Creative Clay Inc.

I. In front of computers but right up there to build a project is about to happen. Something that has never before been attempted. Twenty five professional I will be paired with 25 student with a girl to make at least two collaborative work of art project. Throw in a bit of it that the artwork were bandied about at if you think there are there are people with a developmental disability. The idea has been funded by a $30000 Gred the fraud about mental disabilities Council invited me to learn more about the project. The museum exhibit or make art work will be a. Big project is the brainchild of one of the founders of creative. Committee that heads up the project up of rep

and the project. The girl. Didn't. Attend college at the University of Florida and I had to write a thesis

paper. Related project and that's originally where the idea of opening up a center for field development through the art people would develop that social worker. Starting creative Clay has been trying to incorporate art with people with developmental challenges. And so in 1995 we opened our doors September of 1995. People in the community primarily those developmental challenges for. Poetry give them an

opportunity. Our story is that we started with a thousand dollars and now five years in the development of our agent. It's so interesting to look back and think how how did we do it with a. Finite meeting the first meeting where the some Are you find out there paired with a little bit nervous because there's a lot about this project that will complicate it so. Oh oh oh. Working with clay.

We've been working with me working with portrait. I am. More sculptural. Because.

We wanted what I wanted most was working together. And. Just. For this cultural thing we traded back and forth. I think and.

I think it's. It's a wonderful project and. I learned one thing that I have learned that just cracked me up is that every now and then I would say something like. You know. I can't really draw very well and Lynn doesn't have a sense of false modesty and she would say. Yeah I know what you mean. You can't you know not go on. Oh I want to go out I just thought that if I felt like that because she would agree with me. But then and then she would tell she would say very often she said I'm doing really well that. I am really these are gorgeous come over here don't you think these are gorgeous and I think that is. Exactly true. That's good. That it's something to remember when you're making it. Well you can't. Beat them. Thank you. Right.

I think for me this project has been very inspirational. This is the

first part that I've been involved in. Almost from start seeing the art that has come out of cooperation between the students a critic and the local arson has been an emotional experience. When it comes to everyone. And now. I am. I am

I am I am. My son was one of our students of the artist and

it brought out so much of self esteem and him to be able to put something together that was displayed and not like it was worth something it was worth it. And I'm just really pleased. I think there's. Just there's just a lot of want and a lot of you're trying to learn and we are together. When you were working. You learned a lot from you know. Maybe even more than you were in for me. We'll start. With. I thought it was very very beautiful. I was very quickly new here because of the purity of the work that I thought. To be

art and it has no preconception or expression expression of the collaboration expression of that collaboration of that togetherness and that you know it was very very clear. There is so much color and light in a way of humanity. I think you need to be heated without any. No pomp and circumstance. It's just pure crap. Like I was really really fascinated by. It.

If you press this one we had contacts.

To the traveling. Press that will travel throughout the country and gallery. We have the potential. So that's another reason for us to work together. You're.

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