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Art Enables Annual Juried Show

September 30, 2009

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Joyce Muis-Lowery, the founder and Director
Art Enables is a group of artists with mental disabilities who spend most of their weekdays in the studio/gallery at 411 New York Ave. NE, DC, creating artwork. They are aided by a talented corps of staff who help them make, frame, market, exhibit and sell their work. The central premise of Art Enables is pretty revolutionary. This is not art therapy, where clients come to make art and take it home; this is a vocational and entrepreneurial program for disabled artists who make some money and, perhaps more important, whose talents are validated in the marketplace.

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Yvonne, a great heart
Every year they have a juried show, reaching out to disabled artists around the region. Last Saturday, the show opened with a reception and the art flew off the wall. Art Enables can be visited most days and work is always on display for sale.
 

 
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