Grass Roots Art & Community Effort (GRACE)

Grass Roots Art & Community Effort (GRACE) is a Hardwick, Vermont, based non-profit organization that supports art-making among local community members, including the elderly and patients of mental health centers. Perhaps the most notable artist associated with GRACE is the late Gayleen Aiken.[1] The organization maintains a permanent collection of art made in its programs.[2] GRACE was founded in 1975 by Don Sunseri, a "New York artist of the 1960's and '70s who "escaped the insulation and sophistication of the art world," and whose credo was "Be yourself and do it your way." [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Works by Barre folk artist Gayleen Aiken chosen for American Folk Art Museum". The Barre Montpelier Times Argus. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Kogan, Lee (2004). Encyclopedia of American Folk Art. New York: Routledge. p. 230.
  3. ↑ Wexler, Alice (Spring 2005). "GRACE Notes: A Grass Roots Art and Community Effort". Studies in Art Education. 46 (3): 256. JSTOR 3497084.
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