C4 Community Counseling Center of Chicago (my internship site) was one of the participating agencies invited to showcase client art work for the Inquire Within: soul searching and truth seeking by artists with disabilities show at the Chicago Cultural Center. I was able to be involved in all the frantic, nervous preparations and some of the curating of the pieces shown by C4 artists.It was exciting to also have one of the collaborative letter projects (Everyone Matters)that we have been working on in the community art group that I started at C4 included in the show as well! The show will be up until May 17th, so check it out if you get a chance.
"Project Onward, the Chicago Cultural Center's studio program for artists with special needs, presents an exhibition of paintings, drawings, photography, and mixed media created by artists living with mental and developmental disabilities. Inquire Within seeks to break down barriers between mainstream culture and people with disabilities by focusing on the inner life and everyday experiences of people with special needs, from their own perspective, in their own words, and on their own terms. Featured artist are participants at community-based studios Project Onward, Esperenza Community Services, El Valor, Community Counseling Centers of Chicago (C4) Little City, and the Nathan and Kiyoko Lerner Foundation Art Studio at Thresholds."
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