PASSIONS, DREAMS and OBSESSIONS, 2007

FROM THE ARCHIVE / #TBT: PASSIONS, DREAMS, and OBSESSIONS: Artists at Work in Their Studios, an exhibition in Berkeley, CA and documentary project by Janet Sheard, 2007

handbill, front

handbill, back

I came across PASSIONS, DREAMS and OBSESSIONS as this handbill and DVD containing a rare video, digitized and included here below. A unique glimpse into Faheem's early practice, this project by photographer Janet Sheard is also one which exists in obscurity; besides a mention of Artists at Work on her own website and under her biography on CAAP's site, Janet Sheard and this project, one which also included Richard Hunt (pioneering metal sculptor and early Faheem mentor), Va Lizzo (one of the founding members of the Chicago Artists' Coalition), Allen Stringfellow, and a number of other artists with personal histories and legacies no doubt prolific in their own right, appear to remain today with little evidence of its' existence, or at least its' existence online. Of course, this project and these people live on in memory, word of mouth, in community, or continue to walk among us and shape those around them in the present. It may now also exist here, in the archive, and for you to enjoy in the form of a blog post.