Under the Surface is a Healing in Arts collaboration with Noorthoek Academy, servicing
adults with learning challenges and other intellectual disabilities. For this project, eighty Noorthoek students and Dr. Jeffrey Frank, a U.S. military veteran and Academy board member, will take part in the gigantic art mystery collage. But participants won’t be painting in the usual sort of way, with paint brushes. Instead, they will paint with their forearms. After loading up their arms with paint from wrist to elbow, the students will swipe or bounce their arms across the surface of the tiles. Each individual will leave their personalized mark. This unique painting method is only the first aspect of the art mystery project. Project creators Pamela Alderman and Yeram Leonard will have more fun surprises ahead for the students. Stay tuned to watch our project unfold. And follow us on Facebook! Thank you!
Under the Surface, part of the Art for Honor exhibit, will showcase at Veterans Memorial Park in Grand Rapids for ArtPrize 2024 in September.
