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Ever the arty Autie

Savant artists in New York - an interview with curator and autism advocate, Rosa Martinez.

I recently met Rosa Martinez when she purchased some of my artworks and invited me to join other savant artists with autism in a series of New York exhibitions. She’s dedicated her life to working with people with autism and channeled some of this into her deep love of art. Here’s […]

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Advanced Vandalism - a solo exhibition of graffiti art by award winning artist, Duel

April 23rd - May 4th has something cool happening in Northcote’s art district in inner Melbourne. Kick Gallery, renowned for it’s contemporary art, have a solo exhibition called Advanced Vandalism featuring the works of award winning mural artist, Duel. Duel featured in the cult Australian graffiti documentary, Sprayed Conflict and his work […]

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The sensory world of a nostalgic artist - Chameleon Arts and Jennifer Roussin

  Jennifer Roussin is on the autism spectrum and runs her own business, Chameleon Arts which is one of the businesses listed on http://www.auties.org .  She is a mother, an artist and a lover of nature.  Here we discuss our different sensory worlds and their relationships to our lives as artists on the autism […]

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Artism, autism and a family on the spectrum - the life and times of Jane Strauss.

Jane Strauss is a photograph, a woman diagnosed with Asperger’s, a mother of 5 children with autism spectrum issues and someone who has turned her autism into artism. She is one of the many fascinating people listed on http://www.auties.org . Here’s our interview.

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Donna Williams’ April 2008, 48 hr, Poetry Challenge

Each month I send out a challenge for those on my mailing list to send me a 1-2 word topic they’d like me to write a poem to and I must write all the poems in the challenge within 48 hours. People CAN’T send names (yes, everyone wants one named after their […]

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