Opening Reception for Impaired Perceptions: Portraits of Humanity at Art Inspired

On Friday September 6^th Impaired Perceptions opened at Art Inspired in Springfield Missouri as a part of First Friday Art Walk.  Art Inspired hosted the show in conjunction with Abilities First.  The opening reception for Impaired Perceptions: Portraits of Humanity was a huge success.  I gave a talk about the work before the opening.  The show was very well attended, and three of the photographs sold!  I was also asked to return next year to be the keynote speaker at a convention. 

Art Inspired is a gallery in Springfield Missouri that makes all kinds of art and decorative objects out of recycled paper.  They use recycled paper to make wine racks, clocks, crates that can support wooden cabinets, and chairs.  They also employ and work with the developmentally challenged. 

They were very gracious and hospitable.  They put me up in the University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center, which was very nice, and had a gift basket waiting for me in my room.  Everyone I met was really friendly and open.