CREATING DIFFERENT WORLDS
by MEGAN ANDERSON
On Display During:
Different Words for Happiness
Dates:
October 18 – November 15
Location:
Martha and Stan Weiman Mezzanine
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Megan Anderson is an actor, educator and visual artist from Baltimore, Maryland. She is a proud member of the Resident Acting Company at Everyman Theatre, where she has appeared in over 50 productions. Everyman highlights include Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, POTUS, A Doll’s House, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville, Grounded, The Revolutionists, and A Streetcar Named Desire. Megan teaches Intro to Acting, Creating and Performing Character, and Playbuilders at Everyman Theatre. She also teaches Your Story, Well Told, a community engagement initiative at Everyman that invites participants to create their own theatre pieces as means of self-expression. Through this initiative, Everyman has partnered with Nexus-Woodbourne Family Healing, a residential treatment center for youth with emotional, behavioral and mental health challenges, working with young people
“Art heals,” states Anderson. “Whether we are creating it or experiencing it, it reaches something inside of us that needs to be recognized. Painting is my way of finding quiet and balance in a chaotic world, and I hope these works bring people that same peace and joy.”
ARTIST STATEMENT
Art heals…Whether we are creating it or consuming it… it reaches something inside of us that needs to be seen or heard or felt or recognized. When I was young, I created lots of different types of art – I wrote epic stories, poems, and songs, acted in plays, drew and painted. In all these endeavors, I felt free to explore feelings and ideas that were too scary or at least too big to explore in real life. And, conversely, if real life itself felt too big or scary, I could create my own world where the edges were softer, where magic could explain things that weren’t explainable. I found my creativity to be very handy and very healing. When I paint, I explore the world around me in a different medium, and I find that the process helps me find balance and quiet in a world that feels increasingly chaotic. I’m particularly drawn to nature and color. Oftentimes, my subjects are straddling worlds, and there’s an intentional softening (or hardening) of the edges. If I can paint something special for a person, then I know I am helping them connect to something in their own life and perhaps bring them some peace and happiness.
Painting: Indian Shores, FL
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The Bromo Arts District is home to many restaurants, bars, and hotels within walking distance of the theatre.