'Art, and the Conversion of the Heart'
Jane Smith Bernhardt - Artist
Information
Jane is a third-generation portrait artist who
has done commissions in charcoal and pastel on
Boston's North Shore for the past twenty-three
years. She has had numerous exhibits in
this area, and taught portrait classes in
charcoal and pastel, created and led workshops in art and drama for
schools, delivered lectures on art and social
change, and facilitated many retreats.
Jane is also a trained actress (a graduate
of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in
Manhattan), who worked in stage and television
in the New York area before moving to the East
Coast.
She has traveled extensively with her visual
art exhibits and original solo dramatic
performances. Finding in art a pathway to the heart
and spirit, Bernhardt uses creativity as a
vehicle for human transformation.
Jane's
traveling visual art exhibits are:
'Faces of the Faceless' - Created during the
Cold War, 'Faces' portrays Russian patriots
and poets, to give a human face to the enemy.
'Faces
of Resistance' - Portraits and poetry,
focusing on personal resistance to injustice.
(Plowshares prisoners, Sanctuary defendants,
Salvadoran refugees)
'Dinner at
St. Paul's - Portraits of guests of
an inner-city feeding ministry and their
poems.
'The
Hibakusha Peace Project' - A series of
collage portraits of A-Bomb survivors,
accompanied by their stories and poems.
Dramatic performances include:
Julia Ward Howe
- Crusader for World Peace.
Encounters
- Series of dramatic vignettes based on New Testament
encounters.
The
Hibakusha Peace Project / Performance -
Featuring music by Greta Bro / Peter Meyer and
dance by Minori Ishikawa.
