Michael D. Tillyer M.Ed.

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  The paintings for this show have been selected by Michael Tillyer, the founder of the Anchor House of Artists, a representation agency and subsidized studio in Northampton whose mission it is to secure the careers of artists living with mental illnesses.

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  Published on: 2/21/2008    Last Visited: 2/22/2008  

  Michael Tillyer is presenting a series of figures carved out of wood.
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  Before that was metal and glass - minimalist work," said Tillyer."My father used to work with wood," he said, "He carved wooden figures."
  
  This influence comes through in Tillyer's exhibit, which features three carved wooden figures."One's holding a rooster, one's holding a flower, one's holding a flag," he said.
  
  Tillyer is also the founder of the Anchor House of Artists, a Northampton-based organization dedicated to serving the needs of artists with mental disabilities.
  
  "One guy's art we got in the Smithsonian Institute," he said.
  
  Fredrique prefers to work with "found materials" - recyclables and other unusual objects."I constantly have to go to flea markets.I've been pretty amazed by the variety," he said.

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  Published on: 12/7/2007    Last Visited: 12/7/2007  

  Last week, McDonnell and Michael D. Tillyer, who founded the Anchor House in 1997, traveled to Washington D.C. for an awards ceremony at the gallery.
  
  Tillyer said that many of the artists of Anchor House have had their work exhibited publicly in this area and some in Boston and New York, but McDonnell's painting at the Smithsonian is a first.
  
  "To get chosen for a national show, it's a pretty prestigious thing to happen to Ryan.Ryan's work is spectacular.He shows what a broad highway he has to travel," Tillyer said.
  
  McDonnell, who works as a janitor at the University of Massachusetts and is also a musician, started creating art as a young child and has had no formal training other than high school art classes in his hometown of Marlboro.He feels moved to create art, inspired by everything around him.
  
  "I'm always making stuff, creating stuff," McDonnell said."It's very liberating, very calming."Working with the other artists at Anchor House has not only inspired him and given him confidence, it has helped him "stay grounded and be more aware of myself," he said.

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  Last week, McDonnell and Michael D. Tillyer, who founded the Anchor House in 1997, traveled to Washington D.C. for an awards ceremony at the gallery.
  
  Tillyer said that many of the artists of Anchor House have had their work exhibited publicly in this area and some in Boston and New York, but McDonnell's painting at the Smithsonian is a first.
  
  "To get chosen for a national show, it's a pretty prestigious thing to happen to Ryan.Ryan's work is spectacular.He shows what a broad highway he has to travel," Tillyer said.
  
  McDonnell, who works as a janitor at the University of Massachusetts and is also a musician, started creating art as a young child and has had no formal training other than high school art classes in his hometown of Marlboro.He feels moved to create art, inspired by everything around him.

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  Michael Tillyer, an artist and director of Anchor House of Artists, will use the grant funding to make printed and electronic media support for an exhibit of work by four artists living with mental illness.

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  Michael Tillyer
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  Michael Tillyer, The Anchor House of Artists
  
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  Michael Tillyer

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  Michael Tillyer
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  Michael Tillyer, The Anchor House of Artists
  
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  Michael Tillyer

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  Published on: 8/26/2003    Last Visited: 12/1/2007  

  In the adjacent Gallery Two, Mike Tillyer will present four new sculptures.
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  NEW SCULPTURAL FIGURES BY MICHAEL TILLYER
  
  New Sculptural Figures by Michael Tillyer will be on view in Gallery 2, at A.P.E.A real "must see", these figures extend Tillyer's knack for a blend of wit and affect he injects in his work.Tillyer, flounder of the Anchor House of Artists, is a sculptor working in Northampton for 30 years.

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  Published on: 5/11/2001    Last Visited: 4/4/2007  

  Main speaker in a 2hr presentation and discussion of the November 2000 memorialization events for Northampton State Hospital, together with the historian J. Michael Moore, the artist and Anchor House director Michael Tillyer, and Kerry Holland from the Dept. of Mental Health.

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