet manner in which we are bound to our existence on this earth.

Helen Zajkowski

My Father Said. Mixed media. 17 x 13 x 19 inches. 2008

My work addresses the psychological impact the words have on our psyche. The words that we hear from our parents and the rules we are impacted with by our government, the cultural and social environments become our mantras. These mantras become the navigating needles in our thinking and our behaviors. We become so bound by the internalized words that we confine our freedom and restrict our self expression.