Mildred K Bachrach
Born: 1947 in New York, New York
Lives and works: Portland, Maine
EDUCATION
2019 MFA Master of Fine Arts: Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
1988 ABD Nursing Administration: Adelphi University, Garden City, New York
1972 MN Masters Parent-Child Nursing: NeYork University, New York, New York
1970 BSN Bachelor of Science Nursing: Georgetown University, Washington, DC
EXHIBITIONS
May - June 2024 - The Best of Us, Solo show, Alfond Center, Augusta, Maine
November 2023 - Water, UMVA Gallery, Group Show, Portland, Maine
August-September 2023- Continum Reflections: Group Show, Stone Wall Gallery, Yarmouth History Center, Yarmouth, Maine
July 2023 - In Balance/Imbalance: Coordinator of a thirty three artist show and worked with the staff of the MAJ Summer Quarterly 2023 to showcase the entire exhibit online, UMVA Gallery, Portland, Maine
May-July 2022 - It’s Not So Simple: Solo show, Alfond Center, Augusta, Maine
April-May 2022 - The Art of Re-Climation, Belfast Free Library, Belfast, Maine
February 2022 - Resilience Week MeCA&D, Portland, Maine
January 2022 - It’s Not So Simple: Solo show, UMVA Gallery, Portland, Maine
June 13, 2021 - The Pandemic Cycle: Solo show UU Church, Pittsfield, Maine
March 15, 2021 - May 1, 2021 Pandemic Portraits: LA Arts Gallery Windows, Lewiston, Maine
Jan 2021- Feb 2021 An Artist’s Response To The Pandemic: Maine Jewish Museum: virtual exhibition
May 2020 Fiore Artists Maine Farmland Trust : on line exhibition and artist’s talk July 2019 Open Studio Day John Fiore Residency Exhibition Maine Farmland Trust
May 2019 MFA Thesis Show, ICA MECA, Portland, Maine
March 2018 The 380 EIGHT, Thompson’s Point, Portland, Maine
ARTICLES
2023 Winter Quarterly, Maine Arts Journal, Absence and Presence.
March 12th 2021 CentralMaine.Com “Recent Works of Mildred Bachrach on Display at LA Arts”2021 Fall Edition of Maine Visual Arts Magazine, Freedom and Captivity
March 12th 2021 CentralMaine.Com “Recent Works of Mildred Bachrach on Display at LA Arts”
2021 Winter Edition of Maine Visual Arts Magazine, “ Member’s Showcase”
2020 Summer Edition of Maine Visual Arts Magazine, Pandemic Art. “Healing” curated by Diane Dahlke
INTERVIEW
June 13th, 2021 CBS WABI 5 “Maine Artist Presents Pandemic Themed Show” 5pm and 11pm news
BIOGRAPHY
Mildred Bachrach viewed herself as a caregiver during fifty years of practice as a specialist in nursing. She believes that helping people remember images and feelings from their past is not just being an Artist, it is being a Caretaker in a completely different manner. Art enables her to touch more people by validating their humanness and by showing them that they are not alone.
Her work is based on the concept that while moving through life we are changed by all we touch, see and hear. These changes are forever caught deep inside us. They break through when we are tired or stressed, and when we remember the blackness. This is a universal part of being a human being. By valuing these universal aspects of ourselves by presenting them as art objects she validates the humanness of the viewer. This validation is a type of caretaking.
Mildred Bachrach’s first show in 2018 at Thompson’s Point displayed her works on Women’s Ills. In these works, she created pieces depicting demeaning voices that women hear. Wound Too Tight, Bogged Down, and Hanging From a Thread were created as life-size works.
In her 2019 thesis show, Mildred Bachrach’s work focused on Psychic Trauma. The pieces explore the trauma experienced universally as we face death. The works, Pieces, Remnants, Remains and Memorials are a series of three approximately eight by ten translucent laminated pieces.
In July 2019 Mildred Bachrach’s work was shown as part of the John Fiore Residency Program at the Maine Farmland Trust in Jefferson Maine and in May on line as part of the Fiore Residency Show and Artist’s Talk by Zoom. She created works that spoke to the state of the land, the need for stewardship and the intricacies of being an indigenous person.
During the Pandemic pieces with her narratives about the work were chosen for the summer and winter editions of The Maine Visual Arts Journal. The complete series was given a virtual show by the Maine Jewish Museum from mid January to mid February 2021. The completed work on the pandemic at that time was presented. A solo show at the UU Meeting House on June 13th, 2021 allowed for all eighteen works on the pandemic to be presented in person.
Her series It is Not So Simple deals with the complex history of being a member of the Cherokee Nation. Although it is her heritage, she hopes others will think of how their own heritages have affected then.
Mildred Bachrach lived and works in the West End of Portland, Maine. She continuously shows a piece of her current works at The Window at 211 Brackett Street. All work is rotated monthly for viewing to the community and is generally lighted from 5pm to 10pm nightly.
As a member of the Cherokee Nation, her direct descendant Little Turtle died on the Trail of Tears. All of her Native American linage is in the National Archives. The teacher that Little Turtle’s daughter, Elizabeth married was Caleb Covel born in Portland Maine in 1817.
Mildred is a member of the UMVA and shows their Portland gallery four times a year.