An audio documentary about a very special kind of art making

   A Passion For Art is a 1/2 hour audio documentary that explores art making and how it can effect individuals and a community. Passion Works is an art program for the developmentally disabled -- the adults who work in a sheltered workshop making pens and sticking mailing labels on envelopes. Useful, but repetitive, tasks that keep the developmentally disabled out of the public view. In Athens, Ohio one Sheltered Workshop has taken a different approach to assisting the developmentally disabled. A local artist, Patty Mitchell, did a residency in creating paper mache birds with the sheltered workshop participants. It’s never been the same since. Now the workshop participants create art that they display and sell in museums and galleries. 

The art that evolves is stupendous - winning national awards, decorating restaurants, and marching down Main Street.

Listen to restaurant owner Ed Fisher. His restaurant, Purple Chopsticks, is decorated with Passion Works art.

For more information on Passion Works Studio visit their site at www.passionworks.org

(30 minute audio CD, $7)
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