The Woods Enchanted

Digital art by Sheila K. Ter Meer incorporates fantasy and a bridge over Le Fer Lake at Saint Mary-of-the Woods College, thus titled “The Woods Enchanted.”

In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Shakespeare wrote of a forest enchanted specifically by the presence of Oberon and Titania, the fairy king and queen. Like many forests in Shakespeare’s works, it becomes a place of metamorphosis and resolution. People come out of the forest changed for the better.

A Walk In The Woods is the title of the opening concert of the Sinfonietta Pops Orchestra season on Sunday, October 16 at Saint Mary-of-the Woods College. The concert will be presented in conjunction with an art exhibit by members of River City Art Association from Terre Haute and the surrounding area. The Sinfonietta concert […]

via RCAA invited to show artwork at Sinfonietta Pops Orchestra opening concert Oct. 16 — River City Art Association

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RCAA members enter Vigo library’s Wabash Valley Community Read Artist Exhibition

The Woods Enchanted by Sheila K. Ter Meer

My photography entry incorporates fantasy and a bridge over Le Fer Lake at Saint Mary-of-the Woods College, thus titled “The Woods Enchanted.”

In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Shakespeare wrote of a forest enchanted specifically by the presence of Oberon and Titania, the fairy king and queen. Like many forests in Shakespeare’s works, it becomes a place of metamorphosis and resolution. People come out of the forest changed for the better.

RIVER CITY ART ASSOCIATION

River City Art Association members Todd Stokes, Deanna Swearingen, Sheila K. Ter Meer and Don Turner have artwork on display throughout March as part of the Wabash Valley Community Read Artist Exhibition in the Vigo County Public Library in Terre Haute, Indiana.

The 2016 Community Read book selection is “Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard,” by Indiana State University professor Dr. Laura Bates.

The exhibition is a reflection of Bates’ work as she teaches Shakespeare to maximum-security prisoners.

In her book, Bates explains that by engaging with prisoners and incorporating Shakespeare she is “introducing critical thinking to people who have never had that opportunity.”

In keeping with that theme for the exhibition, the library asks “In what other interesting ways can we connect with Shakespeare?”

Artists of all mediums are encouraged to create entries inspired by the theme “An Unconventional Shakespeare,” and based on any…

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