Extended Overview of the Project and Interview with Wheatley
During her time at the University of Rochester, Wheatley will be focusing on reducing stigma around two topics: those who live with mental illness and individuals with HIV.
During her time at the University of Rochester, Wheatley will be focusing on reducing stigma around two topics: those who live with mental illness and individuals with HIV.
The art that Charmaine plans to create at URMC will take the form of individual portraits, generated after one-on-one interviews in which she will listen to the life experiences and personal stories of the members of the communities she’ll be working with.
Charmaine Wheatley spent much of her 2012 residency in the historic courtyard with her watercolor kit capturing “moments”: the hanging nasturtiums, the works of art, and the shadows and atmosphere.