Introduction -- What is person-centered thinking? -- Home is where the art is -- Make way for Mr. Jackson -- Mail art club -- Ave Maria -- Dance party! -- Clay formations -- -- Bigger is better -- Get animated -- I love flowers -- We could kiss, and we could look at the moon -- Fibrocosm -- A curious menagerie -- Medicine helps -- I speak through my art -- Inspired by the elements -- Bits & pieces -- Lancescapes -- Out of order -- Blackiful -- Am I repeating myself? -- Ladies' man -- Nonconformers -- Civic duty -- Have a heart -- Exposed -- They are full of holy brilliant thoughts -- Tasty! -- Deaf like me -- Nature rules -- Yes, I do think about sex -- Fears -- Hidden figures -- Monsters, POP, POW -- Mark makers -- Let my imagination soar -- Fabulous -- Some of my best friends are artists -- Contemporary collaborators -- Days of our lives -- Celebrate with cake -- Art first -- Creativity Explored artists & staff
Summary:
"Who gets to make art, and who gets to define it? For the past 40 years, San Francisco nonprofit Creativity Explored has sought to broaden the answers to these questions by providing artists with developmental disabilities the opportunity to make and share their work with the contemporary art world. Art Is Art is a powerful collection of hundreds of perspectives and pieces created in Creativity Explored's studios by this talented community of neurodiverse artists. Featuring original paintings, drawings, sculptures, and more-as well as quotes from and stories about the artists-this collection invites readers to reexamine their perceptions about disability, justice, and the beauty of art"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.