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Memory Serves: Drawing Others Close

An art exhibition featuring portraits by Dr. Mark Gilbert, UNO Associate Professor of Art & Art History, along with Mark's late father Norman Gilbert.

  • date: 08/26/22 - 09/29/22
  • time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • location: Weber Fine Arts Art Gallery • maps
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Memory Serves: Drawing Others Close Art Exhibition Invitation

The University of Nebraska at Omaha and the College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media invites you to Memory Serves: Drawing Others Close an art exhibition featuring portraits by Dr. Mark Gilbert, Associate Professor of Art & Art History in the School of Arts at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

The exhibition will also feature Drawing to a Close, drawings depicting the end of life by Mark's late father, Norman Gilbert (1926-2019). “Norman Gilbert’s works transform deeply private experiences into shared comprehensions of love, caregiving, dementia, end of life, and bereavement.” – Mark Gilbert, PhD
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Public Opening Reception
Friday, August 26 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM in Weber Fine Arts UNO Art Gallery
School and Group Tours
Available during gallery hours starting August 26 to September 29, 2022.
Educational Resources For Teachers
Instructional curriculum materials that school teachers can use to incorporate into their classrooms. Click to download each .pdf
memory-serves-exhibition-overview-8.5x11.pdfmemory-serves-teacher-activity-ideas-1-8.5x11.pdfmemory-serves-teacher-activity-ideas-2-8.5x11.pdfmemory-serves-teacher-activity-ideas-3-8.5x11.pdf

Videos
Exploring the relationship between geriatric patients and their carers through portraiture: giving, receiving, observing & witnessing care (GROWing Care)
Read Article Here


AMA Journal of Ethics, On Seeing and Being Seen in Dementia Care: Read Article Here


Norman Gilbert Drawings
An Art-based Case Study: Reflections on End of Life from a Husband, Artist and Caregiver
Read Article Here


Drawing to a Close: Essay by Mark Gilbert
Read Essay Here


Additional Media
Please direct all exhibition inquiries – including scheduling school tours – to Patricia Davis, Curator and Manager of UNO Art Gallery & Collections, at patriciadavis@unomaha.edu
The exhibition is free and open to the public during gallery hours Monday – Friday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM or by appointment.
International Symposium September 22
In addition to the exhibitions, the College of Communication, Fine Arts, and Media, along with our other partners, will host an international symposium. The symposium will bring together international partners, students, healthcare and health humanities professionals, including physicians, nurses, artists, writers, performers, healthcare administrators, healthcare educators, researchers, allied health professionals, expressive arts therapists, social workers, chaplains, family and professional caregivers, veterans services professionals activists to help better understand the role of relationship and community to address critical aspects of well-being, empathy, collaboration- all issues directly related to compassion and care.

This symposium seeks to illuminate how the synthesis of the arts, humanities and social sciences and medicine can reframe perspectives on care of the elderly in ways that can challenge, stimulate and nurture fresh thinking, dialogue and connections. Moreover, it will explore how they can play a pivotal role in addressing the challenges and rewards of caring for the elderly and of caregiver and health professional burnout and wellbeing.

International Symposium
Thursday, September, 22, 2022
8:15 AM to 3:00 PM
UNO Community Engagement Center
Dr. Rockwood
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Kenneth Rockwood. Dr. Rockwood is a professor of medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Both events are sponsored by: The UNO College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media, Dementia Services Development Trust, Humanities Nebraska, Nebraska Arts Council, QEII Foundation, UNO Gerontology, UNO College of Arts and Sciences, UNO Medical Humanities, and UNMC Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Goldstein Family Community Chair in Human Rights, and Lori and Paul Hogan.
The Community Engagement Center is also hosting a special art exhibition August 26th to September 29th of works created by people living with dementia as part of the Opening Minds through Art (OMA) program delivered at the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. The art program is aimed at promoting residents social engagement, autonomy, and dignity through the experience of creative self-expression. Elders at Rose Blumkin Jewish Home were paired with a trained student volunteer from UNO who provided guidance during the art-making process.