Feelings, Fantasy and Fairy Tales: A Conversation with Erika Cleveland

We live in a world that often prizes rationality, practicality, and the things that can be seen, measured, and explained. But what about our dreams, fantasies, feelings, intuitions, and the stories that have lived inside us since childhood? Are these simply distractions from reality, or might they be essential ways of knowing and being alive? ⁣ ⁣ Join us at the Washington Studio School Gallery on 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟑:𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝟒:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 as artist 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 explores these questions through her lifelong relationship with imagination and her work as an artist and doll maker. Drawing on ideas from Carl Jung and her own experiences of living with one foot in the “real world” and one in the world of imagination, she invites us to reconsider the value of our inner lives. Through stories, reflections, and her handmade dolls, Erika asks us to entertain a provocative possibility: that the unseen world within us may be every bit as real, and as important, as the world outside us. Hosted by the Jackson Art Center in collaboration with the Washington Studio School. Sign up at Eventbrite, here.