Featured Ojai Event
Matzkin Book Signing: Art of Aging
November 22, 2009 2:00pm-4:00pm
Join us at this Ojai event!Ojai artists and authors Alice and Richard Matzkin will be the featured speakers at a Sunday Gathering at the Ojai Valley Museum on November 22, from 2 – 4 pm. The Matzkins will give a presentation about their recently published book, The Art of Aging: Celebrating the Authentic Aging Self, followed by a booksigning. In their beautiful book, painter Alice Matzkin and sculptor Richard Matzkin explore the experience of aging through their art, finding inspiration rather than despair. Admission to this Sunday Gathering is free.
The Art of Aging: Celebrating the Authentic Aging Self is a celebration of all that is beautiful about the aging process, challenging popular beliefs about the realities of growing older in words, paint and clay. Alice and Richard Matzkin grew afraid as they entered middle age and began experiencing wrinkles, gray hair and expanding waistlines. For the past fifteen years their work has focused on projects that confront their fear and curiosity about growing old. Together, they joined creative forces to present this groundbreaking and highly inspirational book, lavishly illustrated with 80 full-color plates.
Both Alice and Richard returned to art after a hiatus of raising children and pursuing a career. The internationally acclaimed artists share a studio next to their Ojai home. Now in their late 60s, the Matzkins feel this is one of the best periods in their lives. Their artwork and the writing of their book have given them a wider perspective and a deeper understanding of the meaning of life and an appreciation of the preciousness of now. The Matzkins have concluded that our elder years can be a time of ripening and harvest rather than stagnation and despair.
A selection of their artwork and a video can be viewed at the museum in conjunction with the current Ojai Celebrates Art exhibit. To make a reservation for the Nov. 22 Sunday Gathering call the museum at 640-1390. Go to www.ojaivalleymuseum.org and www.matzkinstudio.com for more information.
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