Our featured non-profit arts group this month is New
Perceptions' Art Abilities Program. The Art
Abilities Program is an extension of
a pre-existing, “in-house” Life Skills program, designed to teach skills for
life to its employees. It allows the participants to experience art at many
levels using various mediums, methods, levels of instruction and levels of
creativity. The Art Abilities Program grew from serving a handful of participants
with the desire to draw and paint, to serving 50 or 60 each week, creating
artworks in areas such as photography, ceramics, mosaics, sketching, sculpting
and more. The participants exhibit at
various local galleries and art shows.
For over 50 years, New Perceptions has served the special needs
individuals of Boone, Campbell, Kenton, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen and
Pendleton Counties in Northern Kentucky. The mission is to promote the welfare
of children and adults with developmental disabilities (and their families) by
providing opportunities for education, growth and employment in a normalized
setting, in order to facilitate each individual’s achievement to their maximum
potential.
