How can art help us heal? Imagine an elderly mother and daughter resting on a museum bench, taking in the vivid colors of a stained glass window. When artist and poet Annie Lanzillotto recalls this experience with her mother, it was a moment of peace that helped her make sense of her family and life. Hear how, ever since her childhood in the Bronx, art has remained a powerful tool for inspiration and healing through domestic violence, financial hardship, and multiple cancers.

Guest: Annie Lanzillotto, Artist and Poet

Objects mentioned in this episode:

Tiffany Studios (American, 1902–32), attributed to Agnes F. Northrop (American, 1857–1953). Autumn Landscape, 1923–24. Leaded Favrile glass, 132 x 102 in. (335.3 x 259.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Robert W. de Forest, 1925 (25.173a–o)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848–1907). Diana, 1893–94, cast 1894 or after. Bronze, 28 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 14 in. (71.8 x 41.3 x 35.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1985 (1985.353)

Alfred Van Loen (American b. Germany, 1924–1993). Chessgame: Liberty versus Slavery. Bronze, various heights 4–10 1/4 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Joan and Lester Avnet, 1964 (64.155a-p,aa-pp)

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