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 Art From the Heart
An Annual Show of the Entire NIAD Roster Including Staff and Volunteers
DATES: October 3 - November 18, 2005
Artists' Reception & Gift Sale:
Thursday, October 6 from 6 to 8pm
Music by DJ FELIX FLORES JR.
Art From the Heart is NIAD's annual way of saying "Please" and "Thank You" all in the same breath. It features over 50 works by or talented artists as well as work by or staff and volunteers. Hung salon style, each work is for sale at an affordable price with over half of the proceeds going directly to the program that makes it all possible, NIAD. As always, this exhibit features an annual sale of art with deep discounts and a wide selection of gift ideas for the holidays.
 BIJOUX
Northern California Bead Society Joins NIAD Art Center
DATES: October 3 - November 18, 2005
Artists' Reception & Gift Sale-Thursday, October 6 from 6 to 8pm
Music by the Wiatt Grant Jazz Combo
Beads, gems and treasures take on a fresh, new look at NIAD Art Center's exhibit, "Bijoux."
Underwritten by the Northern California Bead Society, "Bijoux" is French for jewels, and in this
inspiring show, you will see beautiful and inventive art pieces, all of which incorporate beadwork,
by NIAD's artists with disabilities.
Joining NIAD are 15 talented professional bead artists from the Northern California Bead Society
from across the country:
Michael Barley, Port Townsend, WA, Glass Beadmaker,www.barleybeads.com
Patricia Frantz, Shelton, WA, Glass Beadmaker, www.patfrantzstudio.com
Bronwen Heilman, Arizona, Sculptural Glass Beads, www.ghostcow.com
Gail Crosman Moore, Orange, MA, Sculptural Jewelry, Glass Beadmaker,www.gailcrosmanmoore.com
Gail Rappa, Tuscarora, NV, Art Jewelry, www.wildwomenartists.com
Larry Scott, Seattle, WA, Glass Beadmaker, www.larryscott.net
Anne Fry, Moab, UT, Beadwork
Sarah Caroline Lenz, Oakland, CA, Beadwork
Angela Green, Oakland, CA, Glass Beadmaker, Beadwork
Sheila Keefe, Ptarmigan Beadworks, Talkeetna, AK, beaded jewelry
Bridger Machus, Chelan, WA, Beadwork
Kathleen Mudge, Reno, NV, Scultpural Beadwork
Alex Shapiro, San Francisco, CA, Glass Beadmaker
Zizzy Stephens, Reno, NV, Beadwork
Sam and Claudia Terry, Phoenix, AZ, Sculptural Jewelry and Beadwork
Established in 1977, the Northern California Bead Society is a non-profit organization consisting
of over 350 members. Its mission is to promote education and research regarding beads and
bead-related subjects, and to provide support to bead collectors, designers and enthusiasts.
Membership is open to anyone interested in any aspect of beads. For additional information,
visit www.norcalbeadsociety.org.
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UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Larry Stefl Joins NIAD Art Center
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DATES: August 8 - September 16, 2005
Artists' Reception & Gift Sale-Thursday, August 18 from 6 to 8pm |
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How does an artist become inspired? At the National Institute of Art and
Disabilities (NIAD), artists, collectors, and new and returning visitors find
inspiration from the artwork created at this unusual art center. "Under the
Influence" features unique sculptures by selected artists with disabilities
that tell stories or share emotions…all of which are stirring and influential.
Joining "Under the Influence" is former NIAD art instructor/administrator and
sculptor, Larry Stefl and current NIAD art instructor, Carol Stewart.
Mr. Stefl's wall sculptures, of cast paper and bees wax, are influenced
by his interest in Zen and his travels to Japan, Nepal, and Bali.
Ms. Stewart's mixed media installations express a twisted personal
spirituality informed by her personal experiences, the art of the outsider,
and aspects of her Southern roots.
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 GETTING THERE…
East Bay Women Artists (EBWA) Join NIAD Art Center
DATES: June 20 - July 24, 2005
Artists'Reception & Gift Sale-Wednesday,
June 22 from 6 to 8pm
"Get It While It's Hot" Summer Sale-Sat/Sun,
July 23 & 24 from 11am
to 3pm
How
does one get from one place to another or from one point
in life to the next? "Getting There" expresses
this every day concept through visual art created by
selected artists with disabilities from the National
Institute of Art and Disabilities (NIAD). "Getting
There" includes, among others, works by Deatra
Colbert, Marlon Mullen, Beverly "Bubba" Trieber,
Billy White, and past artist Samuel Gant.
