KATHRYN OLIVER (American b.-)Painter + Multi-media artist Kathryn Oliver is an artist on a Pilgrimage. Following an early attraction to Chagall’s dancing angels and the lure of mystical encounter, she found herself entranced by the winter sun illuminating Mary through a stained-glass window in an ancient village in Brittany. From here, her road led to the early icons of the mystical tradition of the east, inspiring her most recent large-scale figurative works turned into prayer altars. Reminding us that the kind of attention we pay to our lives, in turn, helps to shape the world around us. Today, Kathryn explores human understanding and interconnectedness through storytelling, painting and interactive multi-media (film, drama, painting, masks and poetry). She and Kristi Williamson, a gifted performance artist, are long-time collaborators and are currently working on a unique style of interactive ritual theater for Maine audiences called Mythic Heart Theatre.