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The Patient Looks Back: Portraits of My Therapist

The Patient Looks Back: Portraits of My Therapist

In The Patient Looks Back: Portraits of My Therapist, Catskill-based painter Joyce Polance reverses therapy’s usual direction of attention by turning the patient’s gaze toward the therapist. Painted in oil entirely with her fingers, the three-year series moves between likeness and disruption, testing what close looking can—and cannot—reveal.

The opening reception is September 24, 5–7 p.m., and the artist talk is October 3, 4–5 p.m.

The show runs Sept. 17 - Oct. 10. Gallery hours M-F 9am - 6pm, Sat & Sun 10am - 6pm.

James W. Palmer III Gallery
09:00 AM - 06:00 PM, every day through Oct 10, 2026.

Event Supported By

Vassar College - Palmer Gallery
845-437-5370
campusactivities@vassar.edu
James W. Palmer III Gallery
124 Raymond Ave
Poughkeepsie, New York 12604
845-437-5370
campusactivities@vassar.edu