Donita Ellison - Art Educator and Aesthetic Realism Associate
 
 Contents
 
Love, Life & ArtArt EducationReportsIn the News
My PortfolioMeet the FamilySpeaking Engagements
Book Reviews: Eli Siegel, Founder of Aesthetic Realism
Friends of Aesthetic Realism Countering the Lies
LinksAesthetic Realism Foundation
Visit my blogHome
 
Love, Life & Art 
 
  “The Drama of Hardness and Softness in Women” 

Discussion of Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac.  
 
“Power and Kindness: Do They Have to Fight?” 

Discussion of “Norma Rae” and the “Winged Victory of Samothrace”. 

As a proud member of the United Federation of Teachers Union, I know how important unions are in getting people what they deserve.  This is what Norma Rae was fighting for.  To learn more about how Aesthetic Realism explains the meaning of unions, I invite you to read: 

When High Profits Drive Trucking Accidents Happen by Timothy Lynch, Head of Teamsters Local 1205

  “The Fight in Women Between Security and Adventure
                                       —Is There a Beautiful Solution?” 

Discussion of the life and work of Louise Nevelson 
 
"What a Woman Feels and What She Shows
                                                  -- Can they be The Same?" 

Discussion of the life of Martha VanOrsdol Farnsworth and her book Plains Woman: The Diary of Martha Farnsworth 1882-1922.
 
speaking  Engagements     

Reports 

These are reports of tape recorded lectures by Eli Siegel which I’ve had the privilege to hear and study in professional classes for Aesthetic Realism consultants and associates taught by Class Chairman Ellen Reiss.
 

“Feeling Is Knowledge; or DeQuincey” 

Lecture of  February 14, 1969 -- A consideration of works by Thomas DeQuincey, including Logic of Political Economy, "Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow," and "Literature of Knowledge and Literature of Power"
 
“From Greek Literature” 

Lecture of January 16, 1976 –A consideration of Greek Poets in English Verse by Various Translators by William Hyde Appleton; Homer’s Iliad; and The Oresteia by Aeschylus.
 
“Years Ago in Art and Life” 

Lecture of October 15, 1976 --A consideration of The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Essays, Reviews, Etc.
 
"There Is More American Poetry" 

Lecture of November 11, 1973—A consideration of Modern American Poetry, edited by Louis Untermeyer.
 



Meet the Family. 

Jaime Torres, originally from Puerto Rico, is my husband. 
You can learn more below about his important work towards 
an ethical health care system, including that with 
Latinos for National Health Insurance.
The Raul Yzaguirre Policy Institute
        National Uninsured Latinos Conference 2006 
The National Diabetes Education Program of the CDC
“Single-Payer Health Care--The Ethical & Efficient 
     Solution to the Healthcare Crisis in the US,” 
      from The Black Commentator
Aesthetic Realism Can End Racism and Prejudice
                                  --by Dr. Jaime R. Torres  

This talk originally given at Harvard University is included in the book Aesthetic Realism and the Answer to Racism by Alice Bernstein and Others, published by Orange Angle Press.
Jaime Torres' Blog about Men's Questions
 

Beverly Burk is my mother and friend.  She is recently retired from a long and useful career in nursing and is now enjoying life in the Midwest.  We are glad to describe how what we are learning from Aesthetic Realism is enabling us to have a relationship we cherish. 
What Are Mothers and Daughters Hoping For?
                       --by Beverly Burk and Donita Ellison.
                    Published in The Examiner, Jackson  County, Missouri 




More Family Links 


A Father Seen Anew - Part I  &  Part II
         --by Bruce Blaustein, Aesthetic Realism Consultant
“Using a Mother’s Death to See New Meaning in the World”
         --by Ruth Oron and Ann Richards 
“A Father, Carpentry and Beauty” 
         --by Alice Bernstein
“My Mother Was a Girl” 
         --by Sheldon Kranz

My Portfolio 

As an artist and teacher of art I am grateful to learn what beauty is.  Eli Siegel is the critic who explained: “All beauty is the making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.”
 
"Curve I”  Alabaster   View 1    View 2     View 3
"View From the Balcony”   Relief Print 
“Kansas Sky”   Black & White Photograph 
“River at Dusk”    Black & White Photograph 
“Afternoon Frolic”   Black & White Photograph 
“Rise at Dawn”   Black & White Photograph 
“Cathedral” Color Photograph
“There is Softness and Hardness”   Black & White Photograph 



My Favorite Links 

Visit some of my favorite websites at http://www.donitaellison.com



In the News 

Read about a tremendously important newly published book—Aesthetic Realism and the Answer to Racism—featuring articles published nationwide and abroad by journalist Alice Bernstein and others. 


 
Love, Life & ArtArt EducationReportsIn the News
My PortfolioMeet the FamilySpeaking Engagements
Book Reviews: Eli Siegel, Founder of Aesthetic Realism
LinksAesthetic Realism Foundation
Visit my blogHome
I invite you to visit the following important links: 

Aesthetic Realism vs. Racism

The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method

Self-Expression and What Interferes: an Aesthetic Realism Discussion

"Is a Person an Aesthetic Situation?" by Eli Siegel, Founder of Aesthetic Realism

Photography Education: the Aesthetic Realism Viewpoint

The Terrain Gallery / Aesthetic Realism Foundation

Alice Bernstein & Friends

April Group Fine Arts

Aesthetic Realism Resources

The Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company

Friends of Aesthetic Realism — Countering the Lies

The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known (TRO)

A New Perspective for Anthropology: The Aesthetic Realism method
 
 

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