Drawing by Elisif Bruun.
The theme draws its name from the groundbreaking 1996 book Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, by renowned psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison. The same driving discomfort leading to substance misuse and desperate behaviors also may yield extraordinary creativity: grand gifts to the rest of us born of incomparable urgency. The exhibition Touched with Fire: A Family Tale features art by three members of the same family (Mogens Christiansen, Peter Bruun, and Elisif Bruun), each “touched with fire” in ways passed from one generation to the next.
Art Gallery, College Community Center, CCBC Dundalk
October 23, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Opening reception for Touched with Fire: A Family Tale, an exhibition featuring eerily related art by three generations of the same family (Mogens Christiansen, Peter Bruun, and Elisif Bruun), two members of which were significantly affected in…
Roy N. Staten Building, Room 102, CCBC Dundalk
October 29, 2015, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Part of the New Day Campaign 2015 Film Series, and shown in conjunction with the exhibition Touched with Fire: A Family Tale at CCBC Dundalk, Dark Side of the Full Moon (2014) delves into the unseen world of maternal mental health, uncovering the…
John E. Ravekes Theatre, College Community Center, CCBC Dundalk
November 13, 2015, 1:00 - 5:00pm
Poverty. Genetics. Family dynamics. Environment. These and other factors contribute to an array of traumas passed down from one generation to the next. Come explore and experience with us what intergenerational trauma is, why it occurs, and how…