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Created by UNCG Sculpture Students

CURRENTLY ON VIEW AT UNCG

David Haynes Art Exhibition

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Creative Aging Network- NC (CAN-NC) and UNCG’s Gerontology Program presents an exhibition of art by David Haynes at the Creative Aging Network- NC Hallway Gallery on UNCG’s campus. The exhibition opened on Tuesday, October 15th and will be on view for 6 months.

David Haynes, a 1982 UNCG Alumni and a Long-Term Care Insurance Specialist, attended a pet portrait class at Creative Aging Network-NC in Greensboro in the fall of 2019. “I never drew or painted until then. I enjoyed the class and the encouragement from instructor Jennifer Donley and Lia Miller, CAN-NC’s Executive Director. They encouraged me to purchase a few brushes, paints, and canvases” Haynes says. Four years and over 350 paintings later, Haynes has turned his love for painting into a new hobby. “Remember, what you say to others, matters.”
Haynes has painted a variety of images and scenes as his hobby has expanded over the last 4 years. His website offers 90 paintings in 7 Collections. “I feel a closer presence to God while I paint and often listen to old Christian hymns while I paint, especially the many churches that I’ve found an interest in.”
Haynes has a unique signature trademark. In all of his paintings, he cleverly hides “three” tiny crosses. “The crosses remind me of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. It is only fitting that I honor Him, who has blessed me with a new talent. I am excited to share this delight of painting with our community and others.”
Organized by Elise Eifert, Gerontology Graduate Coordinator, and Lia Miller, Executive Director of Creative Aging Network-NC, the Creative Aging Network-NC Hallway Gallery features art by mature artists or art that features themes related to aging. The creative arts give older adults a platform to share their voices and pass their legacy to the next generation. The arts play a vital role in helping them stay engaged in their communities socially, civically, and psychologically. For elders with cognitive disabilities, the arts provide an essential link for communication and emotional expression, helping them better connect with their care partners and the broader community. According to Dr. Gene D. Cohen, the founding Director of the Center on Aging at the National Institute of Mental Health and founder of the Center on Aging, Health, and the Humanities at George Washington University, participation in activities that foster creative engagement and skills mastery in a social environment has positive psychological, physical, and emotional health benefits for older adults.
Creative Aging Network-NC’s mission is to provide innovative arts programming and education to enhance the well-being and social connection among aging adults throughout North Carolina. The Creative Aging Network-NC campus, located in Greensboro NC, serves as a site for intergenerational and multicultural engagement, collaboration, and education.

The Gerontology Program at UNCG https://hhs.uncg.edu/gerontology is a nationally recognized academic program that prepares individuals to understand the aging process and issues related to an aging society. Graduates are prepared to apply research and theory to address the needs of older adults and equipped to be leaders in the aging services and beyond.

CURRENTLY ON VIEW AT UNCG

David Haynes Art Exhibition

Click HERE to Learn More About the THE CREATIVE AGING GALLERY at UNCG

Creative Aging Network- NC (CAN-NC) and UNCG’s Gerontology Program presents an exhibition of art by David Haynes at the Creative Aging Network- NC Hallway Gallery on UNCG’s campus. The exhibition opened on Tuesday, October 15th and will be on view for 6 months.

David Haynes, a 1982 UNCG Alumni and a Long-Term Care Insurance Specialist, attended a pet portrait class at Creative Aging Network-NC in Greensboro in the fall of 2019. “I never drew or painted until then. I enjoyed the class and the encouragement from instructor Jennifer Donley and Lia Miller, CAN-NC’s Executive Director. They encouraged me to purchase a few brushes, paints, and canvases” Haynes says. Four years and over 350 paintings later, Haynes has turned his love for painting into a new hobby. “Remember, what you say to others, matters.”
Haynes has painted a variety of images and scenes as his hobby has expanded over the last 4 years. His website offers 90 paintings in 7 Collections. “I feel a closer presence to God while I paint and often listen to old Christian hymns while I paint, especially the many churches that I’ve found an interest in.”
Haynes has a unique signature trademark. In all of his paintings, he cleverly hides “three” tiny crosses. “The crosses remind me of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. It is only fitting that I honor Him, who has blessed me with a new talent. I am excited to share this delight of painting with our community and others.”
Organized by Elise Eifert, Gerontology Graduate Coordinator, and Lia Miller, Executive Director of Creative Aging Network-NC, the Creative Aging Network-NC Hallway Gallery features art by mature artists or art that features themes related to aging. The creative arts give older adults a platform to share their voices and pass their legacy to the next generation. The arts play a vital role in helping them stay engaged in their communities socially, civically, and psychologically. For elders with cognitive disabilities, the arts provide an essential link for communication and emotional expression, helping them better connect with their care partners and the broader community. According to Dr. Gene D. Cohen, the founding Director of the Center on Aging at the National Institute of Mental Health and founder of the Center on Aging, Health, and the Humanities at George Washington University, participation in activities that foster creative engagement and skills mastery in a social environment has positive psychological, physical, and emotional health benefits for older adults.
Creative Aging Network-NC’s mission is to provide innovative arts programming and education to enhance the well-being and social connection among aging adults throughout North Carolina. The Creative Aging Network-NC campus, located in Greensboro NC, serves as a site for intergenerational and multicultural engagement, collaboration, and education.

