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Welcome to the Addiction and Art Website
The Addiction and Art Download Gallery features artists' statements about the artwork to increase viewer understanding of the work. This page is devoted to adding a master poet's response to some of the same art in an attempt to add even more insight/meaning to the works.
Washington DC's poet extraordinaire, BRASH, has written poetry to accompany numerous Addiction and Art efforts. BRASH has poems for every work in the Addiction and Art book, written poems for all of the Addiction and Art works featured: in 2012 Annual Education Conference of the International Nurses Society on Addiction (Washington, DC), at the 2011 Frederick, Maryland Artomatic Addiction and Art show, and at the Blue Elephant Addiction and Art Exhibition in 2010 (Frederick, MD).
Addiction and Art
Poetry
A new recovery poem by Wally Balcerzak,
"Recovery : The Blessing of Life"
Click HERE to Download a PDF format copy.
(6/24/2016)
The images in the slide show above are the entries.
Seven artists responded to our Recovery Art Challenge with 11 artworks.
Information about the Challenge and these important new artworks are found HERE.
(2/9/2015)
Poet BRASH responds to
Beth Krynick's work "Social Commentary #2"
Research has shown that smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of pregnancy complications, premature delivery, still birth, low weight and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). We present a work addressing this topic by artist Beth Krynick accompanied by BRASH's poem "Kicks".
(7/19/2014)
Poet BRASH responds to Scott Gore's "The Respirator"
Heroin and substance abuse are no strangers, but recently heroin's ready access, low cost and pill-like high have put heroin addiction on a major rise across our country. We present a strong artwork by Scott Gore, accompanied by poignant words from the poet, BRASH for your contemplation.
(2/23/2014)
Poet BRASH responds to Cumings' "O Refills Left"
Washington DC's poet extraordinaire, BRASH, has written poetry to accompany numerous Addiction and Art efforts. BRASH has poems for every work in the Addiction and Art book, written poems for all of the Addiction and Art works featured: in 2012 Annual Education Conference of the International Nurses Society on Addiction (Washington, DC), at the 2011 Frederick Maryland Artomatic Addiction and Art show, and at the Blue Elephant Addiction and Art Exhibition in 2010 (Frederick, MD).
Watch this site for a challenge to artists from BRASH in the future.
(2/1/2014)
Poet BRASH Responds to Addiction Artworks
Washington DC's poet extraordinaire, BRASH, has written poetry to accompany numerous Addiction and Art efforts. BRASH has poems for every work in the Addiction and Art book, written poems for all of the Addiction and Art works featured: in 2012 Annual Education Conference of the International Nurses Society on Addiction (Washington, DC), at the 2011 Frederick Maryland Artomatic Addiction and Art show, and at the Blue Elephant Addiction and Art Exhibition in 2010 (Frederick, MD).
At the start of a new year, we are pleased to announce that BRASH is allowing some of these poems to be part of this site. The first post is a powerful poem written to accompany Marie Balla's equally powerful work, "I'm Dying for a Smoke". More posts will appear on our site in the future. BRAVO BRASH and thank you!
(1/1/2014)
