Feature Articles


May Issue 2002

Arts Center in Lexington, NC, Features Exhibit on Healing Art

Bo Price

The Arts Center, home of Arts United for Davidson County and Mental Health Association in Davidson County are pleased to present The Art of Healing. The exhibition, celebrating artistically gifted adults during Mental Health Month (May) is on view May 14 through June 19, 2002, at the Arts Center in Lexington, NC. The exhibit features visual and literary artwork from more than twenty artists working in North Carolina.

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Harold Crowell -------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Melton

The exhibit celebrates abilities and talents, recognizing the participants first and foremost as successful and creative artists. The afterthought is that these artists are challenged by disabilities. But with a published book of poems on their resume, hundreds of awards, sold out shows, numerous articles and international exhibits, these artists make major strides in breaking down the stigma typically associated with developmental disabilities and mental illness.

Laura McNellis

Participating artists from Signature Studio XI include Sarah Britt, Harold Crowell, Thomas McCrary, Laura Craig McNellis, Charlene Sawyer, and Brooks Yeomans. Signature/Studio XI was created in 1993 by Western Carolina Center Foundation, Inc. to provide living space, a studio, gallery space and work opportunities for artistically gifted adults challenged by disabilities.

Sarah Britt

Other participating artists include local Lexington artist Bo Price, Terry McLean of First Assembly Living Center in Concord, NC, and Ricky Needham, a past resident of Signature Studio XI, who currently has a studio in Winston-Salem, NC.

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Lisa Anderson --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ricky Needham

There will also be twelve participants from The Enrichment Center in Winston-Salem, a not-for-profit agency that has been nationally recognized for its success in developing talent and careers in the arts for adults with disabilities. Participating artists include Faye Anderson, Debbie Davidson, Paul Quinn, Harris Richardson, Jr., David Thornton and Jeffrey Tolley of the Poetry Program and Lisa Anderson, Timmy Gordon, Nancy Johnson, Charisma McBride, Ronald Melton, and Lisa Morrison from Studio 610.

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Ken Sellet Jazz Band ----------------------------------------------------------Ramell Moore

Fiber vests, poems, paintings and drawings will be contributed by artists Nancy Bryant, Teresa Degutis, Robert Longmire, Lynne Mohrfield, Ramell Moore, Kenneth Sellet, Chris Yount, and Kayla Zaragoza from University of North Carolina's STEP Art Gallery (Schizophrenia Treatment and Evaluation Program) in Chapel Hill, NC.

For more infomation check our NC Institutional Gallery listings or call the Arts Center at 336/249-7862.

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