Joining
NIAD are 7 selected artists from East Bay Women Artists
(EBWA), an organization of local award-winning women
artists who have exhibited together at the Royal Grounds
Gallery in the Montclair District of Oakland for over
10 years. The group covers a variety of media including
painting, printmaking, basket weaving, mixed media,
and photography.
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 Get It While It's
Hot
NIAD Art Center's First Art Sale in 20
Years!
Weekend of July 23 & July
24, 2005 11am to 3pm
NIAD Art Center
Isn't
it about time for a summer sale? NIAD Art Center is
overflowing with 20 years worth of amazing artwork by
our current and past artists. Treasures by Metrius Englin,
Sylvia Fragoso, Willie Harris, Marlon Mullen, Kevin
Randolph, Beverly "Bubba" Trieber and more
will be at 50% off our normal prices for the July 23
and 24 weekend only. We'll also have our bargain tables
with art priced at $10 or less! Come celebrate the summer
with NIAD. Don't miss this opportunity to own collectable
"outsider" art at extremely affordable prices.
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|  Be
Animated at NIAD!
Art Related to the World of Animation
by NIAD Artists with Disabilities and Local Professional Animation
Artists
DATES: May
2 – June 3, 2005
Artists’ Reception & Gift Sale—Thursday,
May 12, 2005
The world is in
love with today's animation, and NIAD Art Center is proud
to share its version of cartoons, comic book characters, anime
and graphic novels with art by NIAD artists and a select group
of local professional animators. Artists display
their super hero-like characters, comic strips, storyboards,
and ceramic 3D models. "Be Animated at NIAD!"
celebrates the imaginative world by some of the most creative
minds. Join us at our opening reception at NIAD on Thursday,
May 12, 2005 from 6-8pm. |
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SEEN,
Not Spoken
Expressing Oneself Through Visual Art.
Featuring Artwork by the Students of Bentley High School and
Artists with Disabilities of NIAD Art Center. |
DATES: March
14, 2005 through April 15, 2005.
Opening Reception-Thursday,
March 24 from 6-8pm. Refreshments and Music Provided by Bentley
High School. |
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does it mean to have a disability? NIAD Art Center shares
this concept with Bentley High School art students of Lafayette,
CA as they explore what it means to be disabled. "SEEN,
Not Spoken" is a collaborative art exhibit by both Bentley's
students and NIAD's artists with disabilities. All artists
explore their own challenges in life and express them in an
artistic voice in a visual medium. Come and see what the artists
are saying to you, and enjoy the differences...and similarities
by all artists. |
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A Collaborative Exhibition Between
NIAD Art Center and the JFK University School of Holistic
Studies.
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DATES: March 21 – 31, 2005.
Artists’ Reception - Saturday, March 26th,
from 5-8 pm
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Live Performance from 6–7 pm.
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by people with developmental disabilities is often repetitive,
coarse, aggressive and/or even bizarre. As reflection from
the impulses of life, this artwork is often created by the
intuitive or unconscious mind. In contrast, students
from JFK University explore, through their lucid minds, their
ability to create art through an altered state of consciousness.
Together the art is shared in “The Dreaming Mind – The Conscious
Mind” at the JFK University Arts & Consciousness Gallery
in Berkeley.
The
Arts & Consciousness Department at John F. Kennedy University
promotes the dialogue of how art can re-establish itself as
a central activity in human existence. Artists in the
community and JFK students come together to create new ways
for art to exist, and students and faculty discuss artwork,
not only in formal terms, but also in terms of transformation
and inner awareness—where students learn to create a
new reality and a new culture. For additional
information call 510.649.0499 or visit
www.jfku.edu.
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| The
Amazing World of NIAD Art Center” |
| DATES: Through April 16, 2005
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LOCATION: Concourse Gallery. 555 California Street. Concourse
Level. San Francisco, CA 94111 |
“The
Amazing World of NIAD Art Center” at the Concourse Gallery at
555 California Street in downtown San Francisco is a look at
one of California's most important art centers for artists with
developmental or other physical disabilities. NIAD Art
Center, located in Richmond, California works with over 50 adults
with developmental and other physical disabilities. The
featured 9 artists are among the best known of NIAD's artists.
