YELLOW SPRINGS SENIOR CENTER
Paintings & Mixed Media Art by Patricia Acker
September 5–November 4, 2024
Reception Friday, October 4, 4–6 pm
September 5–November 4, 2024
Reception Friday, October 4, 4–6 pm
Patricia Acker is a retired healthcare Social Worker with experience in long term care, adult daycare, home health care, and sixteen years of hospice care.
Pat loves art but was not formally trained. She uses art to help her stay grounded, and to find her peaceful center as she gets lost in the process of creating. She has created many portraits, including animals.
She is a published author including a book of short stories, “The Dying Teach Us How to Live” which includes paintings portraits of her patients, and “God Winks: Stepping Stones in the Storms of Life” with short stories, original combinations artwork, and her poem to enhance the narrative. She has started writing her third book and has completed artwork that will be an integral part of this written collection of short stories.
Pat’s artwork is comprised of many types of media including oil, acrylic, duct tape, charcoal, ink, pencil, pastel, metallic, craft items, and crayon and she creates in various sizes of both 2D and 3D offerings.
The show can be viewed during the Center’s open hours of Monday–Friday from 9:30 am–4 pm, unless there is a class in the Fireplace Room.
Pat loves art but was not formally trained. She uses art to help her stay grounded, and to find her peaceful center as she gets lost in the process of creating. She has created many portraits, including animals.
She is a published author including a book of short stories, “The Dying Teach Us How to Live” which includes paintings portraits of her patients, and “God Winks: Stepping Stones in the Storms of Life” with short stories, original combinations artwork, and her poem to enhance the narrative. She has started writing her third book and has completed artwork that will be an integral part of this written collection of short stories.
Pat’s artwork is comprised of many types of media including oil, acrylic, duct tape, charcoal, ink, pencil, pastel, metallic, craft items, and crayon and she creates in various sizes of both 2D and 3D offerings.
The show can be viewed during the Center’s open hours of Monday–Friday from 9:30 am–4 pm, unless there is a class in the Fireplace Room.
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Upcoming Exhibits for 2025
Jan–Feb: TBD
Mar–Apr: Anna Arbor
May–June: Pat Robinow
July–Aug: Chris Zurbuchen
Sept–Oct: Group Show
Nov–Dec: Members Art Show
Click here to read more about how to participate in the Members Art Show
Mar–Apr: Anna Arbor
May–June: Pat Robinow
July–Aug: Chris Zurbuchen
Sept–Oct: Group Show
Nov–Dec: Members Art Show
Click here to read more about how to participate in the Members Art Show
Planning for 2026
The committee is looking for visual artists who would like to be considered for a show in 2026. Artists must be 55 or older and be a current member of the Yellow Springs Senior Center or join the YSSC prior to exhibiting. If two artists want to have a group show, they both have to be members. Interested artists should fill out an artist application and return it to the Senior Center or contact the Marketing Manager by August 31. 2025.