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SUMMARY:Artist Talk & Coloring Social with Gwenn Seemel
DESCRIPTION:This fall\, Gwenn Seemel (they/them) is doing a different kind 
 of art show: it’s one where you’re invited to hang your work on the 
 wall as well! Specifically\, the Lambertville painter wants to see your 
 coloring skills on display.\n\nStarting October 11th\, the Lambertville 
 Free Public Library will be exhibiting Everything’s Fine\, a series of 
 surreal paintings about mental health that came together over the course of 
 several years. Seemel livestreamed the painting process from their studio\, 
 broadcasting the making of this art in real time and chatting with viewers 
 as they worked.\n\nAs part of the artist’s ongoing artistic conversation 
 about emotional wellbeing\, Seemel has now turned the paintings of 
 Everything’s Fine into black-and-white illustrations that visitors can 
 color in and then hang on the wall alongside their work. In this\, the 
 Seemel was inspired by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross who write in their 
 excellent book Your Brain on Art:\n\n“The act of coloring itself offers a 
 way to reduce anxiety. Coloring is a structured task that helps bring order 
 to the chaos of life.”\n\nThere will be coloring pages available at the 
 library throughout the six-week run of the exhibition\, and viewers are 
 encouraged to add their pages to the wall at any time.\n\nAnd because 
 coloring in company can be more fun\, Seemel will be at the library on 
 October 22nd from 7 to 8:30 pm\, armed with markers and their delightful 
 sense of whimsy\, for an artist talk and coloring book social.\n\nSeemel is 
 best known for their political work which has appeared in Newsweek and on 
 the cover of an Oxford University Press book\, but the accolades that 
 matter most to the full-time painter are those that come from their 
 community. As one longtime supporter of the painter’s work says:\n\n“I 
 appreciate [Seemel’s] bravery\, compassion\, creativity\, verve\, and 
 vulnerability every time I see [their] work.”\n\n \n\nWHAT: 
 Everything’s Fine art talk and coloring book social.\n\nWHERE: 
 Lambertville Free Public Library\, 6 Lilly Street\, Lambertville\, NJ 
 08530.\n\nWHEN: Wednesday October 22nd from 7 to 8:30 pm.\n\nWHO: Gwenn 
 Seemel (they/them)\, an artist who quit social media and who doesn’t 
 copyright their art.
LOCATION:The Gallery
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