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Denise Fisher (49) talks to her coworker Hilary Marshall (35) about the Arts of Life organization and its founding artists, on the occasion of the agency’s 20 year anniversary.

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Recorded May 23, 2019
42:10 minutes

01:00DF talks about the beginning of the Arts of Life organization.
06:10DF describes the relational model that Arts of Life employs and why it’s important.
11:40DF talks about the challenge of running a social service agency in Illinois.
17:30DF talks about how Arts of Life is different from other organizations.
20:00DF talks about the importance of keeping the organization small.
24:30DF talks about some of the founding artists.
31:20DF talks about the role of volunteers.
37:40DF talks about the slow process of becoming known as an agency.

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