Naked In Wonderland series
(poetry and artwork)
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The Naked In Wonderland Series is also available on Amazon Smile.
Perspectives
selected early artwork by Alys Caviness-Gober
(hardback art book)
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selected early artwork by Alys Caviness-Gober
(hardback art book)
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Alys Caviness-Gober is an anthropologist, artist, and writer living in Noblesville, Indiana. Despite lifelong disabilities, she perseveres with her arts creations and nonprofit volunteering. Alys’ artwork, photographs, and poetry have received national and international recognition.
Alys came late to the life of a professional creative; after receiving her MA in Anthropology, she taught Anthropology and Women’s Studies at the collegiate level and was a PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics until her disabilities worsened.
In 2011, she began selling artwork as Creative Expressions Arts. Alys was juried into the Hamilton County Artists’ Association (HCAA) in both photography (2012) and 2D categories (2013) and served on the HCAA Board for many years.
In 2014, along with author Sarah E. Morin, she co-founded an annual literature-based project, the Noblesville Interdisciplinary Creativity Expo (NICE). Also in 2014, Alys founded Community • Education • Arts (CEArts), a 501(c)(3) Arts organization. CEArts offers two annual place-making projects, NICE and The Polk Street Review Project (TPSR), and diverse digital content, including online Arts Showcase exhibit opportunities for creatives of all kinds, and @theroundtable arts podcast and short videos series.
Alys is a FY2017 Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Project Grant Award recipient, for which she created a series of paintings expressing life with hidden disabilities. She was selected to participate in the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute’s Religion Spirituality, and the Arts 2018/19 seminar class. Alys is a guest film reviewer for Midwest Film Journal, and has been an invited presenter at Poetry Society of Indiana conferences and Monicat Data’s arts and technology Yellow Summit (2019). She is a member poet of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS), and of the Poetry Society of Indiana (PSI) and serves on PSI’s Board.
In 2020, Alys selected to be a Hoosier poet, with poems included in the State of Indiana’s online poetry archive, INVerse. Alys serves on the Noblesville Cultural Arts Council and is active in the local arts scene.
Alys came late to the life of a professional creative; after receiving her MA in Anthropology, she taught Anthropology and Women’s Studies at the collegiate level and was a PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics until her disabilities worsened.
In 2011, she began selling artwork as Creative Expressions Arts. Alys was juried into the Hamilton County Artists’ Association (HCAA) in both photography (2012) and 2D categories (2013) and served on the HCAA Board for many years.
In 2014, along with author Sarah E. Morin, she co-founded an annual literature-based project, the Noblesville Interdisciplinary Creativity Expo (NICE). Also in 2014, Alys founded Community • Education • Arts (CEArts), a 501(c)(3) Arts organization. CEArts offers two annual place-making projects, NICE and The Polk Street Review Project (TPSR), and diverse digital content, including online Arts Showcase exhibit opportunities for creatives of all kinds, and @theroundtable arts podcast and short videos series.
Alys is a FY2017 Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Project Grant Award recipient, for which she created a series of paintings expressing life with hidden disabilities. She was selected to participate in the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute’s Religion Spirituality, and the Arts 2018/19 seminar class. Alys is a guest film reviewer for Midwest Film Journal, and has been an invited presenter at Poetry Society of Indiana conferences and Monicat Data’s arts and technology Yellow Summit (2019). She is a member poet of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS), and of the Poetry Society of Indiana (PSI) and serves on PSI’s Board.
In 2020, Alys selected to be a Hoosier poet, with poems included in the State of Indiana’s online poetry archive, INVerse. Alys serves on the Noblesville Cultural Arts Council and is active in the local arts scene.
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