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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Posts Tagged ‘Visual arts’

Exploring arts and disabilities

Paige Harris (Beauty) and Austin Scheelar (The Beast) are students at Hi-Star Center for Children. Photo by Jeff Jones.

Peoria mother Traci Harris recalls the day her 14-year-old daughter Paige was cast in her school’s annual musical. For weeks Paige had locked herself in her room, practicing. “She was so excited when she got the part,” says Harris. Paige, who has high-functioning autism, landed the role of Maria in an upcoming production of “The [...]

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The restorative power of painting poppies

The months from November through February are always a long slog for our small staff. As if the challenges of publishing monthly magazine and daily online content are not enough, we add two huge projects to the mix: our annual Schools, etc. education guide and our annual Camp Fair AZ, held the end of each [...]

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