Water Changes Rock. We are Here. Artists Bios and Statements
Courtney Wynn Sheets is a self-taught mixed-media artist creating within mediums from wood sculpting, design, photography, collage, drawing to painting. Her background includes performing arts with a San Francisco boutique circus, collaborating on interactive sound installations, and making life-cast portraits. Courtney was born in the cornfields of northwest Indiana in analog times,and has lived all over the country including New England, New York City, Tucson, San Francisco, Portland, and Maui. Currently based in San Antonio, she makes her art, co-operates the gallery Space C7, and curates Outrider Art + Objects, a boutique pop-up gallery. As a healing arts practitioner for many years, Courtney Wynn Sheets, works as an end of life educator, death work activist and doula.
‘Much of my subject matter centers on our embodied connection to Nature, the energies found there that are also within us, and their relationships to our individuated primal natures. I often weave in themes related to the political zeitgeist that range from eco-feminism to human rights. With my watercolor practice I engage with the space, the water and colors in a way that allows for the unfoldment of harmony and the surrender of any fixed plans. It allows for divine “accidents,” unexpected magic and an openness to the Mystery that can’t be described through language. Expressing my true nature through art is my path to self-actualization, and the integration of my many selves into wholeness.’
(courtneywynnsheets.com and outrider end of life arts)
Mary Power, dancer, choreographer, and artistic director of MPOWERDANCE PROJECT, is a member of the San Francisco non-profit dance community through Independent Arts and Media. Mary holds a Masters in Exercise Science and Kinesiology with an extensive teaching background in Sports and Dancemedicine. Her choreography is sourced from Butoh, Contemporary Dance (Modern, Ballet), African, Flamenco and other mind-body systems: Pilates, Gyrotonic, Yoga, Martial Arts and body leverage for partnering/TRX. MpowerDance Project offers interdisciplinary workshops, dance training classes, performance works, process and performance opportunities, collaborations with dancers, artists, writers and film makers, musicians, and connects community experience through dance film media. Through MpowerDance Project, since 2012, Mary Power develops the Global Dance Project (GDP) with our annual contributions of free global imaginal content for choreography, dance art and performance via the world wide web. She continues to produce dance art performance events, beginning from 2010. (mpowerdance.net)
‘MpowerDance Mission maintains high artistic content through Butoh and contemporary dance, multidisciplinary collaborations, and interactive manifested production. Our focus promotes a creative commentary on human-centric views in relation to our biocentric world, man’s ideas in relation to nature’s laws. Our work eliminates space for misogyny. We drive with critical thinking, scientific research, real experience, world philosophy and symbol to create choreography, performance and art.
We inspire and connect diverse audiences, both locally (San Francisco) and globally, through the GDP/Global Dance Project, an annual choreographic offering.
We build toward sustainability in all relationship, promoting professionalism and friendship with respect among ourselves, other humans, other species and to nature itself.
We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and social awareness.
Thank you for supporting the Arts.’
