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Date:10/4/2007

opportunity to express themselves. The paintings are reversing misconceptions and stereotypes, and turning both the art world and the disabilities world upside down. To view the artists' work, visit http://www.artrealization.org. To see the techniques in action, click on the five-minute video from CBS News on the website.

The paintings themselves are powerful, but there are dynamics and benefits beyond the works themselves. "We've been trying to find creative ways to get inside these kids," said Dr. Ronald Savage, a recognized leader in special education, rehabilitation, evaluation and research. Dr. Savage is formerly of the Bancroft Foundation of Bancroft Neurohealth, a facility in Haddonfield, New Jersey that allied with A.R.T. to start a program. "While these are wonderful and creative works of art, it's the other things they've gained that's really incredible. Their attention and concentration has improved. They are able to make choices and communicate." Bette Pursell, mother of an A.R.T. artist said recently: "Until A.R.T. my son simply existed. Now he has a life."

A recent gallery showing of A.R.T. work, drew praise and outright amazement from a host of luminaries, like Sam Hunter, professor emeritus of Modern Art at Princeton University. Hunter arrived inconspicuously through the back door of the gallery, seeing none of the paintings' accompanying explanatory wall text. Seeing only the raw work, knowing nothing of the ages or physical conditions of the children and young adult artists, he immediately sought out the gallery director telling her the work was the best the gallery had ever shown -- that it was "ready for Soho." After learning more about the A.R.T. program, he quickly joined its board of trustees, along with actor Willem Dafoe, rocker Neil Young and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John McPhee. "I see A.R.T. as a revolution. And we at Princeton like revolutions." says

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