Patrons Preview Reception To Launch Opening of Art Ability

Thursday, October 29, 2009

The 14th Annual Art Ability Exhibition at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital in Malvern, PA, will open with a Patrons Preview Reception for more than 350 benefactors and art enthusiasts. The preview will be held Saturday, November 7, from 6 to 9 p.m.

The Art Ability Program provides a showcase and a marketplace for talented artists while educating the community about the remarkable capabilities of people with a wide variety of disabilities. Art Ability is a unique program developed by Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital to increase public awareness of the competency of individuals with disabilities and to encourage others to reach beyond their own limitations.

The 10-week exhibition is part of an international juried event that features art and fine crafts by artists with physical and cognitive disabilities, and hearing and visual impairments. This year’s exhibition features more than 400 artistic works, including paintings, sculpture, photography, pastels, jewelry, stained and mosaic glass, metalwork and more. Art Ability work will be on display throughout the corridors of Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital from November 7 through January 17, 2010, seven days a week; between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Admission is free.

The tremendously talented 130 artists participating in this year’s event represent 23 states, in addition to 10 international artists. Several artists from the Delaware Valley will be in attendance at the Patrons Preview Reception.

Funds are raised through the sale of artwork, with 80 percent of the proceeds returned directly to the artists, and 20 percent earmarked to support Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s nationally-recognized rehabilitation programs. Registered guests attending the Patrons Preview Reception have the opportunity to make purchases before the Exhibition officially opens to the public the following day. Since the inception of Art Ability, more than 25,000 people have viewed the annual Exhibition, and over 1,700 artistic works have been purchased.

Art Ability is an international, juried exhibition and sale of art and fine crafts created by artists with physical, cognitive, hearing and visual disabilities. The annual exhibition was developed to increase public awareness of the competency of people with disabilities, and inspires others to reach beyond their own limitations. Art Ability 2009 features more than 400 exquisite artistic works, including paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry, stained and mosaic glass, metalwork and more, and is open to the public, free of charge, from November 8, 2009 through January 17, 2010, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week, at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, 414 Paoli Pike, Malvern, Pennsylvania.

For more information or to schedule a group tour, call 484-596-5607.

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Ann Zalkind
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