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ACC Searching for Artists with Disabilities Utilizing Adaptive Equipment, Assistive Devices

Accessing the Artist Within

The Anne Carlsen Center is opening a contest for artists using adaptive equipment across the world.

The Center has created a link through its Web site, www.annecenter.org, that will show electronic versions of paintings, drawings, photography, digital art, video, film and musical compositions made via assistive technology. The project has been named “Accessing the Artist Within.”

“One of the main reasons we have created this gallery is to showcase the art that students are creating,” explains ACC Adaptive Equipment Director Mark Coppin. “We also showcase the pieces of assistive technology that allow the students to create the art.”

Each artist will also have a biographical section explaining how he or she created their art and what tools were utilized.

Ten pieces of art will also be selected to be shown at Closing the Gap, an international adaptive equipment conference held in Minneapolis each October. More information is available about this multi-day conference at www.closingthegap.com.

“Students are able to make beautiful pieces of art with simple adaptations,” says Coppin. “We want to be able to provide access to materials and give them a venue to showcase what they are doing.”

Submissions are currently being accepted by ACC and they will be posted as they are received.

For more information about the contest, visit the Center online at www.annecenter.org or contact the ACC Jamestown campus at 1-800-568-5175.

The Anne Carlsen Center offers a rich tradition of empowering individuals with disabilities and their families. Our experienced staff provides compassion, training, services and supports in homes and communities across North Dakota. On our Jamestown campus, we meet the educational, residential, community-based, and therapeutic needs of children and young adults with autism, behavior disorders, medical fragility, and other developmental disabilities.