<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" > <channel> <title>Thresholds Bridge - The Visualist</title> <atom:link href="http://thevisualist.org/tag/thresholds-bridge/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>http://thevisualist.org</link> <description>Chicago Visual Arts Calendar</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:35:39 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <image> <url>http://thevisualist.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/13715238_1656465681341114_192907186_a1-200x200.jpg</url> <title>Thresholds Bridge - 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This awareness and recognition has taken place concurrently with a growing movement towards examining and addressing the sometimes quite artificial divisions that exist within<a href="http://thevisualist.org/2017/10/a-is-for-artist/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="http://thevisualist.org/2017/10/a-is-for-artist/">A is for Artist</a> first appeared on <a href="http://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Curated by Scott J Hunter</p> <p>Once considered individuals requiring separation from the mainstream, persons with neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders are now recognized as valued contributors to the diversity of our communities. This awareness and recognition has taken place concurrently with a growing movement towards examining and addressing the sometimes quite artificial divisions that exist within the community of creative artists, where it has been the norm to segregate persons who have come to making through less traditional paths, and identifying them as “outsider artists,” who are seen as different from those artists whose training has been more academic and institutionally based. This despite the often quite substantial similarities in process, idea, and production that is seen in the works presented between the two groups, and the influence many “outsider artists” have had on modern and contemporary makers and their approaches to creating work. We are now at an important crossroads where it is imperative we consider the artificiality of this segregation, and come to recognize that making art has many routes behind it. Contemporary practices are ones engaged in by a diverse group of individuals, both in terms of training and experience, and developmental circumstance.</p> <p>With this exhibition, featuring works by artists involved with Chicago-area based programs The Arts for Life, Esperanza Community Services, and Thresholds Bridge South! , and Flying Colors, the arts program at St. Michael’s Association for Special Education, on the Navajo Nation reservation in Window Rock, AZ, there is a recognition that the creative activities of artists who have neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disabilities are as deeply representative of the wider community of contemporary practices that define the visual arts in the 21st century, as they are reminders of the capacity for making that is inherent in being human. Through this survey presentation of drawings, paintings, sculptures, and multimedia productions, A is for Artist seeks to engage both the diversity of approaches that are present within contemporary art at the current time, and to highlight the range of practices artists with neurodevelopmental differences are engaging in, as they pursue their careers as professionals within the creative community of Chicago and the US.</p> <p><strong>Thresholds Bridge South! , Chicago:</strong><br /> Leslie Baum, Arts Program Director<br /> Robert Bell<br /> Ronna Carlton<br /> Dewayne Jenkins<br /> Joseph Kelly<br /> Katara Mallory<br /> Manuel Mendoza<br /> Robert Miller<br /> Conrad Sparks<br /> Angela Whitfield<br /> Kenneth Williams<br /> Krishaun Williams</p> <p><strong>Esperanza Community Services, Chicago:</strong><br /> Stephanie McNeal, Arts Program Director<br /> Jonathan Allen<br /> Terrin Auh<br /> Debbie Bradley<br /> Lawrence Boone<br /> Joseph Cobbs<br /> Natasha Federick<br /> Marlon Fisher<br /> Jonathan Fortier<br /> Isaiah Keys<br /> Jaime Ortega<br /> Eddie Palumbo<br /> Brian Rush<br /> Veronica Sanchez<br /> Jasmine Shaw<br /> Clarence Simmons<br /> Bobby Tirelli<br /> Rogelio Valdez<br /> Roberto Vargas<br /> James Warfield</p> <p><strong>The Arts of Life, Chicago and North Shore Studios, Chicago and Glenview, IL</strong><br /> Vincent Uribe, Director of Arts Programs<br /> Megan Harrigan, Arts Program Director, North Shore Studio<br /> Arielle Miller, Arts Program Director, Chicago Studio<br /> Billy Borgerd<br /> Guy Conners<br /> Russell Copenharve<br /> Lee Draus<br /> Cole Fox<br /> Danny Frownfelter<br /> Nikole Heusman<br /> Hector Jones<br /> Carolyn Kelley<br /> David Krueger<br /> Rebecca Kubica<br /> Laura McManus<br /> Jack O’Sullivan<br /> Susan Pasowicz<br /> Hubert Posey<br /> Elisha Preston<br /> Edward Rawski<br /> Brian Reed<br /> Linda Ruzga<br /> Tim Stone<br /> Debbie Vasquez<br /> Bobby Verran<br /> Jean Wilson<br /> Quinn Zenner</p> <p><strong>Flying Colors, St. Michaels Association for Special Education, Navajo Reservation, AZ</strong><br /> Emma Robbins, Board Member and Coordinator for Exhibition Works<br /> Calem Alonzo<br /> Julonda Benally<br /> Hilary Chase<br /> Kyler Dalgai<br /> Charlesie Damon<br /> Dameon David<br /> Caitlin Denetso<br /> Cameron Dennison<br /> Dequan Halkini<br /> Amber Kee<br /> Justin Little<br /> Kara Sue Woodman<br /> William Young</p> <p> </p><p>The post <a href="http://thevisualist.org/2017/10/a-is-for-artist/">A is for Artist</a> first appeared on <a href="http://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thevisualist.org/2017/10/a-is-for-artist/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">72598</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>