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Autism Rocks Art Show
/News / Calendar KindTree is gearing up for another busy year.
First up is a high class gallery art show, "Autism Artism 2006", scheduled for DIVA downtown April 3 – 22, with a gala reception on Saturday, April 15 from 4 - 8pm. We’re planning some celebrity guests including Mayor Kitty Piercy, Commisioner Anna Morrison, her Royal Slimeness Queen Slugsnostra, great music, wine and snacks to enhance the evening. This will be our Spring Fundraiser, so we hope you will attend. Lots of great art will be on display, suitable for the most discerning taste. This project is made possible in part by a grant by Lane Arts Council with support from City of Eugene Cultural Services Division l, GreyWolf Projects and VSA Washington.
Call to Artists with Autism. This show will be juried, so we are soliciting new art by people with autism. Items must be submitted by February 15. Submissions should be scanned images in .jpg format of original works no larger that 24” x 36”, or e-files of original computer generated art. We are accepting all 2 dimensional visual art for this show. All submissions will be judged by the jury: Dyan Campell, KindTree board member and parent, Nancy Bright, artist and parent, Art Kennedy, photographer, Karen Howe from LaFollette Gallery, and a member of DIVA's staff. Original works may be sent snail mail, but will not be returned. Artists will be notified by February 28. KindTree will arrange framing and display. Artists are invited to attend the opening to share their work with the public. Make submissions to art@kindtree.org or 2096 ½ Arthur St, Eugene, 97405. Call 541 521 7208 with questions. (See the COOL poster – share it with your friends.)
Later in the year we will present our Annual Free Autism Forum, offer our art at Art & the Vineyard during July 4th, participate in the Oregon Country Fair the following weekend, and invite you all to our 10th Autism Camp / Retreat the weekend of August18-20. Visit www.kindtree.org for more information when available.
A few weeks ago we received a note from a concerned parent regarding the new Mental Health Parity Act set to go into effect in Oregon in 2007. This bill was passed last session, and now committees and meetings are being formed to decide how this bill will read to provide services for those covered under the bill. As of this time, it is unknown if autism will be covered under the Mental Health Parity Act. Last week at a gathering of interested folks from the autism community, I learned Dave McGourty (dmcgourty@earthlink.net) is working with others to make sure we have a presence at the meetings where coverage rules will be written. I know they would value your participation.
Please remember Brush Fire Pottery and the Museum of Unfine Art (537 Willammette), local retailers stocking Autism Rocks Note Cards. And you can visit www.kindtree.org for your very own Autism Rocks T-shirt. Go ahead.
Thanks for being a part of the autism community. NEWS- (more news further down, too…)
8-Year-Old Conquers World's High Peaks By Associated Press BOTHELL, Wash. - He's only 4 feet tall and 8 years old. But Aidan Gold is already a veteran mountaineer who's left tracks on peaks in the Cascades, the Alps and the Himalayas. "This glacier here is higher than Mount Rainier, even though there are plants," Gold told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer at the family home in north suburban Bothell, pointing out a dark line in a photo of the Himalayas' Island Peak. "The top of this is way higher than that." Aidan climbed 20,300-foot mountain with his father and several guides in November. His father, Warren Gold, said members of the Nepal Mountaineering Association told him Aidan is likely the youngest person to make the summit. That was the high point of the family's four-month climbing and hiking adventure, which took them from Switzerland to Katmandu. Aidan and his dad also reached the peak of 10,400-foot Haustock and 13,400-foot Monch in the Alps, and 17,200-foot Awi Peak near Everest. The whole family, including 5-year-old Janick, made it to the 17,700-foot Everest base camp. Aidan said the toughest stretch for him was a 45-degree face of rock and ice on Haustock. "It's the worse 3,000 feet I've ever done," he said. Gold said he wanted to give his sons an appreciation of a world less touched by humans. "A mix of wonder and adventure, that's what you get in the mountains," said the associate professor of ecology and environmental science at the University of Washington-Bothell campus. His wife, Julia, accompanied him and their sons on the sabbatical trip, and Gold conducted high-altitude ecology research. Aidan says he likes climbing for the challenge and the view. "I got cold two times in Nepal. No times in Switzerland," Aidan said, adding, "Boy, a morning at 17,000 feet is cold." Aidan's first climb was Mount Si, near North Bend, at age 3. His parents say Aidan has an uncanny focus, and is undaunted by the effort and the monotony of climbing for hours at a stretch. Part of that focus is due to Asperger Syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism diagnosed when Aidan was 3 years old. Such people tend to have an intensity of focus, and typically don't do so well in social settings. Aidan is an accomplished storyteller, though. He writes stories and reads them aloud, and last winter won a story slam at Seattle's Paramount Theatre. He also has a passion for complicated origami, the Japanese art of paper folding. The family Christmas tree is loaded with origami figures, some based on diagrams in a book and some designed by Aidan's original designs. His other love, the mountains, can be risky business, his father concedes. "I really think the most dangerous thing we did the whole trip was crossing the street in Katmandu," Warren Gold said.
