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Artists'
Reception: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 2:30 to 4:30 PM. | ||
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ARI
(Always Reaching for Idependence) of Connecticut, located in Stamford, has
provided jobs, homes, and services to individuals
with developmental disabilities for over five
decades. The ARI Artist Initiative was founded in 2003 by artist Donald
Axleroad, and since then, the ARI artists have been producing art work that
has been displayed in many art exhibitions. The
ARI group presently consists of 17 artists of varying ages. Along with Don
Axleroad, its teachers include Charles Wiesenhahn, Julian Judge, and Carol Lyngholm. | ||
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Marion
Bailey "Landscape" color pencils on paper | ||
Marlon
Bailey works for the ARI Landscape Crew. He draws airy trees and landscapes.
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Elisa
Bruno "Happy Forest" color pencils on paper | ||
Elisa
Bruno lives in an ARI Group Home, and works for ARI Housekeeping. She works
with bright colors, natural forms, and cartoon characters. | ||
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Mark Combrinck-Hertz "The
Boat" color pencils on paper | ||
Mark
Combrink-Hertz, 30, lives in his own apartment, and works for Stop &
Shop. He enjoys opera and the Stamford Symphony.
He enjoys painting with bright colors. | ||
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Samantha
Downing "Primitives" color pencils on paper | ||
Samantha
Downing lives in her own apartment, and works in the Mailroom at GE Capital. She
paints primitive and mythic figures, beach scenes, using bright colors. | ||
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Maggie
Fiore "Untitled" gouache on paper | ||
| Maggie Fiore lives in Stamford. She is an original member of the ARI Art Class, and paints flowing abstractions using bright colors. | ||
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Tommy
Gallagher "Castle" color pencils on paper | ||
Tommy
Gallagher, 37, works in the ARI Mailroom and volunteers in Stamford's Recycling
Program. His brilliantly colored artwork works with geometric forms
and faces. | ||
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Jimmy
Goldsmith "Our Home" watercolors on paper | ||
Jimmy
Goldsmith, 72, is married and lives in his own Stamford apartment. He works with
watercolors and colored pencils. | ||
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Marie
Kerr "Abraham Lincoln" color pencils on paper | ||
Marie
Kerr, works in the ARI Mailroom in the Group Employment Program. She lives in
her own apartment, and is a volunteer at New Covenant House. | ||
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Francine
McMillan "Thanksgiving" color pencils on paper | ||
Francine
McMillan lives in her own apartment and works in the ARI Mailroom. She enjoys
drawing people and natural forms. | ||
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Laura
Navarrette "House" color pencils on paper | ||
Laura
Navarrette is originally from Bogata, Columbia, and studies in the Living Skills
program. She uses bright colors to draw joyful domestic scenes. | ||
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Naftali
Soto "Birds" color pencils on paper | ||
Naftali
Soto lives in an ARI Group Home, and works for Stop & Shop. Working with
colored pencils, he draws birds and natural forms. | ||
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Exhibition:
April 9 - May 13, 2009. | ||
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