Join us for the Last Friday Artwalk
Members of Fine Arts Blount are hittin' the kitchens!
Come to FAB's ArtSpace Gallery during every Last Friday ArtWalk to see (and TASTE) what the artists have created! These "Artful Little Cakes" are delicious, as well as beautiful, and sometimes entertaining!
Fine Arts Blount will be featuring "Personal Perspective"
for June's Last Friday Artwalk.
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Members of Fine Arts Blount are hittin' the kitchens!
Come to FAB's ArtSpace Gallery during every Last Friday ArtWalk to see (and TASTE) what the artists have created! These "Artful Little Cakes" are delicious, as well as beautiful, and sometimes entertaining!
Fine Arts Blount will be featuring "Personal Perspective"
for June's Last Friday Artwalk.
“Personal Perspective,” features art created by local artists with developmental disabilities and physical limitations who have utilized groundbreaking techniques to express themselves on canvas.
The artists are clients at Open Arms Care, a nonprofit organization located in Knoxville Tennessee, that provides intermediate-care-facility services and an array of residential services for adults and children diagnosed with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in the state of Tennessee. Open Arms Care utilizes Art Realization Technologies (A.R.T), a program created in 1995 by artist Tim Lefens, that gives those who previously did not have the ability to truly express themselves artistically. the tools to create art.
Open Arms Care and the artists wish to invite others to “experience the stories of courage and possibilities – and the power of A.R.T. and how it can transform the lives of their creators,” said Nicole Miszkiel, day services area leader at Open Arms Care.
Open Arms Care is the first to bring A.R.T. training to Tennessee through the Knoxville-based “Personal Perspective” art program. The mission of the “Personal Perspective” art program is “to provide persons with disabilities the tools necessary to create meaningful and pure self-expression.”
The A.R.T. training has resulted in “the emergence of self-expression previously unseen.”
“Persons who were previously not afforded the ability to truly express themselves artistically, because of their developmental disabilities or physical limitations, were now given the tools to create something completely theirs; without the influence of another persons opinion or perspective,” according to Open Arms Care. “Persons who had spent years with little control over what occurred around them were suddenly directing employees to toss, fling, pour, and brush paint onto canvas. They were now choosing colors and instructing employees to mix colors to their specifications. Reserved personalities were exploding onto large canvases. Each piece took on a personality of its own, and over time a true artistic style emerged.”
For more information about the exhibition, contact Nicole Miszkiel at nmiszkiel@openarmscare.org or at 865.694.9964 ext. 10.
Our juried-members exhibit changes every month and a new show opens on the last Friday of each month. Our Last Friday show, in conjunction with the Maryville Arts Coalition Artwalk, sponsors a free reception and a chance to meet some of the Artists from 5-9pm.
The artists are clients at Open Arms Care, a nonprofit organization located in Knoxville Tennessee, that provides intermediate-care-facility services and an array of residential services for adults and children diagnosed with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in the state of Tennessee. Open Arms Care utilizes Art Realization Technologies (A.R.T), a program created in 1995 by artist Tim Lefens, that gives those who previously did not have the ability to truly express themselves artistically. the tools to create art.
Open Arms Care and the artists wish to invite others to “experience the stories of courage and possibilities – and the power of A.R.T. and how it can transform the lives of their creators,” said Nicole Miszkiel, day services area leader at Open Arms Care.
Open Arms Care is the first to bring A.R.T. training to Tennessee through the Knoxville-based “Personal Perspective” art program. The mission of the “Personal Perspective” art program is “to provide persons with disabilities the tools necessary to create meaningful and pure self-expression.”
The A.R.T. training has resulted in “the emergence of self-expression previously unseen.”
“Persons who were previously not afforded the ability to truly express themselves artistically, because of their developmental disabilities or physical limitations, were now given the tools to create something completely theirs; without the influence of another persons opinion or perspective,” according to Open Arms Care. “Persons who had spent years with little control over what occurred around them were suddenly directing employees to toss, fling, pour, and brush paint onto canvas. They were now choosing colors and instructing employees to mix colors to their specifications. Reserved personalities were exploding onto large canvases. Each piece took on a personality of its own, and over time a true artistic style emerged.”
For more information about the exhibition, contact Nicole Miszkiel at nmiszkiel@openarmscare.org or at 865.694.9964 ext. 10.
Our juried-members exhibit changes every month and a new show opens on the last Friday of each month. Our Last Friday show, in conjunction with the Maryville Arts Coalition Artwalk, sponsors a free reception and a chance to meet some of the Artists from 5-9pm.
ArtSpace also offers rotating exhibits of student work from Blount County schools, as well as work from kids participating in FAB art classes!
FAB's Upstairs Gallery presents:
"Wearable Art"
Join us in the upstairs gallery for a FABulous exhibit of art that spans the generations!
When you arrive upstairs, you will begin your walk from the distant past into the present.
Wearable art for you and your home!