Painting for love and a living

11/25/21 • 16 min

Visibility – a space for people with intellectual disability to share their stories.

Lauren is an artist at Studio A. Studio A makes great art and specifically provides professional development to artists with intellectual disability.

Lauren gets her inspiration from nature; looking at different plants, animals and landscapes.

Her paintings were exposed in the Art Gallery NSW.

In this episode Lauren share with us what it means to be an artist with intellectual disability.

Lauren is an artist at Studio A. Studio A makes great art and specifically provides professional development to artists with intellectual disability.

Lauren gets her inspiration from nature; looking at different plants, animals and landscapes.

Her paintings were exposed in the Art Gallery NSW.

In this episode Lauren share with us what it means to be an artist with intellectual disability.

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Visibility – a space for people with intellectual disability to share their stories. - Painting for love and a living

Transcript

Painting for love and a living transcript

Fiona

Hi everyone. And thanks for listening to Visibility, the monthly podcast produced by CID, the Council for Intellectual Disability.

Fiona

Here, we will be telling our stories, and exploring some of the issues that impact people with intellectual disability. To find out more about our work visit www.cid.org.au.

Now, settle in and enjoy.

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Adele

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