Next Think Tank December 2nd!

The Ohio Association of Adult Services
Presents
Art Think Tank Three

Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Franklin County Board of MRDD
2879 Johnstown Rd.
Columbus, OH 43219

9:00am – 3:00pm

Facilitated by: Patty Mitchell, MFA
Patty Mitchell is a working artist and social entrepreneur specializing in collaborations between artists with and without developmental disabilities. Designs from collaborative artworks are translated into product with a focus of creating employment for underserved populations and funding streams for continued programming. Mitchell started Passion Works Studio through an Ohio Arts Council Artist in Residency, in Athens Ohio (1996), where today 40 artists with cognitive disabilities work as artists and have generated almost a million US dollars since 1998. Mitchell is now sharing this model throughout Ohio and internationally with Handikos of Kosovo and Flor de Arte of Coanil in Santiago, Chile.
Mitchell has received a Distinguished Alumna Award from Ohio University’s College of Fine Art, Individual Artist Award from the Ohio Arts Council, Citizen of the Year from Athens Civitan and The Keystone Award from Ohio University for outstanding community service. Passion Works has received the Governor’s Award for the Arts: Community Development and Participation and Distinguished Organization for Art Education from the Ohio Art Education Association.

Registration Information: On-line registration only
Agenda: Patty will send the agenda out prior to the meeting
Registration Web Site: www.oaas.org
OAAS Member Organization Fee: $25 (If your Adult Services Program is an OAAS member- please use the OAAS Member Rate)
Non-Member Fee: $35
Lunch: Brown Bag – Beverages supplied by OAAS