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“Poster Child”

Mom stands by her name on the wall at WAC— Looks like she’s posing for her next album cover!

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The Selection Process

Getting Ready for the Memory show at WAC Helen During, curator for Westport Art Center arranges stackings on the floor to compose the final display.

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Mom makes a birthday hat!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=eaN_w23ZJv0]Charla will be 79 today and is having a big party with cranberry gingerbread cupcakes with cranberry cream cheese frosting.

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Stamford Center: Connecting art, Alzheimer’s and spirituality

Donald Axleroad will host a special event Friday, Nov. 19, with Dr. Stephen Jones, gerontologist and head of Greenwich Hospital’s Center for Healthy Aging. Jones will give a slide show presentation and participate in a panel discussion with the Rev. … Continue reading

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Maria Shriver’s Report: Alzheimer’s Disease and Woman

Here’s an important link to view for any of you touched by this disease. The video really tells the story of this world wide epidemic.

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Mom in front of the Money Wall

Two years after the first stackings were sighted, Mom became increasingly prolific. Here she stands in front of her “Best in Show ” exhibit at Housatonic Museum of Art which included  live installations of “Hat Rack”, “Gingerman”, Lightbulb Lily” and … Continue reading

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How it all began

This was Mom’s first stacking, spotted by my significant other, Jim about two years ago. Continue reading

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Best in show

Here’s the moment Mom won “best in show” at Housatonic.

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Stay tuned

I am Alison Boteler, and this is a blog about my mother Charla, whose artistic impulses are re-emerging as she approaches 80. There is a lot more to come.

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