EDS support that lasts a lifetime
Since 2023, I've shared with you a cause that I wholeheartedly support — the Annual ☆ Together We Dazzle ☆ Art Show + Benefit for the Ehlers-Danlos Society. Organized by a dear friend who has been diagnosed with EDS, this event is dear to my heart. This year I've made a brand new painting just for the event*, just completed this past Sunday, and I'd love to share it with you now:
Hendershot's Dazzles, by René Shoemaker
Exploring a new technique of painting on silk, I tested my skills as an illustrator on the interior of Hendershot's (where the art show is happening) and I'm very happy with how this experiment turned out. At 10 x 12 inches, this painting is petite yet impactful. What do you think?
The opening reception is Saturday, May 16th, 3-7 pm, at Hendershot's Cafe, 237 Prince Avenue, Athens, GA.
Working together, Christina and her stable of artists and supporters have raised over $15,000 in donations since the first Dazzle show in 2023! Learn more about the history and meaning behind this annual exhibition here .
In 2023 I wrote a blog post about the first fundraiser here , and in 2024 I described that event here , and in 2025 I shared the story here.
Hendershot's Cafe is a coffee, creativity, and music hub — and is the perfect place to share art, gather together, and support our cause. Live music will be playing during the opening reception from 4-6 pm.
Hendershot's Dazzles (detail)
If you are in Athens, prints of my new painting will be on sale to support the Ehlers-Danlos Society. (Don't you just love the way the bicycle and coffee cups — both veritable symbols of Athens — have been highlighted?)
Come see the exhibition, browse original art and prints, buy zebra art, and support the many local (and not-so-local) artists — you never know what you might want to take home and add to your collection. Let me know what you find!
Many thanks in advance, -Rene
*If interested in purchasing the original painting, Hendershot's Dazzles, with 50% of the price going to the EDS fundraiser, please contact me or Christina directly. Only prints of the new painting will be available during the exhibition.
Together We Dazzle
Annual Art Show & Benefit
Hendershot's Cafe
237 Prince Avenue
Athens, Georgia 30606
Athens, GA
Opening May 16, 3-7 p.m.
On view May 16 - July 4, 2026