ArtWorks
New Season, New Opportunities
The artists at ArtWorks
have been busy bees. With
the grand opening of their
gallery, much enthusiasm
and excitement has been
floating around the studio.
Based in the Paulin Gallery, a group of ten artists, selected for their
commitment and responsibility, will be highlighting
their work. They will each
choose two pieces of art
to display to the public
during the opening.
In addition to the annual
art show, the ArtWorks
Employment Program will
use the gallery year round
for public viewing. Each
event will be exhibited for
a few months before rotating into a new theme,
holding new art, and focusing on other artists at
ArtWorks. Most of the
art chosen are personal
favorites of the artists
themselves, predominantly
paintings and drawings.
The pieces are then
framed and presented,
ready for auction.
The focus for the Paulin
Gallery is to learn professional skills pertaining to
the development and management of an art studio.
The gallery also fosters
confidence and pride as
individuals by being in a
supportive environment.
The other goal for the
Meet Our Workers!
Hillary Douglas
has
a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Community
Art Education and will be graduating
with a Masters in Art and Visual Culture Education this semester. She
has experience teaching in schools
and at the college level, but her focus
is shifting towards teaching in museums and community programs. Hillary
has been at Art Works for nearly a year and a half. She loves to
work program is that the
artists will cultivate the
vision of each exhibit,
reaching out into the community and using their
unique abilities to truly
make the Paulin Gallery
their own. Everyone involved is certainly excited
and assured of the gallery’s success.
“I love working in the gallery,” said Vicky P, one of
the active artists in the
budding program. Not only
do the artists organize
art and keep the gallery
looking spotless and orderly, they are also currently writing personal
biographies to be dis-
Spring 2015
March 20, 2015
ArtWorks
1509 E Helen Street
Tucson, Arizona
85719
Phone: 520-621-9427
artworks.arizona.edu
played with their art as
well. The official date of
the grand opening is March
27 (reception, 12-3; Marching band at 1pm).
tion of death, guardianship, etc.)
for adults and seniors with IDDs.
work collaboratively on projects
She is also passionate about Latino
and enjoys the challenge of helping peo- health disparities. Lorraine loves to
ple expand their comfort limits through see our artists thrive and succeed
art.
at what they choose to achieve and
especially because she beLorraine Heydorn has been an create,
lieves self-efficacy for people with
employee at ArtWorks since January
IDDs is incredibly important. Simp2014. She is currently majoring in Publy put, she loves to see our artists
lic Health and minoring in Spanish. Her
grow in their own skills (both art
career interests include aging and end
and health) and develop their confiof life issues (access to care, percepdence in their abilities.
Gabe Rischall
started working
at ArtWorks as a student worker in
2009. He worked as a student worker
until he graduated in 2011, when he
took another position in special education upon graduation. ArtWorks
became a very special place for Gabe,
and after being accepted to his masters program, he came back to ArtWorks as a staff member in 2012. He
is on track to graduate in May with a
Masters in Social Work. He plans on
perusing a career as a Child and Family Therapist, and hopes to continue
working with individuals with IDD and
their families. He says ArtWorks has
made a huge impact on his life, not
just physical time spent working here,
but all of the experiences and connections he has made over the years
as well. He calls it a second home, and
he sees ArtWorks as a family. He has
loved being a part of the great activities here since he started in 2009,
Casey Primeau is on her third
year at Artworks. She started as a
volunteer in October of 2012, and
was hired on as a student worker in
January 2013. She traveled to Denmark last semester for a study
abroad program. She is originally
from the California Bay area, and is
now studying at the University of Arizona. Casey is majoring in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, with minors in Psychology, Special Education/
Rehabilitation, and Occupational
Therapy. Her hope is to become an
occupational therapist.
She says that ArtWorks is her favorite part about being at the University
of Arizona. It is a community that
supports, empowers, and welcomes
everyone. She says that she always
feels that when she walks away at the
such as the inception of the annual
talent show which has become one
of the most anticipated events
every year. He is extremely excited about our new venture with the
gallery and work program. He is sad
to be leaving soon but says that he
knows he will always have ArtWorks as a place to call home (and
to visit a lot!).
Abby Peng is a freshman at
the University of Arizona, planning
on majoring in Public Health. She
recently started working at ArtWorks this school year, giving her
about 8 months of experience. She
says being at ArtWorks is amazing.
She loves to work with everyone
here, and she especially enjoys it
when she can find special projects
to do. Abby says the environment
at ArtWorks is loving and fun, and
she just can’t stay away!
Jasmine Wilson
ing in Family Studies and Human
Development. She has been a
part of the Artwork community
for three months. The one thing
she enjoys most about working at
Artworks is interacting with the
artists and watching their progress on art projects.
Carlétsy Brioso
is a freshman at the
University of Arizona, majoring in Journalism and minoring in Education. She
worked at ArtWorks this spring semester as an intern from the ATLAS Leadership Program. She plans on pursuing a
career in Sports Broadcasting. She has
loved being involved in ArtWorks and
seeing the amazing accomplishments the
artists achieve every day.
Ciarra White-Griggs
has
been at Artworks for over a year.
Her major is Special Education and
Rehabilitation at the University of
Arizona. She greatly enjoys working
with the artists at the studio, while
encouraging them to express them-
was born
in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She
Graduated with a Bachelor of
Fine Arts in Fine Arts from La
Escuela de Artes Plasticas de
Puerto Rico. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree in
Speech Pathology at the University of Arizona.
end of the day, ArtWorks has given
more to her than she could ever give
back to it. She LOVES ArtWorks!
Julia Eyer
is major-
selves. She says she is very excited
for the opening of the gallery because it will bring more acknowledgement to the amazing talent at
Artworks.