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Creative Expressions is an integrated arts program that is part of the non-profit organization, The Life Enrichment Center that promotes creativity and self-expression for artists with developmental disAbilities through the use of music therapy, nature explorers, visual arts, and performing arts. It is our mission to provide artists with disAbilities the chance to dream, create and share their talents with the community.
The program was implemented in 2000 with the partnership of the Life Enrichment Center and the Music Therapy Department of Georgia College & State University. The program has expanded to include collaborations with Lockerly Arboretum, Green Acres, the Art Department and Special Education departments at GC&SU and more! The program is directed by Katie Whipple, a board certified music therapist, and includes two visual arts instructors, Pat Black and Casie Pace, a music instructor Stephen Montgomery, and Elise Ivey, a board certified music therapist. The program also utilizes a variety of volunteers from college students and interns to community members.
REMEMBER OUR GROUP MOTTO: WE ARE MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT!
Creative Expressions is an integrated arts program that is part of the non-profit organization, The Life Enrichment Center that promotes creativity and self-expression for artists with developmental disAbilities through the use of music therapy, nature explorers, visual arts, and performing arts. It is our mission to provide artists with disAbilities the chance to dream, create and share their talents with the community.
The program was implemented in 2000 with the partnership of the Life Enrichment Center and the Music Therapy Department of Georgia College & State University. The program has expanded to include collaborations with Lockerly Arboretum, Green Acres, the Art Department and Special Education departments at GC&SU and more! The program is directed by Katie Whipple, a board certified music therapist, and includes two visual arts instructors, Pat Black and Casie Pace, a music instructor Stephen Montgomery, and Elise Ivey, a board certified music therapist. The program also utilizes a variety of volunteers from college students and interns to community members.
REMEMBER OUR GROUP MOTTO: WE ARE MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT!
Creative Expressions is guided by the following principles:
~ Persons with disabilities want to give back to their community
~ Cognitive ability does not dictate creative potential
~The arts provide avenues for self-determination and self-expression
~College students and persons with disabilities can learn from each other
~There is a need for public awareness of the talents of persons with developmental disabilities
~Artists with disabilities and non-disabilities can share creativity & learn from each other
Website photo mural by Valerie Aranda,
Associate Professor of Art at Georgia College & State University
