Art of Transformation Printed Program

MAY 5, 2016 | TOOLBOX | WASHINGTON DC
1313 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202.737.6191
www.McClendonCenter.org
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ARTWORK BY CARL MORRISON
Highlighting Our Clients
Celebrating McClendon Center
Honoring Mental Health Month
ABOUT MCCLENDON CENTER
McClendon Center prepares people recovering from serious
mental illness to improve their quality of life. Our goal is to
provide our clients with the skills they need to live as
independently as possible. We do this by working with our
clients to maintain their physical and mental well-being while at
the same time helping them to obtain safe and affordable
housing, employment, and financial literacy. McClendon Center
also provides our clients with community and companionship.
Founded in 1980, we have a long and proud history of being
among the highest-rated behavioral health providers in the
District of Columbia. We provide a wide range of services and
supports such as art therapy and expressive arts therapy to more
than 1,100 DC men and women each year. A majority of our
clients live below the DC poverty line. About 30 percent of our
clients reside in shelters or are homeless. One hundred percent of
our clients have a primary diagnosis of severe mental illness and
at least 80 percent of our clients have at least one co-occurring
medical condition such diabetes, hepatitis C, or asthma. Above
all, at McClendon Center we view and treat all of our clients as
individuals not simply as diagnoses or statistics.
Dennis Hobb, Executive Director
Board of Directors
Mohini Venkatesh, Chair
Xavier Baker
Hugh Franklin
David Harris
Jennifer Hitchon
Sarah Barclay Hoffman
Kimberly Johnson
Beth Kanter
Stephen Lucas
Gayle M. Neufeld, MD
Sophie Stern
Steve Yu
ARTIST:
THOMAS WILLIAMS
What Do YOU See? Series
$50 each or $80 for two
W
elcome, friends, to our second annual Art of
Transformation reception and client art show!
A sincere thank you to all of you, our
sponsors, event partners, and donors — we are grateful
for your support of our clients and programs. We could
not do this without you.
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The process of making art and sharing it with others can
be a powerful transforming and empowering act. We are
honored to exhibit some of our clients' art, which
includes painting, drawings, photography, as well as
paper and fiber crafts. Some of our artists are here with
us tonight and we encourage you to meet and talk with
them about their pieces. Nick Denson, our art therapist
and artist-in-residence, is also here to help explain our art
therapy program and process.
Please enjoy this glimpse into our art program, purchase
any pieces on display (our clients earn half of the sale of
their art as commission), and take a chance at winning
one of our great raffle packages!
To practice any art
no matter how well
or badly, is a way to
Dennis Hobb
Executive Director
make your soul grow.
So do it.
— Kurt Vonnegut, author
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Mohini Venkatesh
Chair, Board of Directors
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ARTIST:
DIANE MAYO
ARTIST:
ANTONIA ADAMS
MENU
PASSED HORS D’OUEVRES
Parmesan Lemon Risotto Balls [V]
drizzled with creamy champagne sauce
Spider Tempura [GF, V]
a fine julienne of sweet potatoes, onions and zucchini crisped
until golden and served with a cucumber vinaigrette
Woodland Friend
$80
ARTIST:
Playtime
$60
LINDA ETTI-WILLIAMS
Rice Paper Rolls
filled with refreshing chicken salad
Rock Shrimp Scampi Pizza
garlic marinated rock shrimp with scampi butter, fresh
Basil and Quattro formaggi
Roasted Ribeye Skewers
with a cherry tomato, corn and caper sauce
Elephant Pillow
$25
Happy Place
Paper Bowl—black
$20
Paper Bowls—blue (set of 2)
$125
SIGNATURE DRINKS
Bourbon Slush
Bourbon whisky, lemonade, orange juice, powdered
sugar and strong tea garnished with cranberries
Sparkling Basil Lemonade [non-alcoholic]
$30
DENISE
MORGAN-STONE
PHOTOGRAPHER:
PHOTOGRAPHER:
TONYA O’NEAL
BEVERAGES
Beer (Heineken, Samuel Adams, Amstel Light)
Red and White Wines
Bottled water and assorted soft drinks
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Glorious Day (framed)
$50
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NYAPC (framed)
$50
ARTIST:
CARL MORRISON
Thank You to Our Sponsors
as of April 21, 2016
Partners for Promise
Together
$100
Colorful Rowhouses $100
Still Life
$50
eGuard Tech Services
H Street Pharmacy
Advocates for Action
Island Dancer
$40
Island Mansion
$125
Island Music $100
Himmelfarb Commercial Inc.
Gayle M. Neufeld, MD
Dr. Steve Steury and Mrs. Ellen Steury
TD Bank
Helpful Advocates
Xavier Baker and Emily Su
Lisa and Jonathan Kanter
Black Ships
$60
This is MY House
$60
Canal Scene
$75
PHOTOGRAPHER:
JOYCE HAWKINS
Jamaica
$100
Monumental Day (framed)
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$35
Helping Hands
Elissa M. Brooks
Capital ProgX LLC
Firehook Bakery
The Han Group
Holly A. M. Holmes
Meg and Doug House
Kim Johnson and Rachel Browning
Beth Kanter and Jeff Goodell
Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz — DC
The Pursuit
Steve Rabinowitz and Laurie Moskowitz
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ART SALE
PARTNERS
Spectrum Printing & Graphics
Uncle Chip’s
All artwork by our clients on display are for sale! Clients will receive 50% of the
sale of their art and the rest of the proceeds will be used to support McClendon
Center programs such as Art Therapy.
ARTIST:
DIONTA MCDADE
DONORS
Sara F. Carroll
Timothy P. Ernst
H Street Pharmacy*
Gayle M. Neufeld, MD*
Rochelle Rosenberg
The Ross Center
Toni Sanchez
Elizabeth Sternberg and Alan Ronkin
Laurie Strongin and Allen Goldberg
Steve Yu
*in addition to their sponsorship
Perfect in Beauty
$75
Elizabeth Guerry Mead
Michaels — Bowie, MD
Panera Bread
Brick & Mortar / Prequel
Jana Richardson
True Value on 17th Street
Orange Crossroads Abstract
$75
$50
ARTIST:
RAFFLE DONORS
William and Mutsuko Brooks
Dick Blick Art Materials
Fare Well
Honeysuckle
International Spy Museum
JetBlue Airways
Beth Kanter
Perfection
$75
TONYA O’NEAL
Happy Girl
Fabric, framed
$40
Whole World
Fabric, framed
$35
3 Girls
$35
Fabric, framed
Starry Night $75
ARTIST:
KWASI SEITU
VOLUNTEERS
Beverly Backus
Deona Epps
Shamia Holloway
Kerry Newsome
Sharon Samber
Melody Simmons
Jennifer Wade
Christopher Wardlaw
Darcy Weber
Island of the Eye
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$50
My Island Paradise
$50
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Island View
$50