Issue 5 June 2010

Releasing the Creative Power of

People with Disabilities Since 2002
Since 2002FOR A SECURE FUTURE.

June is Here……
Check out some of the talented artists associated
with Arts Unbound by going to our website at
www.artsunbound.org and clicking Who We Are
and scroll down to Artist Profiles. Here are brief
excerpts from some of their biographies……..
Mary Drylewicz
The boldly expressionistic and figurative
multimedia paintings of Mary Drylewicz
represent not only her distinct talent but also her
fierce determination to push life’s limitations.
Although artistically inclined since childhood,
Mary’s talent as an artist did not fully emerge
until a massive stroke at the age of 44………
Christian Markovic
Christian is an artist who was the first deaf-blind
person graduated from the Savannah College of
Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He
currently operates his own graphic design
business…… Christian uses a special Macintosh
zoom program to enlarge his graphic art images…
Losing most of his vision has not affected his
ability to design….
Arts
Unbound
Tracy Reinhardt
I started doing artwork in 1997 when diagnosed
with bipolar disorder and much of the work was
an expression of thoughts and feelings……
Stanley Winarsky
Stan has worked in South Orange, NJ his whole
life. His greatest passions are the times he
spends outside with animals and nature, which
are the main focus of his art……..
Justin Canha
Justin, at 19 years of age, is an accomplished
artist who happens to be autistic. His childhood
passion for drawing animals and cartoon
characters revealed an innate talent ……
Colleen Creedon
As a teenager Colleen studied dance with
Manhattan’s Broadway Dance Center, The NJ
Ballet Company and The Whole Theater
Company……. Shortly thereafter she experienced
the onset of bipolar disorder……. Colleen reflects,
“Art has become a healing part of my life.”

Nicolena Nina Beverly Kohn

A self taught artist living with Multiple Sclerosis, In 1993, just before my 50th birthday my life was
Nina concentrates her work in the medium of altered in a matter of seconds…….
acrylics. She has painted since childhood……

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Saturday, June 5th 1 - 5 PM
Exhibit at the JCC
Jewish Community Center 4
EVENTS

Valley Arts in collaboration with In West Orange Saturday, June 12th 11 – 7 PM

Arts Unbound is proud to present
the first edition of the annual
community exhibit of the Valley
Arts District. The reception will be
held at the Arts Unbound Gallery.
Exhibit runs June 5th – 26th
Beginning Friday, June 11th
Artwork by Arts Unbound gallery artists will
be featured in the JCC lobby during the
months of June and July, 2010
760 Northfield Ave, West Orange
973 530 3400
A collaborative exhibit highlighting
the power of potential.
The Exhibit runs June
13th – July 2nd
at Gallery U in Montclair, NJ
For more information call:
973.325.1494

June 2010 ● Volume 1, Issue 5 ● Arts Unbound ● 973-675-ARTS (2787)

 FEATURED
ART EXHIBIT
MAY 2010
“The Healing Arts in
Annual Youth Exhibit
Orange” From top to bottom:
Patrick McCann – Youth Artist
Nance Boylan, AU Volunteer

Sermon written by Rev. Darrell

Berger

Reverend Berger, Artists Amy

Charmatz and Colleen Creedon
at the Universalist Unitarian
Church, Orange, NJ
“About ten years ago Cate
Lazen was told that the baby
she was carrying had a rare
chromosomal defect that could
result in profound retardation.
Trained in Educational
Psychology and an artist by
nature, she had already worked
with groups on the edge of
society, from gifted children to
the homeless. She began to
look into what support she
might find, should her child be
born with the defect.
She discovered a number of
services, but found no place
where the disabled could
receive professional level art
instruction, access to materials,
and vocational guidance in the
art world. So she created one.
Arts Unbound is the result.
Cate’s daughter, as it turned
out, did not suffer from the
defect, but Cate had already
become committed to the
cause. Cate began what became
Arts Unbound in her home.
Through her hard work and the
response from the community,
it now finds its home on
Freeman St. in Orange, an
active member of Valley Arts,
which is transforming that part
of our city into a thriving
community of artists and
residents.
Their website,
www.artsunbound.org, features
on-line shopping and also tells
the stories of some of the
artists that learn and teach
there, as well as showing
examples of their art. Colleen
Creedon, for instance, was
pursuing a career in dance
when a serious foot injury put
an end to her dream. Bipolar
disorder then gave her years of
serious disruptions to her life,
until medications and a resilient
spirit enabled her to manage her
illness.
As both a student and now as a
teaching assistant, Colleen has used
her connection to Arts Unbound as a
key component to living an
independent and healthy life. “I am
very grateful to my teachers, who
have supported and nurtured my
pursuits in fine arts,” she said. “Art
has become a healing part of my
life.”
By its very nature, art connects
people. It is created to be seen, to be
expressive, to reach out. When it is
created by people who have too
often been isolated by society, it
heals everyone it touches: the
students, the teachers, all who see it,
including the neighborhood where it
is created and the city in which it
thrives.
Excerpts Quoted from
The Orange Transcript, April 22, 2010

with autism spectrum disorders

Jespy House Group Class (ASD).
Generations Senior Program
"What we want to do is create
awareness that autism is not only
about children," Fiddle explained. "It
is a lifespan challenge. We want to
make people aware of the capability
of people with autism. This [art
exhibition] is only one."
Paul Aronsohn, a member of the
Village Council and co-founder of
Support Arts Unbound by
Ridgewood Community Access purchasing tickets to the
Network (CAN), explained that PGA Tournament
Autism Awareness Month and the
events scheduled within it provide "a
in Ridgewood, NJ
unique opportunity to learn, occurring this August.
experience and celebrate the lives of For more info see the attached
people with autism." flyer.
"Like everyone," said Aronsohn,
"people with autism have special
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The aim of the Arts Unbound

Board of Directors:
Mary Jo Codey, Former
First Lady, State of NJ,
Honorary Chairperson
Harold Garwin, President ∙
Catherine Lazen ∙ Jim
Ferruggiaro ∙ Robert
O’Brien ∙ Lorie Safin. Lorne
Hargis ∙ Ann Marie Gotti-
Roberts ∙ Allen Shefts ∙
Mark Salvacion ∙ Sean
Bradley ∙ John Ratkowitz ∙
Michele Dushkin and Gail
Levinson, Executive
Director
Who we are…
542 / 544 Freeman Street
Orange, NJ
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BE A DONOR… MORE EVENTS
BE AN INSTRUCTOR… Valley Arts Music and Poetry Festival
Saturday, June 12th 11 - 6
BE A VOLUNTEER… VAMP is an annual outdoor music and
poetry festival that features musicians
Please help… and artists across the state and beyond.
The event is free and open to the general
public.
Because artists with disabilities want us. For more information visit:
Because, as Amy Charmatz says, www.valleyartsdistrict.org
“Art Saves Lives”
Visit www.ARTSUNBOUND.org Knitting Circle
Saturday, June 12th 2 – 4 PM
for more information Come and spend an afternoon in our studio
knitting and socializing one Saturday per
month.
All levels are welcome!!!
Instruction and help is available from
expert knitter Jody Leight.
Arts Unbound is a non-profit organization
dedicated to the artistic achievement of youth, “Second Annual Youth Exhibit"
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