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Matt Rodrigues pays a visit to “Arts of Life” as the inspirational nonprofit celebrates 25 years. The nonprofit organization supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in making, exhibiting and selling art. The group has locations and community programs across the city and suburbs, and supports upwards of 80 artists.

The organization provides artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities a collective space to expand their practice. by Kerry Cardoza March 19, 2025 Untitled [Makeup Case] by Veronica Cuculich, one of the founders of Arts of Life An artist in paint-splattered black clothes puts the finishing touches on a busy, vibrant acrylic scene on an oversize canvas.

Interview with Anne Cauley – Director of Development & Communications and Tim Stone – Artist Check Out: 2wenty 5ive: Arts of Life Birthday Party & Book Launch takes place on February 22, 2025 at 1-4PM. Tickets and more information are available on artsoflife.org. The 25th Anniversary year continues with: A New York City Book Launch at Outsider Art Fair (February

BY ZARA YOST | APRIL 29, 2024 “Upon reading this you must choose whether or not to become part of the play” is just one of the eight directives from curators, Megan Foy, institutional relations and strategic partnerships coordinator at Expo Chicago, and Julian Van Der Moere, co-founder of Apparatus Projects, at the Arts of Life headquarters and

Art director Vincent Uribe talks about Arts of Life’s democratic, person-centered approach.

By Liza Corsillo In April, 187 New York photographers — among them Pari Dukovic, Jason Nocito, and Justine Kurland — donated prints to benefit Elmhurst Hospital Center, which was among the hardest hit by the city’s surge of COVID-19 cases. The benefit, called Pictures for Elmhurst, raised over a million dollars. Now it has become nearly impossible

30-Minute Program to Run Nightly at 7:00 and 7:30 p.m. through December 30 CHICAGO – In partnership with Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Art on theMART will resume projections on Thursday, November 12 with an all new program. Just in time to celebrate the holidays, The Joffrey Ballet will debut a moving-image