September 2010
SUMMER
SCHEDULE: COMMUNITY ART WORKSHOPS SEEK PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
The Opportunities Unlimited of
Niagara Foundation is continuing to host art workshops through September led by
professional artists, with limited openings for community participation. All workshops are
open to the public and a nominal fee may be charged for supplies. Community
participants must pre-register by contacting Marcia Ross at 434-4050 ext. 417.
During the 90-minute workshops,
local artists will teach basic skills in various media including painting, photography,
printmaking, and papermaking to people with developmental disabilities served by
Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara and interested community members. This year,
workshops are planned at Opportunities Unlimited sites as well as Niagara University’s
Castellani Art Gallery, the Market Street Art Center, the Kenan Center, Our Lady of Peace
Nursing Home, and the Lockport Library.
These art education workshops
are designed to develop the artistic abilities within people with intellectual and other
developmental disabilities, while promoting community integration through the inclusion of
the participants and volunteers from the public at each session.
These workshops are made
possible, in part, with funds from the Arts Niagara Decentralization Program, a regrant
program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Tonawandas’
Council on the Arts/Carnegie Art Center. Additional funds were provided by
Target, as part of their ongoing support provided to local communities throughout the
country.
The remaining workshops are
scheduled as follows:
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Tuesday, July 20th, 10:00
-11:30 AM, Artist: Carol Rafferty, Media: Paper Making, Location: 1555 Fashion Outlet
Blvd, Niagara Falls, NY |
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Monday, July 26th,
12:30-2 PM, Artist: Carol Rafferty, Media: Paper Making, Location: 107 Heath Street Lockport,
NY |
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Wednesday, July 28th, 10:00
-11:30 AM, Artist: Carol Rafferty, Media: Paper Making, Location: 2510 Niagara Falls
Boulevard, Niagara Falls, NY |
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Monday, August 17th,
10:00-11:30 AM, Artist/Media: TBA, Location: Kenan Center, Lockport, NY |
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Wednesday, August 25th,
10:00-11:30 AM, Artist/Media: TBA, Location: 2510 Niagara Falls Boulevard, Niagara Falls,
NY |
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Monday, September 13th,
10:00-11:30 AM, Artist/Media: Glass Fusion, Location: 107 Heath Street Lockport, NY |
Other workshops will be scheduled
and information will be updated at this website. Watch for more details.
For more than 50 years,
Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara has been providing training, employment, residential,
recreation, health-related and support services to people with intellectual and other
developmental disabilities, from newborn to seniors, and their families. The
mission of the Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara Foundation is to provide a long-term
source of financial support that ensures people with developmental disabilities have
opportunities toward independence and integration within the community.