Catch a Dreamer is a film incorporating art by Helen Webber and photographs that describe the 10 rights of children as enunciated by the United Nations. The film not only describes the basic human rights of children, but also shows the hardships and deprivations that children are experiencing throughout the world. Six"heroes" have been chosen to represent the extraordinary work of some young people who have created change in the lives of milions of children globally. Proceeds from CATCH A DREAMER will be donated to a child benefiting organization. To request further information e-mail nes@comcast.net
An artist who has worked in many media, Helen Webber is known nationally for her fabric collage tapestries which have hung in over three thousand residences across the United States and abroad. Some of these tapestries have been translated into fine art prints which replicate with great accuracy the variety of textures and colors of the original pieces.Helen has most recently published CATCH A DREAMER,a book that celebrates the Rights of the Child through art and poetry.
About Helen Webber
For over thirty years, Helen Webber has created site specific art for hundreds of public and private spaces.
Working with architects and designers who have specified her work, she has created her art in many different media: glass, metal, wood, clay and fabric collage tapestries.
It is the tapestries that she is best known for, and it is this medium that dominates the largest body of her work.
Her client list covers a broad range of companies: corporations, medical facilties, religious sites, civic and community centers, colleges and universities, hotels and cruise ships (see client list).
The collection of limited edition tapestries she designed over the course of her career provides the basis for her new Giclee Tapestry Print collection.
A more personal aspect in her work is expressed in her chalk and ink brayer paintings, her drawings and watercolors often combined with her poetry.
Other aspects of her career involved writing and illustrating children’s books and licensing her designs for bedding, textiles and children’s crafts.
The work is described as ”sweeping in movement, rich in color and above all, life affirming.”