Chris Randolph of the Rockland Living Museum
Launch of Instagram Live Artist Interviews!
We feel pretty well-versed in virtual communications by now over here at ACOR!
In shifting to this virtual world, we have found lots of opportunities for meaningful exchanges with the arts community, and in particular, our Member Artists.
On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, ACOR launched its new series of Instagram Live artist interviews! Artist and photographer, Lisa Levart, interviewed fellow artist, Chris Randolph. who is an art therapist and founder of the Rockland Living Museum, housed at the Rockland Psychiatric Center,
About CHRIS RANDOLPH and the ROCKLAND LIVING MUSEUM:
Christine is a Creative arts therapist. She founded the Rockland Living Museum in February 2010 because she wanted to offer her services to the local Rockland community. She has been a painter for more than 40 years, studying with Richard Pousette-Dart at Sarah Lawrence College and the Art Students League. Her special interest is the intersection of creativity and the sacred and divine dimension of life.
The Rockland Living Museum is an open art studio for adults with psychiatric diagnoses located at Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, New York. Our mission is to provide a joyful and soothing refuge where people can feel free and accepted. We encourage all kinds of creative expression such as painting, weaving, clay, mosaics, art from recycled and found materials as well as dance movement therapy. Many exhibits take place locally throughout the year and we visit local nature spots as well as museums in NYC. The Rockland Living Museum honors the sacred and deep meaning of art-making and welcomes the diverse creative expression of all its artists.
Our artists are both inpatient and outpatient and have a wide array of psychiatric issues as well as forensic histories and cognitive/developmental challenges. We also have a group of deaf artists.
The full interview can be seen on Instagram: @artscouncilofrockland.org