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  A first generation Italian American, Henry Montano worked for many decades at the Montano’s Shoe Store in Saugerties, New York, but was more healer than salesman.  According to his daughter Linda, “people would come from far distances to be fitted and have their foot problems corrected and my dad would do this in a very caring and
compassionate way.  Living with dad was like living with a mystical Zen Master.”  After a  hemorrhagic stroke, Henry Montano started painting therapeutically under the mentorship of his daughter, a practice he continued for three years until his death. As a result he produced a colorful body of work that celebrates his creativity, search for peace, and reconnection with loved ones.  

           

CHICKEN DANCEARAMA You can unsubscribe You replied on 4/14/2016 9:22 AM. CHICKEN DANCEARAMA: Maybe it was Thich Nhat Hanh who suggested we walk with “love” on the bottom of our feet so that we can practice inner peace? In the early 70’s, mos…

VIDEO PLAY LIST FOR MARYLAND LECTURE/BALTIMORE  PLAY LIST FOR MONTANO VIDEO LECTURE: 3 MINUTES EACH VIDEO:**************************************************************************************************1. https://youtu.be/3I_CmA0Qs4sWATER ANGELS…

MANY FACES OF MARYMANY FACES OF MARY  1. MARY IN THE  DARK  For a few months I’ve been shining a spotlight on a not quite antique “black Madonna” in my  “house-chapel” when I come downstairs every morning and leaving …

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CHICKEN DANCE  PHOTO  1972, MITCHELL PAYNE PHOTOGRAPHER 

PERFORMANCE IDEAS FOR RAPID PULSE1. 7 hours as Mother Teresa in gallery doing art life counseling2. 7 hours as  bob Dylan a. art life counseling or b. lip synching on a 14 ft lift3. 7 hours  “sounding the glands”  lay on floor, projectio…

ENDURANCE THEN AND NOWhttps://youtu.be/_0qiH1wH4zg

ARTISTS AS CURATORS AS ARTISTS  ARTISTS AS CURATORS AS  ARTISTS : A UNIQUE WAY TO KNOW & CARE: Linda Mary Montano Artists as Curators as Artists addresses the way in which artists have always subverted the gallery/museum sy…

MIGRANTS  AMONG  US   MIGRANTS AMONG US Everything was annoying and fright producing. The incessant 24 almost 7 hour cramping and pain in her neck, the  triggering of the PTSD, the fact that she did everything alone-…