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Claire Benson with some of the AIM artworks on show at The Cider Shed.
An art exhibition, focused on the concept of social inclusion, has been launched at The Cider Shed in Warkworth by a group of young people with disabilities.The AIM for Inclusion display is the culmination of a collaborative art project between 12 members of the Snells Beach community daycare programme Adults In Motion and Claire Benson, a specialist arts facilitator with studios in Mangawhai and Auckland.
“The idea was based on a target – as in AIM – and we used the words ‘inclusion’, ‘create’ and ‘inspire’ to get a concept and message of inclusion across,” Claire says. “I taught them the basic steps and this is what they did; it’s a cohesive body of work.”
AIM’s programme manager Corinne Lake says art is always part of the daycare centre’s activities, but having a structured project with an exhibition at the end of it has taken things to another level.
“We have been working on it for much of last year and they really enjoyed each session, they really got into it,” she says. “It’s a good experience for them and especially to have it in an exhibition. It’s great to see the end result and they’re pretty proud of it.”
The exhibition will run until Sunday March 6 and all works of art are for sale.
