Art Project
By Dorothy Crockett
The Highlander
Marble Falls, Texas
December 24, 2009
Horseshoe Bay Happenings, p. 15A
Dr. Fred Sorrells, president of Global Art Initiative (GAIN) has been successful in elevating the status of the disabled in the emerging nations by highlighting the achievements of their handicapped citizens. His focus has been on Haiti and Kenya, countries with a large population of disabled because of lack of medical care. One such person, John Paul Joseph, missing arms, hands and legs but has toes due to a congenital birth defect, has learned to paint by using his toes to open his paint tubes and hold a brush. He also holds a brush in his mouth. Dr, Sorrells brought back some of his work and that of other disabled artists and it is displayed and can be viewed and purchased in the Horseshoe Bay area.
Theresa Mosely, also a volunteer, has written an educational curriculum for the Global Art Initiative that is being piloted in several area elementary schools that is titled “Crutches and Colors’. These crutches are distributed in emerging countries such as Haiti and Africa. The building they are in is at 4819 W. FM 2147 (next to Zeke’s Restaurant) and is owned by Harris Smithson who is letting them use it rent-free while it is still on the market. The hope is that the company who rents or buys it will share it with Gain. The Realtor is Lynette Morrison with Kuper Sotheby’s International Realtors, phone 830.385.9080. Go see this.
At the new gallery in Cottonwood Shores are, left to right, Lynette Morrison, Ben Sorrells, Theresa Mosely, Sandy Bristow, Texas “Chaotica” artist Don Bristow, and President of Global Art Initiative (GAIN) Dr. Fred Sorrells. Photo Courtesy of Dorothy Crockett.
The Highlander
Marble Falls, Texas
December 24, 2009
Horseshoe Bay Happenings, p. 15A
Dr. Fred Sorrells, president of Global Art Initiative (GAIN) has been successful in elevating the status of the disabled in the emerging nations by highlighting the achievements of their handicapped citizens. His focus has been on Haiti and Kenya, countries with a large population of disabled because of lack of medical care. One such person, John Paul Joseph, missing arms, hands and legs but has toes due to a congenital birth defect, has learned to paint by using his toes to open his paint tubes and hold a brush. He also holds a brush in his mouth. Dr, Sorrells brought back some of his work and that of other disabled artists and it is displayed and can be viewed and purchased in the Horseshoe Bay area.
Theresa Mosely, also a volunteer, has written an educational curriculum for the Global Art Initiative that is being piloted in several area elementary schools that is titled “Crutches and Colors’. These crutches are distributed in emerging countries such as Haiti and Africa. The building they are in is at 4819 W. FM 2147 (next to Zeke’s Restaurant) and is owned by Harris Smithson who is letting them use it rent-free while it is still on the market. The hope is that the company who rents or buys it will share it with Gain. The Realtor is Lynette Morrison with Kuper Sotheby’s International Realtors, phone 830.385.9080. Go see this.
At the new gallery in Cottonwood Shores are, left to right, Lynette Morrison, Ben Sorrells, Theresa Mosely, Sandy Bristow, Texas “Chaotica” artist Don Bristow, and President of Global Art Initiative (GAIN) Dr. Fred Sorrells. Photo Courtesy of Dorothy Crockett.