News Release
For Immediate Release: February 1, 2010
Art showing at the Breckenridge Village Cultural Arts Gallery
(MANTUA, Ohio) Feb. 1, 2010 – Artwork created by people with disabilities will be on display from Friday, Feb. 5 to Monday, March 29 at The Mahan and Cultural Arts Center on the campus of Breckenridge Village retirement community in Willoughby, Ohio.
Viewing hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or by contacting Debora Erksa-Adams, director of cultural arts and life enrichment, at 440.954.8342.
The works were created in Hattie Larlham Creative Arts. Professional artists work with more than 80 people with developmental disabilities to create paintings, pottery, photography and poetry.
The professional artists use specialized techniques and a series of yes or no questions to interpret artists’ thoughts, many of whom do not have the use of their arms and legs, to create masterful showpieces.
Paintings have been on display in University Hospitals, Standing Rock Cultural Arts, Progressive Insurance, Blossom Music Center Eells Gallery, Kent State University’s Downtown Gallery and all Hattie’s Café’s in the Akron and Cleveland areas.
About Hattie Larlham
Established in 1961,
Hattie Larlham is a Mantua, Ohio, nonprofit
organization that provides services throughout
the state to 1,500 children and adults with
developmental disabilities. Hattie Larlham
was one of the top 99 Northeast Ohio organizations
to work for in 2008. For more information,
visit www.hattielarlham.org.
About Breckenridge Village
Breckenridge Village is a not-for-profit continuum of care retirement community owned and operated by Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services (OPRS). OPRS is the largest and most experienced not-for-profit provider of continuing care retirement communities and services in Ohio.
A faith-based organization with headquarters in Columbus, OPRS serves more than 80,000 people in 42 Ohio counties annually through its 11 retirement communities and its Senior Independence home and community based services division. For more information on Breckenridge Village, please visit our website at www.breckenridge.oprs.org.
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 art_charlie.jpg
(2.2 mb) – One of the paintings on display during the two month show at Breckenridge Village. This painting was done in the Creative Arts studio at Hattie Larlham by Charlie, an artist with disabilities.
 art_jasmine.jpg (2.8 mb) – One of the paintings on display during the two month show at Breckenridge Village. This painting was done in the Creative Arts studio at Hattie Larlham by Jasmine, an artist with disabilities.
Contact
Bill
Wahl, Communications
and Media Relations
Coordinator
phone: 330.274.2272, ext. 3011
e-mail: bill.wahl@hattielarlham.org
Scott Juba
President, Radar Public Relations & Consulting
phone: 216.210.3717
e-mail: scott@radarpublicrelations.com
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