Program Announcements

This month Arts of Life said farewell to North Shore Studio Manager Hilary Marshall; who had been with Arts of Life since 2010. Hilary made the bittersweet decision late last year to leave Arts of Life in order to attend her grad program full time. Her dedication to Arts of Life and its values will

Meet North Shore’s amazing Personal Care Studio Assistant! Anna joined us in August of 2018. She holds degrees in Painting and Art History from the University of Iowa and has an active creative practice. Anna is a resourceful facilitator who has helped improve some of our adaptive painting tools and actively works to ensure that

Andrea Freeman joined the North Shore studio in January of this year-only a month ago! She works with artist, Laura Greenberg, as her 1:1 assistant on Mondays and Wednesdays. Thus far, she has shown to be gentle in her approach to facilitation; she has a calm demeanor and is attentive to the emotions of others. 

Congratulations to our Chicago Studio Coordinator Christea Parent on being selected as one of 18 new Fellows of the 2019 Leadership Institute with ADA25 Advancing Leadership! The mission of Advancing Leadership is “to build a pipeline and network of our leaders with disabilities who are deeply engaged in the civic life of the Chicago region and advancing

  In October of last year, Annie Soler joined the North Shore studio as artist, Cole Fox’s,  1:1 assistant, and our community is stronger because of it! Annie attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts. She is a painter with experience working in multiple

Inside the Box is the first annual juried exhibition presented by the Arts of Life OPEN Gallery. Inside the Box will feature dozens of works from within the Arts of Life studio and beyond. The call for submissions is open to artist of all levels, demographics, and abilities with priority consideration going towards artists residing