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Jan Kashin is an accomplished artist and has taught in Queensland, Sydney and Alberta, Canada. In 1963, Jan's son was forcibly taken from her using leather restraints and drugs. Jan has never been able to overcome the psychic shock she experienced. In 1980 she began Adoption Triangle, Queensland, in 1982 she began ARMS Queensland, in 1984 co-founded the Adoption Contact Information Service, in 1997 Jan was convenor of the organising committee of the 6th Australian Conference on Adoption "Separation, Reunion, Reconciliation" and has timelessly lobbied for adoption law reform in Queensland.
In 2002 Jan began painting an acrylic series on Adoption Trauma. Her artworks record others' attempts to disconnect her from her child and the subsequent effect that physical and emotional disconnection had on her, her child, other mothers and other children.
Jan sees herself as a war artist. "My art is a metaphor for abandonment, incarceration, battle, defeat; because my art rings true for hundreds of other mothers, it has relevance; because it has been the key to unlock other women's trapped experiences. It is important because it enables others to understand the devastation wrought on hundreds of thousands of young women and their snatched babies. It is vital to this generation". Ref: Connecting Past, Securing Future 9th Australian Adoption Conference
Women's Adoption Stories
Australia
1960 - 1995
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The Art of Jan Kashin DVD
As seen at the 9th Australian Conference on Adoption September 2008
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Women's Adoption Stories
Australia 1960 - 1995
by Jan Kashin
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Women's Adoption Stories
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Illustrated recollections and stories by talented artist, and Mother of the White Stolen Generation, Jan Kashin.
Jan's work depicts the years from the early 1960's to the late 1980's and shows both physical and psychological trauma experienced by young women detained in homes for unmarried pregnant girls, as well as the physical and mental meltdown that occurred in the young women once they were admitted to the Maternity Hospitals.
The women who's stories are depicted in this book were asked to think of their most defining moment of trauma. Many of the women described the same sensation, the same feeling, the same behaviours, the same events.
It was a culture of contempt for single pregnant women, that pervaded the entire continent. |
"The Art of Jan Kashin"
Presented at the 9th Australian
Conference on Adoption
by Jan Kashin |
The Art of Jan Kashin
Price $25.00 au
As presented at the 9th Australian Conference on Adoption, held in Sydney on 5th September 2008. This is a powerful story that leaves any audience speechless, silent, and still.
This pictorial representation is a key to understanding and is recommended for anyone involved in the Adoption arena, and for public education of people everywhere.
Running time: approx 40mins. |
The Birth of David Brunsdon
by Jan Kashin |
Jan Kashin Art on Canvas
To view artwork by Jan Kashin with an option to purchase as a Canvas Print, Photo enlargement
or Wall Poster, click here |
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