The Gerontology Program at UNCG https://hhs.uncg.edu/gerontology is a nationally recognized academic program that prepares individuals to understand the aging process and issues related to an aging society. Graduates are prepared to apply research and theory to address the needs of older adults and equipped to be leaders in the aging services and beyond.

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Nancy C. Lenk

Welcome to my show. I am the former Board Chair for the Creative Aging Network-NC. I am 67 years old and started painting when I was about 40. I had always wanted to take art classes but my work schedule which included lots of time traveling away from home did not lend itself to a regular schedule of classes. When I turned 40 I decided to just buy some paints and some canvases and just do it. I don’t think of myself as an artist. I love to paint so I am a painter. I lack the imagination it takes to be an artist. At least in my heart I think that.

Many artists have profound meanings behind what they create. For me, it is simple. I like to paint homes, interior and exterior. Flowers. Scenes that catch my eye. I like bright colors. I just paint to have fun with it. Because I have no formal training to “advise” me, I am free to experiment. I like to paint things that seem cheerful.

I have organized this show by certain themes as much as possible. Houses, especially older ones, interest me. I love their porches, angles and windows and how they make it feel like “home”. Interiors of homes also inspire me. I like cozy rooms with pretty colors. Flowers and gardens. I grow flowers as another hobby and have always loved them. From a small child I helped my Mom plants flowers each spring in our yard and have been doing it ever since. I like to catch their colors on canvas as well.

During COVID I experimented a bit with “mixed” media. I made some paintings using old onion, lemon bags, and gauze left over from when my Mom was in hospital. I made a few of these and have included them here.

I doodle a lot in my sketch books. The “abstract’ paintings are doodles I did with paint on canvas. For some unknown reason I am drawn to patterns and I think it’s just the “doodler” in me. I like the repetition and trying to piece the patterns together.

I did a little experiment using only grey tones with perhaps the addition of just one color. These are included here. I am not confident painting people but this was a small effort. I kind of like how they turned out. They are very different from the usual paintings.

Bosco, my little dog, is the light of my heart. I tried to capture him in the painting in this show. I think I got his eyes right, but his nose/muzzle is not as elongated as my painting turned out but I am satisfied just the same.

That’s it, in a nutshell. I hope you like what you see. Please be a kind critic. I am not confident about showing my paintings in public so I am taking a risk here.

PS If you think you can’t paint, but think it would be fun, then just do it. It is fun. It is such fun to see a finished product, good and bad. It came from you. There is no right or wrong. You can always begin again if you are not satisfied. Don’t let anyone discourage you. If you feel you need some guidance there are plenty of classes here at CAN-NC to get you going. The community in the classes is supportive and encouraging. We are never too old to create. It is good for our soul. I have so enjoyed seeing CAN-NC grow over the past few years and look forward to more and more programs, classes and events.

PAST EXHIBITION

FOR THE LOVE of ART

An exhibition featuring CAN-NC artists. The show is open to the public at 2400 Summit Ave, Greensboro, NC 27405.

PAST EXHIBITION:

“Vivid Images” An Exhibition by Valerie Goins Whitfield

I am a self-taught artist who has lived in NC, mostly in Greensboro, since childhood. As a young person, I was always drawing, painting or creating 3D objects, until I discovered photography, graphic design, and printmaking. After earning my BA and MA from UNCG, I worked in publications, marketing, sales, and operations management, and then started my real estate brokerage practice twenty years ago.

I love color and design, creating impressions using pastels, watercolor, pen & ink, acrylic, paper and printing techniques. Inspirations include nature, gardens, seascapes & landscapes, architecture – and whimsy! I love creating original, affordable paintings, collages, and one of a kind prints- hopefully you find joy and renewal in each.

I also do work on commission and will sell giclee prints of my originals which have already been sold. You can reach me at cell/text 336-339-7653; studiopiedmont@gmail.com. Thank you for coming to see my work.

PAST EXHIBITION:

Richard W. Chatham Exhibition of Oil Paintings

“I am a retired architect who always dreamed of being an artist and an oil painter. In 2012, I took my first oil painting class with Mavis Liggett at Art Alliance of Greensboro. I began to realize my dream.

I am not a trained fine artist but I’ve always had a knack for drawing, especially as a way to tell a story. Now, I use oil paint to tell stories, some of them about the country life in which I was raised.”

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Kathy Eaton Designs Exhibition

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50+ EXHIBITION:

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LGBTQ+ Exhibition:

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