Rmay - aka Mary Rivard - is a kaleidoscopic earth walker, hedge witch and a fire dancing pagan.

 

As a pioneer of generational healing, Rmay has explored the hidden dynamics operating in the family system with an emphasis on the matriarchal lineage.

 

An installation of Rmay's chair altars, dedicated to seven generations of eastern European women, can be viewed at mnartists.org, Rmay Rivard.

 

An art educator as well as an artist, she offers a variety of courses held in her studio.

 

Shrines, Talisman Charms and Ancestor Altars

"In my early 20s, I lived in New Orleans, where I absorbed the rhythm of a human symphony orchestrated everyday anew, on the streets of the French Quarter.  

 

This blend of natives, tourists, transients, indigents and wandering spirits nourished my budding pagan soul which had been starved on a diet of Catholicism and rigid Dogma.

 

My creative process was influenced by this Hoo Doo culture. As a white witch, my talisman charms, shrines and ancestor altars reflect the potential of Hope having escaped Pandora’s box. The simplest, most innocent things can take on a complex meaning when combined together for an enchantment, blessing or spell. So look carefully at the conjure before you."