World renowned percussionist Kalani is making his Eugene debut, this Saturday January 28, at the Good Earth Home, Garden and Living Show. Kalani has performed and/or recorded with such music legends as Kenny Loggins, David Sanborn, Max Roach, Barry Manilow, Vic Damone, John Mayall, Chante Moore, Dr. John, Michael Kamen, Melissa Manchester and is the featured percussionist on the PBS Yanni Live at the Acropolis video and CD. He is featured on recordings for Disney, Warner Brothers, Tri-Star Pictures, Paramount Studios, The Nature Company and Jim Hensen Records. At the Good Earth Home Show, Kalani will be leading a FREE community rhythm circle for ALL ages from 6:30 – 7:30 pm at the Home show on what they are calling the Willamette Stage at the Lane County Fairgrounds which is located near the Pacific Winds Booth. No experience is necessary as people enjoy the power of making rhythm by clapping, tapping, and moving to the beat! Bring a drum if you want, but not necessary. No tickets or reservation required, the Good Earth Home Show is free admission.
Bridgeway House Events:
BUILDING HOPE WORKSHOP! Saturday, January 28th, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The Building hope workshop is for those who have received a diagnosis for any disability for one or more family members. Share ways to cope with disappointment and loss, and find hope and support. Snacks and childcare will be provided! There is a suggested $5.00 donation fee. Sarah McArthur, MSW more information-345-0805 Dad’s night out
The fourth Wednesday of every month At Bridge Way House 10th and Jefferson 6:30-8:00 pm Dad’s support group
The second Wednesday of every month For more information call Adrian 465-1221
Featuring KindTree artist Carl Kinney.
April 3 – 22 Autism Rocks Traveling Art Show – AUTISM ARTISM 2006 Juried art show featuring original works by people with autism. Gala Grand Opening, April 15, 4 – 8 pm. DIVA, downtown Eugene. See you there! Sponsored by: Lane
Arts Council, GreyWolf Projects
OTHER NEWS-
Call for Stories and Artwork About Challenging Abuse and Mistreatment of People with Disabilities
The World Institute on Disability is seeking brief stories, quotes, humor, poetry, artwork and cartoons about people with disabilities who have faced abuse. We want stories and artwork that exemplify challenging, stopping or interrupting abuse and mistreatment at the hands of providers, caregivers, personal assistants, medical and other kinds of service providers and helpers.
We are especially seeking pieces that encourage people with disabilities to feel powerful, and cartoons and visuals that appeal to a wide range of readers with disabilities. We hope to make the volume attractive, compelling and motivating.
These pieces will be compiled and issued as: CAPE, Curriculum on Abuse Prevention and Empowerment, a training guide for disabled people, family members and services providers. Funded by the National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research, the book will be distributed nationally via CD Rom, print or the web, in English and Spanish.
Abuse and mistreatment is defined as any unwanted, hurtful, inappropriate, frightening, insulting, oppressive or demeaning behavior directed at a person or persons with disability. It can include physical, verbal, emotional, sexual or financial mistreatment, including theft, violation of privacy or autonomy, by anyone in a “helping role” including informal or paid assistants, associates, family members, or services providers. People with disabilities means people of all ages, with any kind of impairment or disability.
Submissions of written pieces may be up to 750 words in length (Four double- spaced pages.) Shorter pieces are most welcome. Pieces longer than 750 words will not be considered. Please submit manuscripts electronically or on paper, double-spaced in 12 point type face.
Submission of cartoons and cartoon strips with humor and story line, and small drawings such as those depicted in the New Yorker Magazine will be used to illustrate pages of text. Artwork and cartoons must be black-and-white and submitted on 81/2 X 11 size paper. Cartoons and drawings must depict disability-positive images.
Please also include a short (up to 50 words) biography, along with name and contact information.
Please note: submissions cannot be returned. Keep your own copy.
Authors and artists of selected pieces will receive a copy of the volume on CD Rom and in print published by WID. WID will seek commercial publication of this volume, thus pieces selected for inclusion may be published commercially, in which case authors and artists of selected pieces will receive a -small honoraria and will have their pieces and bios nationally published.
Deadline: March 15, 2006 Please send submissions to: Marsha Saxton, CAPE World Institute on Disability 510 16th Street Oakland, CA 94612 marsax@wid.org
The Department of Health and Human Services and American Academy of Pediatrics issued an Autism A.L.A.R.M. stating that 1 in 166 children suffers from an autistic disorder, and far worse an estimated 1 in 6 children suffers from a developmental and/or behavioral disorder. Thimerosal (49.6% mercury by weight) has been recognized by the California Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a developmental toxin, meaning that it can cause birth defects, low birth weight, biological dysfunctions, or psychological or behavior deficits that become manifest as the child grows, and maternal exposure during pregnancy can disrupt the development or even cause the death of the fetus. Despite this fact, thimerosal is still routinely added to several vaccines given to US children and pregnant women (e.g. influenza).
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