uodsp: FW: October 10: "Artists with Disabilities Today"

[Heidi von Ravensberg]

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From: Elizabeth Wheeler [mailto:ewheeler at uoregon.edu]
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Subject: October 10: "Artists with Disabilities Today"

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Tom di Maria, Director, Creative Growth Art Center

Lecture: “From the Margins to the Mainstream: Artists with Disabilities Today”

Monday, October 10, 4:00 pm, Knight Library Browsing Room

>>>>
>>>> The term “Outsider Art” is gaining increased attention in the art
>>>> world.  Often used to describe the work of self-taught or
>>>> non-academically trained artists, the term is both a stigma and a
>>>> banner.

>>   This lecture will provide a short overview of the history of the
>>>> genre, and will also focus on artists with disabilities from
>>>> Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, CA, the oldest and largest
>>>> center for artists with disabilities in the world.  Three Creative
>>>> Growth artists, Judith Scott, Dan Miller and William Scott each
>>>> have work included in the permanent collection of the Museum of
>>>> Modern Art, New York.  The lecture will examine the aesthetic and
>>>> communicative impact of their work, and examine its relationship to
>>>> the “outsider art”
>>>> field, the culture of disability and the contemporary art world.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tom di Maria has served as Director of Creative Growth Art Center
>>>> since 2000. He has developed partnerships with museums, galleries
>>>> and
>>>> international design companies to help bring Creative Growth's
>>>> artists
>>>> with disabilities fully into the contemporary art world. He speaks
>>>> around the world about the Center’s major artists and their
>>>> relationship to both Outsider Art and contemporary culture.  Prior
>>>> to
>>>> this position, he served as Assistant Director of the Berkeley Art
>>>> Museum/Pacific Film Archive at UC Berkeley. He received his MFA from
>>>> the Maryland Institute, College of Art, in Baltimore, and BFA from
>>>> Rochester Institute of Technology, both in photography and film.
>>>>
>>>> About Creative Growth:
>>>>
>>>> Founded in 1974 as the first such program of its kind in the world,
>>>> Creative Growth Art Center has achieved international recognition in
>>>> the field of art and disabilities for its innovative programs and
>>>> for
>>>> the quality of art produced by the 150 artists working at the
>>>> Center.
>>>>
>>>> Located in Oakland, California, Creative Growth Art Center serves
>>>> adult artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities,
>>>> providing a professional studio environment for artistic
>>>> development,
>>>> gallery exhibition and representation, and a social atmosphere among
>>>> peers. Artwork fostered in this unique environment is included in
>>>> prominent collections and museums worldwide.