Spotlight on the Arts
Extinguishing Stereotypes Through Artistic Expression
10/22/2022 | 2mVideo has Closed Captions
The Lee Health Art by the disABLEd program is for individuals with disabilities...
The Lee Health Art by the disABLEd program is for individuals with disabilities. It can often be difficult to find a place to showcase and sell their work, but the Arts in Healthcare program at Lee Health changed that in our community by forming a group for these artists and displaying their work for sale in dedicated galleries at each of its four hospitals.
Spotlight on the Arts is a local public television program presented by WGCU-PBS
Spotlight on the Arts is a series of short videos highlighting arts organizations in Southwest Florida. Funding provided by Naomi Bloom in loving memory of her husband, Ron Wallace.
Spotlight on the Arts
Extinguishing Stereotypes Through Artistic Expression
10/22/2022 | 2mVideo has Closed Captions
The Lee Health Art by the disABLEd program is for individuals with disabilities. It can often be difficult to find a place to showcase and sell their work, but the Arts in Healthcare program at Lee Health changed that in our community by forming a group for these artists and displaying their work for sale in dedicated galleries at each of its four hospitals.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(cheerful music) - [Arnold] There's no disability that can hold us back from what we truly love and want to do.
- There's a program within Lee Health that involves arts and healthcare.
And inside that program, we work with disabled artists in the local community.
The artists give us their work and we show them, and display them, and sell them.
We have different folks with all kinds of challenges.
And they use their artwork to free themselves, to express themselves.
And even if you're visually impaired, you still can paint.
- I didn't become an artist till after I lost my vision, and after my diagnosis.
So for me, what it's done, it's basically saved my life.
It just gave me a sense of purpose.
Looking around and seeing some of the other artists, it lets me know that there's nothing that can hold us back.
- And when we see this artwork in the hallways and on the gallery walls, like here, it inspires others to know that art is such a powerful and healing force.
And we want that to be the most important part of the display.
- Always show more about the person, not about the disability.
But you put on art to see who you really are.
- When they get to participate with Lee Health in the Arts by the Disabled, they get a sense of an accomplishment, and they get a sense of self worth.
It's really nice to see how much it means to them.
- You've shown your artwork in the Art by the Disabled, Lee Health art show.
What was that like to show your artwork?
- It was including.
- How would you describe your artwork?
- Inventive and creative.
- It's not always just about the art, it's about the friendships that they build while they're here.
And that's really what's also very important.
- Say cheese.
- Cheese.
(cheerful music continues)
Spotlight on the Arts is a local public television program presented by WGCU-PBS
Spotlight on the Arts is a series of short videos highlighting arts organizations in Southwest Florida. Funding provided by Naomi Bloom in loving memory of her husband, Ron Wallace.