The curator of the exhibition is Louise Barco Allrich, who was
the owner/director of The Allrich Gallery in San Francisco for
25 years and is the author of numerous articles and catalogues
on art.
These serious artists are special. They are developmentally,
physically or psychiatrically disabled. Some have been
institutionalized and isolated. Some cannot speak. But
don’t assume they are amateurs or inconsequential, quite the
contrary. The art created here is fresh, intense and sometimes
exceptional.
Lois Ann Barnett’s almost abstract landscape
drawings are remarkable considering her severely limited vision
resulting from a degenerative eye disease. Barnett has been drawing since she was 27 when she came
to NIAD and has exhibited widely. Metrius Englin is one of the featured artists in NIAD’s current exhibition,
“A Kuumba Visit to NIAD.” Her remarkable drawings are amazing visual stories often with a mysterious quirk.
Sylvia Fragoso embroiders and draws joyful,
playful artwork that reflects a love of nature, people, church
and the vibrant combinations of her Hispanic heritage.
Willie Harris’s drawings of wide-eyed elfin
figures with outstretched arms, ears and hair are captivating.
He was referred to in the magazine, Folk Art Messenger as an “amazing talent.” Peter Harris’s love
of carving is seen in his woodcut prints resembling Asian-style landscapes. Harris also
experiments with collage and other types
of paper. Marlon Mullen is a “painter’s painter.”
Although mute, he expresses himself fully and physically in
his broad, spacious abstract paintings. Rosita
Pardo paints and sculpts figures in the naive or folk
art tradition, drawing from sources as diverse as the Bible,
Indian lore, and boxing. David Martin is known
for his representational drawing, particularly of human faces
and figures of famous people. 83 year old Beverly “Bubba”
Trieber creates intricate and powerful collages as
well as luminous abstract paintings. He is also a walking collage,
for pinned to his hats, shirts and jackets are his large collection
of display and advertising buttons.
This exhibition is, furthermore, a tribute to the vision
of its founders, Florence Ludins-Katz and Elias Katz, Ph.D.,
who also founded Creative Growth in Oakland and Creativity Explored
in San Francisco. NIAD’s (National Institute of Art and
Disabilities) mission is to provide an art program that promotes
creativity, independence, dignity and community
integration for people with developmental and other disabilities.
NIAD artists earn 50% of the sale of art, and the remainder
helps fund the NIAD art program. For more information
about NIAD, call 510/620-0290 or visit its website: www.niadart.org.
The exhibition is produced by Casey and Associates, San
Francisco. |
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| A
Kuumba Visit to NIAD
Celebrating African-American Artists
with Disabilities
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DATES: January 24 – February
25, 2005
Artists’Reception & Gift Sale—Thursday,
January 27 from 6 to 8pm. |
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recognition of February’s African-American Month, NIAD Art
Center and Kuumba jointly celebrate the contributions of local
African-American artists with disabilities. Co-sponsored
by the Harambee Educational Council, Inc. of Oakland, Center
for Accessible Technology of Berkeley, and NIAD Art Center,
this exhibit features such prominent NIAD artists as Deatra
Colbert, Metrius Englin, Martha Lane, Marlon Mullen, Kevin
Randolph, and Billy White and Kuumba artists Halisi Noel-Johnson
and Kwame Jackson-Ricks.
Harambee
is an organization of African-American parents of children
with disabilities, which provides information, local resources
and training programs including an annual conference. |
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| Art
from the Heart
Featuring Artwork by NIAD Instructors,
Volunteers, and Current NIAD Artists.
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November 29, 2004 – January 7, 2005.
Opening Reception & Holiday Gift Sale—December
4 from 2 – 5pm. Music by Maya’s
Music Therapy. |
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San Francisco Foundation sponsors a free arts afternoon on
Saturday, December 4 from 2-5pm at the National Institute
of Art and Disabilities Art Center for NIAD’s annual holiday
art & gift sale and Maya’s Music Therapy. Collectable
“Outsider” art and handmade gift items include paintings,
drawings, prints, collages, quilts, weavings, furniture, ceramics
and jewelry unlike anything you’ve seen before! NIAD’s
50 talented artists and their dedicated art instructors and
volunteers will be showcased along with live music from Maya’s
Music Therapy.
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