Donna Williams’ Blog

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

  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 […]

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

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.

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

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 […]

Read the rest of Donna Williams’ April 2008, 48 hr, Poetry Challenge