Ryan-Patrick Hooper
Progressive Art Studio Collective (PASC) program director Anthony Marcellini says isolation is just one of many issues his arts-focused program hopes to address for adults with developmental disabilities and health issues. mental.
“For the disability community, programs are often more isolated. It’s a very public program,” says Marcellini. “The artists in our program will engage with the audience in a different way than a life skills program. They show their work to the general public, so we really have an aesthetic of disability adopted by the public.
Some of the artwork created at PASC will be on display at an exhibition called “Liberty Realm,” curated by artist James Benjamin Franklin. It is exhibited in a pop-up gallery of the Vella Group at 1410 Gratiot Ave. in Detroit until June 5.
PASC is a program of Services to Enhance Potential (STEP), a nonprofit service organization that supports more than 1,300 people with disabilities and mental health issues.
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